Firstly, thank you for replying so hastily & at all for that matter. however I would still appreciate a reply from masonic light for whom the question
was intended if he/she discovers it.
Originally posted by JoshNorton
There isn't.
mmk..
Each lodge answers to its Grand Lodge.
not what i meant...
The officers of the Grand Lodge are elected by representatives of the lodges it governs.
are the bonds/ties bulletproof? is there not potential for internal manipulation, election fraud, so to speak. also, if its a 'system' then there is
always a 'way'.
Grand Lodges don't answer to any higher Masonic authority
But do they answer to each other? does G.Lodge 'A' know without an inkling of a whisker of a doubt the inner workings of Lodge 'B'? unless every
G.Lodge was 100% open & forthright with every other G.Lodge, then G.Lodge 'X' could well be up to all sorts of nonsense that could have any kind of
consequences, bring shame upon the mason community or misuse power....
The reaction? A big "so what?" I'd wager. The only power a Grand Master has....
from the way you reply here the context has now changed to 'there is no one badass head honcho, just g.lodge masters' so if u refuse to look at it
as a possibility in reality, lets pretend we're writing fiction, hypothetically,
lets say there was a lodge, manipulating the workings of the world on a global scale, and lets look at it from a position beyond duality, that is,
what is good for one is bad for another, hence there is no 'good' or 'bad' just different points of view. so with that in mind, lets say this guy
& his lodge thought they were doing a great job running the world but i wanted to do it different, i thought i could do it 'better' my way.
I just wonder what would happen....
why do i think i'm up for the job? not an inflated sense of my own greatness, i don't think i'm better than the next man, but i do think i can do
anything i put my mind to, no limits, i.e. if i can do it, then ANYONE can do it.....but, i can definitely do it.
sorry if that didn't make sense but I don't know if I could be any clearer...
By what metrics would you propose measuring "status & power", anyway?
status is a front desired by some, probably even some masons. its fame or authority or both.
power is knowledge, resource, wisdom, advantage by way of being privy to exclusive things. power is understanding. power can be ill gotten, power can
corrupt. my own opinion on god-like works attempted by man is that the man who wields such power, should choose death (or at least relinquish the
god-like power) upon completing that one carefully planned piece of work for which the power was given to them. otherwise I can imagine that all they
would have left to do is to go about destroying the very thing they just created.
Nowhere in Masonry does it proclaim its teachings as an ultimate, superior, or in any way exclusive path to spiritual enlightenment...........
.........It is not the place of Masonry to say that anyone else's method is wrong or inferior.
no offence intended...didn't mean to imply....blah blah...
We fully acknowledge that the same principles are held by many philosophies, religions, and other practices.
ah, i did not know this either, so does masonry bring anything unique to the table? if so then what? also does that mean you can follow those other
religions philosophies & practices along with your freemasonry or is freemasonry the 'pick n' mix' you're stuck with?
thanks again for your reply, maybe if you have time you could answer my other questions too
and maybe try not to get offended this time, think of
it this way, who the hell am i for you to be taking offence at what i've said? shrug it off & let it go i say....i mean i don't even know you....on
the other hand, the power to offend is a power over the offended albiet a trivial one....triviality never made a difference in the school yard
tho....and when was the last time you saw a truly mature human personality? never would be my wager....there aren't any....
P.L.U.R.I
-B.Morrison
[edit on 24/10/09 by B.Morrison]
