Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Random Building Thoughts - 2023-07-05

 

-------------- INTRODUCTION ONLY! --------------  

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

 For Further Light:
Mythology
 
-------------- ALLEGORY--------------  
 
 
 Allegory is a Working Tool 
Abused by the Literal, 
Misused by the Tyrannical 
and Unused by the Ignorant.

FOR FURTHER LIGHT:
ALLEGORY!

 
-------------- CHARACTER --------------  
 
 
When you don't inspire others 
toward their best, 
you're likely 
not doing your best. 

-------------- CHALLENGE --------------  


Your Brothers Believe 
That you Are in There 
and They have Shown you the Way Out. 
Why are you Still Hiding?

-------------- ALLEGORY--------------  
 
 
 Allegory is a Working Tool 
Abused by the Literal, 
Misused by the Tyrannical 
and Unused by the Ignorant.

FOR FURTHER LIGHT:
ALLEGORY!

 
-------------- LEARN IT! --------------  
 

"You've got to learn what the work means or you're just a paper Mason."
-- Bro. Kurt Morauer Sr
 
-------------- WORTHSHIP --------------   
 
 
Treating Each Square 
As A Place of Workship 
Brings More Betterment 
Than Treating Them 
as a Place of Worthship.  
 
-------------- WORKING TOOLS --------------  
 

I so often come across individuals 
who are vicious enemies to their own well-being; 
and they have no clue that they are the ones 
causing themselves the most harm. 
The Mirror in the Chamber
 is a crucial Working Tool 
that too few have Mastered. 
It is not a coincidence 
that it is provided as a precursor to entry 
into a degree in many jurisdictions.
 
  -------------- JUST DO IT! ------------- 
 

One of the greatest disappointments 
Brothers shall experience in their Masonic lifetimes 
is expecting Freemasonry 
to Transform them into Better men 
without any Earnest Efforts of their own
 to bring this into Fruition. 
 Uncorrelated Transformations bring about 
both wishful and dangerously immature thinking. 
Their disappointments are understandable 
and deserved though 
since such expectations are both unrealistic
 and a grievous affront to the very nature of Masonry. 
One must never expect to be Better 
without changing one's Fundamental Nature. 
 
To Be Better, one must Transform. 
 That takes Work!
 
-------------- GOOD MEN BETTER? --------------  

A Brother Asks: How does Freemasonry help make good men better?
 
Coach: It gives you a road map to follow! Freemasonry's Ritual points to several tasks for which a man should do completely for this to occur. Let's take a look at the First Degree Work only, the most commonly dismissed, overlooked and under-done Work of most Freemasons.
 
1. Plumb Setting - This Establishes (and should Maintain) what's most important and a process that allows for its determination. Without this singular important act, there is no firm Foundation upon which to Build. All else becomes Rubbish if not done in full!
2. 24 Inch Gauge - Establishes and Maintains priorities, tasking, resource utilization and scheduling within a functional Time Management System of which cannot occur without setting the Plumb.
3. Common Gavel - Divestment of Vices and Superfluities of which cannot occur without setting the Plumb.
4. Moral Integrity Check (Square: part 1) - VoSL review of which cannot occur without setting the Plumb.
5. Emotions Management - Circumscription and Subduing of Passions and Desires of which cannot occur without setting the Plumb.
6. Due Bounds (Square: part 2) - Establishes and Maintains Standards (those limits to which we hold ourselves to account) of which cannot occur without setting the Plumb.
7. Due Bounds (Square: part 3) - Establishes and Maintains Boundaries (those limits to which we hold others to account) of which cannot occur without setting the Plumb.
8. Masonic Cement (Square: part 4) - Cultivation of the base Cardinal and Theological Virtues of which cannot occur without setting the Plumb.
 
The kicker here is that all this Work should be done BEFORE one gets into the 7 Liberal Arts and Sciences! (and WAY before one gets into metaphysical studies!)
 
-------------- MYTH --------------  
 

"All men are capable of reason. 
That is the fundamental principle of democracy. 
Because everybody’s mind 
is capable of true knowledge, 
you don’t have to have a special authority, 
or a special revelation telling you 
that this is the way things should be."
-- Joseph Campbell
 
-------------- BROKEN --------------  
 
 
-------------- OFFERING HELP -------------- 
 
 When you truly want 
to help a disillusioned Brother, 
start by letting him know 
that he is not the only one disenfranchised 
by empowered Ruffians.
 
-------------- APOLOGY --------------  
 

A Sincere Apology: 
 
If you are...
 
1) disturbed into deep thought,
2) provoked into taking positive action, and
3) tormented into positive reflection,
 
by anything that I've posted or responded to on FB, 
then we all expect an apology from you 
for you're not doing all this on your own.
 
 -------------- END --------------

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

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