WHAT DEFINES AN AUTHENTIC MAN?
I red a book by James Ray & Myles Dhillon called "Responsibility. Becoming the Authentic Man" and they explain very well what is an authentic man.
"But to at least introduce the concept, it's helpful first to explain what the Authentic Man IS NOT.
Being 'authentic' in the way we wish to use the word does not mean how it has sometimes been used elsewhere: the idea that this is me, and only I get to say exactly what that looks like. You just have to accept me as I am, including what I want to do and say, whether you like it or not. And that is me being authentic.
No. Authenticity as a kind of supercharged form of self-expression is not what we are talking about.
Our definition of 'authentic' is more about integrity.
It's about being the opposite of inauthentic in the sense of not being a fake - of presenting one thing, but in fact being quite another.
Being authentic to us means being the same on the outside as you are on the inside.
Someone whose external image, reputation and appearance matches the life he is actually living behind closed doors.
But this kind of authenticity is more than just knowing who you are and what you want and then presenting that to the world. We think that the authentic 'you' should be challenged and mediated (and changed) by the needs and expectations of the wider world around you - of partners, family, community, and culture - and also by what is ultimately healthier and better for you.
Thus, the Authentic Man is a kind of ideal towards which we want to point you. In that sense, following (or even pursuing) the Authentic Man is about discovering truth.
The truth of who you are but more importantly the truth of what you could become.
Looking ahead at the Authentic Man and seeing what you could be. Perhaps what you should be.
Sometimes the Authentic Man might be visible out there in front of us in someone else. Sometimes others might be able to glimpse the Authentic Man in us. But for all men, the Authentic Man represents this true ideal. A true guide, if you like, who can lead us beyond the pitfalls and mires into which we all have a tendency to fall, towards firmer, higher ground.
Better ground. For us and for everyone around us."