Monday, April 10, 2023

Random Building Thoughts - 2023-04-10

 

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-------------- MASONIC EDUCATION --------------  
 

 -------------- A DOOR... --------------  
 

 Freemasonry is 
a door to life enhancement 
that only Masonry can open. 
Find the differences 
between the two
 and you shall find keys 
that open you up
to an entirely different Craft experience..
 
For Further Light:
FIND THEM... 

 
-------------- ROADMAP --------------  
 

Freemasonry is not a road(path). 
It is a Roadmap (pathmap)! 
The Road, once pointed out by this Map, 
must be taken for that Map to have any Value whatsoever! 
Focus upon the Roadmap alone and you will never Travel. 
Follow the Roadmap, and your Travels will be endless! 
 
For Further Light:
MAP
 
-------------- OPPOSING VIEWS --------------  

Masonry has taught me that I have my own truth and you have yours. I may not see your
Truth and you may not see mine. Your truth may not be real for me and mine may not be real for you. 
 
To reconcile this imagined discrepancy is to accept that there will always be such differences. I need not accept your truth and you need not accept mine. 
 
This non-acceptance doesn't matter though. What matters is how I treat you and how you treat me in our efforts to communicate our truths to those who are open to hearing them. 
 
Do we respectfully speak and respectfully listen? Do we contemptuously condemn? What impact will we and do we have upon those who hear us? 
 
Would you be attracted to someone who disrespects, condemns and dishonors your Work and your Beliefs? Would you be attracted to someone who values your Work and Beliefs regardless of their own Beliefs and Works? 
 
How would you want to be treated by someone who differs in their Beliefs and their Works? 
 
What does Masonry ask of us in this respect? 
 
What is a Brother really?
 
-------------- MYTH --------------  
 
 "Those who know, 
not only that the Everlasting lives in them, 
but that what they, 
and all things, 
really are 
IS the Everlasting, 
dwell in the groves of the wish-fulfilling trees, 
drink the brew of immortality, 
and listen everywhere to the unheard music of eternal concord. 
These are the immortals."
--Joseph Campbell, 
The Hero with a Thousand Faces, p. 142
 
 -------------- THINK DEEPER! -------------- 
 
 
<snicker> not gonna hafta think about this too long...
 
Did Buddha actually say this?  

-------------- PERPETUATING... --------------  
 
 

 When you use the words 
"history" and "lore" interchangeably 
when discussing the Craft, 
you perpetuate a myth 
that has kept members in the dark 
for nearly 300 years.
 
-------------- FAITH --------------  
 
 
Yep, and 
"...the Kingdom of God is spread upon the earth 
and men do not see it."
-- The Gospel of Thomas
 
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 Exchanging More Modern Acceptable Words Within Ritual 
for the Archaic Words
 to Ease Your Brothers' Struggles 
to Accept & Understand It 
Cuts Off Their Traveling Legs 
& Limits Their Paths.
 
-------------- MASONIC SPRING! -------------- 
 
 
Masonic Spring
 
A movement intended to bring Masonry back into Freemasonry 
through increased and improved awareness 
of Masonic Connections, Principles and Practice 
within members of the Craft 
who want the Betterment of men 
to be the Central Focus of their Craft Activities. 
 
It remains wholly unorganized 
with no leaders whatsoever,
 as it should, 
 other than those interested in leading themselves 
toward Betterment, as they should. 
If you're interested, simply DO THE WORK!  
 
For Further Light:
 
-------------- NO ASSUMPTIONS --------------  
 
If masonry has taught me 
anything of value 
it would be this: 
 
Never assume the reasons behind 
men staying affiliated 
with one body or another 
are what I imagine. 
 
There always runs
 a deep vein of investment 
behind any man's actions 
that may never be seen 
by any superficial surveillance 
by myself or others. 
 
The best any one of us can ever do 
is try to understand without passing judgment 
on that which resides under the surface 
and hidden from our view. 
 
-------------- WHY? --------------   
 

 
Freemasonry without Masonry 
is a tasteless decaffeinated drink. 
Sure you can take it in; 
but why bother?

(Thanks for the grist Bro. Tom Rivera!)
 
Brother: Say, aren't those terms synonymous?
Coach: They are synonymous only to Freemasons.
However, to Masons they are two entirely different things.

    For Further Light:
 Why...

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   Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)

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