33rd Degree Mason’s LESSONS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW

[@Epsillion70]

Brilliant video brother Ben. Definitely balance with all things in life. I use the OODA loop acronym in my life with everything. Observe what’s happening. Orientate to how my position is to it. Then Decide what to do and then Act upon it. Have a good weekend.

[@BenLifeLessons]

Thank Viking, such great advice!

[@xXKyon12Xx]

After losing my job and now being jobless to join my own time, I do agree with this concepts even if I contemplate a lot only after that experience and coming to terms with it is that I understood and was able to contemplate and heal to a degree, I thought I needes but experience was eye opening. Truly balance is key and to slowly regain the clarity to allow one to see the innerconnectiveness of all is of paramount importance.

[@BenLifeLessons]

Thank you for sharing your experiences, very much appreciated

[@andrewcraig11781]

I would argue that not all humans are part of the same levels of consciousness. For example, not all humans have an interest in their own betterment or pursuit of knowledge. This was one of the reasons that Freemasonic knowledge was carefully guarded and people were chosen with care to enter into that light.

[@Mary-Time-Event]

I definitely agree with you. It seems like many people are too busy trying to fit into the world, instead of living here to learn and help as many people as possible.

[@BenLifeLessons]

Thank you for your insight and thoughts Andrew, much appreciated

[@im1337ninja]

Here's my take, if everything is consciousness, then so is the universe. Meaning we are all innerly connected to the consciousness of the universe, within the consciousness of a galaxy, upon the consciousness of earth. It's like levels of consciousness. Self, Worldly, galactic, universal. Not going into detail on those, ponder them and tell me what you think the difference is of them. You can use context of religion, philosophy, whatever your take is upon the aspect mentioned above.

[@Mary-Time-Event]

@@im1337ninja 🦋🌿 Thank you for the explanation. I also believe that like good, there is bad. And that bad can be good in refining us, to avoid being like it. So it seems like both good and bad, are needed.

[@former9085]

"This was one of the reasons that Freemasonic knowledge was carefully guarded and people were chosen with care to enter into that light." That is still the case today.

[@Nazerene777]

I really enjoyed this one. In fact he was very wise. I believe that it is important to improve our understanding of the universe . Both the inner and outer layers. My dad was interested in the same things. He’s moved on now. I think I’d like to read some books on Manly P Hall. Thank you Ben this was just what I needed.

[@BenLifeLessons]

You’re welcome Nazerene, thank you for sharing

[@stellabandante2727]

Ben, I always enjoy your videos. I have one request. Please speak more slowly and articulate more clearly. Thank you for your contribution to wisdom and spiritual awareness. Although your content is available from several sources, I like that you keep it short and to the point. These ideas bear many repetitions that gradually increase understanding.

[@BenLifeLessons]

Hi Stella, thank you for your feedback, it is very much appreciated and thank you for your support!

[@stellabandante2727]

@@BenLifeLessons I would not be surprised if I am a little hard of hearing, but I'm also a singing teacher and notice vocal articulation. You are great no matter what you do.

[@ellenmariemccurdy]

Manly P. Hall was indeed a brilliant scholar - thank you for sharing these particular insights - they are most relevant now

[@BenLifeLessons]

Thank you Ellen, I hope you are keeping well

[@andreavandekleut6379]

in other words , step back , relax , and put yourself in his shoe's to see what is going on?

[@BenLifeLessons]

Thank you Andrea

[@masterzippo121]

Thank you

[@BenLifeLessons]

You're welcome

[@leejones1319]

Great video again. Learning a lot. Thank you

[@BenLifeLessons]

Thank you Lee, much appreciated

[@former9085]

Ben, I am curious. Why have you referenced the 33rd Degree of Freemasonry? Are you a Freemason?

[@BenLifeLessons]

Thank you for your question, this video is about a 33rd degree mason and talks through the lessons talked about within his writings.

