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Men of the Code teach men how to be a better leader, husband and lover, father and provider, organic gardener, eco-entrepreneur, forum member, friend, national and global citizen.
We develop leadership abilities in men, share wisdom, and initiate men. Meet men you will consider yourself lucky to have met in your lifetime. Men you can learn from to build a better life for your family and for yourself.
Learn to be a more awakened, mindful, present, and conscious guy creating a better world. Become a man who is more capable in the boardroom, bedroom, base camp, and if ever sadly necessary — a more conscious and more capable man in a natural disaster or any chaotic, life-threatening situation.
The weekend of July 31, 2011, I participated in one of the most rigorous men's trainings of my life: The Men of the Code Agoge Initiation, led by David Fabricius, one of the teachers in our Ultimate Man Course.
During the event, I heard a clear wake-up call. It is the wake-up call of our times, sounded by all the struggling, suffering, unfulfilled people in this world. They need US to step up into our true purpose and highest leadership. We need a new kind of heroism - one fueled by an authentic, full-spectrum kind of masculine power. It begins with the hero inside of you. If you're not living a life of purpose, contributing fully to your family, your community, or the world, what are you waiting for?
This world is sorely challenged, and the worst likely lies ahead of us. When extreme crises hit, as they did in New Orleans, the Gulf of Mexico, and Japan, how prepared will you be to take care of yourself, your family, and your community? Are you strong enough, trained enough, and prepared enough to do the right things, to keep your people safe, to survive and even thrive during breakdowns of society? If you're not engaged in making yourself smarter, wiser, stronger, and more loving, you won't meet those challenges - you'll let yourself and others down.
As a man, you are 100% responsible for your life - but not just your life. You are also responsible for protecting and providing for your family, loved ones and the larger community.
I recognized this weekend that there are some parts of my life that I haven't fully developed, but I MUST cultivate them to be fully ready to serve when the going gets tough. For example, I'm not fully prepared to deal with emergency situations, but I can get prepared. I re-committed myself to a daily exercise routine. I learned to refine my Life Purpose and align it with making money. I remembered that I can rely on my brothers to hold me accountable, and that they rely on me to hold them accountable.
Where are you weak in your life? What skills have you not developed fully? Where are you slacking off? And where have you not improved yourself?
If you're watching too much TV, using a lot of substances, or wasting your time and precious life energy on games or the Internet, it's time to get moving in a better direction. Strengthen yourself. Read books. Find teachers. Get into a men's group. Improve your mind, open your heart, condition your body, learn new skills.
Our job as men is to usher in a new world and make it safe for the next seven generations. We need to bring forth the exemplary qualities of mature masculinity, work in partnership with women, and take care of what needs to be done.
There's not a moment to waste. If you're serious about meeting the challenges of today, register for The Ultimate Man Course. It's designed to enhance your performance and your life. It's nine weeks of rigorous practices in the areas of leadership, authenticity, accountability, passion, service, connection, and brotherhood, featuring 9 of the best men's leaders out there.
For example, David Fabricius (who I spent last weekend with) is our presenter on Living Your Purpose . He was trained in one of the most elite military tactical teams in the world - the South African Special Forces - equivalent to our Navy Seals, Army Rangers, and Green Berets combined. He has trained athletes, Special Forces teams, and elite businessmen around the globe to be better men.
He is the real deal. His mission is to guide every man to live his purpose without excuse, apology, or compromise. That's what he'll be sharing with us during The Ultimate Man Course: discover your life purpose, and then manifest it in the world. No excuses, no apologies, no compromises. It's a key part of responding to the wake-up call.
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Dare to blaze brightly. It's time. Join us! In brotherhood, Lion Goodman |
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WANTED:
Men interested in exploring
Authentic Masculinity...
Also, men who are at a crossroad in life, in midlife crisis, frustrated, restless, seeking and questioning men. Men ready to explore deep into men's consciousness, spirituality, mindful living, sexuality, conscious warriorship, enlightened masculinity, leadership, activism, natural living including eco-architecture, alternative energy, organic food production, nature conservation, social-entrepreneurship and more. Men eager to discover and embrace new ways of being and showing up in their family, relationships, profession and community.
We offer our Wisdom Circles at no charge. The Agoge requires an investment and we are very committed to help men to afford the experience. Especially local men in our greater community. Let's have that conversation, shall we.
This is where "iron sharpens iron."
—Men of the Code Founder, David Fabricius
Here men share their creative ideas to forge a better worldview to be passed on to the next and future generations. One that is inspiring, wholesome, sustainable, abundant, kind, compassionate, fair and just. In the Agoge each man develops a stronger sense of direction for his life.
Here we practice martial arts and do many other manly and action man things like that but more importantly we exchange ideas and co-design better solutions for a better world for all. We learn about community building, how to create "food forests", "food gardens" and "21st century small scale eco-homesteads." and
We challenge ourselves and each other to create new models for more sustainable living. To test our own ideas and models and to share in community circles our best practices. To tell the honest truth as to what works exceptionally well and what does not work at all. We do this to inspire wisdom based and community focus living. To take care of one another in a spirit of community.
Just imagine groups of men, small and large groups gathering together at least once every seven days to plant, cultivate and harvest food for their families, and those in their community who are in need, elders and single mom's and others. Men sharing their surplus production joyously. We also encourage each other to live more simply, to consume and waste less.
Among us you will discover a sense of tribe, you will find a sense of belonging, connection, self-worth, acceptance, purpose, hope and a new code to live by. Together we can reduce the separation, alienation and disempowerment so many people suffer from in our world today.
As Men of the Code, we draw inspiration from the ancient Spartan, Samurai, Native American Indian, African and Amazon tribal cultures. Combined with classic and contemporary men's work as practiced in Northern California and Oregon, we fuse the best each of those cultures has to offer into a unique transformational experience.
Men of the Code is a Men's Community (Movement) and support group where men get to talk in confidentiality in Wisdom Circles about men's issues, heal and mature emotionally, acquire greater wisdom and useful new skills to be a man among men.
Experience raw undiluted adventure, healthy masculine friendship and discover what authentic masculinity, and "enlightened manhood" in the 21st century is really all about. We believe that there is a need to help men discover their life's work (purpose) revealed and to connect with the needs of the world and specifically the needs of people in their own community. This is where we discuss "men's issues" and where you can enjoy the many benefits of a men's "support group."
The Agoge provides men a chance to talk heart-to-heart, to process what is holding them back, to break beyond limiting fear, learn useful practical skills, gain authentic confidence, certainty and momentum, increased capabilities and an inspiring vision.We offer men's wisdom circles and the opportunity to connect consciously and to collaborate and co-operate to co-create a better life and world together as good men.
This is where men learn that confession is the first vital step towards healing and personal transformation and learn how to become more emotionally open, transparent, available and capable. Trusting each others reliability and integrity.
Our Agoge and Wisdom Circles offer men the opportunity to enjoy masculine adventure in the great outdoors. To have a deep, personal, direct and shared learning experience in nature, both alone and with other men. To do "soul work" in deep and profound ways, to make new friends, and to feel a deep sense of belonging and gain skills for building a richer, more passionate and fulfilling life. Here we help one another to discover our personal mission revealed and to take meaningful and much needed action in the world to make it better.
Additional benefits Of the Agoge Training include taking deeper introspection, accessing your own deepest wisdom, making hard decisions with group input, benefiting from the collective group wisdom and sometimes even resources, and forging group support and accountability. We gather to enjoy community and to engage in adventure and to learn really fun, cool and useful things you will remember for a lifetime.
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