The Three Knocks Series – Part II: Asking and Feedback Loops
Download MP3In this second episode, we move from seeking into “ask and it shall be given you.” Here, learning becomes relational: mentors, experts, and more capable others enter the picture. We reflect on how asking creates feedback loops that reshape our questions, refine our understanding, and gradually shift us from a purely internal process into an ongoing network of relatedness.
🔑 Key Takeaways
- “Ask and it shall be given you” implies interaction with people who hold knowledge, capacity, or authority.
- Mentors and experts transform seeking into a longer-term relational feedback loop that builds skills and awareness over time.
- What we ask for and what we are given may differ, and that difference itself sculpts a new understanding of the subject.
💬 Featured Quotes
- 0:00:31 — “The ask and it shall be given to you automatically then implies that you need to interact or relate with the people around you with somebody who knows more or somebody who has capacity or capability.”
- 0:03:44 — “That this this back and forth dynamic also just like in the sec and fine process through that relatedness now sculpts and crafts a new awareness about what you're trying to learn or what you're trying to discover.”
- 0:04:16 — “This will help you track and connect with in a more meaningful way your sort of earlier beginner self versus your sort of more cultivated fellow craft self or what have you.”
🔗 Explore Related Episodes
- The Entered Apprentice Mason Series – Part II: The Humility of Following
Focuses on the relational dimension of apprenticeship—listening, repetition, and learning from others—which parallels the asking posture in this episode. - The Fellow Craft Mason Series – Part I: The Work of Integration
Examines how skills and understandings begin to interlock into coherent work, echoing how relational feedback loops integrate what is “given” in response to our questions. - We Meet on the Level — But We Are Not the Same
Highlights how recognizing developmental differences in others shapes how we ask, who we seek out, and how we receive guidance.
Creators and Guests
Host
Brian Mattocks
Host and Founder of A Mason's Work - a podcast designed to help you use symbolism to grow. He's been working in the craft for over a decade and served as WM, trustee, and sat in every appointed chair in a lodge - at least once :D
