Masonry is a moral teaching experience, therefore to became a better men subduing our passions is a must.

1. How to subdue
our passions?
based on the book
"The Moral Teaching of Freemasonry
by W:.Bro:. J.S.M. Ward

2. FREEMASONRY AND PASSIONS
• Freemasonry is wider than a
school of purely moral
instruction
• "A system of morality veiled
in allegory and illustrated by
symbols“
• "Freemasonry is an organized
society of men, symbolically
applying the principles of
Operative Masonry and
architecture to the science
and art of character building"

3. WHAT DO YOU COME HERE TO DO??
•"To learn to rule
and subdue my
passions, and
make a further
progress in
Freemasonry"

4. WHAT'S PASSION??
• Passion (from the Greek verb πασχω
meaning to suffer) is a very strong
feeling about a person or thing.
• Passion is an intense emotion, a
compelling enthusiasm or desire for
something. Passion may be a friendly or
eager interest in or admiration for a
proposal, cause, discovery, or activity or
love – to a feeling of unusual excitement,
enthusiasm or compelling emotion, a
positive affinity or love, towards a
subject.
• It is particularly used in the context of
romance or sexual desire though it
generally implies a deeper or more
encompassing emotion than that implied
by the term lust.

5. WHAT'S PASSION??
• Denis Diderot describes passions as "penchants, inclinations,
desires and aversions carried to a certain degree of intensity,
combined with an indistinct sensation of pleasure or pain,
occasioned or accompanied by some irregular movement of
the blood and animal spirits, are what we call passions. They
can be so strong as to inhibit all practice of personal
freedom, a state in which the soul is in some sense rendered
passive; whence the name passions. This inclination or so-
called disposition of the soul, is born of the opinion we hold
that a great good or a great evil is contained in an object
which in and of itself arouses passion" He further breaks
down pleasure and pain, which are the guiding principles of
passion into four major categories:
• Pleasures and pains of the senses
• Pleasures of the mind or of the imagination
• Our perfection or our imperfection of virtues or vices
• Pleasures and pains in the happiness or misfortunes of
others

6. • CHARITY
• BROTHERLY LOVE
• UNIVERSAL BENEVOLENCE

9. SEVEN DEADLY SINS
• WRATH
• GREED
• SLOTH
• PRIDE
• LUST
• ENVY
• GLUTTONY

10. PROVERBS (6:16-19)
Among the verses traditionally associated
with King Solomon, it states that the Lord
specifically regards "six things the Lord
hateth, and seven that are an
abomination unto Him", namely:
• A proud look
• A lying tongue
• Hands that shed innocent blood
• A heart that devises wicked plots
• Feet that are swift to run into
mischief
• A deceitful witness that uttereth
lies
• Him that soweth discord among
brethren

11. SEVEN VIRTUES
• FAITH
• HOPE
• CHARITY
• PRUDENCE
• TEMPERANCE
• FORTITUDE
• JUSTICE

12. ROSSLYN CHAPEL
SEVEN VIRTUES SEVEN DEADLY SINS

13. FOREFATHER BROTHERS

14. FRANKLIN'S QUEST FOR MORAL
PERFECTION
• "TEMPERANCE. Eat not to
dullness; drink not to
elevation.”
• “SILENCE. Speak not but what
may benefit others or yourself;
avoid trifling conversation.”
• “ORDER. Let all your things
have their places; let each part
of your business have its time.”
• “RESOLUTION. Resolve to
perform what you ought;
perform without fail what you
resolve.

15. • “FRUGALITY. Make no expense
but to do good to others or
yourself; i.e., waste nothing.”
• “INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be
always employ’d in something
useful; cut off all unnecessary
actions.”
• “SINCERITY. Use no hurtful
deceit; think innocently and
justly, and, if you speak, speak
accordingly.”
• “JUSTICE. Wrong none by doing
injuries, or omitting the
benefits that are your duty.”
FRANKLIN'S QUEST FOR MORAL
PERFECTION

17. • “MODERATION. Avoid extremes;
forbear resenting injuries so much
as you think they deserve.”
• “CLEANLINESS. Tolerate no
uncleanliness in body, cloaths, or
habitation.” “TRANQUILLITY. Be
not disturbed at trifles, or at
accidents common or
unavoidable.”
• “CHASTITY. Rarely use venery but
for health or offspring, never to
dullness, weakness, or the injury
of your own or another’s peace or
reputation.”
• “HUMILITY. Imitate Jesus and
Socrates.”
FRANKLIN'S QUEST FOR MORAL
PERFECTION