Random Building Thoughts - 2023-07-25

 

-------------- HUMOR --------------  

 

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

 

 

 

For More Light:

Oaths

 

For Further Light:

Penalties

 

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

  

 

It Protects Itself Masterfully
The Heart must be Properly Prepared to Receive it;
The Mind must be Properly Prepared to Understand it;
The Spirit must be Properly Prepared to Manifest it;
For The Master's Word To Be Discovered!
The unworthy remain without.

-------------- CHALLENGE --------------  

The first step toward Freedom

 requires that you take ownership 

over who is your educator. 

When you believe it is others, 

you are bound. 

When you believe it is you,

 you must then prove you are worthy.

-------------- ALLEGORY--------------  

 

  

You cannot ever Find Coins 

by Tearing Apart a Book;
Coins cannot be found within it, 

but a Map to Find them may be.

 Ritual is the Map; 

not the Coins. 

Learn to Read 

and Follow it

For Further Light:
Maps!

 

 -------------- WELL? --------------  

 

A Progressive Science?  
How's that Workin' for ya?

 

-------------- TRUTH!!! -------------- 

 

  

-------------- THE DIFFERENCE(S) -------------- 

 

 

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

Don't be Disgusted by Society. 

Be Disgusted 

by how Highly Biased Media 

Continually Portrays it 

in Increasingly Disgusting Ways.

 

-------------- MYTH --------------  

FILED UNDER:  

Forever is time-space bound.

 Eternity is not.
 
"Eternity is not a long time; 

rather, it is another dimension. 

It is that dimension to which time-thinking shuts us. 

And so there never was a creation. 

Rather, there is a continuous creating going on. 

This energy is pouring into every cell of our being right now, 

every board and brick of the buildings we sit in, 

every grain of sand and wisp of wind."
-- Joseph Campbell, Myths of Light

  

-------------- YES! --------------  

 

From Bro. William H. Boyd, 

worth reading...

 

-------------- NURTURE! --------------  

 

  

A Ring of Acorns 

Maketh Not Might Oaks. 

There's Potential, 

but Only When Nurtured Rite.

 

-------------- REWARDS --------------  

 

 

-------------- FAVS --------------  

 

 

One of my favorite Inspirational quotes: 

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, 

He that believeth on me, 

the works that I do 

shall he do also; 

and greater works than these 

shall he do; 

because I go unto my Father."
-- Jesus of Nazareth (John 14:12)

 

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Random Building Thoughts - 2023-07-24

  

-------------- HUMOR --------------  

 

 <snicker> Sometimes ya gotta

 poke 'em just right...

 

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

 

 

-------------- CHALLENGE -------------- 

 

APPRENTICE WISDOM:

Fear is an emotion brought forth 

by the Perception of Danger.

 When you experience fear,

 it's time to assure the danger that you perceive

 needs to be addressed. 

 

One can confidently address fear, 

but to dismiss it without doing so 

is not rational, healthy or functional;

 especially when you need to have appropriate actions

 to deal effectively with the danger that you perceive.

-------------- SEEK IT! --------------  

 

  

 All ya need 

is a Bright idea 

to Guide yourself 

out of Darkness. 

 

-------------- WELL? --------------   

 

  

Is your Charcoal Ignited 

and Lighting your Way? 

 

-------------- BREATHE! --------------  

 

 Discourse: Masonic Oxygen
(Don't attend Lodge without it!)

 

  -------------- FOUND? -------------- 

 

 

 When you want to know 

if you have found The Lost Master's Word, 

use what you have 

to Travel, Work, Earn, Support & Contribute 

Masterfully, Silently 

and without the assistance of others. 

When you consistently do so,

 you have it. 

When you don't, 

you don't have it.

 

-------------- SEE! -------------- 

 

 

 Something to strive for, for sure!

 

-------------- RUFFIAN --------------  

 

 

-------------- MYTH --------------  

“An altogether different approach is represented by Carl G. Jung, in whose view the imageries of mythology and religion serve positive, life-furthering ends. According to his way of thinking, all the organs of our bodies—not only those of sex and aggression—have their purposes and motives, some being subject to conscious control, others, however, not. Our outward-oriented consciousness, addressed to the demands of the day, may lose touch with these inward forces; and the myths, states Jung, when correctly read, are the means to bring us back in touch. They are telling us in picture language of powers of the psyche to be recognized and integrated in our lives, powers that have been common to the human spirit forever, and which represent that wisdom of the species by which man has weathered the millenniums. Thus they have not been, and can never be, displaced by the findings of science, which relate rather to the outside world than to the depths that we enter in sleep. Through a dialogue conducted with these inward forces through our dreams and through a study of myths, we can learn to know and come to terms with the greater horizon of our own deeper and wiser, inward self. And analogously, the society that cherishes and keeps its myths alive will be nourished from the soundest, richest strata of the human spirit.”

