Random Building Thoughts - 2024-06-13

 

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It's time to Admit 

that we have Far Too Few 

within our Ranks 

who are Masterful 

in what it Takes 

to become Masterful.

 

For Further Light:

Mastery! 

 

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 In matters of attrition

 it is best to keep in mind 

that healthy livestock 

naturally migrate away from 

barren lands and 

toward pastures that nourish them. 

They need no leaders to prompt them to do this. 

The direction provided by their gut 

tells them all they need to know.

 

Give your members

what their guts tell them 

is worthy of their presence! 

  

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-------------- CHARACTER --------------  

 

 

For Further Light:
Substitute

 

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Question #27: 

What Bournes

 must each man experience 

to achieve Mastery?

 

Question #26: 

What is the entirety 

of the Apprentice Work?

 

 

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The difference 

between Freemasonic Education 

and Masonic Education 

is the difference between 

what supports, sustains and nurtures the organization 

 of Freemasons 

and what supports, sustains and nurtures the Masons 

within that Organization. 

 

 Both must be fully provided 

least each shall fail the other.

 

For More Light:

Differences 

 

For Further Light"
Distinctions 

 

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You may be a Ruffian if…

...you believe without reservation, 

behave with certainty 

and teach others with unwavering zeal 

that education is only memorization of form 

without understanding its substance and source.

 

For Further Light:
MEMORIZATION

 

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 Just as a Compass 

Points To North 

but isn't the North Itself, 

Freemasonry 

Points to the Work 

But isn't the Work Itself. 

 

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“There is a definition of God 

which has been repeated by many philosophers. 

 

God is an intelligible sphere

—a sphere known to the mind, not to the senses—

whose center is everywhere 

and whose circumference is nowhere. 

 

And the center, Bill, is right where you’re sitting. 

And the other one is right where I’m sitting. 

And each of us is a manifestation of that mystery. 

That’s a nice mythological realization 

that sort of gives you a sense of 

who and what you are.”

-- Joseph Campbell & The Power of Myth (with Bill Moyers)

 

I am still SO glad this man took time 

to document and share his thoughts.

 

 -------------- LEARN! --------------  

 

 Learn to Appreciate 

Constructive Criticism 

and to Appropriately 

Treat Criticism 

that has to do with the Critic 

and not who you are or what you Do.

 

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 Be Well and Travel Light!
-- Coach Nagy ;-)

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