Sunday, September 3, 2023

Random Building Thoughts - 2023-09-03

 

-------------- GUILTING! --------------  
 
 

There's nothing that'll Kill 
a Brother's Interest 
more than Guilting him
 into Participating Regularly 
in Anything That Depletes his Spirit. 
  
 -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION --------------  
 

 -------------- CHARACTER --------------
  
 
 
(From another thread...)
 
NON-MASON: 
...so they do practice Magic, Mason's that is...
 
ME: 
I'm saddened to have to disappoint you. 
Magic is not part of masonry, 
freemasonry or our craft. 
 
The only time you shall see 
some of our members disappear 
is when you ask them 
to volunteer for something.
 
Equally, 
some members appear out of thin air 
and get done what needs to be done.
 
I guess you can say 
that Freemasonry reveals Character. 
And that could be considered magical to some.
 
-------------- HUMOR --------------  
 
 
-------------- WORK HARDER -------------- 


Why do I Work so Hard at Masonry?
 
I want to make sure
that my sons
can join a Better Organization
than I did.

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


FILED UNDER: 
Why I look for keys, constantly!

(Hat Tip to Bro. Richard R. Gray)
 
-------------- ALLEGORY--------------  
 
 

Try not to assume 
that Lessons do not have Lessons within them 
or that any Lesson does not go deeper 
than what is superficially shown. 
 
Masterfully Crafted lessons are Challenging Matryoshka 
with inner layers that can only be Gleaned 
as each overlaid Lesson is Properly Revealed 
and masterfully Removed. 
 
If Masonry teaches us anything about Lessons
 it would include that 
an Understanding of the Core 
can only be Grasped 
once the skin and flesh 
are Dealt with Properly. 
  
 -------------- UNFULFILLED? --------------  
 
 
The Degrees offered to men 
within the Symbolic Lodge 
introduce them to specific Development Work 
that, when done, Transforms them 
from Good men to Better men. 
This Betterment starts with 
Cultivating a deeper Understanding of The Self, 
continues with Cultivating a deeper Understanding
 of The Universe 
and ultimately turns toward Cultivating 
a deeper Understanding of The Word 
as exemplified through their chosen Faith. 
 
 Should a man join
 and choose not to do the Cultivation Work 
that these Three Symbolic Degrees Direct him toward, 
he shall receive only an unfulfilling 
and dissatisfying Substitute 
that he might try to make sense of 
by futilely Seeking Further Light in other Degrees. 
 
Unfortunately, 
he shall remain unfulfilled 
until he actually Does The Work. 
 
-------------- YET SOME DO ANYWAY -------------- 
 

The struggle is real...
 
It's Not Enough to Show some men 
Ways to Better themselves. 
Sometimes you have to Pry them 
from the Chains of their own Complacency.
 
That Action alone 
is an Unbelievably Monumental Undertaking 
that No man Should have to Do
for another. 
 
Yet some do Anyway.
 
-------------- ASPIRANTS -------------- 
 
 
To Aspirants of Walking, 
All that is Involved in Crawling 
is Embraced with Untethered Zeal. 
They know Mastery 
is Achieved in Stages 
and Stages can be Mastered.
 
-------------- JUST DO IT! --------------  
 
 

Your Perfection
 shall remain concealed 
when your Twenty-Four Inch Gauge 
is Fixed upon the Unimportant 
and your Common Gavel 
does not Properly Divest 
what covers that Perfection.

For Further Light:
 Complete It!
 
-------------- DIVEST --------------
 

I: How did you get so frightfully Burdened?
R: Well, it all began with being heavily distracted by,
 invested in
and disappointed with superfluities...

I: How did you finally get unburdened?
R: Divestments... 
Conscious and Rigorous Divestments!

 -------------- CHISELERS --------------  


FILED UNDER: 
Stay Vigilant!
 
Mastery is not for Everyone. 
You can Lead some Brothers to Ashlars, 
And Instruct them Well in the Ways 
and in the Work 
and They Shall Still Become Chiselers 
Instead of Artisans. 
 
Remain Forever Vigilant!
 
 -------------- MYTH --------------  

 
“Our life evokes our character. 
You find out more about yourself as you go on. 
That’s why it’s good to be able to put yourself in situations 
that will evoke your higher nature rather than your lower.”
-- Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth 
(with Bill Moyers)
 
You do not have Character; Character has you!
 
-------------- QUESTION! --------------  
 
 
...but of course! 
 
-------------- FILL THEM! -------------- 
 

For Further Light:
Hose
 
-------------- THE WORD -------------- 
 
 
In Reality, 
Brothers don't get 
a Substitute 
because The Real Thing was lost.
They get a Substitute 
because they themselves 
are not the Real Thing, 
yet.
 
-------------- TOTAL -------------- 
 
 
 
TOTAL RECALL

When Proficiency 
Requires that you do your Best!
at a lodge near you


 -------------- CONTAINED -------------- 
 
 
 
Open Minds 
Should Never be Used 
as Receptacles 
for Other People's Trash 
or Containers for Yours.
 
 -------------- READ CAREFULLY! --------------
 
 
 
Depending upon
how you choose to read something,
it shall make startling sense
or appear as utter nonsense.
 
READ! 
& Choose Wisely!
 
 -------------- FURTHER READING! -------------- 
  

How's your Summer Reading going so far?
Looking for Something Special?

For Further Light:
Light!

 
-------------- END --------------

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

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