Masons, Awake!

[LorrB]

Masons, Awake!

Your creed and your Craft demand the best that is in you.

They demand the sanctifying of your life, the regeneration of your body, the purification of your soul, and the ordination of your spirit. Yours is the glorious opportunity; yours is the divine responsibility. Accept your task and follow in the footsteps of the Master Masons of the past, who with the flaming spirit of the Craft have illumined the world. You have a great privilege – the privilege of illumined labor.

You may know the ends to which you work, while others must struggle in darkness. Your labors are not to be confined to the tiled Lodge alone, for a Mason must radiate the qualities of his Craft. Its light must shine in his home and in his business, glorifying his association with his fellow men.

In the Lodge and out of the Lodge, the Mason must represent the highest fruitage of sincere endeavor.

Manly P Hall

[LorrB]

Sincere endeavor.

Do you have a sincere endeavor?


Have you ever truly thought about having a divine responsibility, separate from the responsibilities we are more familiar with, family, work, society etc. ?

[stewartedwards]

Nov 18, 2013 7:24:39 GMT 9.5 LorrB said:

Sincere endeavor.

Do you have a sincere endeavor?


Have you ever truly thought about having a divine responsibility, separate from the responsibilities we are more familiar with, family, work, society etc. ?

Well you are familiar with my story. Some masons appear to have though I have such a "sincere endeavour" for many years, though I was not aware of it. Since my near death I have however thought about it, and given I only returned here at Gods request [my brain chemicals going do-lally on a cocktail of hospital drugs during a fever spike when my body closed down on me for more down to earth folk] it would be difficult for me not to think about "having a divine responsibility." Certainly others form their own opinions about me having "unfinished work" etc, which I find amusing, for it took me a couple of years to get my mind around it simply enjoying the moment.

Anyhow time move on, I think that we all have a Divine responsibility, one way of another, but for me I would have to say that I do think that I do, but it is not what most people assume, when they tell me what it is. I am not on a crusade, nor really trying to change anything, just make things work a bit better. Changing the oil in the machine so to speak. I make people think and now and again touch hearts. The purpose? Just doing my duty so to speak.

Now the difficult bit, people who approach this from an entrenched religious standpoint can find me "difficult" but that is merely because of my more of a direct connection with God [and no God does not speak to me - I do not hear voice in my head]. It has however led to some interesting conversations with clergy of various churches, and on two occasions I know that my work has directly led to people finding (CoE) or refinding (Roman catholic) faith. I know this as the former invited me to his church and told the congregation about me, while the latter wrote to me after his fellow masonic brothers were giving me a particularly hard time telling me not to let those masons get me down as my words were valuable

At the moment I am retraining myself to help enable me in the future do more to help maintain balance and return maat. [Stewart now imagines himself as a jaw dropping stunner in a beauty pagent who says "I want to bring peace to the world" as he flutters his eyelids and bites his lip at the judges ]. Though I do get the irony for someone who is more grounded in the physical might look at me and assume that I am completely unbalanced

Just call me wanabee...when I already am

[sammy]

Oct 31, 2013 7:43:37 GMT 9.5 LorrB said:

Masons, Awake!

Your creed and your Craft demand the best that is in you.

They demand the sanctifying of your life, the regeneration of your body, the purification of your soul, and the ordination of your spirit. Yours is the glorious opportunity; yours is the divine responsibility. Accept your task and follow in the footsteps of the Master Masons of the past, who with the flaming spirit of the Craft have illumined the world. You have a great privilege – the privilege of illumined labor.

You may know the ends to which you work, while others must struggle in darkness. Your labors are not to be confined to the tiled Lodge alone, for a Mason must radiate the qualities of his Craft. Its light must shine in his home and in his business, glorifying his association with his fellow men.

In the Lodge and out of the Lodge, the Mason must represent the highest fruitage of sincere endeavor.

Manly P Hall

Lovely quote thanks Lorr!