Many of us today spend much of our waking lives in the mental, formal operations, mode. For this reason it needs little description, or a lot of description. In any case, here is an informal "phenomenological" account from this structure:

"This world makes sense, obviously. And I am constantly struggling with those who want to hide the light of rationality under some obscure bas­ket of deceit. UFOs, astrology, alchemy, astral travel, Eastern mysticism.  . . . What a mess.
    Most of these people, however well intentioned, don’t seem to realize that they are living in a relatively safe and protected world precisely because of rational science and its fruits of medicine, dentistry, physics, economic production and abundance, the extension of average life span from thirty years to seventy years. The critics condemn that which shel­ters them. I’ve been an electrical engineer for over three decades, because it works, it is verifiable, it betters human lives. There is a real world out there, with real truth in it, and real hard work required to dig it out. You can’t just contemplate your navel and hope to find out anything worth anything.
    The fortress of science, is how I think of it. It will stand forever, con­stantly updated. That is, as long as the antirational inmates don’t take over the hospital.
    Perhaps I shouldn’t get angry, but I do. Ever since my son died last year in an automobile accident, things have been a little rough. But run­ning to a pie-in-the-sky God does no good at all. We human beings, for good or ill, are the only gods in existence, the only force of rational intention and good will. And we will save ourselves if we can be saved at all. The Bible is right about one thing: the truth will set you free. And science is the only path of discovering truth. What else could there be?
    I’m not worried, anyway. Oh, once in a while, I can’t sleep, you know. I lie awake and stare into the darkness, and wonder."

One Taste, p.145.