IT ISN'T ALL ABOUT METAPHYSICAL CONCEITS AND COMPLEX METAPHOR

When we realize we have a need to understand, it is our relationship with a particular way of thinking that surfaces.  It is FM. It is one of many mindsets poised for a traveller to discover while passing by. Was life easier when we relied on opinion and didn't trouble ourselves with fact?  Easier but not exactly contributing. When a boy comes of age, is when he becomes conscious of his consciousness. I've heard it said, the primary principles of FM are brotherhood, moral integrity and acquistion of knowledge. It is an opinion that fits with a need to chase something that will never completely be defined- our capacity for good.  Between the millions of men who were accepted into this brotherhood, there are standards that like the experience of masonry itself, is beyond words.  It is a feeling, a feeling we understand but can't describe in a word. Some turn to poetry, to music, to nature in search of description. Some will hesitate until they understand. I am one of them. You I hope, have avoided the trap.I am not as trusting. Blind faith doesn't work - I've seen too much avoidable damage and unhappiness. FM leaves questions of better/worse to the beholder. It is our perrogative to press on, slightly better today than we were yesterday. As the vagarities of life effect us, we face it with a sense of anticipation.  Life is not fair but it is accurate, even when we don't see it. That's the beauty of FM. It gently turns attention to the inner man. What does he see beyond what is seen? What we share is enfused into the craft.