By Dr. Marc Gafni Uncertainty is ethically and spiritually essential, Marc Gafni writes here, because it allows us to reach higher certainty, avoid the seduction of false certainty, and reach spiritual authenticity. In this excerpt from Chapter One o ...
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Daily Wisdom Post, Unique Self, The Taste of the Tree
The goal of the erotic life is to engage every area of our lives with the mantra of lismah beating in our breasts. This means being fully present for each thing itself without needing always to justify our activity by recourse to some external gain.. ...
Finding God in our Contraction by Dr. Marc Gafni
Your state, in this case a mystical state, is always interpreted through your level of consciousness. ...
Joy is a Unique Obligation, by Dr. Marc Gafni
The word most often associated in Kabbalah with joy is “chiyut,” roughly translated as “life energy,” somewhat like the Chinese notion of chi. To be happy is to be plugged into the chiyut of the Universe. The portal to that en ...
Crisis of Imagination – by Dr. Marc Gafni
>> Read the whole article on Thrive Global << The greatest crisis of our lives is not economic, intellectual, or even what we usually call religious. It is a crisis of imagination. We are getting stuck on our paths because we are unable t ...
Discerning the Patterns that Connect, Dr. Marc Gafni
Discerning the Patterns that Connect Summary: In the excerpt below from his June 2011 TEDxSinCity talk “Your Unique Self: The Future of Enlightenment,” Dr. Marc lovingly draws our attention to the shared story of World Spirituality emerging at th ...
A Teaching on Love
Life as Practice and the Three Stations of Love The evolution of states and stages of consciousness are explicitly discussed in the great traditions. We are using the terms states and stages in the classic sense that they are defined in integral theo ...
Newest Thinking on Unique Self, from a dialogue with Bert Parlee and Marc Gafni, at the recent Integral Leadership Collaborative.
This article charts the news developmental ground in Integral Theory and World Spirituality. Read and Enjoy. September 2011 ...
Unfolding Spirit’s Next Move: World Spirituality with Claudio Naranjo & Marc Gafni – An Interview
Part One Dr. Marc Gafni explores the the notion of a World Spirituality with Claudio Naranjo and ask him what type of spiritual practices he recommends to practitioners to help articulate the principles of World Spirituality. Part Two Claudio ...
Living as Love: Beyond Small Self with Marc Gafni
Dr. Marc Gafni holds his doctorate from Oxford University and has direct lineage in Kabbalah. He is a Rabbi, spiritual artist, teacher, and a leading visionary in the emerging World Spirituality movement. He is a co-founder of iEvolve: The Cen ...
Zen and the Art of World Spirituality with Doen Sensei and Dr. Marc Gafni
In this fireside chat, Marc Gafni and Doen Silberberg Sensei each discuss creativity from their own lineage and perspective. Dr. Marc speaks on creativity from the perspective of the enlightenment teachings and explores inquiries such as: What is the ...
‘Golf in the Kingdom’ and World Spirituality with Michael Murphy & Dr. Marc Gafni
Michael Murphy, founder of Esalen Institute and best-selling author penned a novel in 1972 titled Golf in the Kingdom. Now, Golf in the Kingdom is set to become a blockbuster movie sensation and has already hit theaters across the United State ...
The Future of Love Teaching Tour with Dr. Marc Gafni
Dr. Marc Gafni has been on a two-week teaching tour in Germany and we are delighted to welcome him back to the states this week! While Dr. Marc was spreading the World Spirituality dharma, one of our good friends Mark Stollreiter, was able to capture ...