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Integral Kabbalah Notes 2

Posted on: February 27th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

2.10.05 3 ืžื”ืœื›ื™ื ื”ื™ื•ื โ€“ ื”ืจืืฉื•ืŸ โ€“ ืžืชื‘ืกืก ืขืœ ืฉื‘ื•ืข ืฉืขื‘ืจ; ืื ื™ ื ืคืชื— ื‘ื”ื›ื ืขื” ืžืชื•ืงื” ืœืื•ืจ ื”ื–ื•ื”ืจ ืฉืœ ื”ืื—ื“ โ€“ ื–ื”ื• ืฉื™ืจ ืฉืœ ื›ืช. ืœื’ื‘ื™ ื›ืœ ื“ื‘ืจ โ€“ื”ืฉืืœื” ื”ื™ื ืื ืื ื™ ื‘ืคื ...

Integral Kabbalah Notes 1

Posted on: February 27th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

This article only appears in hebrew. The Notes below are part of a book under preparation on the topic on Integral Kabbalah. The form and core content of this book was completed in 2005. The notes below taken by a student in the class sometimes refle ...

Introduction to Integral Kabbalah

Posted on: February 27th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

ร—ลพร—โ€˜ร—โ€ขร—ย ร—ล“ร—ลพร—โ€”ร—ยฉร—โ€˜ร—ยชร—โ€ข ร—ยฉร—ล“ ร—ยงร—ลธ ร—โ€ขร—โ„ขร—ล“ร—โ€˜ร—ยจ ร—โ€ขร—โ€”ร—ยฉร—โ„ขร—โ€˜ร—โ€ขร—ยชร—โ€ ร—ล“ร—โ€ร—ยชร—ยคร—ยชร—โ€”ร—โ€ขร—ยช ร—ลพร—โ€”ร—ยฉร—โ€˜ร—ยช ร—โ„ขร—ยฉร—ยจร—ยร—ล“ ร—ลพร—หœร—ยจร—ยช ร—โ€ร—ลพร—โ€˜ร—โ€ขร ...

Parshat Ki Tisa

Posted on: February 27th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

  ร—โ€ร—ลพร—ยฉร—ลพร—ยขร—โ€ขร—ยช ร—ยฉร—ล“ “ร—ยชร—ยฉร—โ€ขร—โ€˜ร—โ€” ร—โ€˜ร—ยชร—ยจร—โ€˜ร—โ€ขร—ยช ร—ยฉร—ล“ร—ย ร—โ€ข ร—โ€ร—โ„ขร—ย ร—ยฉร—ล“ ร—ยชร—โ€ร—ล“ร—โ„ขร—ลก ร—โ€ร—ลพร—โ€ขร—โ€˜ร—โ„ขร—ล“ ร—ยร—โ€ขร—ยชร—ย ร—โ€ข ร—ยร—ล“ ร—ยขร—โ€˜ร— ...

Parshat Va-Era

Posted on: February 27th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

  ร—โ€˜ร—โ€บร—ล“ ร—ยฉร—ย ร—โ€ ร—โ€˜ร—โ„ขร—ยฉร—ยจร—ยร—ล“, ร—โ„ขร—โ€ขร—ยชร—ยจ ร—ลพร—โ€”ร—ลพร—โ„ขร—ยฉร—โ„ขร—ย ร—ยร—ล“ร—ยฃ ร—โ„ขร—ยฉร—ยจร—ยร—ล“ร—โ„ขร—ย ร—ย ร—โ€ขร—หœร—ล“ร—โ„ขร—ย ร—โ€”ร—ล“ร—ยง ร—โ€˜ร—ลพร—โ€ ร—ยฉร—ลพร—โ€บร—โ€ขร—ย ร—โ€ ร—ยชร—ย ...

A Poem, Two Offerings of Words to Honor the Holy Days

Posted on: February 20th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

Pulling out the chair Beneath your mind And watching you fall upon God- What else is there For Hafiz to do That is any fun in this world! If someone sits with me And we talk about the Beloved, If I cannot give his heart comfort, If I cannot make him ...

ร—ยคร—ยจร—ยง ร—ยฉร—ยฉ ร—ย ร—ยชร—โ„ขร—โ€˜ ร—โ€ร—ลพร—ยร—โ€˜ร—ยง

Posted on: February 20th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

  ร—ยคร—ยจร—ยง ร—ยฉร—ยฉ ร—ย ร—ยชร—โ„ขร—โ€˜ ร—โ€ร—ลพร—ยร—โ€˜ร—ยง ร—ล“ร—ลพร—โ€ ร—ล“ร—โ€“ร—ยขร—โ€ขร—ยง? ร—ล“ร—ยคร—โ„ข ร—ยร—โ€™ร—โ€œร—โ€ ร—ยฉร—ลพร—โ€ขร—โ€˜ร—ยร—ยช ร—โ€˜ร—ยชร—ล“ร—ลพร—โ€ขร—โ€œ, ร—โ€บร—ยฉร—โ€ร—โ€”ร—ล“ร—โ„ขร—หœ ร—ล“ร—โ€œร—โ€บร—ย ...

Textual Koans/Talmudic Poem

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

An Offering Of Words, of Beautiful Empty Pages, in Honor of the Text, and in favor of Spiritual Artists instead of Spiritual Teachers: What kind of work Can I do in this world? Who would be kind enough To hire an old holy Bum, One with a great reputa ...

Sex, Ethics, & Power Poem

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

An Offering of Prayer for those of us committed to Practicing the Wounds of Love: It acts like loveรขโ‚ฌโ€ขmusic, It reaches towards the face, touches it, and tries to let you know His promise: that all will be okay. It acts like loveรขโ‚ฌโ€ขmusic, a ...

Lillith Poem

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

An Offering of Words in Honor of Lillith: Throw away All your begging bowls at God’s door, For I have heard the beloved Prefers sweet threatening shouts, Something of the order of: “Hey Beloved, My heart is a raging volcano Of love for yo ...

Liberation Halacha Poem

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

An Offering of Words: God was full of Wine last night So full of Wine That he let a great secret slip. He said: There is no man on this earth Who needs a pardon from Meโ€“ For there is really no such thing No such thing As Sin. The Beloved has gone c ...

A Poem, An Offering of Words

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni 1 Comment

What is the difference Between your experience of Existence And that of a saint? The saint knows That the spiritual path Is a sublime chess game with God And that the Beloved Has just made such a Fantastic Move That the saint is now continually Tripp ...

Where was God in the Tsunami?

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

by Marc Gafni A very good question to which we will return; first, however, we need to realize that in many ways this question is a cover up for what might be the more essential question: Where was man in the Tsunami? We have spent trillions of dolla ...

Soul Prints, Unique Self, Integral Thought and Non-Duality

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

A communication on Soul Prints and Unique Self from Marc Gafni to a leading group of non-dual theorists and teachers in the United States: Dear Friends, I am in between teachings so have time to write but a brief response to your questions about Uniq ...

Evolutionary Spirituality

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

by Marc Gafni Thirty years ago I became seriously interested in the writing of Abraham Kuk. Kuk was a great Kabbalist and revolutionary thinker, who lived a paradoxically and often beautiful conservative lifestyle. In my recent work on Mordechai Lain ...