John Ryan, founding member of the Savita Education Trust and mentor to Becoming Better Men writes:
“Everyone thinks their problems are worse than others but in reality, we’re all facing the same one; How to be more conscious at any given moment.”
“Through unconsciousness we allow ourselves to be institutionalised and programmed in many ways that are against our nature. This creates a continuous conflict between our primal energies and the ideas we have about who we are."
"In a group situation remaining continuous with the group, remaining grounded in one’s own nature, and becoming Heart Centred can be summed up as being Present.”
John reminds us to be aware of our everyday struggles in life:
"Know you are not beyond pettiness, beyond jealousy, beyond greed, beyond anger. But be careful about how you choose to struggle against these traits. Struggle blindly with your pettiness and you will remain petty; if you start struggling against your jealousy, you will remain jealous.”
"A man's capacity to receive another man's direct criticism is a measure of his capacity to receive masculine energy."
“An ancient proverb warns us: Always choose your enemy carefully — because you will be fighting with him, and in fighting you will become just like the enemy because you will have to use the same methods, the same means.”
Finally, John wants us all to look into our hearts, learn from our experiences and live by values that have meaning to us. From his own experiences working in Men’s Groups, John suggests the following as a begin point:
- Be tuned into the group consciousness
- Keep the room ‘open’ not ‘closed’
- Be ‘present’ at all times – honestly present
- Speak or contribute from genuine, real experience – not theory, concept or “I knew someone who…”
- If you are asked to facilitate a group – be ‘centred’ as well as present.
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