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Unique Self and Integral Leadership with Marc Gafni and Russ Volckmann

Posted on: May 30th, 2009 by Marc Gafni No Comments

Click to play Artist: Marc Gafni Title: Unique Self and Integral Leadership with Russ Volckmann and Dr. Marc Gafni Length: 52:05 minutes (8.94 MB) Format: Stereo 8kHz 23Kbps (VBR) Russ Volckmann graduated from Monmouth University, studied for an M.A. ...

Blog Post Six: Revealing Light from Darkness: Marc Gafni

Posted on: May 27th, 2009 by Marc Gafni 2 Comments

In the path of higher teshuva one accesses the core shadow energy. This energy – rooted, as it is in one’s most primal and essential self–is far more potent than the more staid and bland energy emanating from the more refined parts of the self. ...

Blog Post Five: Revealing Light from Darkness: Marc Gafni

Posted on: May 25th, 2009 by Marc Gafni 2 Comments

In biblical language the word for “creation” is yatzar. But yatzar also represents primal, even dark, passions. We reveal our light, our soul, from the shadows. The shattered vessels of our miniature temple, which for Luria was the image of our s ...

Blog Post Five: Revealing Light from Darkness: Marc Gafni

Posted on: May 25th, 2009 by Marc Gafni No Comments

In biblical language the word for “creation” is yatzar. But yatzar also represents primal, even dark, passions. We reveal our light, our soul, from the shadows. The shattered vessels of our miniature temple, which for Luria was the image of our s ...

Blog Post Four: Revealing Light From Darkness: Marc Gafni

Posted on: May 25th, 2009 by Marc Gafni No Comments

Artists create from their own shadows. The kabbalists teach that we are all artists of our own lives, engaged in the ultimate sacred act of self-creation. Nietzsche correctly intuited a core biblical idea when he said, “The artist becomes the work ...

The Way of the Dragon: Part Three in Series: Light From Darkness: Marc Gafni

Posted on: May 22nd, 2009 by Marc Gafni 1 Comment

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 ...

Blog Post Two: Light From Darkness: Marc Gafni

Posted on: May 20th, 2009 by Marc Gafni 1 Comment

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 ...

New Series of Blogs: Light From Darkness: Marc Gafni

Posted on: May 19th, 2009 by Marc Gafni 1 Comment

Dear Reader, This series of posts was written originally for a book I wrote called Soul Prints back in 2000. This material, along with a few hundred other pages, did not make it into the book. I am now revisiting, rewriting and re-souling this torah ...

Being Your Own Lover: Marc Gafni

Posted on: May 17th, 2009 by Marc Gafni 1 Comment

Being Your Own Lover Your commitment to giving for the sake of growth on the lovers path cannot be limited to the growth of your beloved. You must be your own lover. That means you must be willing to invest in yourself. If you do not give yourself gi ...

Life is What Happens Along the Way:Marc Gafni

Posted on: May 15th, 2009 by Marc Gafni 1 Comment

A good friend of several years back shared with me a story about his autistic son. As Brad explained, what autism means is that there is too much information pouring in and not enough sensory capacity to filter out the excess. This creates an overloa ...

REPOST: Integral Biblical Wisdom with Dr. Marc Gafni

Posted on: May 14th, 2009 by Marc Gafni No Comments

Register Today! Integral Biblical Wisdom: Three Integral Biblical Principles to Transform Your Life A Virtual Seminar: Broadcast LIVE via the Web with Dr. Marc Gafni   Tuesdays, July 7th, 14th, & 21st 6-7:30pm MDT Broadcast LIVE via the Web   ...

Integral Biblical Wisdom: A Three-Week Telecourse with Marc Gafni

Posted on: May 12th, 2009 by Marc Gafni 1 Comment

Register Today! Integral Biblical Wisdom: Three Integral Biblical Principles to Transform Your Life A Virtual Seminar: Broadcast LIVE via the Web with Dr. Marc Gafni   Tuesdays, July 7th, 14th, & 21st 6-7:30pm MDT Broadcast LIVE via the Web   ...

REPOST: Men’s Integral Practice Weekend with Dr. Marc Gafni

Posted on: May 11th, 2009 by Marc Gafni 5 Comments

Dragon’s Den: Men’s Integral Practice Community What is Dragon’s Den? Are you the evolution of man unfolding right now? Are you the embodiment of your fullest expression of what it means to be a man? Do you know your most fundamenta ...

Marriage: A Path with a Heart: Marc Gafni

Posted on: May 10th, 2009 by Marc Gafni 4 Comments

The best framework I know for spiritual growth is a long-term committed relationship of which the archetype is clearly marriage. This view of marriage is enormously liberating. We need to let go of the old views of marriage in which it is either a ha ...

Men’s Integral Practice Weekend with Dr. Marc Gafni

Posted on: May 9th, 2009 by Marc Gafni 3 Comments

Dragon’s Den: Men’s Integral Practice Community What is Dragon’s Den? Are you the evolution of man unfolding right now? Are you the embodiment of your fullest expression of what it means to be a man? Do you know your most fundamenta ...