"Man must love man, or war is forever!" ---James Broughton
People of all genders benefit as men become more loving and nurturing of one another!
Please invite everyone to participate in this blog: send writings and images.
Let us together re-invent manhood!
Is homophobia disappearing?
Sociologist Mark McCormack says it is –
in the U.K., at least –
and that it’s revolutionizing male friendships.
Sign of the times…
A recent bus stop ad in Vancouver:
“Straight male friendship ~ now with more cuddling”
This article from Salon reports on a dramatic increase is physical affection among younger straight guys. May that trend continue and spread!
The Ultimate Men’s Summit – online now, and free!
Highly recommended. Even though this series is over, the recordings are still available free by clicking here.
And they are having other series you’ll learn about on their site. Amazing presenters!
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“Manhood Matters”
presented by The Gaightway with David Hoe and Sequoia Thom Lundy
Daisy Lake Retreat – Easter Weekend, April 22-25 [or 26], 2011
“Man must let his true nature blossom, for there is inside him
a light that asks only to shine.” — Tseng-tzu
[see Handy Guide on Events page]
Please tell others: download our PDF flyer, and give/email to friends and/or post: Gaightway-Easter2011-flyerA
Comforting his father to sleep
Here’s a message from a very “in touch” man in his early 60s, whose aged and ailing father has moved in with him:
“Last night when I went to check if dad was sleeping, I noticed that he was wide awake as that afternoon he had become very upset by the uncertainty of his life. He had never lain awake at night the entire time he had been staying with me. When I realized that his mind was going round and round I asked him if he would like me to come and lie down with him. He said that would be nice so I brought my pillow, got into bed beside him, put my arm around him, put his hand into mine gripping it tightly and told him how wonderful he was. He fell asleep in five minutes and I in six. What a privilege for me.”
What an example for all of us! Thank you.
Learn How to Embody Peace
I have been deeply inspired by several Shift Network online tele-seminars:
- listen to this free session on their amazing vision for creating a Summer of Peace in 2012.
- I have registered for their 20-week series; consider joining me:
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Protected: Members ~ Welcome!
Two Spirits – Erotic Experiencing for Men and Women
May 3-7, 2011 ~ Gabriola Island, BC
With Emaya Dillon and William McMeniman
15% off regular tuition if you register and pay in full by Feb. 28
“How Men Change”
The following quote is excerpted from:
How Men Change: A Thin Time (CD)
We men try not to be “touched” or changed by things. “Don’t let anything go too deep, neither love nor pain…. Keep cool!” is the message we hear. Yet we really don’t survive our many kinds of wars.
They now say that the long-term effects of any violent war lasts for four generations as post-traumatic stress in various forms. This would mean that we are still suffering from the Civil War, the Great War, the Second World War, and the wars every ten years since. Is it any wonder we have so many neurotic and unhappy people? Human beings are not meant to kill one another.
Boys are taught to win. We men can’t admit to anything that can’t be configured as winning. We have to pretend it’s not true and make another group or individual the loser, which for some strange reason is supposed to make us the winners. It becomes so clear to me as I grow older that people who change, and keep changing, are the only people who grow up. And we grow up when we allow events to touch us, influence us, and quite simply move us beyond our fortified home base.
Men don’t change easily. Men don’t like to change; and because men are actually programmed not to change, but to solidify their opinions and their identities, it often leads to men killing others in one form or another. In fact, men are rewarded, admired, and elected for not changing! Unfortunately, this feels like most of human history. Stalin said, “One death is a tragedy. But when 150,000 people die, it’s a ‘statistic.’” Too often, we men are able to live in this detached world of statistics instead of inside of our own sacred humanity.
