NOTE: To learn more about this segment, please see the Parent Page (Questions with Duncan), which is listed under the Maranatha Treasure hunt.
Mr. Burden, I don’t understand. Why is it important for things to be hidden in the first place? ~ anonymous
Oh, I like these questions. I know a lot of people don’t get the concept. Like some people just aren’t scared of horror films, or don’t get any thrill from succeeding in doing a crossword- some people don’t see anticipation as a method to instill value or respect for something. Seriously not saying that is a fact for you Mr/Ms Anonymous. (Rather ironic, no offence, to ask why something is hidden, when you hide your own name – perhaps I don’t need to answer the question?).
The answer is simply; if anyone was gvien a medal for no reason, would they value it for the rest of their lives? If they ran a race, a challenging race, and won that medal, would that medal mean more to them? I believe it would.
The process of hiding something is not simply to obscure it. It’s to hide it with the intent of it being found. As such, the reward of discovering becomes as valuable as the prize itself.
Often, especially when the prize is a specific piece of knowledge, the process of hiding is to ensure that those who are seeking become (in the process) learned to appreciate and value the prize – if not, the prize could be just a geometric shape – which, without the appreciation of what it means, is almost valueless.
I suppose the counter argument would be ‘why not just convey both?’ The problem with that is; it is more common for wanting to read a conclusion, rather to read an explanation. To learn to appreciate somthing sometimes takes too long for people. People aren’t willing to put in the effort. So encryption has been, for at least 1000 years, the most effecient way to seperate those who are dedicated, from those who are just curious.
(As for me, I wouldn’t describe myself as dedicated – just lucky) D
Thank you for that answer, Duncan. Nicely explained. I can see what you are saying on how working towards something can add great value to the achievement…no matter what it is.
It’s nice to realize and truly consider this- that work/effort has much value….especially during struggles. I don’t think we can be reminded of this enough and it seems all too easy to forget…..
And your point on effort separating the mere curious from those who have strived seems to coincide with one of Hayward’s recent comments contemplating the Maranatha Secret. It is having its effects..lol
Hayward’s comment:
“I often have this thought: what if one were to walk up to an ordinary stranger and explain every detail of the secret to them, or left it all out as an open book explaining the idea in detail, would it have any impact on them? Would it make a difference or would that individual go out in search of discovering the whole? The conclusion I always settle with: there would have to be desire for it to begin with. As a certain questioning in need of specific answering.”
Thanks again!
Nate will you be writing some new articles/research for all of us to read. Enjoy yours and Jenny writings.
Ramona
We take so much for granted, the air we breathe, the water we drink, etc. Many of us live in more luxury than kings did, a few centuries ago. A person who has been in the wilderness, and been forced to procure even the basic necessities of life (water, food, shelter… indoor plumbing, lol) , may gain a new appreciation for these things.
Without proving the traits required to discover the Key, would one be able to reforge it, to the Grail? I hazard to guess, that simply being told or shown, the Key, would itself be a type of dishonor to those who have worked hard toward it.
As Sacred Prize, he had some interesting comments some years ago, in a tweleve.org thread called “The key” …. Here’s a partial quote:
“Now greater is the prize when we know that we have strove for our goals? Is this lesson not echoed in the legends of the grail-questing knights? The treasure didn’t fall to their feet, some accounts speak of decades of suffering and searching? How greater would the reward be if you actually lifted the veil to see the Holy Grail, rather than someone simply holding it in procession? How could you feel the deep awesome sensation if it was passed to you as easily as a cup of coffee? Would you treasure it as much?” ( http://tweleve.org/maranatha/19648-key-9.html#post418242 ).
One of my main open issues at this time, is the Key being presented as related to a geometric shape. I have made no progress in coming to grips with this, so different is it than the information as I understand it.
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Duncan said ” (As for me, I wouldn’t describe myself as dedicated – just lucky) D ”
Duncan has shown a tremendous dedication, I’m taking this as a St. Patrick Day’s type of joke.
As an aside, some teacher’s here drill into us, that there’s “a rat” in separate, so common is this mistrake.
“Often, especially when the prize is a specific piece of knowledge, the process of hiding is to ensure that those who are seeking become (in the process) learned to appreciate and value the prize – if not, the prize could be just a geometric shape – which, without the appreciation of what it means, is almost valueless.”
As it begins to make sense why it was called a “prize” to begin with. Something that must be earned, fought hard for and then finally “won”.
hayward,
Yes, it seems the word “prize” or “reward” is more properly used in this context, than in something like “The Publisher’s Clearinghouse”, where one merely needs to sign up and get lucky.
astree
The use of Duncan’s
” (As for me, I wouldn’t describe myself as dedicated – just lucky) D ”
and the Maranatha puzzle’s dedication to Father Paddy, related to synchronize with the St. Paddy’s Day, is recognized, e.g., the luck of the Irish.
Sometimes, it is elusive, to try to grasp something as luck vs. fate.
As yesterday, St. Patrick’s Day, , in heavy traffic, a car pulled in front of me and stayed there for quite. ( as my phone/camera was mounted to the windshield, it was fairly safe to snap this picture ) –
The further use of the car FOCUS and FORD (itself a reverse acrostic of Duncan’s Rite Of Freemasonry) made it more interesting, this sums it up:
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g396/astree0/Maranatha/Maranatha_NonCore/M_St_Paddy_Day_17Mar15_150821et_KEY_zpss6udh011.jpg
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astree
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I jumped to the 247 (it itself seems to pertain to interesting relations between our measured time and succession of numbers) as well as the big truck SWIFT