I-MASONRY NAMAGOMBOLO AKHO

UHarold W. Percival

ISIGABA 2

Incazelo yezandulela. Indoda ekhululekile. Isincomo. Amalungiselelo enhliziyweni nawokuthwasa. I-divestment. I-hoodwink. Intambo ephindwe kane. Umuntu ongenele ukhetho ungumuntu ozaziyo emzimbeni. Ukuhamba. Insimbi ebukhali. Iziyalezo. Isithembiso. Izibani ezintathu ezinkulu nezincane. Lokho okufundwa yikhandidethi ngalezi zimpawu. Izimpawu, ukubamba namagama. Uphawu lwesikhumba semvu. Isimo sobumpofu. IMason njengendoda eqotho. Amathuluzi akhe okusebenza. Isimemezelo Somfundi. Izimpawu nezincazelo zazo. IZwi. Amandla amane. Amagugu ayisithupha. Isitezi Esiphansi Sethempeli LeNkosi uSolomoni. Inhloso yezimpawu nemikhosi.

Ngaphambi kokuthi umuntu abe yiFreemason kumele abe ngumuntu okhululekile. Isigqila asikwazi ukuba uMason. Ngomqondo obanzi akufanele abe yisigqila senkanuko nokuhaha. Kumelwe akhululeke ngokwanele ukuba azikhethele inkululeko yokuzikhethela nesivumelwano, okungukuthi, singaboshelwa phansi izifiso noma ungaboni amaqiniso of ukuphila. Ukuze ube yi-Freemason umuntu ozongenela ukhetho kumele anconywe ukuthi uhlamvu. Kufanele ukuthi ngandlela thize abe ngumseshi wezimfihlakalo ze ukuphila. Kumelwe afise okwengeziwe ukukhanya futhi uyifune.

Ukulungiselela kokuqala kufanele kwenziwe enhliziyweni yakhe. Uziqoka ukuba iMason futhi uzilungiselela ngokuba nenhliziyo eqotho nehlanzekile. Lapho iMason ihlangana nendoda enjalo, izothi, ikholelwa ukuthi enye izoba yilungu elihle, izoletha ingxoxo ngezihloko ezizoholela omele ukhetho ukuthi aveze umbono wakhe. isifiso ukufuna ukungena endlini yokulala. Ngemuva kokuthi isicelo senziwe, siphenywe futhi sinconyiwe, umuntu ozongenela ukhetho uzolungiselelwa ukwamukelwa. Ngemva kokwamukelwa kuba khona okunye ukulungiselela ukuthwasa endlini yangasese yeloji.

Uhlutshiwe izingubo zakhe lapho. Lowo mkhosi umele ukususwa kwezinto ezimbambe emhlabeni wangaphandle, njengempahla nezinkomba zesiteshi nezikhundla. Kusho ukuthi usehlukene nokwakudala, ukuze angene endleleni entsha. Uma esekhunyulwe kuzovela ukuthi uyindoda, akayena umuntu wesifazane. I-hoodwink noma impumputhe ibekwa phezu kwamehlo akhe, ukuze azizwe esebumnyameni, ngaphandle ukukhanya, futhi kayitholi indlela yakhe. Khona-ke into ebaluleke kakhulu izifiso is ukukhanya.

Intambo, intambo—kufanele kube intambo enemicu emine—ifakwa nxazonke kuye. Kufanekisela isibopho lapho bonke abaFundiweyo, Abadwebi bezandla kanye namaMasons bangeniswe, baqalwa, baphasiswa futhi bakhuliswa ukukhanya weMasonry. Intambo yokudonsa imele inkaba lapho yonke imizimba ilungiselelwa ukuzalwa. Imele izinzwa ze ukubona, kokuzwa, Ukunambitha futhi iphunga lapho ikhandidethi (umuntu ozaziyo emzimbeni) ebanjwa ngayo ngemva kokuzalwa, okumbophezela kukho nature futhi umhole ebumnyameni. Imele iMasonry emkhipha emhlabeni wenyama yobumnyama ingene Ukukhanya. I-cable-tow imele isibopho esibophayo, sibe ubuzalwane banoma yiluphi uhlobo. I-cable-tow futhi ingumugqa ku- ifomu lokuphefumula lokho kubophezela eyodwa kuMasonry, ukuze phetho, ukuzalwa kabusha futhi ukuphinde ube khona.

