
From Marc’s Facebook Page:
Dr Marc Gafni is a visionary thinker, social activist, passionate philosopher, and author of ten books, including the award-winning Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment.
He holds his doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University, and received rabbinic certification from the chief rabbinate in Israel, as well private rabbinic ordination. He teaches on the cutting edge of philosophy in the West, helping to evolve a new ‘dharma,’ or meta-theory of Integral meaning that is helping to re-shape key pivoting points in consciousness and culture.
He is the co-founder, together with Ken Wilber, of The Center for Integral Wisdom, a leading activist think tank dedicated to articulating a practical politics of love, and to catalyzing an emergent personal and global vision of ethics, Eros and meaning.
Together with author and social innovator Barbara Marx Hubbard, he is working on a series of new works revolving around Evolutionary Spirituality. He is the Integral Wisdom Scholar in Residence at the Agape International Spiritual Center (Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith, president).
Known for his rare combination of a brilliant mind and overflowing heart, Marc Gafni is a leading public intellectual impacting the source code of global culture and has been called a trail-blazing visionary in opening up new possibilities for love, Eros and relationship. He has led international spiritual movements and learning communities, as well as created and hosted for several seasons a popular national Israeli television program on culture, meaning, and spirit on Israel’s leading network.
It is worth adding that Marc Gafni has contributed to evolving Integral theory in terms of emergent understandings of what he has called “the democratization of enlightenment,” a second-tier theory of moral obligation, a second-tier realization of prayer, of what he has called World Spirituality, Evolutionary Eros, Integral Sexuality, Conscious Entrepreneurship, Theodicy, and the beginning of an Integral theory of Unique Self.
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From their website:
The Center for Integral Wisdom is an Activist Think Tank dedicated to partnering with leading thought leaders and change agents to transform and evolve the source code of culture through application of “The Universe: A Love Story” principles.
Together we articulate, evolve and deliver a new, Integral narrative for living – which transforms each individual, culture and life itself – creating a world of Outrageous Love, through Outrageous Love.
Our mission is to love outrageously, live outrageously, and create an extraordinary world.
We make a global impact through information products, courses, books, films, events, courses, workshops, podcast, magazine, websites, blogs, and more.
Focuses on three core structures
- Integral Meta Theory
- Unique Self Theory
- The Principle of Evolutionary Love and the Evolution of Love
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Last 50 posts on own channels (YouTube, Podcast, Medium or Website/Blog):
The Throbbing Field of Eros
Published on: 5 Dec 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Shared Story of Value
Published on: 1 Dec 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Transitional Objects and Evolving Scripts of Desire | Dr. Marc Gafni #372
Published on: 29 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Murmurings of the Sacred
Published on: 27 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
Published on: 24 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
From the Crisis to the Crossing | Dr. Marc Gafni #368
Published on: 22 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Reality Is Evolving Scripts of Desire | Dr. Marc Gafni #371
Published on: 22 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
“What we know is only what we love/ What we love is only what we know” – Invitation to Episode 371
Published on: 19 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
The Great Library
Published on: 17 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Evolutionary Spirituality Episode 7: Evolutionary Spirituality, Desire & Need | Dr. Marc Gafni
Published on: 17 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Only a “New Story of DesireValue” Can Take Us Home | Dr. Marc Gafni #370
Published on: 17 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
𝟮.𝟭𝟬 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗨𝗽 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆
Published on: 15 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
5.9 Beyond Maslow: Six Core Unique Self Needs
Published on: 15 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
7.2 Introduction: Unique Self is the Unique Taste of Personhood
Published on: 15 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
6.6 CosmoErotic Humanism Introduces: ‘Evolving Perenialism’
Published on: 15 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
5.6 The Leading Edge of Human Identity
Published on: 15 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
4.13 Healing Our Essential Narrative of Shame & Desire
Published on: 15 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
3.6 The Root Cause of Existential Risk is a Global Intimacy Disorder
Published on: 15 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
4.1 Introduction by Simona
Published on: 15 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
3.3 The Music That Seduces Us Lives Inside Us
Published on: 15 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
𝙀𝙧𝙤𝙨 𝙀𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
Published on: 15 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
𝟮.𝟲 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗢𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗼𝘆
Published on: 15 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Only a “New Story of DesireValue” Can Take Us Home | Dr. Marc Gafni #370
Published on: 15 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
𝟮.𝟳 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰ing 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻e
Published on: 15 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
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Published on: 13 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Taking Responsibility for the Future: Invitation to Evolutionary Sensemaking | Dr. Marc Gafni
Published on: 11 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
We Need to Stand For…
Published on: 10 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Barbie, Hamas & Homo Amor | Dr. Marc Gafni #369
Published on: 9 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
From Horror to Hope
Published on: 8 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Barbie, Hamas and Homo amor: Three Possible Universe Stories | Dr. Marc Gafni
Published on: 4 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
From Horror to Hope | Dr. Marc Gafni #368
Published on: 1 Nov 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Don’t Look Up: Death Stands Before Eternity and Says Only Yes: Eight Scenes
Published on: 31 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗔𝗺𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴
Published on: 30 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
How Do We Respond to Israel-Hamas and Transform Horror into HOPE? | Dr. Marc Gafni
Published on: 28 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝙘𝙞𝗿𝙘𝙡𝙚
Published on: 27 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Hamas Is Not the Palestinians | Dr. Marc Gafni #367
Published on: 26 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Israel-Hamas: LIVE Q&A with Dr. Marc Gafni
Published on: 20 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
What Would Homo Amor Do in Response to Hamas? | Dr. Marc Gafni #366
Published on: 18 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
What Does it Mean to be a Mad Lover of Humanity at this Moment in Time? | Dr. Marc Gafni #israel
Published on: 14 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻..
