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Parshat Va-Era

Posted on: February 27th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

  בכל שנה בישראל, יותר מחמישים אלף ישראלים נוטלים חלק במה שמכונה ×ª× ...

A Poem, Two Offerings of Words to Honor the Holy Days

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

Pulling out the chair Beneath your mind And watching you fall upon God- What else is there For Hafiz to do That is any fun in this world! If someone sits with me And we talk about the Beloved, If I cannot give his heart comfort, If I cannot make him ...

פרק שש נתיב המאבק

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

  פרק שש נתיב המאבק למה לזעוק? לפי אגדה שמובאת בתלמוד, כשהחליט לדכא ...

Textual Koans/Talmudic Poem

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

An Offering Of Words, of Beautiful Empty Pages, in Honor of the Text, and in favor of Spiritual Artists instead of Spiritual Teachers: What kind of work Can I do in this world? Who would be kind enough To hire an old holy Bum, One with a great reputa ...

Sex, Ethics, & Power Poem

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

An Offering of Prayer for those of us committed to Practicing the Wounds of Love: It acts like love―music, It reaches towards the face, touches it, and tries to let you know His promise: that all will be okay. It acts like love―music, a ...

Lillith Poem

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

An Offering of Words in Honor of Lillith: Throw away All your begging bowls at God’s door, For I have heard the beloved Prefers sweet threatening shouts, Something of the order of: “Hey Beloved, My heart is a raging volcano Of love for yo ...

Liberation Halacha Poem

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

An Offering of Words: God was full of Wine last night So full of Wine That he let a great secret slip. He said: There is no man on this earth Who needs a pardon from Me– For there is really no such thing No such thing As Sin. The Beloved has gone c ...

A Poem, An Offering of Words

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni 1 Comment

What is the difference Between your experience of Existence And that of a saint? The saint knows That the spiritual path Is a sublime chess game with God And that the Beloved Has just made such a Fantastic Move That the saint is now continually Tripp ...

Where was God in the Tsunami?

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

by Marc Gafni A very good question to which we will return; first, however, we need to realize that in many ways this question is a cover up for what might be the more essential question: Where was man in the Tsunami? We have spent trillions of dolla ...

Soul Prints, Unique Self, Integral Thought and Non-Duality

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

A communication on Soul Prints and Unique Self from Marc Gafni to a leading group of non-dual theorists and teachers in the United States: Dear Friends, I am in between teachings so have time to write but a brief response to your questions about Uniq ...

Evolutionary Spirituality

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

by Marc Gafni Thirty years ago I became seriously interested in the writing of Abraham Kuk. Kuk was a great Kabbalist and revolutionary thinker, who lived a paradoxically and often beautiful conservative lifestyle. In my recent work on Mordechai Lain ...

Soul Prints & Parenting

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

by Marc Gafni Act 8 – Soul Print Frameworks What is your original face before your mother and father were born? ~ Zen Koan Scene 1: Push and Pull – Parents and Poets A soul print mantra could well be “Follow your Joy.” For in ...

Sex, Ethics and Power

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

An Introduction by Marc Gafni I am preparing the website. I have just jotted down a quick introduction to the major article in the Sex, Ethics and Power section of this website. Please do not regard this introduction or even the essay itself as a pol ...

The Judah Moment

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

by Marc Gafni Back in 1893 there was a reading contest in London. People gathered to hear Shakespearean actors read Psalm 23, “The Lord is My Shepherd,” competing for the substantial prize to be awarded for the best recitation. As the eve ...

Integral Judaism and the Evolution of Tears

Posted on: January 28th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

The following essay is the first of ten essays in a book called Integral Kabbalah and the Evolution of Tears. Copyright 2005 Marc Gafni. It touches on the Hebrew vision of Enlightenment, Evolutionary Kabbalah and Integral Judaism and Kabbalah. For th ...