Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Random Building Thoughts - 2023-07-12

  

  ------ WORK --------

 
There is a type of Work
 in which a man endeavors
 that makes it impossible to bury him 
when his body gives up his ghost.
 
 -------------- HECATOMB --------------   
 
 
-------------- PRIORITIES! --------------  
 
 
As with many prompting things, 
once you understand what the stimulus points toward, 
to honor the prompt's intention, 
you must forget about the prompt itself 
and go in the direction the stimulus point you 
rather than waste away your life 
staring at the prompt 
and trying to figure out who put it there, 
how it got there, 
when it got there, 
and where it came from. 
 
It should be enough to simply follow Good Orderly Direction.
 
-------------- RELEASE! --------------  
 

When a Lodge fulfills its promise to a man, 
it doesn't keep its umbilical cord attached. 
It severs it with pleasure
 and celebrates his successful transformation! 
 
-------------- LIVE! --------------  
 


When a Lodge fulfills its promise to a man, 
he doesn't remain cloistered within its Womb. 
He Travels out into the unknown,
Working, Earning, Supporting and Contributing 
and doing all of these Masterfully!
  
 -------------- TUTELAGE --------------  
 
 
FILED UNDER: Never assume word meaning out of context.
 
Tutelage is not a side effect of digesting Ruffish. 
 
Should it stinketh, you're Hecatomb lacketh. 
 
Should it nurture, you're Hecatomb suffices! 
 
(If you haven't experienced a Hecatomb, 
you're likely to be confused at this point.)
 
 
-------------- MASTERY! --------------  
 
 
 
Mastery: 
Being that Holy Terror 
that Ruffians Dread!
 
  -------------- THINKING! -------------- 
 

 Aestimans Discrimine: 
A mind altering experience!
 
-------------- HAVE YOU? --------------  
 

FILED UNDER: HAVE YOU REALLY THOUGHT IT OUT?
 
To all those Brothers who have been Sold a Bill of Goods 
when it comes to The Master's Word, 
think about the following: 
 
If you Truly, Honestly and Sincerely Believe 
you have found the Lost Word 
and want to test its validity, try this simple acid test. 
 
Use whatever you Believe you were given by others to 
1) Travel, 2) Work, 3) Earn, 4) Support, and 5) Contribute 
and do all Five of these "Masterfully", 
continuously 
and do so without the assistance of others.
 
If you can, you have it. If you can't, you don't.
 
For Further Light:
Acid Test...
 
-------------- CHANGE --------------  
 

-------------- WHO RULES? --------------  


(Hat tip to Bro. Jon B Coats Jr)
 
-------------- RABBIT HOLES -------------- 
 
 
When you do the Work 
that Ritual directs you toward, 
you build the skills and wisdom 
necessary to understand and use 
Allegory as it was intended. 
 
When you don't, 
you take Allegory down rabbit holes 
never dreamed of by their authors.
  
-------------- MYTH --------------  
 

 (Hat tip to Bro. Eric W. Kuntz!)
 
-------------- IMAGINATION --------------  
 

 
Imagination: 
A True Wonder Drug!
 
-------------- FREEBORN! --------------  
 
 
Do you DARE Explore its Light?

Freeborn Chapter VIII, Building Free Men - Volume 8
 
 -------------- RESOURCE --------------  
 
 

There's a Word for what you're Seeking...
 ...is your Passion for Light 
strong enough to Pursue it?
 
This is the book that inspired "The Craft Unmasked! 
The Uncommon Origin of Freemasonry and its Practice".
 It delves into the original meanings of the terms
"Free", "Freeborn", "Free & Accepted" 
and so much more.
 
When you don't know your roots, 
the fruit you pick is suspect!
 
For your Consideration: 
A Resource for When You're Looking 
for The Right Words 
to Express What you Have 
Suspected All Along.
 
For Further Light:
BFM

 
-------------- FOUR TIMES -------------- 

-------------- TRAILING THOUGHTS... -------------- 
 
If you are wondering what might contribute to the decline of membership, here are 12 Points to consider. 
 
Long-term Membership Killers
 
1. The overall lack of personal worth in almost every offered activity.
2. Entitlement rather than Merit based progression, focus and attitude focusing upon what ritual points members toward.
3. Little to no understanding required to progress.
4. Over-controlling Bureaucracy with no room for growth or flexibility other than that which contributes only to more of the same.
5. Organizational focus not truly serving the personal growth needs of the membership.
6. Education that trains members to run the organization rather than that which nurtures and strengthens members.
7. Politics over Principles.
8. Rules/Laws continually interpreted to benefit a specific positioned few rather than all individual members.
9. Officer Inbreeding at all levels.
10. Key officers maintaining offices preventing healthy turnover and opportunity for membership growth.
11. Attitudes, rules, disappointment, frustration and behaviors reinforced by items 1 through 10.
12. Membership apathy reinforced by items 1 through 11.
 
 -------------- END -------------- 

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

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