The Sacred Way

An outline of the practice I hope many of you can engage in to get the most from this community and to enhance your spiritual and personal life

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I hope that this Substack will become an arena for men to find a community of like-minded brothers embarking on a process of spiritual and personal growth. One way to expedite this process is to lay out the basis of a ‘traditional’ way of living that challenges the corrosive effects of modernity and implements a new sense of invigoration and meaning to all followers.

While you are free to choose the specifics of any spirituality, philosophy or religion you follow, the ultimate aim here is to bring men together under a shared purpose. I began an outline of this in the manifesto, which I intend to keep updating as time goes by. The ultimate goal is to create a space and a practice that fosters inner peace and outer vitality.

The Structure

• At basic entry level, follow the suggested daily and weekly practices as articulated below

• If you’d like to join the community, become a paying member (only £5 per month) and this will give you access to exclusive content and the monthly community calls, as well as discounts on future courses. Of course, if you value my work, this is also a way to support me and DM me here to have your say on the future direction of this community, or just connect on a personal level with the other members and me

• If you’re ready to do the real work and go all in, explore the 7-Steps. If you feel ready to take action, feel free to DM me about the next cohort of men embarking on the path. Alternatively, you can come along to a free Zoom call about this work and learn all you need to know. Just DM me regarding the details for the next call

• For continuity, I’m in the process of building several courses on core themes such as spiritual unfoldment and alignment with tradition. Full details will be put on this site when the courses are ready

Daily Practice

Below is a suggested daily practice that’ll aid you in understanding the nature of the work here, becoming part of the community and enhancing your day-to-day life.

I understand the specifics of your tradition may differ; simply integrate what you can and leave the rest.

Morning Practice

• On awakening, be still for 5 minutes, don’t grab your phone, jump out of bed, or daydream:

  • Instead, scan your body, be conscious of any trapped energy/pains

  • Bring awareness to your emotional field—any anger, fear, excitement, peace?

  • How’s the mind today, busy, steady, fixated?

  • Next, thank God for a new day, for a working body and mind, for the miracle of existence

  • Spend a few moments just being, feel God’s presence (that’s the life force that sustains us) and rest in it

• Once up:

  • Read a short passage related to your tradition; perhaps a parable, a daily readings book and contemplate on it

  • List some things you’re grateful for, you can list anything here, but I often think the simpler and more subtle the better, things such as a pair of working lungs, the infinite air God provides so freely and lovingly, the bird’s singing, the challenges I have that help me to learn, etc

  • Spend 5-10 minutes in contemplative prayer or breathwork

  • Affirm your mission for the day in a sentence. Examples of my own include:

    • To work hard, smart and honestly

    • To be a good father

    • To be a good husband

    • To be part of the solution, not the problem

    • To tell the truth

Midday Practice

• At midday, set aside 5 minutes for prayer/meditation

• Connect with brothers on the same/similar spiritual path to you

  • Can you aid them in anyway?

  • Can you push them to improve, can they do the same for you?

  • Can you aid them in releasing a fear or annoyance?

• Reaffirm daily mission

Evening Practice

• Review your day, exploring when and where you became unconscious (lost in emotionality, the passions, buried in sin) and make restitution

  • Acknowledge shortcomings to man and God

  • Make amends with anyone necessary

• Read a page of spiritual/traditionalist literature

• End with a prayer

The Aim

Ultimately, the goal of the above is to get you out of the mind and into the Spirit, away from the noise of the world and with the Father.

This will aid you in becoming all the more conscious of the trapdoors and dangers of modernity, as well as see you become committed to a new way of being that ends in you becoming a better man, father, elder and leader.