Become Like James Bond .. Almost.

by Jonathon on January 14, 2010 · No Comments

become like james bond I’ve had the wonderful fortune of being involved in a Men’s Group coming into the New Year.

Since I had no idea what was involved in a Men’s Group before I was invited, I’m guessing you don’t have much of an idea either…

…so allow me to share my experience of it.

No, it’s not a circle jerk (sorry to disappoint).

Nor is it a gathering where we get together and cry about how daddy didn’t love us (I only did that ONCE, OK!).

Nor do we sit around chanting “His name was Robert Paulson” ;)

It’s a bit more earthy, and grounding than any of that.

It’s a place where a bunch of cool dudes get together, and have a chat about areas of their life where things are working really well…

And area’s of their life they’d like to sort out.

I, myself, am working through getting myself out of a reasonably sized consumer debt.

Through Men’s Group, I’ve been able to look deeply at why I allowed this situation to occur in the first place.

And I have had the challenge and support of the other Men in taking control of that aspect of my life, and most importantly, taking responsibility for it.

It’s a place where we can get together and discuss what it actually means for us all to be Men.

Something that seems to be fading in terms of it’s importance and consciousness in the world today.

Of my friends, colleagues, students, and other Men I’ve interacted with, I’ve noticed that our concept of what a Man is is usually dictated to us by film…

…and I don’t know any Aragorn or James Bond role models in my life to look up to.

So we have a space that we’ve created where we can really chip away at our own definitions of the Men we’d like to be…

…and it’s a pretty safe area to air some dirty laundry, and blow the cobwebs off some old problems and have them dealt with swiftly, and firmly.

But what I’m enjoying most of all is the brotherhood, the honesty, and rawness of it.

The challenge is what binds us together, and it is our struggle that makes us brothers.

So that’s Men’s Group.

And I reckon it’s pretty fucking awesome, especially for men who are in the seduction community and only view other men as either wing’s, cockblocks, or somebody they need to AMOG.

It takes the one-dimensional nature out of those sorts of relationships and restores a faith in other dudes, in a completely non-gay way :)

If you’d like to know more about getting started, jump onto the Inner Game Forums and we’ll be more than happy to point you in the right direction (there’s even a thread dedicated to it in the main board).

Best of all, it’s free to set-up, except for the food-bitch: that’s the person who has to bring food for the group for that week :).

Jonathon