Thank you for all the posts, I have read the popular ones and they are great. I will start off like this…

It has been an “awakening” for me over this past year. For me, I was never a spiritual person; I don't believe in organized religion simply because religion preaches that they are right and others are wrong.

As a boy I did everything in my power to “please” my father and have been trying to live up to his “expectations” for the past 29 years. I turned 30 on August 30th 2009. Since then I have been on a path to self discovery. I am finally separating myself from my father’s expectations and looking inward for the answers to my life.

I owe this mainly to my courage to break away from ALL expectations and trust my own decisions. Doing this, it has brought me to a closer understanding of spirituality and what it means to me. Realizing the connection between my mind, my body, my source, and my world, I am now respecting the amazing power that “I” truly have. The challenge now is, how to master this power that I have??

Being at the very beginning stage of self-awareness I also realizing just how much “practice” it takes to focus my mind on my true life’s purpose. This “awakening” that I am experiencing is a life long process, and I am excited to “wake up” and LIVE my life.

I am grateful that I have started connecting with strong men that are in a state of awareness as I start this life journey. I am excited to surround myself with more of these types of men. I agree with you that knowledge is gained through experiences. I am eager to learn from these men, their experiences and knowledge, absorbing it in and turning to my Source, and then using this knowledge to expand my growth as a person.

Thank you for your dedication to the development and self discovery of others. You are a true blessing.

Bret Meier

In my role as a therapist I often find people holding on their tears out of fear of been “seen” , fear of showing their wounds. Men clients usually feel drawn to the magnetism of the archetype of the wise men that the therapist ( if he is skillfull) has embodied in a genuine way. Then they go around trying to impress him, looking for acceptance and approval. Finally the resistance dissolves and vulnerability flourishes. It is then that I let them know that vulnerability is true strenght and courage. Being humble and honest with ourselves allows us to find what we are trully looking for. If we can’t be honest inside, we’ll just keep on missing the point. I feel that mentoring is such an ancient tradition that we need to honor it in our present times. Great Job Jayson !! , blessings from Puerto Rico . . .

NAMASTE

I’ve got a few mentors, each with different strengths and weaknesses.
A is an older woman who is great with relationships and general upsets.
J is male, a few years younger but with vast experience who is great about confidence, women, and diving into the fire.
M is a woman (and my girl friend) excellent for general issues (both outside and inside our relationship)
L is male – very seasoned and successful business mentoring.

I’m also mentoring a few people on relationships and starting small businesses.

The practice of mentoring is incredibly valuable as a way to remind myself of what I know and get insights into myself from the honest communications of my mentees.

B-)

To be honest, I do not have a mentor, but would like to have one in the field of
business and entrepreneurship.
I tried to figure out for my self how to make a business and read several books,
about lasting success, conscious business and how to turn my passion into money.
Still it did not work out yet.
I thought, so many people did it by there own, so I can do it like them. I want to show my dad, my friends, the society that I can do it.

But I am with you and see that for many people, as well me, it is easier to find a
mentor, teacher, sponsor or alike, to learn how to do it.
Even in other areas like learning play guitar or piano we learn faster with somebody
who knows how to play.