Level Steps: 100 Daily Meditations for Freemasons: Masonic Meditations, #1
By Jonti Marks
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'Level Steps: 100 Daily Meditations for Freemasons' is a beautiful and practical book offering insight and inspiration to all Freemasons who are interested in the deeper meaning of the Craft, as well as an instrument of understanding for their families and friends and all those searching for guidance and spiritual insight.
Jonti Marks
Jonti Marks was born in London and grew up partly in England and partly in Kenya. He was a school teacher for 27 years and worked in Zambia, Kenya and the UK as an English and Drama teacher and also as a Head. He left teaching in 2013 to devote himself to his writing full-time. Jonti became a Freemason in Nairobi in 1990 and has always been interested in the deeper, spiritual significance of the Craft. His Masonic writings aim to illuminate these hidden depths and to help make Freemasonry relevant, useful and inspiring for Masons and non-Masons alike. Jonti's non-Masonic writings are largely informed either by his experiences as a teacher or by his life in Kenya - and often by his life as a teacher in Kenya! Jonti's book,' Teaching from the Heart:100 Meditations for Teachers' follows the format of the Masonic books and offers 100 inspirational messages for teachers, parents, policy makers and educationalists in every sphere who do so much to determine the well-being of our society and the future of the planet. It was written as a parting gift to the profession and is the distillation of a 30-year philosophy of education that appears increasingly important and even urgent in today's moral climate. 'The Bhagavad-Gita in 18 Sonnets' also reflects a lifetime's interest and a deep connection with the spiritual teachings of India. Jonti has been familiar with the Gita for all of his life and was moved to try to capture some of the essence and spirit of this sacred text in a wholly poetic form. You can find out more about Jonti at: www.jontimarks.com
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Level Steps - Jonti Marks
100 Daily Meditations for Freemasons
Jonti Marks.
Copyright Jonti Marks 2004
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Contents:
Title Page
Copyright
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Introduction
1: ‘Enter in God’s name...’
2: ‘I would not give much for your Freemasonry...’
3: ‘The three Great Lights...’
4: ‘Therefore when we build...’
5: ‘What are you doing?’
6: ‘What do you mean by Masonry?’
7: ‘...in proportion to our capacities...’
8: ‘You agree to be a good man...’
9: ‘Masonry, therefore, is not a competitor with religion...’
10: ‘How should Freemasons meet?’
11: ‘Live on old monuments of the past...’
12: ‘There is a perennial nobleness...’
13: ‘That thing which I understand by real art...’
14: ‘What is the first duty..?’
15: ‘You alone...’
16: ‘Masons unite...’
17: ‘The level demonstrates...’
18: ‘It should be understood by every Brother...’
19: ‘FAITH...HOPE...CHARITY...’
20: ‘May Freemasonry in every quarter of the globe...’
21: ‘You agree to avoid private piques...’
22: ‘Everyone who enters Freemasonry...’
23: ‘Name the three grand principles...’
24: ‘Brethren, this morally teaches us...’
25: ‘Thought will not work...’
26: ‘Learn something every day...’
27: ‘...as a Craftsman, you are expected...’
28: ‘Do not pray for easy lives...’
29: ‘All these charges you are to observe...’
30: ‘...a time will most assuredly come...’
31: ‘He, of all men...’
32: ‘As an Individual...’
33: ‘Masonry recognizes the right of every man...’
34: ‘Before God’s footstool to confess...’
35: ‘So far as I am acquainted...’
36: ‘...Masonry, according to the general acceptation of the term...’
37: ‘...and honourable it must be acknowledged to be...’
38: ‘Grandeur of character...’
39: ‘...as in the previous degree...’
40: ‘To steer the bark of this life...’
41: ‘There is so much good in the worst of us...’
42: ‘...while some must rule and teach...’
43: ‘They remind us that...’
44: ‘...you will also notice that a Brother’s hands...’
45 ‘In this world...’
46: ‘The heights by great men reached and kept...’
47: ‘Exchanging fragmentary news...’
48: ‘By such exemplary conduct...’
49: ‘...a spirit of emulation prevails...’
50: ‘...thereby enabling you to exercise those talents...’
51: ‘My real faith then is in a dream...’
52: ‘Truth never yet fell dead in the streets...’
53: ‘… in giving him a virtuous and liberal education...’
54: ‘Let us discard all this quibbling...’
55: ‘...admonishing us to be careful...’
56: ‘Pendant to the four corners of the Lodge...’
57: ‘Truth’s tough. It will not break...’
58: ‘...to seek the solace of your own distress...’
59: ‘Although our past achievements...’
60: ‘It cannot be too strongly asserted...’
61: ‘Our Lodges are supported by three great pillars...’
62: ‘...as a Craftsman, you are expected...’
63: ‘Where were you first prepared..?’
64: ‘That Masons are builders...’
65: ‘Not what we give...’
66: ‘I pray you with all earnestness...’
67: ‘In all cases of difficulty and danger...’
68: ‘...Happy to meet...’
69: ‘All preferment among masons...’
70: ‘As Masons we should so act...’
71: ‘Those three things...’
72: ‘...and from the foundation laid this evening...’
73: ‘You agree to promote...’
74: ‘The distinguishing characteristics...’
75: ‘May our work, begun in Thee...’
76: ‘What is Freemasonry?’
77: ‘To all poor and distressed Masons...’
78: ‘There is no truth more thoroughly established...’
79: ‘A younger brother shall be instructed...’
80: ‘...ever remembering the intention...’
81: ‘We deem the lowest service...’
82: ‘There is no secret...’
83: ‘Let a man’s religion...’
84: ‘It is not enough...’
85: ‘...a poor candidate...’
86: ‘The earth constantly revolving on its axis...’
87: ‘Men have been imprisoned...’
88: ‘...but let me assure you...’
89: ‘He has achieved success...’
90: ‘The Sacred Writings are to rule and govern our faith...’
91: ‘...now comes of his own free will...’
92: ‘...contemplate on your destiny...’
93: ‘Your trust being in God...’
94: ‘Freemasonry is no longer an exclusive and withdrawn body...’
95: ‘We hope to arrive at the summit...’
96: ‘If one advances confidently...’
97: ‘The first condition of admission...’
98: ‘...to look beyond the narrow limits...’
99: ‘Freemasonry not only inculcates the principles of love and benevolence...’
100: ‘...and may He continue to preserve our order...’
Afterword:
Acknowledgements:
Most of the quotations for this book were taken from Masonic Ritual or other Masonic texts. The author gratefully acknowledges the wisdom of those men who formulated the rituals and who added so much to the body of Masonic lore.
The writings of other authors (including ‘Anon’) are taken from ‘A Treasury of Masonic Thought’ edited by Carl Glick and published by Robert Hale, London. Although none of the works are copyright as such, the author gratefully acknowledges the work of Carl Glick in collecting together such a wealth of Masonic material and, of course, the work of the original writers themselves.
Dedication:
To the Brethren of Lodges Harmony, 3084 E.C. and Scotia, 1008 S.C. who, by their example, have taught me to love Masonic Ritual and to care enough to want to be a ‘good Mason.’ Also, to the Brethren of the Old Bromsgrovian Lodge, 5743 E.C., who have taken me under their wing.