Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Random Building Thoughts - 2023-09-19

 

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It amazes me that 
just because something
 is "mentioned" by Freemasonry,
there are some Brothers who think
that it automatically becomes a topic
you can't discuss outside of Freemasonry.

I call Shenanigans!

There is NOTHING preventing any Brother
from discussing any topic mentioned by Freemasonry,
other than his own ignorance
& the manner the topic is discussed by him.
Ever!
 
That being said, 
how he discusses any topic 
reveals much about what he has 
and hasn't learned about discretion.
 
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"When you have decades of admitting men 
for the sole reason of getting the numbers up 
and their money, 
you no longer have a need for the general public. 
That coupled with the fact that 
decades of admitting men that have no interest in Freemasonry, 
other than the 'camaraderie' aspects of the institution, 
then you end up with an Order that effectively has gone 'underground' 
and its members have no idea what Masonry is about! 
IMHO of course!"
-- Bro. Peter Taylor
 
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The secrets revealed to you by others 
are not the Secrets you Reveal to yourself 
through completing your EA and FC Work.
 
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 -------------- MORTAR --------------  
 

Could this Possibly be Your 
Untempered & Misdirected Mortar?
 
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-------------- CHARITY --------------
 

 Our Greatest Acts of Charity Begin with 
Building our next Generation of Builders, 
and doing so Better than 
the Generation before us.
 
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“Man should not be in the service of society,
 society should be in the service of man. 
When man is in the service of society, 
you have a monster state, 
and that's what is threatening the world at this minute. 
 
...Certainly Star Wars has a valid mythological perspective. 
It shows the state as a machine and asks, 
"Is the machine going to crush humanity 
or serve humanity?" 
Humanity comes not from the machine 
but from the heart. 
What I see in Star Wars is the same problem 
that Faust gives us: 
Mephistopheles, the machine man, 
can provide us with all the means, 
and is thus likely to determine the aims of life as well. 
But of course the characteristic of Faust, 
which makes him eligible to be saved, 
is that he seeks aims that are not those of the machine. 
Now, when Luke Skywalker unmasks his father, 
he is taking off the machine role that the father has played. 
The father was the uniform. 
That is power, the state role.”
Joseph Campbell 

 
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People are God's Working Tools. 
If only more were a whole lot sharper.
 
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YAAARRRRR!!!!!!!
 
 
KEEP YE CALM & A MASON BE
ARRRR!
 
 
Aye! 
Happy talk like eh pirate day! 
YAR!
 
-------------- SO -------------- 
 

It's a most Saddening Craft Reality 
that SO Few Have Seen SO much 
and Gather SO little. 
Work Toward Changing this!
 
-------------- JUST RIGHT -------------- 
  

Our Best Masons 
are not Acute; 
and they are not Obtuse. 
They are Just Right.
 
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 Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)

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