Comments on: The Four Archetypes of the Mature Masculine: The Boyhood Archetypes (Part II)

By: Fi

Fi — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:01:22 +0000

I just wanted to give encouragement as a woman and say that I really appreciate this website, and thanks to all the men here who are working on their stuff to become more and more the men they were created to be.
We need our men to be men.
Blessings

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:31:42 +0000

Nice Odyssey reference at the end there.

By: Evan G

Evan G — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:48:47 +0000

I really enjoyed this article. Yet I can’t help but comment on the whole cliff jumping scenario. I don’t necessarily agree with this at all. It’s important to live life and enjoy excitement whenever you can, otherwise you are only robbing yourselves of great life experiences and instead become a dull work-a-holic. While working towards your career to be the best you can be in your field of work is exceptionally important as a “Man”, there is absolutely no reason you could not have jumped off a cliff into the water. There was obviously little to no danger involved, it only required a little bit of courage. Now what separates a man from a boy is the ability to distinguish when his own ego begins to cloud his own judgement and make foolish couragious decisions putting his own wellbeing in danger. A better example, in my opinion, would have been to refer to a store being robbed. Scenario A) theif has a gun, multiple people’s lives are in danger. A “Hero” would put other people’s lives in danger attempting to disarm the theif at any opportunity available. A “Warrior” would recognize that actions like these may put people’s lives in danger, wait until the theif left the store, call the police and follow the subject as best he could informing authorities of his position, or, if possible, disarm the theif when nobody’s lives where in danger.

The point of this rebuttal is that it’s important to enjoy life. Don’t rob yourself of lifes great opportunities(not only business opportunities people!!!) because you are only on this planet once.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:59:05 +0000

@Sumgai

The moments when you have the urge to watch porn are the moments where your inner creative spirit begs to be unleashed. You can go spill it away in front of a few shiny pixels, or you can go make something, and express yourself in ways you didn’t think possible. You’ve just got to be willing to take that risk.

By: Martin S.

Martin S. — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:30:13 +0000

Such a great article, thank you.

By: Corey

Corey — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:37:43 +0000

I’m enjoying this series. It isn’t everyday you come across something that makes you evaluate where you are with the shadows we all struggle with.

By: Sumgai

Sumgai — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:51:32 +0000

@Jake

Thanks for the heads up. I apologize for taking so long to reply…

By: KAYMAN

KAYMAN — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:15:25 +0000

I have a question. what about the schizophrenic? is he a coward or a lost soul?i am schizophrenic,a virgin man due to religious beliefs and presently would be leaving christianity as a result of the hopelessness i see, to pursue a another life -or death. is my changing belief system due to cowardice or due to the hero’s desire to find a new course of life? my mail is eerokan24@yahoo.com, pls advice me.

By: Txm

Txm — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:14:53 +0000

“The passive polar shadow of the Hero archetype is the Coward. Lacking the Hero’s courage, the boy under this shadow avoids confrontation; whether the conflict is physical or mental or moral, the Coward cannot stand up for himself. ”
“But the boy possessed by the Coward cannot even convince himself of his own excuses, and he despises himself for his cowardice. He knows he is a doormat, and as people continue to walk over him, he gets angrier and angrier until he reaches a breaking point and lashes out”

These words totally fit my character.
Most people i know respect me and think that i’m a manly person that doesnt get stumped on by anyone, but on the inside, i know i’m just a coward.
Always been super sensitive to people’s negative comments, always been cowardly hiding in the dark alone away from anyone because i was scared of them. I missed out some very important chances because of this, like a girl i totally loved to death but was too afraid to ask her out because she had a boyfriend (they broke up just a couple of months later).

I am so mad with rage right now. I am mad at society and all its lies and all of its unkindiness, but i am expecially mad at myself for having believed all of them.

Of course it goes without saying, all of this is going to change. I’m ready to endure all the pain of this world in order to regain my dignity and the time i’ve lost. Nothing will stop me.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:38:21 +0000

@Weston

Why comment on articles when your ignoring them? Don’t waste the room on the page for your ill-favored comments that others could use for learning.

@Sumgai

Your thinking is exactly why this website was started. Hopefully, some day you’ll get it.