-------------- HUMOR --------------
DAY ONE!
-------------- BUT A SPARK --------------
Far
too many
Assume Masonic Preparation Occurs
prior to Initiation.
Desire
is not Preparation.
It is but a Spark,
and one that appears
too often
without
Fuel to Ignite.
BLUNT COACHING MESSAGE TIME:
I've seen far too many Brother
who have not done the Work of the first Two Degrees
succumb to emotional and intellectual blackmail
of family, friends and congregation members
who knew these Brothers' weaknesses.
Had these Brothers been directed
by the Mature Souls of the Fraternity
to dedicate time to do
1) the Emotional Management Work
that they were directed to do
by the First Degree, or
2) the Logic and Rhetorical studies
required of them
by the Second Degree Staircase,
they would have easily and effortlessly been
fully capable and firmly willing
to deal swiftly and effectively
with the unbelievable social stresses
and pressures administered and employed
by these manipulating henchmen
masquerading as
well-meaning family, friends and congregants.
If you do not want to see your Brother fall prey
to this Soul Suckers and Spirit Killers,
do the Work yourselves
so that these Brothers shall SEE
what Mature Souls are capable of Being.
It is only when this generation leads by example
that future generations shall be led
by Cultivated men!
For Further Light:
-------------- FOREPLAY --------------
NOTE:
You only Score
when you do the Work
and to do the Work,
you must Travel!
Like Scoreless Foreplay,
Ritual Memorization
Only Provides to Men Maps.
The Fraternity as a Whole
Fails these men
by not Escorting them
through the Invaluable Territories
that these Maps Represent.
So CLOSE,
yet so FAR!
-------------- RECRUITMENT & RETENTION -------------- 
HERE"S A THOUGHT!
Recruitment and Retention
are NOT our Responsibilities at any level,
Grand or small.
Our only Responsibility
is to do our best
at whatever Good that our lives require of us.
These two activities,
Recruitment and Retention
are symptomatic of activities
that bring them about.
The moment you take focus off of
what brings these two about
is the moment you serve a dying cause.
Food for thought:
RECRUITMENT:
Cults recruit;
Freemasons attract.
RETENTION:
Cults hold captive;
Freemasons are free to come and go
as they please.
We loose members and don't attract new members
because the focus of the fraternity
for far too many Brothers has turned ...
A) from Making Good Men Better
B) to pushing Brothers through the degrees
with nothing more offered than...
1) to Join in the Process of
,2) Joining an officer line or
3) Joining other "related" bodies.
When you want to get serious
about attracting and retaining members,
get serious about the things
that Attract and Retain them.
Regarding doing your Best,
how Responsible are You?
-------------- CHASE THEM! --------------
-------------- PREP --------------
A RARELY ACCEPTED REALITY
It is the EA Work
that Prepares the Hearts
of All Brothers to Become Masons.
Without the Work,
Without the Work,
You're just another
Dues Paying Member.
For Further Light:
A Brother Asks: Coach,
Would you tell me
how the columns figure
into our Masonic journey?
Something that I have been sharing
Coach: I sure can.
for about a decade now...
For Further Light:
“When you find a writer
who really is saying something to you,
read everything that writer has written
and you will get more education
and depth of understanding
out of that
than reading a scrap here
and a
scrap there
and elsewhere.
Then go to people
who influenced that writer,
or those who were related to him,
and your world builds together
in an
organic way
that is really marvelous.”
―
―
The Hero's Journey:
Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work
This is something that I have done for years!
-------------- WELL? --------------
If your Meetings
Don't Attract
Current Members,
What Makes You Think
they shall Attract
Future Members?
For Further Light:
-------------- DOUBT --------------
try to give the other guy
the same benefit of the doubt
you want
when something you say
comes out wrong."
-- Brother Ricky Stevens
-- Brother Ricky Stevens
-------------- FC STAIRCASE --------------
Have you
Climbed these Stairs?
No, really?
And you claim
to be a Master?
-------------- YES! --------------
I still like what Bro. Stephen has to say.....
"Whether you are
a Grand Master, Mason, Freemason or stonecutter
this work is a must read now proposition.
No other writing from any previous period in history
comes close to defining Freemasonry so completely
whilst also de-cloaking the process for the aspiring Freemason,
Waking up the Journeymen
and offering the Society as a whole
a marvelous opportunity to expand its membership.
Nagy has done the hard yards in explaining
the origins of the Freemasonic Drama,
identified the first Freemason
and uncovered the lost word.
This is the best book I have read in 30 years. Highly recommended."
-- Bro. Stephen Rowlison, Master Mason.
-- Bro. Stephen Rowlison, Master Mason.
For further Light:
Tour guide service
now available!
(ON ZOOM TOO!!!)
-------------- END --------------
Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)
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