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So you are a master mason... You have been through the blue lodge degrees and experienced all the uncertainties,excitement and hardwork to get there. Now what?

It seems after the degree work alot of masons lose their flair of the craft and the used to be flair has not sizzled out. It seems you are lost on what to do and where to go. Well, for me I see many blogs post on the excitement of joining and after the degree work it just fades. Even at the lodges you see one individual make it to their 3rd never to be seen at a business meeting again.

Why do you think this is?
What are some things that can be done in the blue lodge to keep members active?

In my last post which I decided to talk about Linkedin and professional affiliations I was kind of setting it up for this post.
Sometimes, I do think there are many motives other than the improvement of a man himself.
Getting the 3rd degree and not participating in the degree work or being active with a lodge seems to me that you are shorting yourself this level of self improvement.

Some lodges today are suffering lack of participation. I encourage you if you have not been to your lodge in awhile stop by and get active.

I talked to a man/brother the other day who practically was my father growing up and I found out through his son that he was indeed a brother and he told me he felt bad he had'nt been in his lodge in years and probably did not know anyone anymore. I encouraged him to go back and meet some of the newer brothers and provide some leadership and guidance to the newer generation.

My question to you is to look deep and ask what was your real reason in becoming a Freemason?
What were your motives and intentions once you became one?

Answer these questions and think back when you were going for your EA and think of the excitement you had about the craft.

If you have'nt participated in your lodge in awhile I encourage you to get out there and do it absorb the degree work and emerse yourself and meet new brothers share their excitement in the degrees again.

I hope this has brought some light to your today. This is my masonic pep talk for today.

I hope you all have a great week!

1 comments:

Millennial Freemason said...

I think it comes down to expectations. Freemasonry is very good at setting up the mystery but brothers, in my opinion, have memorization work pushed onto them but the business meeting is the true mystery that these brothers don't see until after the third degree.

If a GL allows Lodges to conduct business on any of the degrees, then the Lodge should hold degrees once per month and allow the brother to see how a business meeting is conducted on the other meeting time.

Nick