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Being Your Own Lover: Marc Gafni

May 17, 2009 · 1 Comment

Being Your Own Lover

Your commitment to giving for the sake of growth on the lovers path cannot be limited to the growth of your beloved. You must be your own lover. That means you must be willing to invest in yourself. If you do not give yourself gifts, then all your talk of self-love is just that – talk!

Loving is what the modern mystics called a mitzvah tmidit, a constant engagement. You need to give yourself a gift every day. A new piece of knowledge. A feeling or sensation. A meaningful conversation. An insight or fresh perspective on an issue. An ethical deed. An ice cream cone.

These are all gifts of love that you owe yourself on a daily basis.

You can only be a lover if there is a powerfully loved you. Love that you don’t invest, you cannot give out. You grow so you can provoke others to growth. You strive for wisdom to make others more wise. You become more sensitive and aware so you can spread sensitivity and awareness in the world. You struggle to understand your own humanity so you can better receive the revelation of the frail humanity of so many around you.

You live in wonder and celebration so you can be a source of wonder and celebration. When you celebrate your life, you make room for others to celebrate their life in your presence. You must sometimes be selfish, for it creates a more wonderful self with which to love and embrace others.

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Marc Gafni, D.Phil. is spiritual artist and visionary provocateur. He is also Scholar-in-Marc Gafni is a visionary scholar, spiritual teacher and artist. He is Scholar-in-Residence and Director of the Center for World Spirituality. He is a leading voice in bringing Unique Self enlightenment into the world, an emergent post-postmodern wisdom lineage which builds on his national bestseller Soul Prints, winner of the Nautilus Award for Best Spirituality Book, as well as the highly acclaimed Your Unique Self (2012) and Radical Kabbalah (2012), which is based on his doctoral dissertation at Oxford University. [more...]

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  1. Mare :) says:
    May 18, 2009 at 9:25 pm

    To keep it, give it away; and one must have something before it can be given! Self-love is the fertile soil where compassion takes root. Self-love is the foundation of our connection to the divine. It’s original gratitude to creator for this form and this experience. Through the gratitude cultivated in Self-love, we reconnect with the divine that inspires our highest and greatest good. The internal and the external are one. Life is truly a constant engagement. A dance. Cultivate and share the fruits of the harvest of Self-love. Such a beautiful way to be in the world. Living from the abode of the divine within.

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