Published on: 14 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Does ISRAEL Have a Tragic Moral Obligation to Bomb GAZA Now or…? | Join Dr. Marc Gafni October 14
Published on: 12 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
𝗜𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗲
Published on: 11 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Discerning Israel & Hamas Conflict | Dr. Marc Gafni #365
Published on: 11 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
What Is Going on in Israel? | Dr. Marc Gafni #israel
Published on: 8 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲
Published on: 7 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
𝗔 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲
Published on: 4 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
Reading Barbie as a Text of Culture: Part 2 Reality Is Relationships | Dr. Marc Gafni #364
Published on: 3 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
7.9 Closing chants with Shimon Lev Tahor & Krista Josepha
Published on: 1 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
7.8 Closing: ‘I am not willing to be written in the Book of Life without you!’
Published on: 1 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
7.7 Solomon’s Song of Songs: Reality is a Story of Seduction
Published on: 1 Oct 23 in Marc Gafni – YouTube
by Dr. Marc Gafni
With his first groundbreaking book Soul Prints, Dr. Marc Gafni taught readers how to tread a lifelong path of meaning by realizing their Unique Selves. Now, in The Mystery of Love, the profound philosopher and beloved spiritual teacher invites readers to the next step on the journey, addressing with passion, wisdom, and genuine humility the all-important issues of love, creativity, and our erotic connection to the universe.
Underlying the vision behind democracy is the recognition that every individual has dignity, adequacy and worth. This democratic understanding of the worth and standing of the individual lies at the core of what the West calls enlightenment. The Western idea of enlightenment, rooted in the great vision of the Biblical prophets, is generally understood to have entered mainstream consciousness through the political democratic movements of the mid 18th century. Western enlightenment is primarily concerned with the democratization of political power. Classical enlightenment, sometimes called Eastern enlightenment because it was greatly emphasized in the East, is about the individual merging into the greater one. The appearance of a separate self is an illusion, which must be overcome as the individual realizes that one is really not separate at all but part of the one. The goal of Eastern enlightenment is moving beyond the grasping ego and desperately seeking separate self by attaining a state of consciousness in which the illusion of separateness was dissolved in the greater one. This path of classical enlightenment is seen as the path beyond suffering. Unique Self-enlightenment brings the Eastern and Western understandings about enlightenment together, into a higher Integral World Spirituality embrace. Unique Self-enlightenment is based on your commitment to transcend separate self into the one, even as you realize that that essence sees through your unique perspective. Unique Self opens the door to the potential democratization of enlightenment. To awaken to Your Unique Self is to be lived as God, which, in truth, means to be lived as love.
None of the four old philosophies about sex is sufficient to inspire us or even hold us in our sexuality. Sex is not merely negative or positive. Sex is not just neutral, nor is it merely sacred because it creates babies.
Erotic Mystics from the hidden tradition of Solomon’s temple taught a secret doctrine. Sex is the source of all wisdom. Sex is an expression of the erotic impulse of existence itself alive in us-the yearning for contact, pleasure, and aliveness. The Sexual, however, is not the sum total of the erotic. Rather, the sexual models the Erotic. The sexual teaches us how to live an Erotic life in all dimension of our existence.
It is these secret doctrines that were later taught by Mary Magdalene and that sparked excitement around bestselling novels such as The Da Vinci Code.
Deep understanding of the sexual becomes the portal to accessing aliveness in every dimension of our reality. This realization demands that you live sexually without shame and shows you how to re-eroticize all areas of your life.
A Return to Eros reveals the radical secret tenets of relationship between the sexual, the erotic, and the holy. They reveal what Eros actually means and share the ten core qualities of the Erotic, which are modelled by the sexual. These include being on the inside, the fullness of presence, yearning, allurement, fantasy, surrender, creativity, pleasure, and more.
Two major works have been written within the framework of Integral Wisdom about the nature of Self and God. While they share important features, namely the evolutionary context of the conversation and a vision of Self beyond Ego, their interior visions of the quality of the Self beyond Ego are profoundly different. Both of these visions of Self-or key dimensions of the two versions-have been adopted, directly and indirectly by many spiritual teachers. In Self in Integral Evolutionary Mysticism – a clear and compelling work – Marc Gafni articulates the two models, their shared features, their differences and why-as we seek to articulate an Integral Wisdom-these differences matter so desperately.
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