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A Shocking Convergence: A CHANNEL Meets The Kabbalist Lineage of SOLOMON | Marc Gafni x Paul Selig

Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Marc Gafni featured on the Aubrey Marcus Podcast

Show Notes from the Aubrey Marcus Podcast Episode:

In all my years podcasting and working with the great masters of our time, I have never seen anything like this. Paul Selig is channeling information from who he calls “The Guides” and Rebbe Gafni is transmitting the deep lineage of Solomon and Kabbalist wisdom. What do they agree about? Where are the points of distinction and separation? In this shocking convergence, we see how the old Word of the Biblical texts meets the new Word freshly informed from extra-dimensional star beings. This is a conversation not to be missed!

Check out more of Dr. Marc Gafni’s work at ⁠⁠⁠https://worldphilosophyandreligion.or…

Download chapters of First Principles and First Values: https://worldphilosophyandreligion.or…

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► Own The Day, Own Your Life: http://bit.ly/2vRz4so

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► Ayahuasca Documentary: http://bit.ly/2OrNBTf, dealing with the crisis of value, (a birth) and a resolution of a new structure of value.

December Updates

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

Order Here


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A Shocking Convergence: A CHANNEL Meets The Kabbalist Lineage of SOLOMON | Marc Gafni x Paul Selig2025-04-02T00:25:49-07:00

Yuval Harari Gets DISMANTLED – Marc Gafni Exposes The Faults In His Logic

On the Aubrey Marcus Podcast, join Dr. Marc Gafni as he critically examines the fundamental errors in Yuval Noah Harari’s assertions that stories, human rights, and human purpose are mere fictions, figments of our imagination.

In this enlightening discussion, Dr, Marc Gafni—in a fierce and funny tour de force—dismantles the grim assumptions presented in both Harari’s adult and children’s literature, aiming to set the record straight and introduce a new Story of Value. In Marc’s words, “ Value is Real, and, Value is Not Hard to Find, Value is Impossible to Avoid”. Embark on this profound exploration of both Gafni and Harari’s works like never before. This conversation is a game-changer, illuminating the fundamental principles and values that govern the cosmos and our personal lives.

  • In **Part 1**, Marc clarifies the concepts of meaning and value.
  • In **Part 2**, he exposes Harari’s perspective on human rights, artificial intelligence, and his claims regarding the authority of science.
  • In **Part 3**, Marc imparts the powerful insight that there are stories of value that are real, and that the most important one is a love story, and that reality itself is—at its core —a love story.

* 0:00:00 Introduction

00:00:43 The Chilling Effect of Yuval Harari

00:03:20 – A New Model to have a Conversation

00:06:30 – Totalitarianism and Freedom

00:18:18 – Part I – Meaning and Value

00:27:11 – A New Story of Value

00:33:53 – Meaning and Value are not Mass Delusion

00:39:54 – Why this Matters

00:55:14 – Premodern, Modern and Postmodern Value

01:00:49 – Evolution of Value

01:07:31 – Harari’s Hijacking Science

01:09:41 – Part II – Science, Rights and Artificial Intelligence

01:10:10 – Ten Dogmas of Modern Science

01:14:17 – Human Rights are Real

01:23:40 – Artificial Intelligence

01:35:19 – Napoleon’s Five Goals

01:37:07 – Part III – Reality is a Love Story

01:41:57 – Telling Children Life has No Inherent Value

01:55:17 – Evolution is the Progressive Deepening of Intimacies

01:56:21 – The Intimate Universe

02:01:26 – Metacrisis and a New Story of Value

02:06:28 – Value is Real, Eternal and Evolving

02:07:32 – Interior Science Intimacy Equation of CosmoErotic Humanism

02:16:04 – Love Story Stands Against Totalitarianism

02:21:02 – Trust is Based on Shared Value

02:27:58 – We Need to Tell a New Story of Value

02:28:47 – Our Imagination is a Figment of God

02:32:19 – Credits

December Updates

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

Order Here


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Kyle Kingsbury Podcast #386 Imagination & Consciousness in Eros w/ Marc Gafni

Marc Gafni



Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Marc Gafni featured on Kyle Kingsbury Podcast.

