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To yearn is to be aflame: Marc Gafni

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marc gafni posted on marcgafni.com share comments on info@marcgafni.com For the Hebrew mystic, unlike his Buddhist or Greek cousins, desire and longing are sacred. Eros is the yearning force of being. I yearn therefore I am. To be cut off from the er ...

I yearn therefore I am: Marc Gafni

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marc gafni posted on marcgafni.com share comments on info@marcgafni.com For me to yearn is to sing. When I was 16 and 17 years old I would wander the streets of Riverdale New York singing songs of yearning from the midnight hour often until nearly da ...

The Eros of Yearning: Marc Gafni

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marc gafni posted on marcgafni.com share comments on info@marcgafni.com The Yearning Force of Being The mystical tradition knows to tell of time portals, each capable of accessing different regions of our interior castle. The mystical masters underst ...

The Dignity of Desire: Marc Gafni

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marc gafni posted on marcgafni.com share comments on info@marcgafni.com ‘Tis Better to Bleed In a dialogue between a well known Buddhist teacher and myself, the teacher challenged me persistently on this issue of desire. “After all,” he said, ...