Archive for July, 2012

Daily Wisdom Post: The Lover’s Art of Attention

Posted on: July 17th, 2012 by Marc Gafni 1 Comment

So far, the two major qualities of the erotic lover have been perception and giving. ...

Daily Wisdom Post: Love is as Love Does

Posted on: July 17th, 2012 by Marc Gafni No Comments

Loving and giving are inextricably bound up. The great medieval philosopher Maimonides teaches that to love God is to know the divine in both world and self. ...

Daily Wisdom Post: Transcendence & the Gradual Widening of Self

Posted on: July 17th, 2012 by Marc Gafni No Comments

It is through the consistent commitment to the growth of the other expressed through regular and spontaneous acts of giving that you become a lover. ...

Daily Wisdom Post: You-nified

Posted on: July 10th, 2012 by Marc Gafni No Comments

As we have said, the model for being an erotic lover – in all facets of our existence – is the sexual. ...

Daily Wisdom Post: In Ecstacy

Posted on: July 10th, 2012 by Marc Gafni No Comments

The perception of falling in love is but one expression, however of a broader kind, of perception. ...

Daily Wisdom Post: Arousal from Above

Posted on: July 1st, 2012 by Marc Gafni No Comments

Love is almost always proceeded by an act of will. We do not fall in love unless we decide to fall in love. ...

Daily Wisdom Post: The Stones Will Sparkle

Posted on: July 1st, 2012 by Marc Gafni No Comments

Now let me share with you something truly beautiful. It is a sort of Hebrew mystic expansion of Traherne’s moment of rapture. It is one of my favorite stories. ...

Daily Wisdom Post: Perception is Love

Posted on: July 1st, 2012 by Marc Gafni No Comments

The Kabbalists were often referred to as Mistaklim or Chozim, roughly translated as the Lookers or Seers. ...