Journey Into Manhood

成年之旅

Love and Radio

社会与文化

2023-03-02

40 分钟
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  • I can describe the process that I remember most intensely, though.

  • They call this guts work.

  • And it's because basically, you spill your guts.

  • There's a process about a half hour for each man.

  • You volunteer, and you go into the center of this rectangle that's taped onto the floor.

  • You know, the staff is there to assist you.

  • They ask you what's going on inside you.

  • You know, like, why are you here?

  • Like, what is the piece of inner work that you need to do?

  • Mine had to do with my relationship with my father, which had not been good.

  • And I don't remember specifically what it was, but what I do recall was the idea of him being dead.

  • And he wasn't dead at that point, but the idea of him being in the grave.

  • And was I ready to say goodbye to him?

  • Was I ready to make peace with him?

  • And I wasn't.

  • So a man was playing my father.

  • He's under a blanket in the grave.

  • They take me and they stick me under the blanket too.

  • So I'm in the grave with my father.

  • And I went completely passive.