ABOUT: 

Dr. Marc Gafni returns to discuss the concept of imagination, as part of a deeper dive into the 12 faces of Eros, inspired by his book ‘A Return to Eros’ co-authored with Christina Kincaid. The discussion highlights the profound role of imagination in understanding Eros, reality, and consciousness. Gafni emphasizes that reality is an evolving love story driven by Eros, and imagination is a key aspect of experiencing and understanding it. He also touches on the importance of fantasy as a doorway to possible futures, the prophetic nature of imagination, and how the erotic serves as a model for imaginative exploration. The talk includes analogies to spirituality, Sufism, and literature, stressing the transformational potential of imaginative thinking.

Marc’s Books:

NEW BOOK: First Principles and First Values – David J. Temple

A Return to Eros (paperback)

A Return to Eros (audiobook)

The Erotic and the Holy

Your Unique Self

Soul Prints: Your Path to Fulfillment

Self in Integral Evolutionary Mysticism

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December Updates

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

Order Here


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Updates November 2024: New Podcasts & New Essays on Substack

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December Updates

We Are Still Celebrating Our Worldwide Book Release

Our new book can be ordered worldwide from each country’s amazon and other bookstores. It is available as Paperback, eBook, and Audiobook.

From the US and Canada, it can also be ordered directly from the publisher HERE:

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

David J. Temple is a pseudonym created for enabling ongoing collaborative authorship at the Center for World Philosophy and Religion, a leading international think tank whose mission is to address existential risk by articulating a shared universal Story of Value for global intimacy and global coordination. The Center focuses its work on a world philosophy, CosmoErotic Humanism, as the ground for a global vision of value, economics, politics, and spiritual coherence. The two primary authors behind David J. Temple are Marc Gafni and Zak Stein. For different projects specific writers will be named as part of the collaboration. In this volume Ken Wilber joins Dr. Gafni and Dr. Stein.

Order Here from Amplify
Order Here from Amazon.com
Download the First Five Chapters HERE for Free


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Dr. Marc Gafni in Audio Conversation with Devin Bailey: The Universe Is a Love Story

Marc Gafni



As Above, So Below.


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Parallax Video & Audio Podcast: Unique Self 2.0. with Marc Gafni

Portal 1: Intimacy, Eros, and Evolutionary Love

Unique Self 2.0?

What is Unique?

What is Self?

What is 2.0?

Dr. Marc Gafni argues that the Enlightenment traditions made the big mistake of denying identity and selfhood. He attempts to rectify this mistake and celebrate human uniqueness as the only way to survive the meta-crisis.


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Dr. Zachary Stein on AI, Education, and the Meta-Crisis at Smart Funny Tortured Podcast – Audio

Zachary Stein



The Smart Funny Tortured Podcast

Paul Chamberlain sits down with some of the most interesting people he knows to talk about what it was like when they broke down and what was their breakthrough. What tools, supports, and practices did they use and still use, to get back on track and carry on?

The podcast will also allow you to get to know Paul. What started as a well-produced podcast, turned into a life-changing cathartic confessional that could have only happened via his amazing guests and the support of those around him.

Through these shared stories, his hope is we all get a little more comfortable with being smart, funny and (a little less) tortured.

EPISODE CHAPTERS

0:01 – Envisioning an Educational Renaissance Through AI and Human Connection

2:18 – Technological Elites and the Redesign of Society

7:39 – BF Skinner’s Influence on Societal Engineering to Prevent Existential Risks

