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Momen Return

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  Natural Passages Newsletter

SPRING 2012

 

Gentlemen,

Spring has brought a wonder of beauty and energy to the woods on the farm. A much earlier season of sunshine with little rain has enabled the ground to dry after a year of record rainfall. Trees are vibrant, as are the eyes of everyone I see.

The interesting part of the statement "I see" is that many are still withdrawn in the depths of their inner winter. Spring is time to look up and out at those around us, the budding life, and the withdrawal of the cold. I hope you find the Spring within yourself.

2012 Program

We have a new group of 10 going through the program. The first weekend seemed different in many ways. Like a window was opened to go deeper into the soul. A very powerful weekend.

Return Weekend

Last year we combined the regular program with the return weekend and had an amazing experience. We discovered that regardless of how long ago we might have finished the MoMen, aka Natural Passages, ,program, we have a commonality. As a result, we will have the MoMen aka Natural Passages, Return weekend September 20-23, 2012. We will join the group of ten presently going through the program.

We will engage in a visioning process that will be condensed for the Return weekend. Presently, this year’s program is doing the larger process as an overlay to the program.

I look forward to seeing many of you in September.

Mea Culpa—my fault—I am responsible

I found this prayer while hunting for other things and discovered that it covers much of what we seek in our daily lives without accepting the responsibility to create it. I suspect you will find the timing perfect.

I acknowledge to the Great Spirit
And to you my brothers and sisters,
That I have erred through my own human-ness
In my thoughts and in my words—
through my lack of conscious awareness,
In what I have done—
through my lack of conscious action,
and in what I have failed to do—
through my lack of conscious responsibility for my life.

I call to the Great Spirit,
the Great Mystery of All Life,
And to all the ancestors that come before and after me,
And to you, my brothers and sisters
To hold me in awareness and support me
in my quest for
Conscious awareness, conscious action, and conscious responsibility
so that I can live choicefully and in wholeness.

--Aho

Choosing to Living Consciously
Herb Stevenson


MoMen Return

September 20-23, 2012

MoMen Return

We shall not cease from our exploration, And the end of all our exploring, Will be to arrive where we started, And know the place for the first time. —T. S. Eliot

The MoMen Return weekend is a return to where we started. It is an exploration into the four principles of presence. The focus is to delve deeply into the relational next steps of the four chambered heart, the four phantoms of fear and the resulting shadow behavior. Dynamic exercises will be provided to support an inward journey and then the opportunity to share these private stories with each other.

The intention of the weekend is to take advantage of the wooded area of the Pebble Ledges. Living in tents, we will have the magic of solitude, the comfort of the surrounding forest, and the support of the community of other MoMen. Woven into the fabric of the weekend are experiences that support personal and interpersonal explorations of whom are you as a man in today’s world.

When

MoMen Return will occur September 20-23, 2012. Start-up is 9:00 AM on Thursday, September 20th with a brief hello and get to know each other before we build our village and homes for the weekend. One or two small villages will be created depending on how many MoMen Return.

Costs

The MoMen Return workshop is $600 per person. There is a $100 discount per person, if paid in full by July 1, 2012. Mail checks to: Cleveland Consulting Group, Inc. at 9796 Cedar Road, Novelty, Ohio 44072-9747.

Supplies

Food and tents are provided for the weekend. However, all sleeping gear, eating utensils, and personal items must be brought to the weekend. In addition, we are asking that each MoMan bring 2-3 gallons of water that will be used for drinking and washing stations.

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