Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Random Building Thoughts - 2023-07-11

 

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The operative term being "Reasonably Sane..."
-------------- THINK! --------------  
 
 
FILED UNDER: Know(ing) the Differences
 
The greatest "three century challenge" Freemasons face
is Recognizing, Understanding and Distinguishing 
that which only supports its Institutions 
from that which clearly supports its members 
and then nurture them both. 
 
Until they do, 
Its doors will continue to build 
an alumni society 
larger than its current membership.
 
For Further Light:
THINK!

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 -------------- CHARACTER -------------- 
 
 

-------------- ALLEGORY--------------  
  

 Ritual uses Old Testament Allegory,
at least in the Symbolic Lodges,
to convey Veiled Classical Greek Philosophy.
When applied 
as prescribed by Ritual,
it can only strengthen one's Faith.
When not applied,
you'll get Ruin.

 
For Further Light:
RUIN
 
-------------- TAKE CARE --------------  
 

Take Care
 in Whom You Choose 
to Guard Your West Gate. 
 
-------------- SELF-FRENDSHIP --------------  
 
 
When you are Your Own Best Friend, 
Loneliness is Self-Abandonment.
 
  -------------- WORK! -------------- 
 
 
 The one unproscribed Masonic Secret 
you'll not hear much about anywhere
 is how "Work", as Prescribed by Ritual, 
profoundly Transforms one's total being toward the Better. 
It is a four-letter word that remains pitifully undiscussed 
and rarely pursued by the masses.
 
For Further Light:
 
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"Self-discipline and self-control 
will determine the quality of your life 
more than anything else."
 -- Ed Latimore
 
-------------- ARITHMETIC --------------  


According to Scripture*, Pi = 3
* 1 Kings 7:23, 2 Chronicles 4:2

 
-------------- MANY ASHLARS -------------- 
 
 
 
FILED UNDER: Know Your Work Focus
 
"The Ashlers represent one life coming together."
 
Contrary to popular belief, 
as a Mason, 
you Work upon several Ashlars, 
bringing each to Suitability 
before Cementing it to the others 
you have already carefully Raised, Positioned and Cemented
.
Of course, 
you could just pile them all up 
unsquared and unmortared. 
 
It all depends upon 
what you want as your result.
 
-------------- CHARACTER --------------  
 
 
Diamonds do not reflect Light, 
they transform it 
and make it sparkle in wondrous ways! 
Charcoal absorbs Light 
and keeps all of it to itself. 
You know which one you are 
by how you handle your Light!
 
-------------- MYTH --------------  
 
 
"We are, in fact, productions of this earth. 
We are, as it were, its organs. 
Our eyes are the eyes of the earth; 
our knowledge is the earth's knowledge."
-- Joseph Campbell in The Inner Reaches of Outer Space
 
We do not come and go from this place. 
We come forth and go back into this place. 
Hence, we never truly leave. 
We merely get re-absorbed, 
only to re-emerge again and again and again. 
"You" are the result of many "yous". 
"You" are the cause of many "yous" to follow. 
"You" cannot help but happen,
 again and again and again.
 

-------------- REALIZE IT! --------------  
 

To Manifest one's Word Agreeable
to Wisdom, Strength and Beauty 
is Mastery Realized.
 
-------------- FREEDOM --------------  
 

Frêodôm*:
 
It Cannot Be 
Given to You. 
 
It Cannot Be 
Obtained from Others. 
 
It Must Be 
Sought from Yourself, 
Always.

*Frêodôm – “freedom”, 
state of free-will, 
charter, emancipation, 
deliverance, state of excellence
 
-------------- PASSING THOUGHTS... -------------- 

Magical and Mystical thought is experienced 
by those who see and wonder. 
Those who have rolled up their mental sleeves 
and do the Work 
experience profound awareness.
 
Imagine the impact upon Craft Lodges 
if all the moneys Brothers put toward the Fraternity 
were all directed toward the Blue Lodge. 
Image the impact if they didn't. 
 
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 Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)

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