A Mason's Work

When we look at the craft at a systemic level, things start to get very, very difficult.

And I say that because we're looking across the ways of working across large groups of

people, large organizations, and how does that happen and how do we influence it?

How do you participate in that and what your long-term impact can be?

When we talk about the craft in this way, we're almost forced by default to talk about

another symbol in that conversation, and that is the temple.

The craft builds the temple.

That's kind of the way it works, right?

When workmen get together, they build against an objective.

That objective and what that is should be designed in some way to enhance the quality

of life of all people.

When we look at the craft at a systemic level, the interaction of the craft as concept

with that overarching sort of work, piece of work, becomes our purview.

We have to look at how we as a crew of people are creating the future.

We're looking to build.

And what does that mean for how we operate?

Do then work backwards through the levels.

What does this mean for how I interact with the people in my small group or a local group?

Then how do I practically and behaviorally apply that understanding to myself?

Each of these symbols across the scope of this work does have that kind of recursive

nature to it.

This symbol, the craft as a concept, will really help with that if you struggle with trying

to figure out when and how to do this.

Moving up and down through the craft as a developmental sort of structure or as a scope

structure more accurately will help you again better craft, more meaningful outcomes

here.

So, again, when we look at this systemically at this level, we're looking to evaluate

where we're going, how we're going to get there, who's going to be involved, and what

needs to be in place.

And so we're really talking about the human component of that that is inseparable from

the work itself that humans have to interact.

Maybe in the future, non-humans, etc., etc., but we're really looking for, again, what

are the interactive, interoperative elements to make our temple our dream a reality.

And again, at this systemic level, what can we do to set the stage not just for the current

iteration of the craft, the current sort of workmen, but all future workmen on the temple.

We are in a multi-generational organization and we need to prepare the road not just for

ourselves, but for the people that come ahead of us or after us.

So with that, think about the craft at that systemic level.

And I think you'll find it yields quite a bit of perspective and altitude so that you

can then walk back in through the other sort of developmental levels and figure out how

to best leverage the organization at your local level and then coordinate your own behavior.