#3 ARRIVAL

 Is it possible our normal includes constant struggle?  Is controversy a necessary part of masonry when it promotes the conquest of reason and logic over superstition? If this is the case, unity is possible when we learn the perpetual state reasoning and critical thought is not our nemisis but our most distinguishing trait?   Apart from an overzealous set of expectations, what holds us back from this contradiction is previous experience. Imagine, contradiction in itself is not problematic but essential. Context alone does explain it.  Contradictions are not value statements if we see them as stereotypes used to contrast and compare. They are a means to an end, not an end in themselves. Rushing to conclusions isn't our way of thinking. Such is science based on careful observations {rather than opinions about facts} that we  know science clarifies without erasing skepticism. It is skepticism that fuels questions. What, how and why are doorways to understanding.  In moments of self-reflection we admit our own progress happens in a state that paces our work- more marathon than sprint.  To self-actualize and be a wholesome, well rounding human being, who is and who is motivated by struggle for an ethical existence; I think of this as the contrast between travelling past rapidly so the scene is blurred, and  passing by at a pace that allows seeing.  A glance into FM confirms we need a theory of chaos. It is part of our process.   Patience. Imagination. Intuition. Skepticism. A willingness to explore potential. Those are the chemicals we find in this laboratory of being and presence. But we cannot tell you how to discover or we would.  We need you to have that moment of awareness for yourself.  If you underestimate FM quite the way you underestimate your own ability, well that's private, a matter of taste. Who would dare to argue with you.