Oath

Rather than talking out the side of my neck and having my thoughts swirl through my head, I decided to take the true definition of the word oath, and break down the definition and apply it in our everyday rituals in our respective fraternities and sororoties. Now oath as defined by Merriam-Webster as a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one say. Now think about this, an oath is basically an act that is witnessed by God to uphold your word. Now what is your word in terms of your fraternity. What did you promise to do before God in terms to make your organization better or to hold yourself to the standards that your founder members set out before. Making an oath is important because once it's set, its up to you to make sure that your standards are in tune with the standards of your organization. I feel that you really can't be a productive member of your organization unless you uphold the oath. Now let's go back and see what kinds of oaths you took when you became a member of your organization. For me, I know I took an oath to become a catalyst for change and to help my community in any way that I can. So for me that's what I need to make sure I never turn my back on what I promised to do.

My secret thoughts on Ritual

It's funny because the title of this blog embodies exactly what I consider what rituals are supposed to be. They are supposed to be secret. They are supposed to something that only the members of your fraternity hold near to their hearts that they wouldn't want the rest of the world knowing. Rituals are what make our fraternities and sororities unique in the sense that everyone has different beliefs. Our rituals are what molds us into productive members of our fraternities and sororities. I feel that our rituals are kept secret because as a fraternity, there are special indicators that we can secretly identify if one is a member or not. If it weren't for this rituals, technically anyone and everyone could pretend to be a member, then what would the purpose be on joining. The thoughts on rituals that was given in the video were insightful, and they explain the definition of ritual in whole, but I think that ritual is deeper than that.