Lurkers or noobs:

When I first came here, I did the same as you. I lurked in reading the top posts. Combed through thousands of words for information to learn what MRP was. Maybe I started the sidebar a bit. I kept seeing flaired people here telling people to "STFU, Lift and sidebar". I spent countless hours reading through past OYS and reading their stories hoping that they would be in a similar situation I was in and I would find a path to fix things through them. I pondered whether to join in the weekly thread where people read about all your shortcomings and sometimes achievements. I didn't have many achievements to speak of. I did not want to post because I was truthfully afraid of starting it for real. I could continue to dabble in the sidebar forever... but somewhere, deep down, I knew that if I was going to succeed I needed to be held accountable.

Before I posted in OYS, the only person accountable to me was... me. And how did that turn out? Not so great, man. I wasn't happy at all with things. The person that I should be accountable to was me, but I was so fucked up myself I did what I was afraid to do. I posted to OYS.

The first comment I ever got? "Are you a beanstalk?" (thanks /u/weakandsensitive)

All my worst fears, confirmed. I was just here to be made fun of. How was that going to help??? I knew I wasn't the man I wanted to be. Yet here I was, attempting a path that would maybe make me a better man and the first thing I get is ridicule?

It's all the design, faggots. But let me tell you the beauty in all of that... I could chose to think this random internet stranger was just being a fucking dick to me, I could choose to ignore it, or I could choose to evaluate his comment. So I chose the latter - to evaluate this comment against my own ego and plan. You know what? He was right, and it changed my plan. I shed a little bit of ego that day. That's what MRP is designed to do. Guide you - if you want to work hard for it - to a place where your ego never gets in your way.

Somewhere along my journey of just grinding, and trying really fucking hard because I really did care about myself and my wife (gasp!) and my children (of course!)... some comments in my OYS from a man here drew my attention. I think he understood what I was trying to do, and something he said helped me get to a better place. If I hadn't posted in OYS, I never would have gotten that help. This man through his own patience and goodwill - who still remains a complete stranger to me in real life - took his time to help me choose my own path and help guide me on it. And whew - I took a lot of his time. I still had to do all of the work. I won't call him out here because I know he'd hate it and also don't want all you faggots PM'ing him all the time.... but you know who you are, dude. Thank you. From everything I have in my soul as a man - thank you. You were my Morpheus.

I only learned much later that helping me was part of his mission.

But see, my Morpheus had a Morpheus too. It was /u/jacktenofhearts (great listing of his work here). If you give some of that dude's comments a read, it'll blow your mind.

Without OYS, you will never find a Morpheus if you need one. And you probably do need one.

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Flaired Guys, Mods:

I feel it's our duty to give back to these men in any way that we can. I'm not talking about the faggots that show up once in a while, post retarded shit to /r/askMRP or don't seem to be making any progress week to week. Fuck those guys. You know them when you see them if you've been around here long enough.

What I'm talking about are those guys that are struggling to figure anything out but at least they are "STFU, Sidebar, Lifting" their way to confusion. You have valuable advice, give it.

If a "man" (loosely used here) sends you a PM and you see he's been doing the work, maybe give him a pointer or two. He was lost like all of us here at some point, and he's only seeking knowledge. You should be the judge if he deserves your valuable time to return that message.

One of the most valuable things that I've experienced here is actually watching some of the guys that I exchange OYS comments or PMs with progress on their journey. Maybe the time that I invested in them was just as valuable to them. Of course I waste my time with faggots as well, but I know I can quickly weed them out.

So help a dude if it helps your mission. We want them to find the truth in the way that men should be today. We want a stronger masculine set of men to share this shit with. It's what helps my mission. Maybe it does yours.

Encourage them all to post in OYS so they can find their own Morpheus if they need one. It doesn't have to be you. Pointing a man in the right direction is allowing him to give the gift of freedom to himself. He still has to choose it.