What came you here to do?


What came you here to do? That question has three specific answers. All are very interesting in some conversations I have had with Masons and Non-Masons alike.

A while back, I spoke to an Elder Priestess in my Spiritual Tradition, and she talked about being “Lost in the Mysteries”. When a person has so much “tunnel vision” that they lose focus on their goal. Can that happen within Masonry? Of course it can.

Is it possible that we spend so much time being “Masonic” that we lose sight of what Masonry is all about? Do we lose sight of that very question? What came you here to do?

Have I lost sight of myself? Maybe I have. Maybe I need to look at my shadow self and evaluate myself and my journey?

My favorite card in the Tarot is The Hermit. That struggle for growth and the quest for your inner being. The card shows a wise man standing on a mountain top holding a lantern of light. Is that light held for others or for you first? This is a very important question.

When we climb that mountain and staircase, there are some struggles. Those struggles allow us to see who we really are. Who we really are may not be who we think we are.

But Masonry provides the element of reality. Again, one of the largest Masonic tools is the mirror. Why?  You see who you really are.

Bro. Jason Rudder has a work I am looking at called “Lifting the Veil on the Dark Side of the Light”. I just got this work yesterday, and I am currently reviewing his thoughts and will be doing the work.  

Why? That’s a simple question. What came you here to do? Climb that mountain, walk that staircase,  lean about you…and succeed.   It is the very, very thing posted around the oracle of Delphi. “Know Thyself”

I love you and may we govern ourselves accordingly. 


 

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