Archive for the ‘Enlightenment’ Category

Notes from a Lover On the Pain of Eros

Posted on: October 15th, 2008 by jeff 7 Comments

by Marc Gafni and Diane Musho Hamilton I have written before of the beauty of Eros–the divine life force–and how our sexuality models the greater movement of Eros in our lives. By Eros, I mean the fullness of presence, inner space, participating ...

Aftertaste: Marc Gafni

Posted on: August 25th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni posted on marcgafni.com share comments on info@marcgafni.com AFTERTASTE: Now if we are courageous enough to walk one step further, we will see that sex follows the same exact formula. Every human being engages in two very different forms o ...

Enlightenment and Liberation: Part Two:Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 29th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

Enlightenment and Liberation: Post Two: Marc Gafni Posted on marcgafni.com Please share comments at info@marcgafni.com So what is enlightenment? The answer of course is that anyone and everyone makes up there own definition…to such an extent th ...

Liberation and Enlightenment: The Democratization of Enlightenment: Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 29th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

Hebrew Wisdom as a Path to Liberation: Part One. Marc Gafni posted on marcgafni.com please share comments at info@marcgafni.com In yesterday’s post I mentioned the idea of enlightenment. The common wisdom is that enlightenment is not a Jewish idea. ...

Eros and Holiness: Part Thirteen: To Love is to Know REALITY: Marc Gafni

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

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com To Love is to Know REALITY. I wrote yesterday of the path of Love. {Eros and Holiness: Blog Post Nine; The Path of Love}. But what is love? Love is the inner reality of ...

Possible Names for our New Library: Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 25th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com The Library or Series that we are suggesting might be called by any one of the following names: Next Steps Library {or Series} New Jewish Thought Library {or Series} Li ...

On Eros, Speed Racer, Kabbalah, Why I Teach, Torah, Liberation, Humiliation and Humility, Non Duality, Part and Whole, The Holy of Holies and Thank You Larry. Part Five: Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 23rd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com Speed Racer is Eros= Holiness= Sanity= Atonement= Joy Everyone has a place in life where they can be sane. That is the place where they know reality. Where part merges ...

On Eros and Holiness, Sanity, Speed Racer, Kabbalah, Why I Teach, Torah, Liberation, Humiliation and Humility, Non Duality, Part and Whole, The Holy of Holies and Thank You Larry. Part Three: Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 23rd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com Speed Racer is about enlightenment realized in this world. In Buddhism this is the tenth Ox-Herding picture. In Hebrew wisdom it is Abraham after realization returning ...

On Eros and Holiness, Sanity, Speed Racer, Why I Teach, Torah, Liberation, Humiliation and Humility, Non Duality, Part and Whole, the Holy of Holies and Thank You Larry. Part Two: Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 23rd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com Speed Racer is about teaching and transmission; Rex Racer, his father and mother and Trixie his girl friend since age seven or so are all Speed Racers teachers even as ...

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. ...

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 Five – Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 13th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com On the Wounds of Love: Part Five All the great traditions of spirit, in their own way, show us that everything is one thing. Everything is one beautiful, radical, unkno ...

On the Wounds of Love: Part Four – Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 12th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com On the Wounds of Love: Part Four We long for certainty. But are we ever really certain of the correctness of our ideas about how the world should be? In moments of hurt ...

The Beauty that is YOU! – Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 5th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com I received a funny e-mail today from someone. It said, “Who are you?” And that was the entire communication. What a wonderful question! So, a brief sharing is in or ...

Blog Post 1

Posted on: July 1st, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com Evolutionary Kabbalah Dear Friends, It is wonderful to be able to share with you this new website, marcgafni.com, Evolutionary Kabbalah. For information about how to na ...