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Why the secrets?

LAMason

Premium Member
Intuition and imagination are examples of diffuse thinking. I am merely suggesting that if you only use your focused thinking you are making a choice to ignore both the way your brain naturally works and and the solutions that it is prepared to show you.

I reject your strawman argument. I did not say that intuition and imagination should be ignored.

I may imagine that I am in a boat riding down a river or I may actually be in a boat riding down a river, but I know difference. I also did not say that intuition or emotions are suspect or unimportant because they can not be felt with the 5 senses but I know when I a using or feeling them.
 

pointwithinacircle2

Rapscallion
Premium Member
I did not say that intuition and imagination should be ignored.
Perhaps I was not clear, my post was a description of an experience of total intuition, a moment where my intuition was so total that it momentarily overrode the inputs of my physical senses. Is this a description of what you believe is not possible?
 

coachn

Coach John S. Nagy
Premium Member
You might be selling yourself short if you believe you only have 5 senses.

I like to think that I have:

- a sense of direction
- a sense of justice
- a sense of proportion
- a sense of place
- a sense of freedom
- a sense of purpose.

Oh and perhaps I can smell a lie.
The five senses use biological inputs that are processed internally.

The moment you use the phrase "a sense of", you are using metaphor to describe an internal condition.

BTW - I would add to your list: A Sense of Humor ;-)
 

GKA

Premium Member
>Are there secrets in the ritual? Sure but the simple ones appear in expose' books.

I think you undersell the ritual.

There are many unexplained parts of the ritual, for example:

- are the rhythms of the various knocks random?
- why is the North left vacant?
- when will the Master represent Strength?
- why are there 3 columns instead of 4?
- why do the deacons cross their wands?
- why did the earlier Noah-based 3rd degree get replaced by Hiram?
- if Hiram's mother was only "a widow" why are we not "brothers of Hiram" instead of being sons of an unnamed widow?
- why does the candidate strike the Wardens?
- etc
I think there is some confusion here, some of what you ask is related to our ritual and as a mason, you should know this. some of this is not and never was part of any Masonic ritual or practice. If you listen to all that is presented to you, you will understand and come to see that there is no hidden secret in anything that we do. That which we choose to keep secret is only that of which our oaths refer, there is nothing more to it.
 

Warrior1256

Site Benefactor
Deal is so many people are negative about anything they don't understand it is often expeditious to isolate a teaching from the fuss budget folks.
Makes sense.
I happen to think handguns are wonderful, but I don't give them those who are not properly trained in their use.
Same here.
Travelling, Rendering the Master's Word, Collecting Due Wages, Contributing, Supporting, Learning and Teaching.
Very good!
 
In principle this is because an EA is not capable of withstanding the energies present in the MM lodge. In practice this is unlikely to be a problem.

Still, on occasion when giving the MM knocks to open in that degree, even at a practice, there has been a definite shift in the energy in the temple, easily perceived by a number of brethren. The question then arises: will the energy not come or withdraw if an EA is present.

Of course the ritual degree received has very little to do with the inner state of the brother.

lol. Energy & Vibrations of MM can negatively affect EA?
 
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