The
interior work of research can be
successful only if it is done under control of a rigorous
Discipline, that only we can discover and exert. It
should already be clear to everyone that, in our
interiority, lying to ourselves will get us nowhere.
However, the ability of man of lying to himself is almost
infinite. The attainment of
an interior Discipline is one of the tasks of the Masons.
It represents one of the most binding "works"
of the masonic life. At the beginning, the interior work
is symbolically called "stone rough-shaping". The Art
helps us
discover inside ourselves the rules to follow which,
being artistic canons, do not have a rigidly coercive
nature but rather an inspiring nature. However, like in
the Art, we must devote ourselves with great seriousness
to learning the Mastery, which alone can give us the
means for the creation of our works of Art. |
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