Two years ago I saw a film that changed my life.
I mean it.
The Work takes place inside Folsom State Prison, where a community of men - both incarcerated and from outside the prison - transform their lives. They face their demons, seek to heal past wounds and make amends for mistakes. They grapple with what it means to take responsibility for serving the common good, even when it costs us something.
The leader of The Work, Dr James McLeary, is a teacher, mentor, and elder of profound wisdom and courage, and he wants to share it. He knows that most of us are living far below the light we’re called to, burdened with unnecessary fear or depression. We feel lack a sense of purpose, or the means to pursue it.
The Work on which The Work is based is the most effective method I’ve ever seen for activating the process of discovering that we already have what we need - we just need to be initiated into using it.
We can’t do The Work in person right now, but I’m overjoyed that James and I will be teaching the next Porch Course together, starting on October 11th.
The course is called Who You Really Are: Activating the Wisdom, Courage, Magic & Creativity Within. The focus is simply this: helping us each become more of our truest selves.
We’ll explore the gifts we already have but perhaps have not yet activated; the shadows we hide from; and the fact that all of us have a calling to serve the common good and receive from it.
Doing the Work has radically changed the way I think and live, opening me up to discovering courage and creativity that I didn’t know was already inside me. Our course is an invitation to the very same thing. And at this moment in our history, this kind of courage and creativity is exactly what we need.
Find more details of the course at www.theporchcourses.com.
James recently appeared on Russell Brand’s podcast - you can get a flavor of that conversation here.
The Work is available to watch for free, here.
Who You Really Are: Activating the Wisdom, Courage, Magic & Creativity Within begins on October 11th and runs for five sessions only. Register now and we’ll go on a journey together that could last for the rest of your life.