-------------- A GOOD MAN IS NOT A HARMLESS MAN --------------
The Practice of Masonry
Make Good Men Better,
not Harmless.
When you do Masonry's Work,
the Work you are directed to do
by the first two degrees,
You become dangerous
to those who would
mislead, manipulate, abuse,
& take advantage of
weaker men.
As you Build Moral & Mental Strength
you become dangerous
to those who feed upon the weak.
A good man is not a harmless man.
A good man is a very dangerous man
who chooses to keep civil his dangerous nature.
(Hat tip to Jordan Peterson!)
A good man is a very dangerous man
who chooses to keep civil his dangerous nature.
(Hat tip to Jordan Peterson!)
-------------- MASONIC EDUCATION--------------
-------------- DIVEST --------------
Masonry
Asks a Man
to Identify what's Most Important
and to Divest himself of that which is not.
When he doesn't show up for your Stated Meetings,
Perhaps it's Proof that he did Listen
to what was Asked of him.
to Identify what's Most Important
and to Divest himself of that which is not.
When he doesn't show up for your Stated Meetings,
Perhaps it's Proof that he did Listen
to what was Asked of him.
-------------- OUR CRAFT --------------
Freemasonry
An activity of closely united men
who work for the welfare of mankind,
striving morally to ennoble themselves and others...
"A path clothed in the trappings of the ancient stone mason's craft,
blind to [religious preference], ethnicity, and social standing,
that leads toward morality, humility and love...
"A cooperative effort to improve the world
by taking responsibility for yourself
and the world around you,
and working alongside like-minded people
to make things a little better... "
(Hat tip to Bro. David Rosenthal!)
-------------- HUMOR --------------
Freemasonry! You're my HERO!!!
-------------- GUILT-FREE GROWTH --------------
Freemasonry
Offers Many
Opportunities to Grow Up.
Part of that Process
is Know when to Leave the Nest
and Make a Life.
When Members do this,
Celebrate their Success,
without any Guilt-Trips.
Opportunities to Grow Up.
Part of that Process
is Know when to Leave the Nest
and Make a Life.
When Members do this,
Celebrate their Success,
without any Guilt-Trips.
-------------- TRAVELERS --------------
Something Travelers would appreciate.
-------------- PRIORITIES --------------
Who are Unreasonably Unsettled
by those men who do not
Join to Attend Meetings
that Provide Absolutely
no Nurturing Whatsoever.
-------------- DO THE TRIVIAL WORK! --------------
Do Trivial Work
and you Come to Understand
how Sophists Flourish in Kingdoms
where the Ignorant Feast upon Rubbish.
-------------- HELP BENEFITS --------------
"By helping others to find their path,
it brings your own into focus."
-- Bro RJ Gleason
it brings your own into focus."
-- Bro RJ Gleason
-------------- FOR THE BETTER --------------
...But if it ain't a change for the better,
rethink your contribution...
-------------- SLAP IN THE FACE --------------
When
Lodges do their Job,
they Make Manly Travelers.
It's a slap in both their faces and yours
to Expect such men to remain home
just because you'd miss them.
they Make Manly Travelers.
It's a slap in both their faces and yours
to Expect such men to remain home
just because you'd miss them.
-------------- KNOW YOUR TOOLS --------------
Adults know
when the Tool they use
is Too Big for the Nut
they are Dealing with.
when the Tool they use
is Too Big for the Nut
they are Dealing with.
-------------- FILED UNDER: FALSE WITNESS --------------
FILED UNDER:
FALSE WITNESS
Be extremely leary of any man's Acquaintance
who acts as if he knows the man well enough
to take Liberties in Representing him,
his Heart, his Thoughts, his Works, his Motives, and his Profits,
while never having truly been involved
in that man's life whatsoever.
Such unwarrented Liberties are uncivil,
are unfounded in friendship
and are direct signs that he failed to Cultivate
the very Disciplines that the Apprentice Degree
Directs Freemasons toward.
They are also blatant indications of
Bearing False Witness and an evil spirit.
If only there were a Freemasonic Degree
that directed members' attention to this
all too often practiced abhorrent
and contemptible behavior by Craft Ruffians.