Let me share to you Brothers my favorite content from the book The Lost Keys of Freemasonry by Manly P. Hall. This book is a bit old but this is one of the best book I read about freemasonry. If you,re a Master Mason or still in the first or degree you should be reading this book because it discusses the symbolism of the degrees and a bit of the meaning of each stage becoming a Master Mason.
The Mason believe in the Great Architect, the living keystone of creation’s plan, the Master of all lodges, without whose spirit there is no work. Let him never forget that the Master is near. Day and night let him feel the presence of the Supreme or Overshadowing One. The All-Seeing Eye is upon him. Day and night this great Orb measures his depths, seeing into innermost soul of souls, judging his life, reading his thoughts, measuring his aspirations, and rewarding his sincerity. To this All-Seeing One he is accountable; to none other must he account. This Spirit passes with him out of the Lodge and measure the Mason in the world. This Spirit is with him when he buys and sells. It is with him in his home. By the light of day and by the darkness of night it judges him. It hears each thoughtless word. It is the silent witness to every transaction of life, the silent partner of every man. By the jury of his acts, each man is judged. Let every mason know that his obligations include not only those within the narrow lodge, bordered by walls of stone and brick, but those in the Great Lodge, walled only by dome of heaven. The Valley of Jehoshaphat waits for him who is false to any creatures, as surely as it waited for the breakers of the Comic oath.
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