How fascinating that the Sanctuary, said to be the source of all the G-dly light in the world, should have been designed by Bezalel, whose name means “in the shadow of G-d.” For nearly two thousand years, this was considered too dangerous a path ...
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Blog Post Two: Light From Darkness: Marc Gafni
For nearly two thousand years, people ignored, denied, or labeled as evil the darker crevices of their soul. It was considered a deficit that was best left unexplored. Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi–the founder of the Chabad Movement, goes one step ...
Giving in Love: Story of the Holy Snuff Box: Part Twenty: Marc Gafni
A Shamanic Story Story of the Snuff Box The story of the holy snuff box. Here is the story as I heard it. Everybody knows that Holy Beggars hold the world together. Thus would one modern master introduce the following sacred story. Never, never pass ...
Why IS this night different then all other nights: Rabbi Marc
a Post in honor of Passover dedicated to holy brother k.d. why IS this night different then all other nights… The night of the biblical myth ritual is called “Leil Shimurim — A Night of Guarding/Watching.” Instead of being the audience of ...
To be a Lover is to Give what is Hard for You to Give: Marc Gafni
This is for you babe…. To be a lover does not mean to grandstand and show people how kind and caring you are. “I love helpless stray cats and send food to the poor.” Although those are clearly two beautiful things to do. The Deep Dh ...
Giving in Love: Part Nine: Marc Gafni
Dedicated to Lord Bruce and Lady Mary One of the great Biblical loves is that of Jacob for Rachel. The scene where Jacob, having left fame, family and fortune behind, meets Rachel at the well is well known. He loves her, kisses her and cries. Love an ...
Falling in Love: Part Thirty Five: Recovering Your Lost Self: Part Three Marc Gafni
cont’d from yesterday… Or it could happen in just the opposite way: you could marry someone cold through whom you hope to fix the relation to your father. “If I can warm him up,” your unconscious mind tells you, “then I will heal th ...
Falling in Love: Part Thirty Two: Marc Gafni
cont’d from yesterday… The word in the Biblical myth text for intimate is devekut, cleaving, which is also the Hebrew word for glue. Devekut is Intimate Communion. For the Kabbalists the word devekut is virtually synonymous with love. Wha ...
Falling in Love: Part Thirty Two: Throw Mommy and Daddy out of Bed: Marc Gafni
posted by Gafni assistant Conscious and Unconscious loving The most powerful Biblical myth image on choosing a partner is undoubtedly: “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother — be intimate with his lover and they shall be one flesh ...
Falling in Love: Part Twenty Nine: Marc Gafni
Posted by Dr. Marc Gafni assistant Drunk With Fire This balance between ecstatic and normative, between in and out of love reflects a deeper ebb and flow within us. There are two forces which vie for domination in our lives. Each one must be honored. ...
Falling in Love: Part Twenty Four: Marc Gafni
Dedicated to the healing of my son eytan and all those in need of healing. The Service of Ecstasy The service of ecstasy, teaches the Holy Seer of Lublin, is the work of loving. It is the ultimate perception which is able to tease out the divine poin ...
Marc Gafni: Tears of Angels: Marc Gafni
New Post begins in the middle of post below … I reposted some of the last two days so that you have the whole picture go to asterisk below if you want to only read today’s post. To retell Abraham’s tale So let us now help Isaac let go o ...
Tears of Angels: Part Ten: Marc Gafni
First a recap of weekend blog torah..and then a really big post for today… :) To retell Abraham’s tale So let us now help Isaac let go of his anger towards Abraham by telling another small piece of the Abraham story. We need to return to the ...
Tears of Angels: Part Eight: The Hoffman Process: Marc Gafni
Dad Had a Dad There are two simple ways to let go of anger at parents and become a lover. The first is to have children and to need to give them blessing. That is the Isaac story that we found by following the love word ra’ah through part of its bi ...
Tears of Angels: Part Four: Of Genie Tales and Stopped Up Wells: Marc Gafni
To Unstop the Wells (Stopped up Wells, Bottled up Genies) With Isaac, as with most of us, the situation is more complex. Isaac leaves Mount Moriah — the scene of his childhood trauma — and does not look back. Biblical text records that Abraham re ...