It is completely legitimate and even necessary for spiritual teachers to engage the marketplace and sell their wares. In doing so they need to use the skills of marketplace consciousness in a way that is both filled with integrity and highly effective. Having said that, we need to beware of prophets for profit. When there [...]
Five stages of business and the emergence of Unique Business
November 30, 2012 · 1 Comment
By Marc Gafni There is a parallel between the emergence of business and the emergence of self is both fascinating and highly instructive in understanding the narrative of conscious capitalism. Both the evolution of self and the evolution of business go through five core stages, which in large measure parallel each other. These five stages [...]
The Essential I (By Dr. Marc Gafni, Edited with Summary by Heather Fester, Ph.D.)
August 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Dr. Marc Gafni, Edited with Summary by Heather Fester, Ph.D. In this excerpt from Reclaiming Rosh Hashanah: The Dance of Tears (forthcoming), Dr. Marc Gafni explores the Garden of Eden biblical story and Abraham Kook’s teaching on the “inner essential I,” through which we come to understand that God requires our Unique Self service in [...]
The Narrative of Conscious Business
August 21, 2012 · 3 Comments
Marc Gafni recently participated as a guest scholar at the Conscious Business Conclave at Esalen. Here is an excerpt from Marc’s reflections on the urgent priority of articulating a narrative of Conscious Business. In Marc’s words, there is no World Spirituality that does not include the spirituality of the workplace. Cross-posted from Spirit’s Next Move. [...]
Prayer: a pointing-out instruction for God
August 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Marc Gafni We are all despearate for communion. It is what makes our lives worth living. Communion is the movement from loneliness to loving. It is the experience of being held and received. We are all systematically mis-recognized. To be recognized is to be seen. To be seen is to be loved. To be [...]
The Seven Levels of Certainty and Uncertainty
August 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Marc Gafni The following are notes from Marc Gafni’s dharma talk given in March 2012 at Shalom Mountain Wisdom School, where Gafni serves as the World Spirituality Teacher in Residence. Introduction The seven levels of certainty and uncertainty tells the story of how the great religious traditions came into being and how they were [...]
Daily Wisdom Post: The Lover’s Art of Attention
July 17, 2012 · 1 Comment
So far, the two major qualities of the erotic lover have been perception and giving.
Daily Wisdom Post: Transcendence & the Gradual Widening of Self
July 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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
July 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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
July 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The perception of falling in love is but one expression, however of a broader kind, of perception.
Daily Wisdom Post: Arousal from Above
July 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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
July 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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
July 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Kabbalists were often referred to as Mistaklim or Chozim, roughly translated as the Lookers or Seers.
Daily Wisdom Post: I Can’t Do It Without You
June 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Kabbalists takes the mandate of love implicit in self perception – one step further. I need to understand that not only am I a part of God but I am also a partner to God.
Daily Wisdom Post: Identity
June 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The unfolding of the universe entails full divine loving presence. The divine perspective changes to include human beings. It is an intimate relation of shared identity.
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