Comments for Real Men Seminars http://realmenseminars.com Where men are helping men to become better men Thu, 13 May 2010 15:15:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Black Male Syndrome by admin http://realmenseminars.com/black-male-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-238 admin Thu, 13 May 2010 15:15:41 +0000 http://realmenseminars.com/?p=229#comment-238 Thank you Mr. Rogers for your thoughtful and well-stated reply. As you indicated, this is not just a "Black" problem. We are a nation of people so what affects a part also affects the whole. That would be like me trying to ignore the right side of my body or pretend it wasn't there. I agree as well that most of our systems that we relied upon in the past are no longer affective. We can't keep trying the same old things when they are no longer working. As a matter of fact, they never did work, they only appeased us for a temporary moment. Rather than waiting on anyone to assist our race or to correct our problem we must take the lead and become the correction. When you are waiting on others to solve your problem you are under their power. We don't need anyone if we came together and start working on the problems we clearly see in front of us. Yes, this is a big problem but as you know, you have to eat a big elephant one bite at a time. With many mouths and many teeth we can eat that elephant much faster than trying to do it alone. Thanks again for your comments. -Peace- Thank you Mr. Rogers for your thoughtful and well-stated reply. As you indicated, this is not just a “Black” problem. We are a nation of people so what affects a part also affects the whole. That would be like me trying to ignore the right side of my body or pretend it wasn’t there. I agree as well that most of our systems that we relied upon in the past are no longer affective. We can’t keep trying the same old things when they are no longer working. As a matter of fact, they never did work, they only appeased us for a temporary moment. Rather than waiting on anyone to assist our race or to correct our problem we must take the lead and become the correction. When you are waiting on others to solve your problem you are under their power. We don’t need anyone if we came together and start working on the problems we clearly see in front of us. Yes, this is a big problem but as you know, you have to eat a big elephant one bite at a time. With many mouths and many teeth we can eat that elephant much faster than trying to do it alone.

Thanks again for your comments. -Peace-

]]> Comment on Black Male Syndrome by P. Sabu Rogers http://realmenseminars.com/black-male-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-237 P. Sabu Rogers Thu, 13 May 2010 14:41:14 +0000 http://realmenseminars.com/?p=229#comment-237 Thanks, Greg for your viewpoint and the courage to put the subject on the table for discussion. Dialogue is essential toward addressing what you call the "BMS". Although you stated the condition eloquently, I believe the solutions are far to complex to articulate in a blog. To turn around 350 years of negative "mental conditioning" is a Herculean task to say the least. We are talking revolution here, Revolution of humanity. I don't believe that their is a separation between the "black man syndrome" and "whole society syndrome". Just like there is no separation between the HIV and AIDS. Our whole society has been infected with this negative mental conditioning. It exist in our religion, education , government and our personal and collective mindset. The black man problem is not black people's problem no more than the female, gay, child protection, environmental, man inhumanity to man problems (and the list goes on and on) should be regulated to a certain group to solve or fix. In this line of thinking I believe lies the problem. When we transform our way of viewing these societal issues, we will be on the road to transforming the conditions we see that need to change. How can this happen? I believe that our society need a strong philosophical base to unite around that is not presently the status quo. To some degree religion has failed, and has been more of the problem than the solution. Government has failed us with their selfish interests. Our belief in the Almighty dollar, Euro, or whatever currency you subscribe to has not been the answer. Perhaps the answer lies in Divine or extraterrestrial intervention, or perhaps it lies in the untapped depths of our own humanity. I suspect the latter and believe that we have a better chance for changing this from a wholelistic approach, rather than piecemeal approach. Thanks, Greg for your viewpoint and the courage to put the subject on the table for discussion. Dialogue is essential toward addressing what you call the “BMS”. Although you stated the condition eloquently, I believe the solutions are far to complex to articulate in a blog. To turn around 350 years of negative “mental conditioning” is a Herculean task to say the least. We are talking revolution here, Revolution of humanity. I don’t believe that their is a separation between the “black man syndrome” and “whole society syndrome”.
Just like there is no separation between the HIV and AIDS.
Our whole society has been infected with this negative mental conditioning. It exist in our religion, education , government and our personal and collective mindset.

The black man problem is not black people’s problem no more than the female, gay, child protection, environmental, man inhumanity to man problems (and the list goes on and on) should be regulated to a certain group to solve or fix. In this line of thinking I believe lies the problem. When we transform our way of viewing these societal issues, we will be on the road to transforming the conditions we see that need to change. How can this happen? I believe that our society need a strong philosophical base to unite around that is not presently the status quo. To some degree religion has failed, and has been more of the problem than the solution. Government has failed us with their selfish interests. Our belief in the Almighty dollar, Euro, or whatever currency you subscribe to has not been the answer. Perhaps the answer lies in Divine or extraterrestrial intervention, or perhaps it lies in the untapped depths of our own humanity. I suspect the latter and believe that we have a better chance for changing this from a wholelistic approach, rather than piecemeal approach.

]]> Comment on a man’s mind??? by SABU http://realmenseminars.com/a-mans-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-43 SABU Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:44:20 +0000 http://realmenseminars.com/?p=169#comment-43 As a man married to the same women for over 33 years. I think we have to break out of the box that society,tradition, nature or whatever we want to attribute to it has put us in. That's the only way we are ever going to come to appreciate our differences. We must learn to bask in our discomfort for one another in order to grow in our understanding of each other. LET 'S FACE IT, THE REASON WHY WE ARE ATTRACTED IN THE FIRST PLACE IS BECAUSE WE ARE DIFFERENT. THE LAW OF POLARITY. Use the law don't fight against it! As a man married to the same women for over 33 years. I think we have to break out of the box that society,tradition, nature or whatever we want to attribute to it has put us in.
That’s the only way we are ever going to come to appreciate our differences. We must learn to bask in our discomfort for one another in order to grow in our understanding of each other. LET ‘S FACE IT, THE REASON WHY WE ARE ATTRACTED IN THE FIRST PLACE IS BECAUSE WE ARE DIFFERENT. THE LAW OF POLARITY. Use the law don’t fight against it!

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