Authentic Man Program June 29, 2007
Posted by Niels in : Other, Personal , trackbackI had a great experience with San Francisco’s Authentic Man Program yesterday. They needed some volunteers to be part of an upcoming video product, so I showed up and got to watch some of the exercises they do in their workshops. The most interesting thing was that even though everyone does the same exercise, people get completely different things out of them. One of the instructors, Brian, described the process as a hologram. When you shine a light through a hologram crystal, you get an image. When you break the crystal and shine a light through one of the pieces, you still get the image. The exercises in the workshop, though very artificial, do give snapshots of different parts of people’s relationships and interactions, and the issues that arise as a result are of course very individual.
I’m really tempted to plunk down the money to take the course. I’m sure I would get a lot out of it, but at the same time, I’ve already put a huge amount of effort into improving myself. I really like the person I am now. At some point, I feel like I should accept that I have everything I need, and stop chasing the unachievable ideal.
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Neils,
There comes a point where you stop changing because you don’t like who you are, and start changing because you like who you’re becoming. But the only way to stop changing is to die. I wouldn’t suggest chasing an unachievable ideal, but I would suggest to continue learning and growing. That’s not a slam at who you are (or were) at all — it’s just how life continues to unfold.
Sometimes the change will be on purpose, and in a direction you choose, and sometimes it will be in some unanticipated direction by happenstance. Each new growth and discovery helps prepare us for more new growth and discovery. Life is full, and there’s no need to turn away from the buffet just because you like what you’ve had in the past.
I don’t know if this course is important or not, but continued growth and change is. It’s not always going to be found in the next book, seminar or support group.
I just figure I’m so not perfect, which is why I’m on this journey, there’s always something new to learn, and a new way to grow. Shawn and I are also seriously thinking about taking it. Shawn didn’t even do any exercises, but he saw how powerful it was for us. I did just one exercise, and just that profoundly impacted me. Now, it’s not if I want to take it, it’s if I think I can handle it. I think I’m going to brace myself and just fucking do it.
AMP will savagely kick your ass, but the effect in the end on your relationships with women will be positive beyond anything you imagined possible. Anyone out there on the fence about it should sign up immediately.
I found your blog via google. I was wondering what the AMP-fuss is about. I recently downloaded the ebook - the one from the tinyurl site - and read it. It gives some good insights but the main issue was missing: I does neither take my current situation into account nor is there any description in how to find this out by myself.
So the information being given is now installed in my brain next to the weather report and politics; and I do not care for politics that much.