THE STUDY OF SELF
Masonry, blessed with wisdom of the ages, points to the greatest of all
lessons, the study of self. There is a distinction between thinking too much of
self and knowing self.
A great teacher was asked if he could tell all the Law in as little a time as
a man could stand on one foot. To which he answered: "What is hateful to
thyself do not do to others." the sting of unkindness, the sharp blade of
unfairness, the brutality of intolerance, are weapons that have been used
against us. Have we used these weapons against others in our individual lives?
Masonry tells us to consider well this question.
We must study self more and more in order to understand that unkindness is
not of a lesser degree when we use it against others than when others use it
against us. Tolerance begets Tolerance. Understanding begets Understanding. What
comes back to us is in some strange way the very thing that we send out.
Masons, students of self and the science of Morality, will forever cry out
against the enemies of mankind, Intolerance, Injustice and Greed. To become
victors over these destroyers of life, we must know that we have looked upon
them within or own being, and have removed them from self.
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