Rumi’s roots grow deep down!
Rumi’s roots grow deep down to the fiergy orange magma at the core of the Earth That light and heat, bright as the Sun Dance Sunrise on the Great Plains! Rumi endures and grows deeper roots still reaching further down and up to the moon! He is everywhere in the human heart 738 years after “he died” Go East or West, North or South Jew, Gentile, Arab, Hindu, Buddhist All the rainbow nations bow to this One! This...
What it means to Sacrifice
by Larry Cotton, ManKind Project New England and Jericho Circle On September 23rd we learned that a Jericho Circle Intensive Weekend could not occur due to a water main break at MCI-Norfolk. Jericho Circle is a not for profit organization that supports men’s circles in several Massachusetts prisons and conducts weekend intensives to help men behind bars find dignity, personal responsibility and connection. Jericho Circles are...
Geoff Laughton Presents: Joanna Kennedy, dedicating her life to helping people take off their masks
Joanna is committed to re-uniting the authentic masculine and feminine. Formally an engineer and high-tech manager, she has spent the last 9 years studying relationship dynamics, sacred sexuality, partner yoga as well as cellular & emotional healing. Joanna now owns and directs The Center for Greater Loving where she offers private sessions, products, and workshops […]
Set Them Up For Success
What do good leaders do? Help their followers succeed. Simple enough to remember. Not so easy to execute. As a leader, what do you put in place so your people succeed? Do you provide them tools so that they can swim? If they start to flounder, do you help them? Or do you criticize and […]
The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear
Translated by Professor D. L. Ashliman. I hope you will enjoy this fairy tale. The significance of it in the context of male maturity will be discussed in a few days. A father had two sons. The oldest one was clever and intelligent, and knew how to manage everything, but the youngest one was stupid […]
On International Men’s Day – Remember Joe Hill
by Bazzie Cullen Next Saturday Nov 19th is International Men’s Day and is also the ninety sixth anniversary of the execution of songwriter and labour activist, Joe Hill. On Saturday next, recall his life and death and the words for which he is most remembered: “Don’t mourn for me – ORGANISE” View a short account of Joe Hill on following link and circulate to friends and colleagues. Celebrate International...
TLC’s for Mental health and happiness! 9 AWESOME TIPS!
by Phil McNally I am so EXCITED!! to share the following research on mental health with you! Every week I share proven mental health and well-being boosters……this week I’ll share a brilliant new research paper endorsing 9 tips of the best ways to keep mentally healthy and happy. I’ve mentioned all of them previously. Dr Roger Walsh MD has written a great paper describing TLCs (therapeutic lifestyle changes) as...
Who’s the Jerk Here?
by Dmitri Bilgere So often relationship problems seem to come down to the question, Who’s the jerk here? I’m not saying relationships SHOULD come down to that. But often they do. People assemble evidence about how their partner is being a jerk. They gather supporters to back up their point of view. And they create plans and take action to put a stop to this jerky behavior, once and for all. While it’s certainly true...
Remembrance: a poem
Philos 18 REMEMBRANCE by Qutbuddin Loren Ruh I was reading the Italian poet Pier Paolo Pasolini his writings of the `tradition’ revolutionary poetic tradition that it’s unknown, misunderstood, or forgotten by the revolutionary currents that are just noises in the streets, repetitiously. They’ve always been there, noises in the streets, the tradition reports but the fight goes on without remembrance without...
Spilling Truths: Patience in our Journal Writing Practice
Sometimes it happens. Sometimes something true spills onto the page. I may not notice it, curled there amidst a dozen scribbles or arranged in perfect Arial rows, but it’s there, waiting for me. These words wait a long time for me to come back to them. Many are still waiting. Continue reading →
Veteran’s Day Prayers
At the suggestion of my friend Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder, Ph.D., editor of HUC-JIR continuing ed blog Tzeh U’limad, I’ve written three prayers for Veterans Day. “Veterans Day Prayer” is classical in structure and language. “To the Soldier, To the Veteran” is a three-stanza prayer/poem with a parallel structure. “The Last Soldier” is a prayer for peace that honors the soldier’s journey. I haven’t yet recorded audio for them, which I’ll...
Men’s Emotional Connection to Guns: An Interview With Michael Messner (Part 2)
Emotions are of central importance on all sides of the gun debate. We can’t wish them away in favor of some imagined Mr. Spock-like linear rationality.
The role of coaching in difficult times
Francis Marshall has an article (click here) in the Training Journal entitled “The role of coaching in difficult times.” Here are some of the highlights: [C]oaching’s ability to unleash discretionary performance in the individual…when they are inspired to perform to a higher standard simply because they want to [C]oaching can play a key role in […]
A Simple Bowl of Fruit
by Joseph DiCenso The other day I happened to hear Terry Gross interview chef and restaurant owner Alice Waters–not the Alice of “Alice’s Restaurant”, but a contemporary, and sort of the west coast version, of that Alice. Both came on the scene in the seventies and strove to present food that was local and in-season. Alice Waters started Chez Panisse, one of the most renowned eateries in the country, where the...
Veteran’s Expeditions 9/11: Grand Teton climb with Jackson Hole Mountain Guides
Stacy Bare served in the Gulf war and now serves veterans by getting them out into nature. In honor of Veteran’s Day, the ManKind Project Journal provides our readers with a video about one of these expeditions. If you are a veteran who is struggling — or know someone who is — consider what Stacy is offering at Veteran’s Expeditions. On the tenth anniversary of September 11th the Veterans Expeditions crew...
tired of being a bullet; a poem
I’m tired of being a bullet I wanna be a butterfly. I’m tired of trying to hit targets I wanna float meander get there when I get there stop for snacks pull over and take a nap absorb the local color check out some flowers see the sights. I’m tired of aim and speed and straight lines I wanna let the wind take me where it takes me I wanna zig the zag loop the loop go backwards act on a whim get lost for a while and...
After Shiva
by Alden Solovy After shiva, now what? I remember that feeling when my father Jack z”l died. It reappeared when Ami z”l died. Her shiva ended abruptly with the start of Passover. After the hubbub, that empty silence settled in. I wrote this prayer of loss and healing for my extended family as the shiva for my uncle Jerry z”l ended in January. The rhythms of mourning are on my mind again as our family prepares to place the headstone on...
Salt of the Earth, a Eulogy for my Father
Joseph Edward Corbett February 15, 1921 – October 28, 2011 by Peter Corbett A couple of years ago we had a family reunion at one of our most treasured gathering places; the Lake Mansfield Trout Club. For those who don’t know it, Lake Mansfield nestles into the steep drops at the base of the range that is the south approach to Mount Mansfield. It’s the last possible stop up what often seems an endless dirt road, especially in...
The Tedium of Coaching
Stuart Walkley presents this article in the Training Journal on”The Tedium of Coaching,” in which he laments “an industry with a low entry point on qualifications and experiences, no single system of accreditation and with a range from the totally exceptional to the totally inept all under the one word ‘coach,’” and further mentions that […]
Fathers, Sons and Guns: An Interview With USC Sociologist and Author Michael Messner
"I end the book with a letter to my sons, posing this this sort of dilemma for them to ponder: perhaps the meaning of a son’s relationship with his father is a sort of puzzle to be deciphered over a lifetime."
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