Gentlemen,

The world is in a state of chaos & deterioration. The absence of strong, healthy male role models & leaders have left a huge vacuum in civilization.

Today, more than ever, we see the consequences of this vacuum.

• Despite being the most intelligent species on earth.

• Despite the major technological advancements.

• Despite the massive works of science to better understand ourselves and the world.

We suffer. In silence.

I have found myself surrounded by a generation –

• Plagued by depression.

• Drowning in anxiety.

• Shivering in fear.

• Settling for mediocrity.

A generation of purposeless men & promiscuous women.

The greatest species on earth. Suffering in silence. In every corner of the world.

Somewhere, at some point in history — something went terribly wrong.

Men who only cared about themselves & their fragile egos took over the world.

Domineering, abusive men who rule through force & tyranny.

Creating dysfunction & suffering all around us.

And this begs the question.

What created this vacuum?

The Boat Sinks, and All They Do is Build More Buckets

Once upon a time, there was a group of sailors that sailed the oceans. They only had one ship, but dreamt of a future where their fleets roamed the entire worlds. A future of prosperity & riches.

Where all of them could have good lives.

But one day, their only ship hits some debris in the water and a hole is formed.

Terrified by what had happened, everyone on the ship is not aware of the hole.

All they see is water flooding in, and they rush to empty it.

Some grab buckets to work on emptying the water.

Other gather water & food to feed the workers so they don't get exhausted.

Shortly after, problems arose.

People working the buckets got tired.

The buckets were not good enough at emptying the water.

The people gathering water & food started losing hope.

And they needed to come up with solutions quick.

• built better buckets.

• created training regimens for the workers to get more efficient.

• developed psychological modalities to help the other people regain hope.

• created systems to organize themselves & take turns in emptying the buckets.

But the more complex systems they built, the more problems arose.

Some people felt like they were doing too much work.

Others started competing on who can build better buckets.

So on and so forth.

An entire system built upon a faulty foundation.

No one saw the hole.

Everyone was way too reactive to see the elephant in the room.

Instead of seeing things for what they are & finding a solution to the root problem, they built an entire system upon a faulty conclusion.

Leading to a group of depressed, exhausted, anxious individuals who could drown at any moment.

A group who forgot their primary purpose. Who forgot about building more ships, roaming the world, making discoveries...

...a group who is perpetually occupied with emptying water. Their lives depending on it.

And while the people building the buckets sit in the shade while others work tirelessly, they too would drown if the ship drowns.

They just don't see it.

If this group wanted any real chance of survival, the hole must be filled.

No advancement in their system will lead to any change as the entire system is faulty.

And that is where we come into play.

The Hole in Modern Society

If you made the connection between this analogy & how it applies to our lives...

...you're now wondering.

What is the hole made up of in our lives?

What is it that most humans are totally blind to?

And to understand that, we must first understand society.

Society is simply systems within systems within systems...leading all the way down to the individual.

In the beginning, a person has a lot of influence on the greater systems, but as the systems are set in motion, the person's influence is reduced.

Because whenever a new person is introduced into the environment (born), they are socially conditioned to comply with the greater systems.

If a new person is born on the ship & sees everyone working on stopping the water from flooding the ship, he will never think about the possibility of a hole.

He'll grab a bucket & tag along.

Which means the most influential people are the ones who could escape the system's conditioning & look at the world objectively.

With that being said, in society, the more reactive approaches we develop within the system...

...the greater the hole grows.

The further away from the truth we stray.

And we've seen many reactions arise along the years.

Here's a Few:

• The Manosphere

• Feminism

• Different Philosophies

• Nihilism

• Materialism

• Mediocrity

• Alcoholism

• Addiction

• Different political systems.

Pretty much everything.

The Problem with Those Reactions:

The creators of all those reactions are a product of the system, not aware of the hole.

Meaning, whatever the solution created, it will always lead to more problems.

*capitalists laughing in the corner*

And what's sad is that most of these movements/potential solutions are born with great causes in minds.

In an attempt to solve a very real & detrimental problem.

But because the solution doesn't account for a blind truth...it fails.

The Hole (Understood Through 2 Men):

What is the blind truth? What is the gaping hole?

Let's take 2 men (call 'em Jake & Blake). Both insecure men who, due to being a product of the system grew up to have low self-esteem & feeling unloved.

They spent the past 20 years of their lives trying to get love from the world; in different ways.

But suddenly, Jake recognizes what's going on and decides to make a change.

He starts taking responsibility over his ego & emotions.

He starts doing the healing work.

He starts tending to his inner-child.

He starts unplugging from validation.

He starts affirming his value to himself.

And slowly, he grows to escape the conditioning placed on him.

He starts feeling more secure, more confident, and more safe.

Blake, on the other hand, is still chasing his own tail. Unaware of the gaping hole.

No matter what Blake does, it will not be enough.

• No amount of money.

• No amount of friends.

• No amount of women.

• No amount of cars.

Nothing's gonna fill Blake's hole up. And that's because he's unaware of it.

He suffers in silence & lives his entire life thinking "more" will solve his problem.

He has deliberately been turned into a consumer.

But the story doesn't end there.

Blake and Jake both get married, start their own businesses, have kids (a son and a daughter each), and build a small circle of friends.

Despite the similarities on the surface, their lives are drastically different.

Blake comes home overworked from his business. He is not present with his wife, and he barely spends time with his kids.

