“…the only true happiness is to learn, to advance, and to improve…”
“All is good and well and right; and shall be so forever. Through the eternal ages the light of God’s beneficence shall shine hereafter, disclosing all, consummating all, rewarding all that deserve reward. Then we shall see, what now we can only believe. The cloud will be lifted up, the gate of mystery be passed, and the full light shine forever; the light of which that of the Lodge is a symbol.
Then that which caused us trial shall yield us triumph; and that which made our heart ache shall fill us with gladness; and we shall then feel that there, as here, the only true happiness is to learn, to advance, and to improve; which could not happen unless we had commenced with error, ignorance, and imperfection.
We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.”
The elephant in the room for a 45 year old man is this:
When you tell people the truth, they think you are crazy. Let’s say you were taught by a hall of fame trainer, and his methods were very, very successful. Then, you share those methods with other people so other trainers; … instead of being open minded, those trainers treat you like you are crazy and stupid and self-absorbed. The is like telling bill gates that he does not know how to accumulate wealth! Telling a hall of fame athlete that they do not know how to be the best athlete is,… fill in that blank!
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the owners, against the authorities, against the spiritual forces of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
Good Morning Everyone. My topic is Abundant Life. In John 10:10, Jesus said,
“I came that they may have Life, and have it more abundantly.”
So, I ask you, are you living that Abundant Life right now. You can, and you should, but are you? Do you even know what it means? Do you know how to get that Abundant Life?
This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb,[a] with a plumb line[b] in his hand. 8 And the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” “A plumb line,” I replied. Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.
“ …The religion taught by Moses, which, like the laws of Egypt, enunciated the principle of exclusion, borrowed, at every period of its existence, from all the creeds with which it came in contact. … “
Knight of the East and West
“THIS is the first of the Philosophical Degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite; and the beginning of a course of instruction which will fully unveil to you the heart and inner mysteries of Masonry.”
“His disappearance was suspected to have been effected by overzealous Freemasons enforcing the penalties of their obligations.”
Reprinted Without Permission:
The Morgan Affair
“All You Need to Know About the Infamous Morgan Affair!
On Sept. 11, 1826, William Morgan, of Batavia New York, was forcibly removed from the jailhouse at Canandaigua, NY, to a two-horse carriage and borne away into the mists of time.
His disappearance was suspected to have been effected by overzealous Freemasons enforcing the penalties of their obligations.
If there comes a time when you resent your teacher, you have become your own teacher; and you must relinquish your expectations of such former teacher.
Resentment is the product of contempt and the ego; both of which are cataclysms.
After contempt for a teaching ha been acknowledged, the ego presents itself. Regardless of the validity of the ego’s claim, the added contempt limits your judgement, creating learning barriers.
“Women use sex as a magical power- a power which men do not possess. This phenomena has ravaged our culture…. …
…“active-passive-aggression,” which could be described as building(/being) the bridge upon which, “resting bitch face,” hath transmuted into, “active-bitch-face,”
Sex is only a Game for most women but seems to be the meaning of life for most men!
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How many women in your circle know how to bake a loaf of bread from scratch or how to potty-train an infant?”
Two Reasons Why Women Wearing Sexy Pants Is Corrupting Our Culture.
For many women, today, sex is the only thing they have to offer!
Did women ever wear mini skirts in the 1930’s,… why not?
We are living in an overly-sexualized culture where women walk around wearing spandex- which is the equivalent to a woman wearing a short skirt in the 1930’s!
Let Us Quote: “…I also want women to dress mosdestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.”
1 TIMOTHY 2:9-10
Women use sex as a magical power- a power which men do not possess. This phenomena has ravaged our culture to the point of devolving us into camel riders, again!
How many women in your daily life know how to bake a loaf of bread from scratch or how to potty-train a toddler? How many men do you know who can change the oil in a car?
“…. Finding out that someone you know is a Freemason used to be a later step in developing a personal relationship with them; NEVER the opening of a friendship with somebody whom you have just met!
This juxtaposition has completely corrupted the Craft! …”
What is Different about Freemasonry Today?