Aqale eyakhe umsebenzi nokuhamba nqunu, ebumnyameni, kuboshelwe esintwini namaphutha ayo avamile. Uzwa ukuthintwa kwensimbi ecijile; inyama yakhe ihlatshiwe ukuze imkhumbuze ngokuhlushwa okungamfaka kukho, nokuthi kufanele abekezele umsebenzi azozinikela kukho. Uyalwa ngokuziphatha kuka ukuphila, njalo neyakhe umsebenzi njengokubukeka kokuphela. Uyafona uNkulunkulu, wakhe I-Triune Self, ukuze afakaze isibopho sakhe futhi anikeze isifungo sakhe sokuzigcina engcolile umsebenzi. Ukuze aqhubeke neyakhe umsebenzi udinga okwengeziwe ukukhanya, futhi umemezela lokho akusho kakhulu izifiso is ukukhanya. I-hoodwink engokomfanekiso noma impumputhe iyasuswa futhi ilethwe kuyo ukukhanya. Ekuzalweni emhlabeni intambo iyanqanyulwa. Ngokunjalo uma uMfundi elethwa ku ukukhanya, okuwuthayi omusha, intambo yokudonsa iyasuswa. Khona-ke utshelwa ukuthi iBhayibheli, isikwele kanye nekhampasi, athathe phezu kwayo isibopho sakhe futhi azinikezele kukho, imelela iziNkanyiso ezintathu ezinkulu. Amakhandlela amathathu akhanyisiwe, utshelwa, amelela izibani ezintathu ezincane: ilanga, inyanga kanye noMphathi weLodge.

Uma uMfundi egcina isibopho sakhe, futhi enza umsebenzi, ufunda ngalokhu izimpawu, njengoba ethuthuka, ukuthi amukele iZwi lika uNkulunkulu, lo Ukukhanya yezibani, ngeyakhe Uyazi. Ufunda ukuthi njengoba ikhampasi ichaza umugqa oqhele ngokulinganayo kuyo yonke indawo lapho udwetshwa khona, kanjalo ingqondo, ngokokukhanya kwayo, igcina i izifiso futhi izifiso emikhawulweni elinganiswa ngayo Isizathu futhi zilingana nebanga ukusuka ku- ukulunga, isikhungo. Ufunda ukuthi njengoba isikwele sisetshenziselwa ukudweba nokufakazela yonke imigqa eqondile, ukwenza imigqa emibili ema-engeli angakwesokudla komunye nomunye nokuhlanganisa ama-horizontal nama-perpendiculars, kanjalo ngokwakhe Umenzi konke imizwa futhi izifiso zenziwa ziqonde, zibekwe kwesokudla maqondana komunye nomunye futhi bamunye nomunye.

Izofunda, emva kokuba isivusiwe, ukuthi iziNkanyiso ezintathu ezinkulu ziyimpela izimpawu yezingxenye ezintathu zakhe I-Triune Self; ukuthi iBhayibheli, noma imibhalo engcwele, engokomfanekiso wakhe Uyazi, okuyiGnosis, ungumthombo okufanele athole ngawo ukukhanya; nokuthi esikhundleni sokuthi amaphuzu ekhampasi abe ngaphansi kwesikwele kufanele abe phezu kwawo ukuze athole lokho kuKhanya, okungukuthi, Ukulunga, lo kwesokudla iphuzu, futhi Isizathu, indawo engakwesokunxele, yekhampasi, kufanele ibeke imingcele ukuze umuzwa, lo kwesokudla umugqa, futhi isifiso, umugqa wesokunxele wesikwele.

