Friday, February 3, 2023

Random Building Thoughts - 2022-02-03

  

  -------------- A GOOD MAN IS NOT A HARMLESS MAN -------------- 

 The Practice of Masonry 
Make Good Men Better, 
not Harmless.

When you do Masonry's Work,
the Work you are directed to do
by the first two degrees,
You become dangerous
to those who would
mislead, manipulate, abuse,
& take advantage of
weaker men.
 
As you Build Moral & Mental Strength
you become dangerous 
to those who feed upon the weak.
  

A good man is not a harmless man.
A good man is a very dangerous man
who chooses to keep civil his dangerous nature.

(Hat tip to Jordan Peterson!)
 
 -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION--------------
 

  -------------- DIVEST -------------- 
 
 
Masonry Asks a Man
to Identify what's Most Important
and to Divest himself of that which is not.
When he doesn't show up for your Stated Meetings,
Perhaps it's Proof that he did Listen
to what was Asked of him.
 
 -------------- OUR CRAFT -------------- 
 
 Freemasonry
 
 "... A personal vocation of benevolent moral growth...
An activity of closely united men
who work for the welfare of mankind,
striving morally to ennoble themselves and others...
 
"A path clothed in the trappings of the ancient stone mason's craft,
blind to [religious preference], ethnicity, and social standing,
that leads toward morality, humility and love...
 
"A cooperative effort to improve the world
by taking responsibility for yourself
and the world around you,
and working alongside like-minded people
to make things a little better... "
 
(Hat tip to Bro. David Rosenthal!)
 
 -------------- HUMOR -------------- 
 
 
Freemasonry! You're my HERO!!!
 
 -------------- GUILT-FREE GROWTH -------------- 
 
 
Freemasonry Offers Many
Opportunities to Grow Up.
Part of that Process
is Know when to Leave the Nest
and Make a Life.
When Members do this,
Celebrate their Success,
without any Guilt-Trips.
 
 
 -------------- TRAVELERS --------------
 

  Something Travelers would appreciate.
 
 -------------- PRIORITIES -------------- 
 
 
There's far too many Members
Who are Unreasonably Unsettled
by those men who do not
Join to Attend Meetings
that Provide Absolutely
no Nurturing Whatsoever.
 
 
 -------------- DO THE TRIVIAL WORK! --------------
 

Do Trivial Work
and you Come to Understand
how Sophists Flourish in Kingdoms
where the Ignorant Feast upon Rubbish.
 
 -------------- HELP BENEFITS -------------- 

 
"By helping others to find their path,
it brings your own into focus."
-- Bro RJ Gleason
 
 -------------- FOR THE BETTER -------------- 


...But if it ain't a change for the better,
rethink your contribution...
 
 -------------- SLAP IN THE FACE -------------- 
 
 
When Lodges do their Job,
they Make Manly Travelers.
It's a slap in both their faces and yours
to Expect such men to remain home
just because you'd miss them.
 
 -------------- KNOW YOUR TOOLS -------------- 
 

Adults know
when the Tool they use
is Too Big for the Nut
they are Dealing with.
 
 -------------- FILED UNDER: FALSE WITNESS -------------- 
 
 
FILED UNDER: 
FALSE WITNESS
 
Be extremely leary of any man's Acquaintance 
who acts as if he knows the man well enough
 to take Liberties in Representing him, 
his Heart, his Thoughts, his Works, his Motives, and his Profits, 
while never having truly been involved
 in that man's life whatsoever. 
 
Such unwarrented Liberties are uncivil, 
are unfounded in friendship
 and are direct signs that he failed to Cultivate 
the very Disciplines that the Apprentice Degree 
Directs Freemasons toward. 
They are also blatant indications of 
Bearing False Witness and an evil spirit.
 
If only there were a Freemasonic Degree 
that directed members' attention to this 
all too often practiced abhorrent 
and contemptible behavior by Craft Ruffians.
 
-------------- INSANE EXPECTATIONS -------------- 
 
 
The Insanity of Expecting Mastery
 from an experience
 is only overshadowed 
by calling someone "Master" 
who has yet to Build a Masterpiece. 
 
 -------------- WHEAT FROM CHAFF -------------- 
 
 
Generalities Affect
those who See the Truth they Reveal
and those who Focus upon Exceptional Issues.  
 
 -------------- BUILD THAT BRIGHTER FUTURE! -------------- 
 

One of the most interesting aspects of sharing your opinion is the winnowing that occurs within: 
 
a) those who relate to it so well that they thank you for sharing it, take positive steps toward using it to improve their lives (and that of others) and improve themselves and the world as a result; and 
 
b) those who get so distressed by it that they are driven to dismiss it and in the course of building cases against you, they draw further attention to all the good you convey to those who seek Further Light for all the right reason. 
 
Either way it's a win-win-win, and it's also a lot of fun playing the inadvertent catalyst toward Betterment for those who desire Improvement within themselves! 
 
Build on my Brothers. The future looks Brighter every day!  
 
 -------------- END -------------- 
  
 Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)

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