[@former9085]

​@@BenLifeLessons Thank you for the answer. For purposes of clarity, the highest degree in Freemasonry is the 3rd Degree, that of a Master Mason. Any "superiorly" numbered degree is an appendant degree to the 3rd Degree and not higher than the 3rd Degree. The 33rd Degree is an honorary degree awarded to Freemasons deemed to have made an exceptional contribution to Freemasonry. Freemasonry can be considered a university of learning for holism, morals, ethics, arts and science. Your video contained many teachings of Freemasonry taught to attain the 3rd Degree. Maybe you might want to visit your local Lodge to have a chat with the members?

[@eveadame1059]

😇 Thank you Ben, for another insightful Life Lesson 💕 Loved that you emphasized treating others with compassion and understanding. A reminder to me of a scripture where Jesus said how you treat the least of these you treat me (Matthew 25:40). And that we should treat others, how we want to be treated.

[@BenLifeLessons]

Thank you Eve 😊

[@Mary-Time-Event]

​@@BenLifeLessons 😊 Ben, I thought about your 33 Degree Mason video, when I realized my Eldest Daughter turned 33 years 3 months 3 days old this 8-20 ⚜️ Her name means Industrious Ewe that is also a 111 Simple Gemetria 666 English Gemetria, so stick with the 3 theme ⚜️ Interesting that 8-21-2024 marks 7 years since the American Eclipse on 8-21-2017 🌑☀️ Midnight & Eve the stray cats I take care of, wish you and your loved ones a blessed and purring evening 💕 On Jewish Gemetria 8-19 EVE GAVE BIRTH ON THE LAST SUPPER = 333 Simple Gemetria Hebrew Math

[@eveadame1059]

​@@BenLifeLessons 🌕☀️ I hope you and your loved ones are doing well, and that you got to enjoy the Eclipse. Talking about 33 ⚜️ Day 333 with 33 days left, falls on November 28, 2024. Fun how Leap Years, work out that way 🐸 Gribbit

[@Mary-Time-Event]

🔥🔥TWIN TOWERS = 166 Thumbs Up in Simple Gemetria Hebrew Math. Ben it was interesting to learn that Hiram Abiff was a Master Mason and Chief Architect of Solomon's Temple. His name sounds very similar to Hyrum Smith, brother of Joseph Smith a High Ranking Mason. Who were both Martyred. After Restoring The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints.

[@Mary-Time-Event]

🐝⚜️ Soon to bee 7-14 MARY MAGDALENE English Gemetria. May the Lord bless your travels and moving your family dear Ben 🕊️🌿

[@0Buddhaspot0]

Thank you

[@BenLifeLessons]

You're welcome

[@96BxelA]

The Masons recognise Lucifer as the light bearer. Need I say more. One can expand one’s consciousness and follow a path of self development without being in a cult and worshipping Lucifer..?

[@BenLifeLessons]

Thank you for sharing

[@former9085]

