-------------- WASTE NOT... --------------
For Further Light:
UNDERSTAND!
UNDERSTAND!
-------------- MASONRY'S WEAKEST PART... --------------
Knowledge & Ritual
“The
ritual is undoubtedly not to be neglected, inasmuch as it is the medium
through which we convey our lessons of symbolism, and by means of which
we separate ourselves from the rest of the world, and obtain the means
of mutual recognition.
"But it is after all, the weakest part of Masonry. The ritual alone will no more make a true Mason than the manual exercise will make a true soldier.
"Too
many Masons assume a high position among the teachers of the Order,
simply because they can open and close a lodge, or confer a degree, with
a strict adherence to, or a ready renunciation of, the exact
phraseology of the ritual, and yet who, taken from the beaten track of
old routine, are as completely ignorant of the history, the nature and
design, and the true symbolism of the Order, as if they had never
entered within its portals.
"Masonry
has its science and its literature, and to these the attention of the
Masonic student should be directed. The ritual is its alphabet, and a
knowledge of it is indispensable to a full comprehension of its
language; but he who has gone no farther than the alphabet, however
competent he may be to instruct others in the same rudiments, can hardly
discharge the duty of a teacher of the sciences.”
– extract from Miscellanea Latomorum, London:
Feb – March 1914, p. 95-96;
originally printed in Masonic Record of Western India, 1865.
(Hat tip to Bro. David Moran!)
For Further Light:
Memory Work
Memory Work
FILED UNDER: PREACH WHAT YOU ACTUALLY PRACTICE!
The CORE Problem facing the Craft Today:
Selling a "Speculative" form of Stonecraft and providing only haphazard theatrical training, all based upon a cracked-facade of poorly understood and misapplied versions of Stonecraft, rather than the actual Speculative Training that was implied by the sale's hype.
In other words:
You
cannot tell your prospects that you sell only fresh eggs, actually
provide them something else and reasonably expect your egg buying
customers to be satisfied with the chisled stone bits they find in their
bags when they closely examine what they received.
When you want sweeping change,
you must start with the temple rubbish.
Then provide to your customers what you're selling.
When you don't want sweeping change,
just keep on doing what you're currently doing.
You'll guarantee the exact same results for all involved!
-------------- WHOSE BOURNE? --------------
-------------- GET WET! --------------
When all you See is a Porthole's View,
you have yet to Wet yourself with Life.
-------------- CAN YOU HANDLE IT? --------------
-------------- WEIGH YOUR OPTIONS! --------------
Get up on Deck & Weigh your Masonic Anchor!
-------------- THIS BOURNE! --------------
If it isn't possible, it isn't probable.
Conversely, if it's not probable, it's not possible.
Inversely, if it's possible, it's probable.
Contrapositive, if it's probable, it's possible.
Conversely, if it's not probable, it's not possible.
Inversely, if it's possible, it's probable.
Contrapositive, if it's probable, it's possible.
-------------- KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE! --------------
The Gospel of Enlightenment
cannot Be Preached Successfully
in the Dark
To the Deaf By the Mute.
Find Your Voice & Direct it Appropriately!
It
doesn’t take much effort to see that it is the Embodiment of Hypocrisy
to witness any Brother make effort to discredit another Brother’s Work
as Inferior by providing blatant examples of his own Inferior Work as
proof
-- for both the attacker and the witness alike!
This is why the
Apprentice Work is so important.
It keeps Passions and Desires Properly
Circumscribed and within Due Bounds.
It also compels Brothers to take
Appropriate Action
toward the attacker for to witness such malevolent
behavior
in another Brother without such actions
is contrary to a Strong
Masonic Foundation.
Masters know this and make sure that their
Apprentices
prove themselves Proficient in their Foundation
before they
Pass on to loftier pursuits.
--------------TO KNOW OR TO CHANGE? --------------
There is a huge difference between "Enlightened" and Knowing".
1) How do you know if you're enlightened enough to know what this difference is?
2) Is your clarity enough to communicate it to others so that they know?
3) Do you possess enough skill to convey is successfully?
4) Are you enlightened enough to know better?
-------------- GET EXPERIENCE! --------------
The Portholes Offered by Freemasonic Ritual
should not ever be Confused with
the Direct Experience of Life's Seas.
-------------- COACH'S CHALLENGE! --------------
---------------------
"In
teaching, you have people who haven’t come into the Waste Land yet.
They’re at the point of making the decision whether they’re going to
follow the way of their own zeal – the star that’s dawned for them – or
do what daddy and mother and friends want them to do.
"The adventure is always in the dark forest,
and there’s something perilous about it."
-- Joseph Campbell
-------------- REFLECT! --------------
All too often we are Tempted
by the Current of Well-Meaning
Encouragement,
never Stopping to Reflect upon
the Direction of Travel
or
upon whom and what
truly Governs the Destination.
-------------- BASTARDS... --------------
Freemasonic Bullies Depend Upon
Their Bastard Ashlars To Mask
Their True Identities and Intentions.
Masons Are True to Their Core.
(Learn how to identify and deal with them!)
Ruffians...
Ruffians...
-------------- FOCUS! -------------- 
-------------- END --------------
(Hat tip to Bro. Gene Ballinger!)
Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)
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