Director's Message for June 2010

Greetings Sacred Path Community,

I’m writing to you from Palm Desert on the Saturday of our Memorial weekend. I am taking the opportunity to spend another weekend with my 90-year old mom. What a beautiful day. The weather is perfect. I feel blessed to be living in paradise on earth. As we exit the month of May and the celebration of our mothers we enter the month of June and the occasion to celebrate fatherhood. There are a few special events taking place this month that I’m really looking forward to:

The first is our Day for Men on June 12th, featuring Catherine DeMonte, LMFT, our guest presenter for the morning session on Women 101: A discussion for and with men, about women, by a woman. You can read more about her presentation on our blog and on the flier for the event. This session provides a rare opportunity for you to be able to learn, ask questions and candidly discuss issues about relationships with women in a user-friendly setting. Whether you are single or married, this day promises to offer insights and potential solutions to some of the more challenging and often frustrating concerns that men have regarding their relationships with the opposite sex.

During the afternoon session I will offer some insights pertaining to Sacred Relationships, the nature of true Soul Mates and the two pure paths to Spiritual Enlightenment. My talk will include elements from Paramahansa Yogananda’s Darshan on Jesus’ teachings regarding marriage.

We’ll be able to divide up into two groups comprised of those who are married and those who are single. Since the issues that each are dealing with may be distinct, the small group work should provide the opportunity to not only discuss the information presented earlier but also to explore your personal concerns in an intimate setting. We will conclude the day with a large group open forum to discuss what came out of the small group work.

We can deal with the challenges of living a celibate single lifestyle or one that includes dating with sexual engagement. We can also discuss the nature of spiritually centered companionship as well as long-term relationships including how to rekindle those that have lost their passion. For those of you who are recently divorced or are contemplating whether to end a relationship this day may be very helpful and healing.

Each registrant will receive my 20-page article in its entirety titled: Why Men Fall for Dangerous Relationships. All others can read it in a serialized format. The first installment appears in this newsletter and two more follow in the July and August newsletters. For those attending the event, I will include another of my articles: How to Rekindle a Loving Relationship: Is the love lost or just misplaced? These are synthesized from sections of the book I’m writing. The flier and registration form for this event is included herewith.

The 2nd event this month is the First Annual BOND (Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny) Conference on Fatherhood and Men. It’s taking place on the Westside in the afternoon on Saturday, June 19th. It’s free and includes lunch. I will be participating on a panel discussion to include these topics:

• What It Means To Be A Man
• How To Overcome Anger
• What Do Women Want?
• Successful Marriage and Dating
• Sex vs. Love
• Dealing With Difficult Women

Since it’s the Father’s Day weekend I hope that many from our community will choose to commemorate by attending this event. You will find further information about the conference in this newsletter.

The 3rd event will be a presentation of certificates of achievement to the young men that participated in the spring Call to Adventure Retreat. This will take place on Saturday, June 26th. All that attended the retreat and anyone else interested in gathering to honor these young men that have made a commitment to live an honorable life of Mindful Manhood are welcome. Please check with us for further information about this event.
MCLA will host one more one-day event at Holy Spirit Retreat Center on September 25th, and our 23rd Annual Fall Sacred Path Men’s Retreat will convene on October 21 – 24th, 2010. Looking forward to seeing you on the 12th.

Namaste,
Stephen


To download the flyer/application for the June 12 Day for Men, click HERE