Thursday, July 27, 2023

Random Building Thoughts - 2023-07-27

 

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-------------- MASONIC EDUCATION! --------------  
 


THE APPRENTICE TOOL BOX

And Interview discussing some of The Working Tools Apprentices would Work With OR Develop if they actually DID the Work that Ritual points them toward.

HINT: We don't stop at the Two you are shown in the East!
 
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 The definition 
that one asserts upon the word "traditional" 
shall be unquestionably within a comfort-zone 
dictated by one's chosen ignorance.

-------------- ALLEGORY--------------  
 
 
 For as much that has been revealed 
about The Master's Word,
 it's sadly obvious far too many 
have no clue what they seek. 
 
For Further Light:
Clues!
 
-------------- DIFFERENCES... --------------  
 

Whilst the Spirit is Eternal, 
The Soul is Immortal 
 
-------------- VICE --------------   
 

Tolerance becomes Vice 
when Applied toward Aggression 
in any form 
and no matter how minute.
 
-------------- CLOSER?--------------  
 
 
 And if you don't like your answer, 
change your choices for the better ASAP!

(Hat tip to Bro Lance Samples!)
 
  -------------- ENDURANCE -------------- 
 
 
 Passion is Enduring 
Necessary Discomfort. 
When it's Unnecessary, 
It is Madness.
 
-------------- MANON --------------  


MASONS ANONYMOUS
Look for your meetings at a
Freemasonic Lodge near you
 
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About 80% of schooled individuals 
don't remember the Pareto Principle. 
 Those that do remember it 
believe this without question.
 
-------------- CHARACTER --------------  
 
-------------- MYTH --------------  
 

“I always feel uncomfortable 
when people speak about ordinary mortals 
because I've never met 
an ordinary man, woman or child.”
― Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth 
  
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Random Building Thoughts - 2023-07-26

  

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A Gentle Reminder

Standard Freemasonic Conspiracy Decision Tree...
(Hat tip to Bro. John Lawson)
 
-------------- MASONIC EDUCATION --------------  
 
 
-------------- RHETORIC! --------------  
 
  
One cannot expect literalists 
to see truth in metaphorical communications. 
They simply are not wired 
to understand Metaphorically communicated truths. 
This is why theological and philosophical writings 
are not accepted by many. 
They're filled with Allegory, 
and by their very nature require 
an understanding and acceptance 
of figures of speech 
that are not within literalists' domain.  
 
-------------- MATURING --------------   
 

 There is a Maturing Step 
one must take from Youth to Manhood, 
once one Enters into Masonry. 
Beyond taking that Initial Step, 
Age becomes one's welcomed Blessing; 
but only when one Does this first Step Justice. 
Should one not Do it Justice, 
Age becomes one's unwelcomed Burden.   

For Further Light: 
 
-------------- P&D --------------  
 
  
To Subdue my Passions... & Circumscribe my Desires...

Note: This was created from a picture of the sun through a clouded sky that I took recently while on one of my Power Walks. The center of the photo shows a not-so-classic "Sun Pillar" that occurs more readily at sunrise and sunset when the atmospheric conditions are just right. I augmented the color of the original picture to bring out the blues -- the picture was originally very gray. I then mirrored the outer 1/4 of the left and right side from the original picture. The leftward and rightward mirroring created two distinct characterizations left and right of the sun pillar. I saw Passion and Desire mirrored in it immediately!
 
  -------------- RINGS -------------- 
 
 
 The Lodge of the Rings
The Fellowship of the Rings
Are You Wear Worthy?
 
-------------- MYTHING SOMETHING? --------------  


Ritual: 
Mything Countless Points 
Since Time Immemorial.
 
-------------- MESSENGERS -------------- 
 
  
 With Well-Directed Work 
Come Angels of Revelation 
and all the Lively Eagerness 
for More of the Same.
Direct your Work Well!
 
-------------- CHARACTER --------------  

 
-------------- MYTH --------------  
 
"Just as anyone who listens to the muse will hear, 
you can write out of your own intention 
or out of inspiration. 
There is such a thing. 
It comes up and talks. 
And those who have heard deeply 
the rhythms and hymns of the gods, 
the words of the gods, 
can recite those hymns in such a way 
that the gods will be attracted."
-- Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey, p.124
 
Moral: 
Gods can be Amusing. 
When you're aMused, 
Write On!
 
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"If you live with the myths in your mind, 
you will find yourself always in mythological situations. 
They cover everything that can happen to you. 
And that enables you to interpret the myth 
in relation to life, 
as well as life in relation to myth."
-- Joseph Campbell, 
interviewed by Michael McKnight,
 "Elders and Guides," Parabola, Vol. V, No. 1, 
February 1980, p.59
 
Moral: 
It's Okay to Myth the Point!
 
  
-------------- OBSOLETE! --------------  
 
 
SATISDICTION!
 
-------------- SOUL CULTIVATION --------------  

 
 
The Work pointed toward 
by the first two Degrees 
is intended to develop the Soul 
so It Travels Significantly! 
Without Matured Hearts & Minds, 
Souls Wander with poor direction
 and Travel insignificantly; 
Woe Embraces such Souls.
 
-------------- LIARS --------------  
 

"The men that American people
 admire most extravagantly 
are the most daring liars; 
the men they detest 
the most violently 
are those who try 
to tell them the truth."
--H. L. Mencken

The Liars are not the problem. 
 It's their supporters that are the problem.

(Hat tip to Bro.  Jason Vigorito​! from July 26, 2014)
 
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-------------- THOUGHT-PROVOKING -------------- 

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