Marc Gafni: Navigating The Mind, Body, And Heart Connection

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In this episode of the Align podcast, Marc Gafni talks about the mind, body, and heart connection. He covers the different ways tension manifests in the body, and the ways we can communicate with music. He also dives deep into the importance of our psychological self, mystical self, and future self, as ways to view our past, present, and future. We end the conversation with an exploration of love and compassion, and methods to be more mindful in day-to-day life.

Dr. Marc Gafni is a visionary thinker, social activist, and passionate philosopher. He is known for his “source code teachings,” including Unique Self theory, the Five Selves, the Amorous Cosmos, A Politics of Evolutionary Love, A Return to Eros and Digital Intimacy. He is author of over twenty-five books, including the award-winning Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University, as well as Orthodox rabbinic ordination. He teaches on the cutting edge of philosophy and spirit in the West, with the aim of participating in the articulation of what Dr. Gafni together with Dr. Zak Stein and colleagues are calling CosmoErotic Humanism. At the core of CosmoErotic Humanism is what Dr. Gafni and Dr. Stein are calling ‘First Principles and First Values,’ Anthro-Ontology and a “Universal Grammar of Value.” This shared story rooted in First Principles and First Values can then serve as the matrix for a global ethos for a global civilization. Dr. Gafni is the Co-Founder and Co-President of the Office for the Future, the Center for World Religion and Philosophy and the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. At the core of their shared missions is the articulation and delivery into culture of a Great Library - in multiple forms - which participates in evolving the source code of consciousness and culture in response to the Meta Crisis.


What we discussed in the episode:
00:04:40 Why we need the feeling of being welcomed by ourselves

00:08:18 Trust in mind, heart, and the body 

00:17:12 13th century Book of Radiance; study as erotic, ecstatic process.

00:23:23 We need a new holy trinity: body, heart, mind.

00:39:04 Accessing desire: clarifying the true nature of desire

00:48:24 Fuck is a powerful, paradoxical word.

01:02:08 Funny conversation about being quiet and discernment.

01:13:53 Uniqueness in a shared field, body's deep mystery.

01:18:46 Marrying Hebraism and Hellenism creates radical ethos and eros.

01:26:04 Cultivate compassion, love what you dislike.



Learn more about Marc Gafni

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Free Download of Radical Kabbalah (Introduction): http://bit.ly/3kENf14 Your Unique Self: the Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment (book): http://bit.ly/3FkFhli A Return to Eros: the Radical Experience of Being Fully Alive (book): https://bit.ly/3XRCA28

Website Dr. Marc Gafni: http://www.marcgafni.com

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