The Freemasonic attitude towards his fellow man has changed from Fear of a Greater Power to an Ego-based display of stupidity! Why do I say that?
“there is no magical moment which makes everything change.”
There is No Cosmic Click.
Most people are seeking for that moment where it all, “clicks,” and everything, all of the sudden, makes sense and is correct, not realizing that there is no magical moment which makes everything change. (It’s all turtles!”)
The “Answer,” one seeks is more simple than the question asked.
Are You Troubled?
As we seek council to acquire clarity amongst our confusion, the only true clarity we find can be described as a love for one’s self.
Seeking the answer from an outside source seems ludicrous after the fact, because the answer is accepted from inside our own heart, beaming-outwardly, not from the outside of our body, beaming-inwardly!
The “Answer,” one seeks is more simple than the question asked.
Doing nothing at a time when nothing can be done has never been my strongpoint. Being a man who cares about reforming culture to some moral rectitude of accountability has been an exhausting mental exercise of futility. To say that society has lost its responsibilities is a gross understatement! Martin Luther King, Jr., George Washington and James Madison all have one attribute in common. Let us call that characteristic, “Redemption”.
The Difference Between Truth and Justice:
Why do Evil Doers Define What Society Defines What it is to “Be a Good Person”?
“If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is true.”
JOHN 5:31-32
Of a man who chooses not to see the light, neither all the books in the world may enlighten him; and for a man who sees the light, a single word is too much! As we are surrounded by (and ruled by,) self-deceiving people, the only recompense is to constantly and instantly forgive them.
Be an example of the Great Light which shineth from above.
1. Begin with a title page. 2. Explain your why with a summary. 3. State the problem, or need. 4. Propose a solution. 5. Share your qualifications. 6. Include pricing options. 7. Summarize with a conclusion.
“Time” is defined by a general feeling. While focusing on a certain experience, Using definable paradigms, This creates a, “general feeling.” When it feels like, “day,” it is “daytime.” During the quiet, darkness of night, you focus on the crickets, the frogs and the smell of the air. It feels like, “nighttime”! Time is not linear. … “Durations of time” are simply general feelings compiled to create an overall feeling, known as an, “era”. The end of an era is simply the end of one overall feeling and the beginning to one, other, particular, general feeling.
They create an unproductive work environment, then, blame it on the employees. Over time, this drains people’s souls and creates a low-level, low-paying workplace. They take away your value on purpose, and manipulate to make it appear that they display more value than you by explaining something that is menial at best.
… Being employed by men who want to do it all themselves to show you that they don’t need you, that they can do it themselves, but, more importantly, (to them,) they think they are showing you that they are tougher and better than you are; when, in actuality, they are ignorant in ostracizing the very fellow-man which they, themselves, need in order to survive! A farm is not run by one man; and a one man farm is a lonely, pitiful situation rather than a farm.
The issue is that none of the work that I do right now builds something for the future. A man pays me, and he’s done with me; and all of my work leaves me with nothing.
It used to be, when you work, you were working towards something in the end- a piece of the pie; however, nowadays, there is no reward- Only thieves.
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
Arrogance/Pride is the Deadly Sin which is dragging the world around.
Some would assume it is Gluttony, because there are a lot of very, very overly-obese people ambling around; and those people are also being Greedy whilst over-eating the wrong things.
Lust tends to overcrowd the minds of men and women nowadays as sex buys a woman in a pretty dress a drink while the notion of that dress purchases a man’s whims, employing a no-refund policy.
Sloth slows the feet down of the people. They trudge around, displaying no purpose or inspiration during the hours of their public day. Wrath- the most misunderstood sin of all, seems to be many people’s unguided, “somebody is shaking the jar,” motive. It is the notion of, “social justice,” in action.
Envy imprisons the minds of the less fortunate. People view others, not knowing what others have acquired, however, they want what others have- not knowing what that is!
“That didn’t happen. And if it did, it wasn’t that bad. And if it was, that’s not a big deal. And if it is, that’s not my fault. And if it was, I didn’t mean it. And if I did, you deserved it.”
