-------------- THE REALITY --------------
Each
and Every Penalty
mentioned within Ritual
is an allegorical warning
of
what is self-imposed upon those
who Break their Obligations.
No one need
lift a finger
to assist the offending party.
For Further Light:
Penalties!
Penalties!
-------------- MASONIC EDUCATION --------------
-------------- TWO TYPES --------------
-------------- HUMOR -------------- 
-------------- COACH'S CHALLENGE --------------
Keep Calm
and
Dispatch
The Ruffians
For Further Light:
Ruffians!
(Yes, T-shirts ARE available - see below)
Ruffians!
(Yes, T-shirts ARE available - see below)
Stepping toward Mastery: Drawing Distinctions
Drawing Distinctions is an art and science. This is blatantly put forth before Freemasons within the staircase lecture.
Unfortunately, it is so blatant that most do not even realize this is pointed out to them.
Members
who do not realize this may attain the highest distinctions within the
Craft and still fail to cultivate the very things that differentiate
them from the most common of Profane.
Should
you dare to take the first steps in your journey as a Mason, and not
just a Freemason, examine openly the words "Religion" and "Religious".
Challenge
yourself to see the similarities and differences between what they
communicate and why they are used the way they are used.
Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric will come into play if you engage your quest in truth and in earnest.
It
is only through your seeking Light, exploring distinctions and great
contemplation that you'll come to realize that the concepts behind these
two terms reveal that they are two different creatures that breathe out
their unique intentions in ways that only a masterful heart and mind
can grasp.
Furthermore,
it is only when you take upon yourself this great and important
undertaking that you will know that Freemasonry is not a Religion; it is
a Religious organization. You'll also know why there is but one
Religious requirement for joining Mainstream Freemasonry -- a "Belief in
God."
Unfortunately,
when you refuse the challenge to your growth as a Mason, you'll enmesh
the two, you'll con-fuse one with the other, and you'll contribute to
the ignorance of humanity.
When
you dare to be Masterful, you'll take upon yourself the responsibility
to grow beyond what you thought to be true. You'll dare to challenge the
status quo of your beliefs. You'll implement a construction within
yourself that defies what others settle for. You'll accept that you
will no longer buy into the mundane platitudes that rest upon
mediocrity. You'll grow beyond the pablum society offers and learn to
prepare and nurture yourself with the Meals of Masters and with Masters.
-------------- WIRING --------------
Some people are just wired
to take offense,
no matter what
their target's intentions.
-------------- THE POINT(S)! --------------
FILED UNDER: Raising a Point (or two!)
The
Points of the Compasses Represent the Work Goals of the 1st and 2nd
Degree -- the Cultivation of the Heart and the Head respectively.
Examining
these two specific Target Goals as Alluded to within the first two
Degrees brings to Light why each Point moves for a Brother (from the
Below to the Above) once the Foundational Work of each Degree is
supposedly Completed.
A
Brother's Raised Point indicates a Foundational Cultivation has
occurred, Raising it above Physical governance (Below) and into
Spiritual governance (Above).
If
you have not yet started the Cultivation Work yourself, you might want
to ask what's the Point of your membership? Better yet, ask what it
would take for you to Raise a Point?
-------------- DELPHI! --------------
Delphi Revisited:
1) Know Yourself
-- as best as you can!
2) No Thing Too Much
2) No Thing Too Much
-- unless it cannot be avoided!
3) Avoid Hubris
-- and brace yourself
when you cannot avoid it!
-------------- KEEPING IT! --------------
Freemasonry!
Keeping the Dream
Alive!