The trying hard and the striving is part of who I am. I don’t have to feel bad or make apologies for it. I am as I am made. It is mysterious and terrible why I am made this way. There are all manner of powerfully positive and negative characters out there, from saints to … Continue reading Fearsomely Made
Feeling your way through over-work and burnout Continue reading Holding Sand
Despair and hope; COVID-19 accelerates a crisis, and moves us toward refining Freemasonry Continue reading Impatience, Loss of Gravity
Can you improve your life by preventing yourself from doing the wrong things? Continue reading Commitment Devices
Esoteric study has dangers, which we take a look at and explore Continue reading Esoteric Sharp Edges
How I burned myself out, and what a simple coffee cup can mean. Continue reading My Experience with Over-Work and Burnout
Most of our actions are based on guesses about what will happen in the future and what will make us happy, and so we can change our behavior by understanding and changing how we do that prediction. Continue reading How People Predict the Future: Amos Tversky
When we talk to one another, we aren’t just communicating but we are forming and evolving our own set of beliefs over time. Through practice, or recitation, beliefs take shape, and become more firm. Continue reading How Talking Changes our Beliefs and Minds
Even though Masonry never stops, it has been a chaotic time for the Craft. Rather than obsess over the latest closures, let’s turn the corner and use this to make positive suggestions on what we can do in the meantime. The following references are culled from many helpful brothers online who have shared what they’re … Continue reading Masonry in the Meantime: Educational Resources
exploring an old symbol and what it means for personal development Continue reading V.I.T.R.I.O.L.
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