Thursday, September 28, 2023

Random Building Thoughts - 2023-09-28

 

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FILED UNDER:
WHEN FREEMASONIC TRAINING GOES BAD
 
I: How'd ya get that black eye?
R: The Wife was giving me a lecture 
and I corrected her three times.
 
(Thanks to Bro. Doug Cooksey for the inspiration)
 
-------------- RUFFIANS 101 PART 2 -------------- 
 


 PART 2 of THE RUFFIANS 101 
with Coach John S Nagy
ENJOY!

BTW - You can find the meanings 
behind ALL the ruffian names 
FULLY TRANSLATED 
within one of this book.
 
-------------- KNOW! --------------    

Cowans are NOT imposters of even bad Brothers. 
 
In fact, they are extremely helpful and actually keep 
many Lodge doors open through their limited support. 
 
They simple do not want to Square their Work 
and have no Desire whatsoever to make their own Cement. 
 
They do not demand anything more 
than what they have rightfully earned 
and they support the Lodge 
with what they are willing to give, 
and do so honestly.
 
Ruffians on the other hand want more
 than they rightfully deserve 
and 20% of them are willing to be violent to get it. 
 
The non-hostile 80% have a tendency of amending their ways 
when confronted 
and they bring the other 20%
to swift Justice when pressured with dire Consequences.
 
It's important to know each of them 
for who they are 
and you can absolutely depend upon 
their very looks betraying them 
for who they truly are. 
 
BUT you MUST know how to look and see.

For Further Light:
 
-------------- CHARACTER --------------  
 

Just because Something might not have
 a Very Recognizable Masonic Skin 
doesn't mean that it doesn't truly have 
a Very Recognizable Masonic Heart!
 
LEARN TO RECOGNIZE ONE! 

-------------- MANAGING EXPECTATIONS --------------  
 

When you are Mentored or Coached 
by someone who has not done the Work*, 
what results can you reasonably expect 
from your Masonic Training?
 
SEEK A TRUE GUIDE!

* the Work = What Ritual directs us to do 
to transform ourselves in line 
with its directives
 
-------------- ALLEGORY--------------  
 

Much of what Masonry offers a man 
is locked within Metaphor. 
 
Literal minds 
comprehend very little of its Beauty. 
 
Figurative minds 
dance in its Light. 
 
Mastery finds ways 
for agreement between the two.
 
BE MASTERFUL! 
 
-------------- STIR! -------------- 
 
 
When you don't Stir your Pot, 
You'll get a lot of Floaters 
and not much In Depth. 
 
Stir It up and Reach Deeply!
 
-------------- PROFOUND TRUTH -------------- 
  
 
Ruffians Show Us 
that any Effort to Obtain Something 
you have Yet to Earn 
Brings to you Nothing More 
than Substitutions for Real Things, 
or Worse. 
 
It is a Shame that so many 
cannot Grasp this Simple 
and yet Profound Truth.
 
EARN WHAT YOU DESIRE MOST!

For Further Light:
 SPOT THEM!
 
  -------------- GET UNSETTLED! -------------- 
 
 
Enlightenment: 
The Unsettling Marriage of Light 
and Severely Aggravated Ignorance.
 
 HOW AGGRAVATED
IS YOUR IGNORANCE?

For Further Light:
 
-------------- PLUMB GOOD? -------------- 
 

FILED UNDER: 
And don't bug me until you do...
 
KEEP CALM 
AND SET YOUR PLUMB

For Further Light:
 
-------------- SET IT! -------------- 



-------------- MAPS --------------
 
 
Memorization Installs the Map. 
Encouragement Directs the Holder to Follow It. 
 
got maps?

 For More Light: 
 
For Further Light:  
 
-------------- MYTH --------------   
 
 
“It is by going down into the abyss 
that we recover the treasures of life. 
Where you stumble,
there lies your treasure.
 
"The very cave you are afraid to enter 
turns out to be the source of what you are looking for.”
-- “A Joseph Campbell Companion: 
Reflections on the Art of Living.”
 
I have experienced this time after time.
 
-------------- HAVE IT? --------------  
 

When you Think that you Have the Word, 
you are Mistaken. 
You do not Ever have the Word. 
That's Its Nature. 
The Word can only HAVE you!
 
Do you know It's Nature?

For Further Light:
 
-------------- WONDER! -------------- 
 
 
Are you sure about this?
 
-------------- SHOW IT! --------------  
 
 
You cannot Reasonable Expect 
a man to Show Your Sacred Book 
the Honor & Respect 
you Refuse to Give his.
 
How many of your Lodge's Faiths 
are represented at your Lodge's Altar?
 
For Further Light: 
 
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I Long for the Day 
when All the Volumes of Sacred Law 
which Accurately Represent 
the Many and Varied Faiths 
of the Lodge Membership within that Temple 
are REQUIRED to be Honorably Placed 
upon Its Altar During Every Open Lodge.
 
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 Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)

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