9:22 – Manipulation Through Digital Reinforcement and Surveillance

11:58 – Technocracy’s Struggle With Value and Control

13:45 – Confronting Nihilism and Meaning in Education

15:48 – Transforming American Education for Cold War Supremacy

18:35 – Decoding the Shift in American Education and Economy

21:59 – Debating AI’s Role in Transforming Education

25:03 – AI Socialization Threatens Millennia-Old Human Connections

26:46 – The Ethical Dilemmas of Humanoid AI Development

32:43 – Debating the Nature of Value and the Good Life

34:12 – The Dual Use Dilemma of AI in Modern Technology

35:57 – AI’s Impact on Military, Finance, and Pop Culture

39:09 – Educational Crisis and National Defense Perspectives

43:36 – Envisioning a Renaissance in Education Through AI and Community

48:57 – Revitalizing Education Through Community Engagement and Guild Structures

51:06 – Distinguishing Education from Propaganda and Coercion

55:19 – Coercion and Thought-Terminating Cliches in Social Media

1:00:26 – Confronting Propaganda with Educational Innovation

1:03:49 – Metacrisis Dynamics: Oscillating Between Chaos and Oppression

1:07:04 – Redefining Civilization Within Planetary Boundaries

1:10:37 – Rethinking Value Systems and Worldviews for Ecological Preservation

Dr. Zachary Stein is a Co-Founder of the Civilization Research Institute and the Center for World Philosophy and Religion. He was trained at the interface of philosophy, psychology, and education and now works in fields related to the mitigation of global catastrophic risk. He is a widely sought-after and award-winning speaker and a leading authority on the future of education and contemporary issues in human development.

Zak is the author of dozens of published papers and two influential books. His first book, Social Justice and Educational Measurement, traces the history of standardized testing and its ethical implications. His most recent book, Education in a Time Between Worlds, grapples with the dangers posed by a profound learning and capacity deficit in a time of civilization-wide transformation. In this work, Zak argues that educational systems must be transformed beyond recognition if humanity is to survive the planetary crises currently underway, from climate change to geopolitical instability.

Zak sees education, in a deeply philosophical sense, as fundamental to the sustainability of civilization, with implications for each component of the “metacrisis” – the complex, interrelated global challenges and existential threats facing humanity. In Zak’s view, whoever drives the technology stack of education will shape the future of civilization itself. His mission is to empower younger generations with the capacity to comprehend and respond appropriately to the unique challenges of our time.

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Updates October 2024: New Podcasts & Essays on Substack

 NEW Unique Self Courses in Collaboration with Parallax and the Unique Self Institute

An invitation by Marc Gafni (Transcript of Video):

Reality is evolution, and evolution is a series of transformations. My reality—my life—is my evolution. That evolution consists of the personal transformations I experience. To count means to be accountable, right? So, to be accountable is to answer one fundamental question: Did I live my Unique Self Story, the story that will shape how I face my death? Whether I find myself in a death chair, on a death walker, or even on death skis, the goal is to reach that final moment feeling fearless and fully alive—more alive at the moment of my death than ever before. A life well-lived is one where I realize the unique transformations that are the essence of my Unique Self Story. Continue reading…

Read a transcript of the Video Invite HERE
Learn More about the Course HERE

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December Updates

We Are Still Celebrating Our Worldwide Book Release

Our new book can be ordered worldwide from each country’s amazon and other bookstores. It is available as Paperback, eBook, and Audiobook.

From the US and Canada, it can also be ordered directly from the publisher HERE:

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

David J. Temple is a pseudonym created for enabling ongoing collaborative authorship at the Center for World Philosophy and Religion, a leading international think tank whose mission is to address existential risk by articulating a shared universal Story of Value for global intimacy and global coordination. The Center focuses its work on a world philosophy, CosmoErotic Humanism, as the ground for a global vision of value, economics, politics, and spiritual coherence. The two primary authors behind David J. Temple are Marc Gafni and Zak Stein. For different projects specific writers will be named as part of the collaboration. In this volume Ken Wilber joins Dr. Gafni and Dr. Stein.

Order Here from Amplify
Order Here from Amazon.com
Download the First Five Chapters HERE for Free


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Revolutionary Codes For The Future of Relationships w/ Marcus & Vylana Marcus

Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Marc Gafni featured on the Aubrey Marcus Podcast

Join Aubrey and Vylana in conversation with Dr. Marc Gafni.

In Aubrey’s voice:

How many relationships do you know that are truly inspiring?

For many people my relationship with my wife Vylana is one of those unions.

But it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. In this radically vulnerable podcast we disclose for the first time the details of our own crisis of separation, and how we came back stronger than ever with the help of Rebbe Marc Gafni and his blueprints for the future of relationships. How do you overcome jealousy? How do you resolve conflict? Why are so many people choosing between deadness or dishonesty? What is ‘donkey smuggling’ and how does this prevent intimacy in communication? For anyone interested in diving deeper on relationships with Vylana and I, check out our Romantically Fit masterclass offered through Fit For Service.