"The Masons recognise Lucifer as the light bearer. Need I say more. One can expand one’s consciousness and follow a path of self development without being in a cult and worshipping Lucifer..?" Firstly, Freemasonry is not a religion and therefore cannot be a cult. There is no Freemason God. Freemasons also do not worship in the Lodge. They may worship in their individual Churches, Mosques, Synagogues, Shrines, or whatever house their religion has. But never in a Freemason Temple. Freemasons are forbidden from discussing religion with each other. Lucifer is not Satan. You seem to have fallen for the Taxil hoax: The most common meaning for Lucifer in English is as a name for the Devil in Christian theology. It appeared in the King James Version of the Bible in Isaiah and before that in the Vulgate (the late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible), not as the name of a devil but as the Latin word lucifer (uncapitalized), meaning "the morning star", "the planet Venus", or, as an adjective, "light-bringing". It is a translation of the Hebrew word הֵילֵל, hêlēl, meaning "Shining One". As the Latin name for the morning appearances of the planet Venus, it corresponds to the Greek names Phosphorus Φωσφόρος, "light-bringer", and Eosphorus Ἑωσφόρος, "dawn-bringer". The entity's Latin name was subsequently absorbed into Christianity as a name for the devil. Modern scholarship generally translates the term in the relevant Bible passage (Isaiah 14:12), where the Greek Septuagint reads ὁ ἑωσφόρος ὁ πρωὶ ἀνατέλλων, as "morning star" or "shining one" rather than as a proper noun, Lucifer, as found in the Latin Vulgate. The word "Lucifer" appears in The Second Epistle of Peter (2 Peter 1:19) in the Latin Vulgate to refer to Jesus. The word "Lucifer" is also used in the Latin version of Exsultet, the Easter proclamation. As a name for the planet in its morning aspect, "Lucifer" (Light-Bringer) is a proper noun and is capitalized in English. In Greco-Roman civilization, it was often personified and considered a god and in some versions considered a son of Aurora (the Dawn). A similar name used by the Roman poet Catullus for the planet in its evening aspect is "Noctifer" (Night-Bringer). Freemasonry Léo Taxil (1854-1907) claimed that Freemasonry is associated with worshipping Lucifer. In what is known as the Taxil hoax, he alleged that leading Freemason Albert Pike had addressed "The 23 Supreme Confederated Councils of the world" (an invention of Taxil), instructing them that Lucifer was God, and was in opposition to the evil god Adonai. Taxil promoted a book by Diana Vaughan (actually written by himself, as he later confessed publicly) that purported to reveal a highly secret ruling body called the Palladium, which controlled the organization and had a satanic agenda. As described by Freemasonry Disclosed in 1897: With frightening cynicism, the miserable person we shall not name here [Taxil] declared before an assembly especially convened for him that for twelve years he had prepared and carried out to the end the most sacrilegious of hoaxes. We have always been careful to publish special articles concerning Palladism and Diana Vaughan. We are now giving in this issue a complete list of these articles, which can now be considered as not having existed. Supporters of Freemasonry assert that, when Albert Pike and other Masonic scholars spoke about the "Luciferian path," or the "energies of Lucifer," they were referring to the Morning Star, the light bearer, the search for light; the very antithesis of dark. Pike says in Morals and Dogma, "Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish Souls? Doubt it not!" Much has been made of this quote. Taxil's work and Pike's address continue to be quoted by anti-masonic groups. In Devil-Worship in France, Arthur Edward Waite compared Taxil's work to today's tabloid journalism, replete with logical and factual inconsistencies.

[@96BxelA]

@@former9085 Thank you for that, spoken undoubtedly like a true or perhaps in this case Former Mason, if your handle is anything to go by.. I did not say Masonry was a religion - that was you actually. Furthermore, the Oxford Dictionary gives a number of definitions for this word, Cult, one is: “a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal..?? Another, in a sociological sense is, a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centring around their sacred symbols…?? Well, that sounds a lot like the Masons to me. Ive read Morals and Dogma by Albert Pike. By the way, no one likes a smart arse. I suggest you get your facts right before you try it with me armchair warrior.

[@former9085]

@@96BxelA "Thank you for that, spoken undoubtedly like a true or perhaps in this case Former Mason, if your handle is anything to go by.." Former many things but presently a Lodge member. "By the way, no one likes a smart arse. I suggest you get your facts right before you try it with me armchair warrior." Former military fits. Unless you were, you get to wear the armchair warrior label. I will clarify the facts. "I did not say Masonry was a religion - that was you actually." Correct. I was clarifying that fact. "a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal." There is no veneration in Freemasonry. If there is, please state what it is. "Another, in a sociological sense is, a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centring around their sacred symbols" There is no ideology in Freemasonry. If there is, please state what it is. The discussion of religion and politics are forbidden. The symbols are not sacred, they're allegorical. "Ive read Morals and Dogma by Albert Pike." Morals and Dogma contains Pike's personal views. They are not, and should never be taken as the views of Freemasonry.

[@Mary-Time-Event]

​@@former9085 🌟 Thank you for sharing what you learned with us 💕 Lucifer is also VENUS ♀️ the Morning Star and Evening Star. Interesting that Venus shares the Same Symbol as FEMALE and Marine COPPER that America's Statue Of Liberty 🌙🗽☀️ is made out of.