Uzofunda ukuthi kukhona okuxhumene naye, okwamanje, izinkanyiso ezimbili kuphela ezinkulu, iBhayibheli neCompass; ukuthi amaphuzu esikwele angaphezulu kwekhampasi; okungukuthi, eyakhe umuzwa futhi isifiso azilawulwa eyakhe Ukulunga futhi Isizathu, nokuthi eyesithathu Ukukhanya, isikwele, simnyama, okungukuthi, i Ukukhanya ayifiki eyakhe umuzwa-and-isifiso. Elesithathu Ukukhanya yavalwa ekubhujisweni kwethempeli lokuqala; kungenzeka kuphela futhi ngeke kube okwangempela Ukukhanya lize lakhiwe kabusha ithempeli.

Izibani ezintathu ezincane, ilanga, inyanga kanye ne-Master of the Lodge zifanekisela umzimba, umuzwa-and-isifiso, kanye nabo izingqondo. I-lodge ingumzimba womuntu. Ukukhanya komzimba, okungukuthi nature, ilanga. Inyanga iveza ukukhanya kwelanga. Inyanga umuzwa, lapho kukhonjiswa khona izinto ze nature ngomzimba, owenziwe umuntu nature futhi uyinceku yangaphandle nature. Ukukhanya kwesithathu nguMphathi noma isifiso, futhi kufanele azame ukubusa nokubusa indawo yakhe yokuhlala, okungukuthi, umzimba. I umqondo womzimba kufanele isetshenziselwe ukubusa umzimba nezinzwa zawo ezine; i umuzwa-ingqondo kufanele izibuse, futhi isifiso-ingqondo njengoba uMfundisi kufanele azibuse ngokudidiyela imizwa kanye nokulawula umzimba.

UmFundi, njengoba ethuthuka, uthola izimpawu, ukubamba namazwi, angakwazi ukuzibonakalisa ngawo noma omunye, ukukhanya noma ebumnyameni, naphakathi kwalabo abangewona amaMasoni, ngokwezinga lakhe ukukhanya eMasonry. Ufunda ukuhamba njengoba kufanele uMason, esigcawini.

Uthola isikhumba sewundlu, noma iphinifa elimhlophe, a Uphawu womzimba wakhe wenyama. Lowo ogqoka isikhumba sewundlu njengebheji leMason ukhunjuzwa njalo ngalobo bumsulwa be ukuphila kanye nokuziphatha okufanele. Iphinifa ligqokisa i-pelvic region futhi iyi-a Uphawu ukuthi lokho kufanele kugcinwe kuhlanzekile. Kubhekiselwa ocansini futhi ukudla. Njengoba ekhula olwazini kufanele alondoloze umzimba hhayi ngobumsulwa, kodwa ebumsulwa. Lapho ekwazi ukugqoka iphinifa njengoba kufanele uMasonni Omkhulu, i-flap engase ibe yi-equilateral noma kwesokudla-unxantathu ona-engeli, ulenga phezu kwesikwele amakhona aphansi. Iphinifa njengesikwele lifanekisela ezine Izakhi of nature ukusebenza emzimbeni ophindwe kane ngezinhlelo zawo ezine nezinzwa ezine. I-flap engunxantathu imelela izingxenye ezintathu ze- I-Triune Self, futhi abathathu izingqondo esikhundleni se- I-Triune Self. Zingaphezu komzimba noma azikho ngokuphelele emzimbeni endabeni yoMfundi, futhi zingaphakathi emzimbeni noma ziphelele endabeni yeNkosi.

