Random Building Thoughts - 2023-12-17

 

 
-------------- DIVEST! --------------

Freemasonry Instructs us to Divest ourselves
of Vices and Superfluities.
These include those men
Bent upon Visiting upon us
Unimportant Activities that Draw us from
our Grand and Important Undertakings.

For Further Light:

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

They live amongst us!

 -------------- HEROES --------------

"Whether we listen with aloof amusement to the dreamlike mumbo jumbo of some red-eyed witch doctor of the Congo, or read with cultivated rapture thin translations from the sonnets of the mysterious Lao-tze; now and again crack the hard nutshell of an argument of Aquinas, or catch suddenly the shining meaning of a bizarre Eskimo fairy tale: it will always be the one, shape-shifting yet marvelously constant story that we find, together with a challengingly persistent suggestion of more remaining to be experienced than will ever be known or told."

Joseph Campbell, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces"

 

-------------- HISTORY --------------

 

READ AND LEARN!

LIBERTY vs FREEDOM
from the Master!

Read Article:

Freedom, Liberty, Rights
and Their Limitations

Found Here:
http://eyler.freeservers.com/JeffPers/jefpco26.htm

-------------- MIRED -------------- 

 

The Craft as a whole
shall continue to be mired
in incivility and brutality
as long as Apprentices are Allowed to Progress
not being Proficient in
simple and common Civility.

 -------------- THIRST! --------------

When the Horses you Lead
don't Thirst,
you've Misled Yourself.

-------------- HAPPINESS --------------

One cannot make another happy.
One can only affect another's surroundings
such they are found to be more pleasant
and this goal requires that the other
be capable of appreciating these affects
and is agreeable to them.

To do this,
one must first change one's self
to be more pleasant
and secondly have the other's cooperation.

-------------- TO DWELL IN UNITY --------------

 

It is always a sad day
when Brothers must part company
due to intolerant, disrespectful and malicious exchanges.

To Dwell in Unity requires
an Honorable Intention
that some Brothers may never Manifest.

Seek those who Honor.

 

 -------------- LIMITED --------------

 

So many men come into Freemasonry Believing 

that words are things
that you can speak, spell or write down. 

When they do Masonic Work, 

they come to find
how Limited their Beliefs actually are.

Enlightenment is like that.

 

-------------- WORDS NOT THINGS --------------

 

 

“If words are not things,
or maps are not the actual territory,
then, obviously,
the only possible link
between the objective world
and the linguistic world
is found in structure,
and structure alone.” 

― Alfred Korzybski

 

For Further Light:

 The Letter "G" 

-------------- STRUCTURE --------------

 

 

Words are but Symbols used upon the Psyche's Map 

to convey a Territory that is only Represented by that Map,

 but isn't That which Represents It. 

 

They are used solely to Model
a Perceived Reality. 

When those words become flesh,

 you have a whole new Experience
of that very Model. 

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What's in your Christmas Stockings?
 

For Further Light:

 The Building Builders Series

 

-------------- AN INTRODUCTION --------------

 

Ritual is only
an Introduction to Light
that men should seek.

It is not the Light they seek though.
It is as Smoke to Fire.

Those who learn Ritual
and stop there
are blind to what it truly offers.

Seek the Light and not the smoke.

 -------------- BOOK REVIEW --------------

 

"...Brother John S. Nagy simply stunned me with
his findings. The analytical research he compiled
backs up his claims so logically that it's hard to
refute. ... In a clearly understandable writing style
of short chapters and short bursts of information,
Nagy answered many questions
– and disillusionments –
I've had since joining Freemasonry
over a decade ago. ..."
– Bro. Michael Karpovage

Found Here:
The Craft Unmasked!

-------------- MATURITY --------------

Masonry shows men that Life is to be Lived
both Knowledgably and Maturely;
this includes Mastering their Vices & Superfluities
enough to enjoy other Aspects of Life
that are far more worthy of their attention.

Apprentice Work Matures Males;
Immature Males reveal quickly
incomplete Work. 

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Sadly,
no Matter how well Freemasonry
Instructs its Members,
there shall always be those Brothers
Bent upon Practicing their own evil
and Visiting it upon Society Members.

For Further Light:
Ruffians!

 

-------------- MASONIC EDUCATION --------------

 

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on your reading?

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