Here's what I wish was shared with me:
Congratulations my Brother. What you have just experienced is a Road Map of Masonic Progression provided to you by your loving Brothers. It is one of Three Road Maps that you experience within the Symbolic Lodge Educational system. Each Road Map provides you a direction to make yourself a Better man.
Your Brothers shall Coach and Mentor you toward becoming Proficient in remembering each of these Road maps. They shall also help you to install them within your head and hopefully within your heart.
I caution you earnestly though to remember always that the work you do installing each Map is not the Work that makes you a Better man. That Work is performed by you when you take each map out, Recognize it for what it is, Understand the Work toward which it points you and then Apply it by Travelling the Territory it represents and do the Work.
Keep in mind always that no Map is a Territory. Should you merely memorize these Maps without following them, you shall be no Better off than had you not bothered to memorize them at all. Should you want to be a Better man, you must do the Work that each Degree directs you toward. Your Brothers should know this well and you can hopefully rely upon them to assist you in doing just that. If they can’t, find ones who can.
Once you have Traveled these Territories, Learned well their varying Terrains, and Established the Strengths that each are intended to bring forth within you, your Word shall open up your world in ways you cannot begin to imagine.
A final word of caution, Maps are not Substitutes for the real thing. Should you merely memorize these Maps, accept them as real and Travel not the Territories they direct you toward, you shall bar yourself from the world they are supposed to offer you.
Once again, I congratulate you and wish you well in all your Travels.
Fraternally and Sincerely,
Bro. John S. Nagy