Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Random Building Thoughts - 2023-09-05

 

 
-------------- HUMOR --------------  
 

DAY ONE!
 
-------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- 


-------------- BUT A SPARK -------------- 
 
Far too many 
Assume Masonic Preparation Occurs 
prior to Initiation. 
Desire is not Preparation. 
 It is but a Spark, 
and one that appears
 too often without 
Fuel to Ignite.
 
-------------- CHALLENGE --------------  
 
 
 
BLUNT COACHING MESSAGE TIME:
 
I've seen far too many Brother 
who have not done the Work of the first Two Degrees 
succumb to emotional and intellectual blackmail 
of family, friends and congregation members 
who knew these Brothers' weaknesses. 
 
Had these Brothers been directed 
by the Mature Souls of the Fraternity 
to dedicate time to do 
 
1) the Emotional Management Work 
that they were directed to do 
by the First Degree, or 
2) the Logic and Rhetorical studies 
required of them 
by the Second Degree Staircase, 
 
they would have easily and effortlessly been
 fully capable and firmly willing 
to deal swiftly and effectively 
with the unbelievable social stresses 
and pressures administered and employed 
by these manipulating henchmen 
masquerading as 
well-meaning family, friends and congregants. 
 
 If you do not want to see your Brother fall prey
 to this Soul Suckers and Spirit Killers, 
do the Work yourselves 
so that these Brothers shall SEE 
what Mature Souls are capable of Being.
 
 It is only when this generation leads by example 
that future generations shall be led 
by Cultivated men! 
 
For Further Light:
 
-------------- FOREPLAY --------------  
 
 
NOTE: 
You only Score 
when you do the Work 
and to do the Work, 
you must Travel!
 
Like Scoreless Foreplay, 
Only Provides to Men Maps
 
The Fraternity as a Whole 
Fails these men 
by not Escorting them
 through the Invaluable Territories 
that these Maps Represent.
 
So CLOSE, 
yet so FAR!
 
 -------------- RECRUITMENT & RETENTION --------------  
 
 
HERE"S A THOUGHT!
 
Recruitment and Retention 
are NOT our Responsibilities at any level, 
Grand or small. 
 
Our only Responsibility 
is to do our best 
at whatever Good that our lives require of us. 
 These two activities, 
Recruitment and Retention 
 are symptomatic of activities 
that bring them about. 
 
The moment you take focus off of 
what brings these two about 
is the moment you serve a dying cause.
 
Food for thought: 
 
RECRUITMENT
Cults recruit; 
Freemasons attract. 
 
RETENTION
Cults hold captive;
 Freemasons are free to come and go 
as they please. 
 
We loose members and don't attract new members 
because the focus of the fraternity 
for far too many Brothers has turned ...
 
A) from Making Good Men Better
B) to pushing Brothers through the degrees 
with nothing more offered than...
1) to Join in the Process of 
,
2) Joining an officer line or
3) Joining other "related" bodies. 
 
When you want to get serious 
about attracting and retaining members, 
get serious about the things 
that Attract and Retain them. 
 
Regarding doing your Best, 
how Responsible are You?
 
-------------- CHASE THEM! -------------- 
 
 
-------------- PREP -------------- 
 

A RARELY ACCEPTED REALITY

It is the EA Work 
that Prepares the Hearts 
of All Brothers to Become Masons.
Without the Work, 
You're just another 
Dues Paying Member.

For Further Light:
 
-------------- ALLEGORY--------------  
 
 
 
A Brother Asks: Coach, 
Would you tell me 
how the columns figure 
into our Masonic journey?
Coach: I sure can.
 
Something that I have been sharing
 for about a decade now...
 
For Further Light:
 
-------------- MYTH --------------  

“When you find a writer 
who really is saying something to you, 
read everything that writer has written 
and you will get more education 
and depth of understanding 
out of that 
than reading a scrap here 
and a scrap there 
and elsewhere. 
Then go to people 
who influenced that writer, 
or those who were related to him, 
and your world builds together 
in an organic way 
that is really marvelous.”
Joseph Campbell,  
The Hero's Journey:
 Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work 
 
This is something that I have done for years!
 
 -------------- WELL? --------------  
 
 
If your Meetings 
Don't Attract 
Current Members, 
What Makes You Think 
they shall Attract 
Future Members?
 
For Further Light:
 
-------------- DOUBT -------------- 
 

 "Today, 
try to give the other guy 
the same benefit of the doubt 
you want 
when something you say 
comes out wrong."
-- Brother Ricky Stevens
 
-------------- FC STAIRCASE -------------- 
 
 
Have you 
Climbed these Stairs? 
 
No, really? 
And you claim 
to be a Master? 
 
-------------- YES! -------------- 
    
 
NOTE:  
I still like what Bro. Stephen has to say.....

"Whether you are
 a Grand Master, Mason, Freemason or stonecutter 
this work is a must read now proposition. 
No other writing from any previous period in history
comes close to defining Freemasonry so completely 
whilst also de-cloaking the process for the aspiring Freemason, 
Waking up the Journeymen
 and offering the Society as a whole
 a marvelous opportunity to expand its membership. 
 
Nagy has done the hard yards in explaining 
the origins of the Freemasonic Drama, 
identified the first Freemason
 and uncovered the lost word. 
This is the best book I have read in 30 years. Highly recommended."
-- Bro. Stephen Rowlison, Master Mason.
 
For further Light:
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-------------- END -------------- 

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

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