Do you know that for thousands of years, human tribes always had “rites of passages” where they assist boys to transform into men?
While modern society says you are a man when you have “external success symbols”e.g. a good job, a bunch of pussies, a gold medal…
many adults still have an APPROVAL-SEEKING psychology when they deal with people and WOMEN.
So what are ROP and how can we use it to grow up?
#1 ROP has 3 phases – Separate, Transition, Integration
Boys must first be taken away from his old environment (parents, friends, possessions), then be CHALLENGED intensely (e.g. travel alone, kill animals himself, survive in the wild), then brought back to his tribe as a transformed man.
#2 So to develop these men-character into ourselves in modern times, we must listen to our inner voice that desires an ADVENTURE!
Meaning, you must trust your intuition to leave your familiar-environment and START walking your own unique journey.
Q: Are you working on a job you TRULY want, or is that job some “good idea” from other people?
Q: Have you started doing whatever you can to explore the world and travel on your own, or are you staying in the same fvcking city for the whole life?
#3 Of course these 2 examples are just the tip of the iceberg of what it means to be a man, and your journey is always a never-ending ongoing process…
…but if you don’t these, it’s hard to experience massive personal growth as a man and you will always operate with a boy psychology.
So let me ask you again: What are the things you know you should be doing, but lack COURAGE to do?
Assuming you can have the courage, what ONE thing you can do today to move towards that ideal man you want to become?