The Third Face of Eros: Desire: Marc Gafni
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The Third Face of Eros: Desire
Desire has gotten a bad name. Buddhists talk about desire all the time and tell us how bad it is. Christianity and Judaism are big attackers of desire. But if you look at the deep teaching of all three you realize that the inner face of God is really nothing less then authentic desire.
The key word of course is authentic. Authentic longing. Authentic desire.
what do you really desire.
what do you really want.
what do you really long for.
When I am on the inside, when I am fully present, I am able to access this third face of the erotic experience — longing
Longing and desire are two essential expressions of love and eros. As long as I am on the outside I can ignore my deepest desires and stifle my longing. But longing is a vital strand in the textured fabric of the erotic. It is of the essence of the Holy of Holies.
We are filled with desires. How to relate to them; ally or enemy, teachers or tempters? Here again the cherubs hint at the way.
Here is the place to introduce another set of cherubs which appear in biblical myth. The first of course are the cherubs above the ark. The second pair make a dramatic earlier appearance in the biblical book of Genesis as the two cherubs which guard the way to the Garden of Eden. The Zohar speaks for much of the mystical tradition when it suggests that these are one and the same cherubs.
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