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More food for Thought
- Thread starter acjohnson53
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If more men knew the value of what they seek, they would work much harder to attain it.
acjohnson53
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True
Warrior1256
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Very Good!!!!
Ripcord22A
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Thats not a thing.
Words are such tricky things. I think "belief in God" is a precondition. In a non-religious sense this means (perhaps) accepting that one's human faculties may not be the best (or only) guide in the world.
Well, if you accepted my first premise about God, the next step would be acquire access to good guidance from outside one's self. Possible sources might be meditation, prayer, self exploration, or proper instruction (among others).
Words are such tricky things. I can only hope that the reader can look beyond my verbiage and find the concepts that I intend my words to convey.
dfreybur
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It is a necessary condition that an individual Brother receives light form on high. It is not a precondition for lodges.
Warrior1256
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Very well put!
dfreybur
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It's also a necessity for lodges to be able to live up to our principle of admitting good men of any faith. If the lodge, as an organization, pursues divine light explicitly there is a strong temptation to join a specific religion, as an organization.
Doing that as an individual helps with depth of learning and practice. Doing that as an organization risks exclusion.
When we want a fruit we walk into the orchard, select one branch of one tree and pull. When doing that how often do we discuss that the ground the orchard is planted in can grow many types of fruit trees that all bear sweet/tart fruit. The lodge must of necessity be that ground.