Indeed, the slow detachment from virtue has left men aimless in our life's purpose. Reclaiming our voice is needed today, and the strength of community (i.e. the men's circle) empowers us to move through life's challenges together.
For me, the men's circle has provided me a multi-faceted mirror I can stare into to find pieces of myself and understand what it means to embody the masculine spirit.
I think, to avoid the consequences of expressing the shadow masculine is to dive deep and face it head on, holding the light of virtue as my compass. Living by a code is how I've managed to keep the shadow on a leash, like taming a dragon that might come in handy should the time call for its strength to serve humanity. Now it's time I get even more clear and conscious of that code, and build on it.
When I came to:"members of other sexual identities" I almost stopped reading, thinking, is Andrew bowing to the woke industry here?
But I persevered and came to your closing " I also think it will need an honest conversation between women and men but that the conversation between each sex privately needs to come first."
Yes, plenty of conversations are needed inter- and intra-gender ones, conversations beyond sexuality, conversations about what concerns all of us.
And, how did we lose the way? I see how the age of reason and science replaced ancient dogma to pave the way for our modern world, which despite its lack in many ways provides us much in the way of comfort and advantages.
I like this idea of a “reclamation” and it is up to men everywhere to first see what was lost, the masculine virtue. Many will argue that those masculine virtues out paced feminine ones at a great cost. Yet is that sentiment true? How do we reclaim what’s good without slipping into the shadow side of dominance and power over paradigms.
Indeed, the slow detachment from virtue has left men aimless in our life's purpose. Reclaiming our voice is needed today, and the strength of community (i.e. the men's circle) empowers us to move through life's challenges together.
For me, the men's circle has provided me a multi-faceted mirror I can stare into to find pieces of myself and understand what it means to embody the masculine spirit.
I think, to avoid the consequences of expressing the shadow masculine is to dive deep and face it head on, holding the light of virtue as my compass. Living by a code is how I've managed to keep the shadow on a leash, like taming a dragon that might come in handy should the time call for its strength to serve humanity. Now it's time I get even more clear and conscious of that code, and build on it.
When I came to:"members of other sexual identities" I almost stopped reading, thinking, is Andrew bowing to the woke industry here?
But I persevered and came to your closing " I also think it will need an honest conversation between women and men but that the conversation between each sex privately needs to come first."
Yes, plenty of conversations are needed inter- and intra-gender ones, conversations beyond sexuality, conversations about what concerns all of us.
Yes! I feel this.
And, how did we lose the way? I see how the age of reason and science replaced ancient dogma to pave the way for our modern world, which despite its lack in many ways provides us much in the way of comfort and advantages.
I like this idea of a “reclamation” and it is up to men everywhere to first see what was lost, the masculine virtue. Many will argue that those masculine virtues out paced feminine ones at a great cost. Yet is that sentiment true? How do we reclaim what’s good without slipping into the shadow side of dominance and power over paradigms.
That was exceptional 😍
It is the same reason I'm in a mens group and enjoy the connections.