“…some Student of The Great Mysteries is always eventually discovered amongst the people.”
Over time, people need different types of,… religious consultants to recalibrate their mental journey. In certain locations, the people need a priest or a minister.
At other times, in other places, a shaman, or medicine man, is sought after.
As in ISAIAH 65:1, these people do not directly ask for a minister or shaman; however, some Student of The Great Mysteries is always eventually discovered amongst the people.
“…always providing that one has the courage to ask questions, to be dissatisfied, to think with the mind and heart one actually has and not with the mind and heart one is supposed to have.”
“And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit”
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to s0nship, the redemption of our bodies.
For in this hope we are saved.
But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.”
For the majority to overpower the un-peaceful minority would have to be an exercise of totalitarianism.
The loudest voice in the room is not usually the correct voice. The silence of the majority has its social benefit by virtue of compassion, however,
the silence and inaction of the majority is a fatal weapon against progress, survival and peace.
One person at a bar (a millennial,) talking loudly over others about how amazing or oppressed they are becomes annoying to the rest of the people at the bar.
It is unfortunate that society allows this!
The majority is silently annoyed, but nobody approaches the millennial to inform they that they are annoying everybody around them! It seems, to maintain peace, the majority agrees to bear unpeaceful environments and succumb to actual abuse!
Of an entire nation aware that the government has overstepped its authority and function, no peaceful repose can be heard over the loudest, incorrect, most (not-at-peace) minority.
For the majority to overpower the un-peaceful minority would have to be an exercise of totalitarianism.
When you think an option is there, optimism may cloud your judgement. When you realize that the option was never there, you see how happiness made you a fool! What is important to a fool could be important to a sage. What is happening right now has nothing to do with time.
“The great majority of the cell divisions that happen in your body involve mitosis. During development and growth, mitosis populates an organism’s body with cells, and throughout an organism’s life, it replaces old, worn-out cells with new ones. For single-celled eukaryotes like yeast, mitotic divisions are actually a form of reproduction, adding new individuals to the population.”
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,
and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
In a world where doing wrong is seen as being correct and where being correct is treated as being revolutionary or argumentative, those of us who have maintained our moral rectitude currently relate less and less to our fellow humans. I have belabored, “The Dunning Kruger Affect,” to the extent of mocking my fellow man.
It confused and angered me. I did not know how to deal with people in my daily life in a cordial way anymore. It felt like I was surrounded by idiots and that I was the only person who cared to make myself and the world around me better.
My good friend, Don Adams, explained it to me. Don said this to me:
“You are surrounded by grown men who have child’s minds.”
Don Adams
The Pareto Principle keeps bounding around inside my head. Realizing that there is no escaping this paradigm, this reality, I have sought coping mechanisms to attempt to maintain being courteous surrounded by a world of discourteous people. I have found no useful tools to dissuade my resentful knowing of these people.
“This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than the enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me.
I will.
My rifle and I know that what counts in war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, or the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count.
We will hit.
My rifle is human, even as I am human, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and I are the defenders of my country.
We are the masters of our enemy.
We are the saviors of my life.
So be it,
until victory is America’s and there is no enemy.“
“After this , I will return
and rebuild David’s fallen tent.”
This is the beginning of, or cornerstone of, the Temple. As the Sela Hammahlkoth is a fresh, encouraging Attitude, the destination is exactly that Unknown Feeling! ‘Tis a school, this project. ACTS 15:16 is not the journey. The destination is its own mystery.
Dakkuan
“After this , I will return and rebuild David’s Fallen Tent.”
It used to be, “The Power of God,” until the population got to insurmountable numbers, and the many could not be killed in secret- World wars are what are needed to bring the population down in a more expedited manner.
Which training method did Jonathan Sheppard employ?
When somebody complained how Jonathan Sheppard would never explain his training program to them, this was my response:
Well, some of us understood his training program which was essentially reverse-engineered in congruency with the horse’s running date, its condition, the competition it would be up against, along with the expectations of its upcoming performance while always keeping the race AFTER that performance in mind.
