Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Random Building Thoughts - 2023-05-31


-------------- HUMOR --------------  
 

 Master Masons are charged 
to help, aid, assist 
and correct their Brothers; 
not fix them.
 
-------------- WORKING MATERIALS --------------  
  
Working Materials Primer

  • Chalk (Freedom->Choice)
    is what we come in with.
  • Clay (Zeal->Obligation)
    is what is provided for us through our Altar experience.  
  • Charcoal (Fervency->Work)
    is pointed toward by our Brothers and ignited

    when the first two (Chalk and Clay) are genuine.




All must be present
and in agreement for Proper Transformation.
(What Pattern do you see?)

Source: Cement
 
 -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION --------------   
 
 
-------------- CHARACTER --------------  
  

All the Preparation on earth 
will not Change a Reaction to a Response, 
unless you Execute what you had Practiced 
in that Critical Moment of Decision.
 
-------------- LEARNING --------------  
 

You Entirely Miss the Point of Education 
When you have yet to Learn How to Learn.
 
 -------------- TRAVEL --------------  


When You Can't Travel,You Miss Many Rich Lessons.
When You Don't Travel, You Miss the Entire Point. 

For Further Light:
 
-------------- ALLEGORY--------------  
 


 In Case you Missed it... You Are the Point! 
Don't ever Forget to Remember this Always!
 
For Further Light:
 
-------------- DRIVE --------------  
 
 
 
As long as Lodges Continue to Strap themselves to Debt, 
Money, and by implied default Membership, 
shall Drive Lodges.
 
-------------- KEEP CALM -------------- 
 
For Further Light:
 

 
-------------- CHARACTER -------------- 
 
"Pure and Ancient Masonry", as referred to by Freemasonic lore, had but one degree (EA) initially with which joiners enjoyed full membership. Additionally, a master's part (FC) existed for those who desired to oversee a lodge. 
 
Soon after the Premier Grand Lodge meeting in 1717, that one degree (EA) was split in two parts thus creating the now EA and FC degrees and the master's part (the original FC) was substituted with the second half of the original split degree (EA - second half).
That second half became the basis of our current FC degree. 
 
The master's part (the original FC) was initially put aside but was eventually brought back into use after being Dramatically augmented to become our current MM degree. This augmented High Degree was not required Initially by members to enjoy full membership but only became so as other fabricated High Degrees were added to what was already offered to the membership.
 
But we don't have any Innovations!
 
-------------- MYTH --------------  
 
"My feeling is that 
mythic forms reveal themselves gradually
 in the course of your life
 if you know what they are
 and how to pay attention 
to their emergence. 
 
My own initiation 
into the mythic depths 
of the unconscious 
has been through the mind,
 through the books that surround me 
in this library. 
 
I have recognized in my quest 
all the stages of the hero’s journey. 
 
I had my calls to adventure, 
my guides, demons, and illuminations."
 
– “Man and Myth: 
A Conversation with Joseph Campbell,
 Psychology Today, July 1971


-------------- PURSUIT --------------  
 
 
 
Pursuing "Eureka!": 
a task best left to those radically unsatisfied 
with mundane superficialities. 
 
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 Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)

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