-- Joseph Campbell, Myths to Live By

 

"The first function of mythology is to sanctify the place you are in."

 - Joseph Campbell

 

I first heard this specific Scripture below while listening to one of my mentors, Joseph Campbell. Perpending it helped transform my life. I hope one day that more people would hear it and understand. 

 

His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?"

<Jesus said,> "It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying 'here it is' or 'there it is.' Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it." 

-- Gospel of Thomas 113

 

-------------- ENERGY --------------  

 

 
There is energy in creation...
...but Creation isn't that Energy.

 

-------------- NEXT! --------------  

 

 

I have not ever Written for this Generation;
My Efforts have Always been for the Next.
You might Reconsider What I Actually Mean,
Before what I have Written has you Vexed.

 

-------------- DO YOU KNOW? -------------- 

 

QUESTION: 

 What are the primary differences 

between the words 

Definition and Description, 

aside from the way they are spelled?

 

-------------- END --------------

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Random Building Thoughts - 2023-07-23

   

-------------- ALL ELSE IS REMEDIAL! --------------  

  

The 1st degree Work Brings Order to the Chaos of the Heart.
The 2nd degree Work Brings Order to the Chaos of the Mind.
The 3rd degree Work Brings Order to the Chaos of the Spirit.
All other degrees are remedial to these ends.

 

For Further Light:
FOCUS!

 

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

 

 

-------------- HUMOR --------------  

 

-------------- CHALLENGE --------------  

COACH'S CHALLENGE:

The following is a stated premise that is backed by ancient writings:

 

Civility is Founded upon a Balanced Morality. 

What you Should do must always

 be accompanied and complemented 

by what you Shouldn't do.

CHALLENGE:

 

Share a few quotes from instructional writings 

that back up a balanced morality view. 

Below are but a handful to get you started.

"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you."
-- Golden Rule

"Therefore all things whatsoever would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them"
-- Jesus of Nazareth

"Do to no one what you yourself dislike."
-- Tobit 4:15

“Do not do unto others that which you hate done unto yourself – that is the entire Torah. The rest is commentary, go and study it.”
-- Hillel

-------------- CHUCKLE --------------  

 

 

-------------- IF ONLY! --------------  

 

 

If you were only capable of seeing the whole...

 

-------------- CORE UPPING! --------------   

 

  

Masonry: 

A Core Upping Influence 

upon All Who Actually Practice It!

 

-------------- NEXT GENERATION --------------  

 

Live

 in such a way

that your life actions

benefit

the next generation!

 

  -------------- CONTROL... -------------- 

 

 

 The Abusive Assumptions 

that you Visit upon Others 

are the Fingerprints 

of the Fist that Controls you.

 

-------------- ADVERSITY... --------------  

Sometimes the greatest adversary is you!

Do the Right thing, always!

 

-------------- OVERTHINKING... --------------  

 

-------------- INQUIRE! -------------- 

 THOUGHT-PROVOKING SPACE FOR RENT!
(INQUIRE WITHIN)

 

-------------- SABOTAGE --------------  

 

 When you admit men 

who have no desire to Improve themselves, 

you Sabotage the Fraternity 

and yourself.

 

-------------- MYTH --------------  

"The aim of all religious exercises

 is a psychological transformation. 

You can make up your own meditations and rites 

based on knowing, loving, and serving the deity 

in caring for your children, 

doctoring drunks, 

or writing books. 

Any work whatsoever can be a meditation 

if you have the sense 

that everything is “brahman”:

 the process, the doing, the thing

 that is being looked at, 

the one that is looking

—everything."
— Joseph Campbell
A Joseph Campbell Companion (p. 208)

  

-------------- WORK --------------  

 

 

Work Upon: Take a good look in the mirror.
Work On: Assess what you don't like seeing in that mirror.
Work Into: Envision life as you want it to be.
Work Toward: Assess what's missing in your life & that of others.
Work At: Make a List of absolutely & quickly achievable traits 

supporting that vision.
Work For: Pray with all your heart, invest yourself toward

 that Vision & your prayers will be answered.

 

-------------- ASSUME... --------------  

 

DO THE WORK!

-------------- END --------------

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

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