Archive for 2008

The Wounds of Love: A two year journey of pain, love and liberation: Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 20th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com What I Have Done During the Past Two Years When a tragedy takes place, we seek to understand it. It is in understanding that we find some measure of comfort and safety. ...

Reading Psalms and the Wounds of Love: Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 20th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

[english] marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com For me the way through the hardest of times of the last two years came from the book of Psalms. I tried meditation, taking refuge in the Buddha, as my colleag ...

The Wounds of Love: Marc Gafni: Part Ten

Posted on: July 19th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

[english] marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com As I move forward, dear friends, I’d like to share a few final reflections about the last two years and the explosion that led up to it. For the past tw ...

Wounds of Love: Marc Gafni: Part Nine

Posted on: July 19th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

[english] marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com There were times, and not a few, when I felt thrown out of all places. One Friday evening in Salt Lake, I went with my friend Dalit and her two children to ea ...

Wounds of Love: Marc Gafni: Part Eight

Posted on: July 19th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

[english] marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com When my life was devastated with personal tragedy two years ago, I made a commitment―together with a close friend―not to “do anything.” I wi ...

The Wounds of Love

Posted on: July 19th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

[english] As I move forward, dear friends, I’d like to share a few final reflections about the last two years and the explosion that led up to it. For the past two years, I have not been able to go more than a short time without being overwhelm ...

Eros and Holiness: Part Eight: Dance Me to the End of Love – Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 17th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com Eros and Holiness: Part Seven Dance Me to the End of Love Life is a choice. You can remain a bee trapped in a bottle and everyone―except yourself―will be ...

Eros and Holiness: Part Seven – Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 17th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com Eros and Holiness: Part Six The Path of Love One cannot be told that life is worthwhile; one must experience the erotic love of living first hand. Yet so few people hav ...

Eros and Holiness: Part Six: Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 17th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com We abuse the earth and allow twenty million people to die of hunger or related diseases every year. The simple and essential cause is a lack of Eros. We desperately nee ...

Eros and Holiness: Part Five – Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 17th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com Eros and Holiness: Part Five Because our society has so lost touch with the erotic, we identify it with the sexual. But Eros is so much more. To dance with the Shechina ...

Eros and Holiness: Part Four – Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 15th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com Eros and Holiness: Part Four Erotic Living The Dancing Master There is a wonderful story of Eros and love that hints at many of the truths we will unpack in our journey ...

Eros and Holiness: Part Three – Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 15th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com Eros and Holiness: Part Three The Great Dancer The truly great dancer―like all lovers―flows with the fullness of being. She trusts the universe. She knows ...

Eros and Holiness: Part Two – Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 15th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com Eros and Holiness: Part Two About a week ago, I posted the first in a series of about a hundred posts on Eros and Holiness. The feedback was large and wonderful and ver ...

The Wounds of Love: Part Eight – Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 15th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com The Wounds of Love: Part Eight I am willing now to feel hurt. The deepest hurt for us all is the recognition of having hurt others. Even if unconsciously. We hurt each ...

The Wounds of Love: Part Seven – Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 15th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com The Wounds of Love: Part Seven “In all of their pain, I am in pain…” cries out the Hebrew mystic Isaiah, and we feel her caress. There is a deep heart ...