Uma ecelwa ukuba afake isandla emzamweni ofanele uMfundi uthola ukuthi akanamali, akakwazi ukwenza lokho, enqunu futhi uyinto yomnikelo. Lesi yisikhumbuzo sokusiza labo abathola kubo ukuphila nabadinga usizo. Isimo kufanele simenze azizwe sengathi akalutho noma ngaphansi kunalokho ayikho njengendoda; ukuthi kufanele ahlulelwe ngalokho ayikho futhi angaziswa ngokwezingubo zokugqoka, izinto anazo, isikhundla, noma imali.

Ube esevunyelwa ukuthi azigqokise; agqoke iphinifa ayiswe kuMphathi weLodge amqondise ukuthi ame kwelakhe kwesokudla isandla futhi imtshela ukuthi manje uyindoda eqotho, iMason, futhi uyamyala ukuba ahambe futhi enze kanjalo. NjengeMason, kumele abe namathuluzi okusebenza. Unikezwa amathuluzi okusebenza oMfundi oyi-gauge engamayintshi angamashumi amabili nane kanye negaveli evamile.

I-gauge yiyona Uphawu yobudoda. Akufanele ikwenze ngamahora kuphela kodwa nangesikhathi se ukuphila. I-gauge ingumthetho we ukuphila kanye nomthetho we kwesokudla. Eyokuqala yesithathu ngeyoMfundi lapho kufanele, njengoba isiko lama-masonic linjalo, akhumbule uMdali wakhe ezinsukwini zobusha bakhe. Lena inkonzo ye uNkulunkulu, ngokungamoshi amandla okudala. Ngaleyo ndlela uyazifanela ukuze alandele isonic yakhe umsebenzi ngeziqu zesibili njenge-Fellow Craft. Khona-ke uyawuvusa umzimba wakhe, ithempeli elingenziwanga ngezandla. Eyesithathu yokugcina ngeyeNgcweti yeMason evuselelwa amandla alondoloziwe futhi engumakhi ochwepheshile.

Kuthiwa i-gavel iyithuluzi abakha bamatshe abasebenzayo abalisebenzisayo ukuze baqhekeze amakhona angadingekile amatshe amatshe ukuze alungele ukusetshenziswa umakhi, kodwa nge-Mason eqagelayo i-gavel imele amandla isifiso okufanele isetshenziswe negeji, noma umthetho we kwesokudla, ukususa ukuthambekela okuzuzwe njengefa kanye nobubi, ukuze ngamunye ukuphila weMasoni angase abunjwe abe yitshe eliphilayo, i-ashler ephelele, ethempelini lokugcina lethempeli I-Triune Self. Eyakhe yokuqala ukuphila, lokho lapho eba uMfundi, kuthiwa kuyitshe legumbi, lapho kulindeleke ukuthi kuphakame isakhiwo esiphezulu somzimba wenyama ongafi.

Umfundi uthi usefikile eMasonry ukuze afunde ukubusa eyakhe izifiso futhi azithuthukise eMasonry. Kungumsebenzi wakhe Injongo. Uyabuzwa ukuthi uzozazi kanjani ukuthi ungubani noma azokwaziwa kanjani ukuthi uyiMason, futhi umemezela ukuthi uzokwenza ngezibonakaliso ezithile, uphawu, izwi kanye namaphuzu aphelele okungena kwakhe.

Izimpawu, uthi, ziyizi kwesokudla ama-engeli, ama-horizontals nama-perpendiculars, okumele ahambisane. Lezi zimpawu zisho okungaphezu kokuthi uzonyathela kanjani noma abambe izandla zakhe noma amise umzimba wakhe.

The kwesokudla ama-engeli asho ukugoba kwakhe umuzwa (umugqa owodwa) neyakhe isifiso (omunye umugqa) kuzo zonke izenzo.

Ama-horizontal asho ukulinganisa okulinganayo kwakhe umuzwa nokwakhe isifiso.

I-perpendiculars isho ukuthi yakhe umuzwa futhi isifiso baphakanyiselwe ubuqotho ekuthotshisweni.

