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Originally posted by network dude
telling them they were right and they found me out,
Originally posted by EnlightenUp
Soon it ceases to hurt, then transmutes to ecstacy.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
It's easy to gain a person's confidence with what appears to be an insiders privileged information.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
One thing that does perplex me is the defensiveness of the Masons.
Why care that people speculate?
It demonstrated two things, the importance of the Masonic movement's contributions and influence on our society and the fact that some things are steeped in precise rituals of a spiritual nature.
yet like all ritualistic ceremonies it was steeped in mystery simply because it's not something one commonly sees from day to day. These things of course lead to speculation and curiosity and where there is speculation soon accusation is bound to follow.
Why people trap themselves in one box or another in a very fluid universe I haven’t a clue! That’s one piece of information I am never looking to come by!
Originally posted by HotSauce
people with the lack of a sense of humor are the most easily suckered.
Im interested in it as a psychological phenomenon with no desire or even ability to oppose it.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Intolerance, ego, vanity, a false sense of superiority simply further sews the seeds of chaos, misunderstanding and distrust. Naturally people involved in keeping secrets within a secret society share an equal burden in that regard.
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Intolerance, ego, vanity, a false sense of superiority simply further sews the seeds of chaos, misunderstanding and distrust. Naturally people involved in keeping secrets within a secret society share an equal burden in that regard.
There is nothing about Freemasonry that cant be found on Google. Therefore, masons having "secrets" is a myth. If someone is looking for secrets and power it would be more appropriate to go to Silicon Valley or Wall Street for some trade-secrets, rather than a Lodge.
Freemasonry = Secret was more than a hundred years ago.
[edit on 2-11-2009 by Skyfloating]
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Its strange how those the most afraid of being manipulated are the easiest to manipulate...
Humor is the emergence of the enlightened, humor is the teaching of truth. Humor is harmony in the community, humor the austerity of those in harmony.
~Dhammapada
Before enlightenment, a whoopee cushion is funny;
when you realize enlightenment a whoopee cushion isn't funny;
after enlightenment a whoopee cushion is funny again.
~ J. WILSON
Originally posted by Skyfloating
reply to post by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Your sophism reads like a cipher, completely unintelligeble to me.
I neither feel "consternation" and "frustration" nor do I care what Rome thinks about my happiness.
Could you put into one or two sentences your point as it relates to the OP?
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
reply to post by iamoverrated
Jimmy Pages involvement in the Occult was very serious and very real. So was John Bonhams and to a lesser extent Robert Plants. John Paul Jones did his best never to stay in the same Hotel or on the same floor with the rest of them and posted an armed guard at his hotel room door at night to ward off the intrusions of his band mates.
The three of them lived it and breathed it, Plant eventually realized it was creating bad karma after his accident and then his son's death. The circumstances of Bonham's curious death ended any illusion in regard to what they were in fact involved with.
It's all fun and games until you start loosing your kids and your drummer and then sorry is never enough!