When he does spend time with them, he gets irritated quickly and does not give them the attention they need.

His wife grows resentful because her husband is never present with them, yet he seems to get jealous and triggered quite often.

Blake's family life is turbulent & unfulfilling. His wife doesn't feel safe in the relationship and his kids grow up with some issues.

His daughter grows up having never experienced true love & attention from her father...with no idea on what kind of man she should look for.

And she ends up attracting a man who feels familiar...just like her dad.

Works too much. Doesn't make her feel safe. And is never present.

She doesn't like it but that's what her nervous system is used to and she finds herself attracting more men like that.

Slowly losing trust in the collective as a whole and feels drawn towards movements like feminism which further affirm her reality.

His son grows up having never experienced what healthy masculine leadership looks like. He has never heard the words "I am proud of you" from his father & hasn't created any memories with him.

He ends up falling into the same cycle as his dad, chasing his own tail to get approval.

Triggered easily by women.

Working endlessly to affirm his worth.

Suffering in silence.

*and this is NOT even an extreme example*

I kept it light.

Let's look at Jake.

Having done the work, Jake is a changed man.

He comes home from his business & turns his work phone off. He is present with his wife & kids and makes sure to spend quality time with them.

He has attracted like-minded friends & his social life is fun.

When he has conflict with his wife, he works with her to resolve it. Throughout the years, they grew closer to each other and his wife started to trust him a lot more. She feels safe & her trust in the masculine is rebuilt.

She now tells all her friends about her husband and how he treats her & that inspires them to look for similar men. To do the work to attract a similar man.

Jake's daughter grows up with an example of what a healthy relationship looks like and what healthy conflict looks like.

Having spent a lot of time with her dad – she is naturally drawn towards healthier masculine men.

She has high self-esteem and Jake doesn't need to worry about her much.

His son grows up surrounded by a group of healthy, masculine men (his father & his friends) and gets properly initiated into adulthood.

His father guides him.

Jake built an amazing life for himself. A loving wife. An aligned business. Children that are competent & prepared to deal with the world.

And most importantly, he broke the cycle of suffering in his family. Because he filled the hole.

His children do NOT need to do much work because from the moment he saw the hole...

...things started shifting.

Now imagine the impact Jake will have over generations.

• Jake's kids and grandkids.

• Jake's friends.

• Jake's colleagues & employees.

• Jake's wife & her friends.

All because he saw the hole.

The hole in modern society is a result of male fragility.

Men's unwillingness to confront the darkness within.

Men's fear of a truth that they'd rather turn a blind eye to.

And this fragility leads to:

• Men who hide under a mask of superiority & domineering behavior

• Men who are passive & have no backbones

• Men who exploit & use others

• Men who suffer with depression, anxiety, and chronic stress

• Men who are easily influenced & manipulated

• Men who are addicts

Little do they know the damage they're doing to themselves and their children.

Little do they know the power they have that they're letting go to waste.

Little do they know how different the world would be if they step up.

*enter you reading this*

The Birth of the Integral Man

You have the power to change the trajectory of humanity as a whole.

What the world is in desperate need of right now is — healthy, masculine, competent men who can see what's going on and are willing to do what it takes to fill the whole.

Men who understand that the work begins within & influences others without.

Men who can see how other men are taking shortcuts, yet still choose to take the path less treaded because they are full of integrity.

The Integral Man is a well educated man. He takes his time to look at the battlefield called life, observe what's going on, and come up with solutions that benefit everyone.

He holds himself to a high standard of:

• Integrity

• Discipline

• Authenticity

• Competency

Read More About Becoming a High-Value & Integral Man in "7 Principles for Young Guys to Become High Value Men".

The path ahead, for those who choose to take it is not an easy path. But it is a simple one.

You must be ready to take on responsibility.

You must be ready to step up into a new version of yourself.

You must be ready to face your own darkness.

You must be ready to hold yourself accountable.

You must be ready to do the real work.

The path ahead is a path of deep self-knowledge.

A path of developing your ego so you can be more competent & effective in the REAL world.

A path of healing the self so you can show up more powerfully & with more capacity.

A path of transcending the ego so you can play the game of life without being blinded by it.

The path ahead is a path where you leave everyone better than you found them.

A path that can & will bring you to your knees.

It is your call to adventure.

It is your hero's journey.

It's the path that will introduce you to the man within.

It's your initiation into manhood.

It's a rite of passage.

Make your north star the pursuit of excellence at the game of life.

Learn about yourself. Heal. Regulate your nervous system. Challenge yourself. Follow your cringe. Face rejection. Get embarrassed. Be authentic. Face your fears. Meditate. Fight.

The path ahead is the path of pure masculinity.

A path of playing in a world of form; but remaining utterly non-reactive to it.

A path of achieving worldly success; without being a slave to it.

The path ahead is the path of the Integral Man.

This is the way forward.

This is what the world needs.

Imagine the kind of influence, impact, & freedom we could achieve if one by one, we made a commitment.

A commitment to show up differently.

• How would the world change?

• How would your life change?

• How would the life of your future woman & children change?

• How would governments change if Integral Men took over leadership positions?

• How would corporations change if Integral men took over executive positions?

Think about it. Extrapolate it.

And make a goddamn commitment.

In the coming weeks & months, I will share more resources & teachings in order for us to grow together.

I hope this opened your eyes & helps you on your path ahead.

Omar.