Uphawu ukubamba. Kusho ukuthi kumele abambe eyakhe umuzwa kanye nezihlobo zakhe isifiso ngokubambelela ngokuqinile, futhi kusho nokuthi umuzwa futhi isifiso kufanele babambene ngezinga elifanayo futhi bafakazele omunye nomunye.

Igama yilelo elisetshenziswe ezifundweni ze-Apprentice, futhi lithi a Uphawu. Imigqa yenza izinhlamvu, nezinhlamvu igama. Kudingeka izinhlamvu ezine ukwenza iZwi. Umfundi anganikeza uhlamvu olulodwa kuphela, lolo hlamvu u-A futhi lwenziwe ngemigqa emibili, umuzwa futhi isifiso. IZwi litholwa yiRoyal Arch Mason.

Amaphuzu aphelele okungena koMfundi amane. Bangamakhadinali amane ubuhle: ukuzethemba kuwumkhuba wokuzithiba noma ukulawula inkanuko yomuntu futhi isifiso; ukuqina kusho isibindi esiqhubekayo, ukubekezela nokubekezela ngaphandle ukwesaba ingozi; ubuhlakani kusho ikhono in kwesokudla ngicabanga nasekusebenzeni kwe kwesokudla isenzo; futhi ubulungiswa ulwazi lwe amalungelo siqu sakho nabanye, futhi ngicabanga nokwenza ngokuhambisana nalolo lwazi.

Umuntu ozobhapathizwa ufunda ngamatshe ayigugu. Kunamatshe ayigugu ayisithupha, amathathu agudlukayo, okuyi-ashler rough, i-ashler ephelele, kanye ne-trestle-board. I-ashler eqinile iyona Uphawu wamanje, umzimba wenyama ongaphelele; i-ashler ephelele iyona Uphawu lomzimba wenyama ngemva kokuba usuphelelisiwe, kanye nebhodi le-trestle Uphawu we ifomu lokuphefumula, lapho kudwetshwa khona imiklamo yesakhiwo. Lawa matshe ayigugu amathathu abizwa ngokuthi ahambayo ngoba ayashabalala ngemva kwelinye ukuphila noma zithathwe ukuphila kuya ukuphila. Amatshe ayigugu anganyakazi isikwele, izinga kanye nomthofu wokumisa amanzi. Isikwele sifanekisela isifiso, izinga umuzwa nomthofu wokulinganisa umzimba ophelele ophezu kwe ifomu lokuphefumula. Laba abathathu babizwa ngokuthi abanakunyakaziswa, ngoba bangabakaNkulunkulu I-Triune Self futhi ungafi.

Iziqu Zokuqala, ze-Entered Apprentice, zihlobene nokuqalwa kwakhe njengo Umenzi of umuzwa-and-isifiso. Lokhu kwenziwa esitezi esiphansi seThempeli likaSolomoni, okungukuthi, esifundeni sezitho zangasese. UmFundi uqala azilungise enhliziyweni yakhe, bese elungiselelwa ukuthwasa ngokuhlukaniswa nokwakudala. Ngemva kokuba esehambile, ulethwe ku ukukhanya, uthole ukwaziswa okuthile mayelana neziNkanyiso ezintathu ezinkulu ngokusebenzisa izibani ezintathu ezincane, uthole iphinifa lakhe elimhlophe, ugqokiswe futhi futhi useyibonile inkanyezi evuthayo, unikezwa amathuluzi okusebenza oMfundi Ongenisiwe bese enza izimemezelo ezithile. Konke kwe izimpawu futhi imikhosi ihloselwe ukugcizelela kuye ukuthi enzeni ngeyakhe izifiso kanye nokusebenzisa isifiso sakhe-ingqondo, umuzwa-ingqondo, Futhi umqondo womzimba ekuziphatheni kwakhe, nakubafowabo, nakubafowabo uNkulunkulu.