Download the first chapters of the book “Whole Mate: the Future of Relationships” by Dr. Marc Gafni and Barbara Marx Hubbard (Foreword by Aubrey Marcus) and be the first to know when these new books on the future of relationship are available for sale:

https://worldphilosophyandreligion.or…

About Dr. Marc Gafni:

https://worldphilosophyandreligion.or…

First Principles and First Values (book):

https://www.amazon.com/First-Principl… 

December Updates

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

Order Here


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CosmoErotic Humanism: Unveiling the Blueprint for Humanity’s Next Evolution w/ Ariana Sommer

CosmoErotic Humanism



Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Marc Gafni featured on Superhumanize Podcast.

CosmoErotic Humanism: Unveiling the Blueprint for Humanity’s Next Evolution

ABOUT: 

Welcome to Superhumanize, where we explore the frontiers of human potential and the complex tapestry of consciousness. Today, we have an extraordinary guest—one of the most controversial and transformative thinkers of our time, Dr. Marc Gafni. Marc is not just a philosopher; he’s a revolutionary mind, a master teacher, and a provocateur who challenges us to rethink the very fabric of our reality.

Marc Gafni is known for his groundbreaking ‘source code teachings’ that delve into the profound depths of spirituality, ethics, and human connection. His theories, such as the Unique Self, CosmoErotic Humanism, and the transition from Homo sapiens to Homo amor, are not just philosophical musings; they are calls to action for a global reawakening—a radical shift in how we view ourselves and our collective story.

In this episode, we talk about Marc’s latest work, ‘First Principles & First Values,’ where he collaborates with other visionary thinkers like Ken Wilber and Zak Stein to chart a path through the meta-crisis facing our civilization. This book is a manifesto for the future of humanity, where love, value, and the essence of what it means to be human are redefined in the most fundamental ways.

We’ll explore some of the most pressing questions of our time: How do we confront the root cause of evil, what does it mean to reclaim our collective narrative as a love story? And how do we ensure that emerging technologies serve to enhance, rather than undermine, our journey toward becoming Homo amor?

Marc’s insights are intellectually stimulating and they challenge us to integrate spiritual enlightenment, ethical living, and the art of meaningful relationships into our everyday lives. This is a conversation that promises to push boundaries and invites you into a new way of seeing the world.

Episode highlights:

01:09 Exploring First Principles and First Values

03:08 The Think Tank and Metacrisis

05:08 The Shocks of Existence

06:23 Existential Risks and AI

09:13 The Death of Our Humanity

10:41 The Techplex and Skinner’s Box

22:48 Creating a New Story of Value

47:29 Exploring Eros and Intimacy

48:03 The Principle of Continuity and Discontinuity

49:44 A Story of Timeless Love

51:57 The Evolution of Intimacy and Freedom

54:29 The Debate on Free Will

57:48 The Impact of Technology on Freedom

01:02:09 Understanding Intrinsic Value

01:04:34 The Field of Value and Shared Stories

01:19:47 The Democratization of Heroism

01:21:01 Concluding Thoughts and Reflections



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Decoding The Kabbalah Tree Of Life: Realize Your Unique Self & Unleash Eros with Andre Duqum

Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Marc Gafni featured on the Know Thyself Podcast with Andre Duqum

Join Andre Duqum in conversation with Dr. Marc Gafni.

In Andre’s voice:

This week we explore the depths of Kabbalah, unique self, and Eros with renowned philosopher Marc Gafni. He begins by defining the foundational concepts of Kabbalah, setting the stage for an exploration of the interplay between masculine and feminine energies that shape our reality. He introduces the profound symbol of the Tree of Life and its relevance to personal mastery. As he describes each piece of the 11 stories in the Tree of Life, the discussion unfolds to encompass the realms of imagination, understanding, and the balance between love and boundaries, highlighting the beauty of contradictions and the coexistence of joy amidst life’s challenges.
He then describes the concept of unique self, an understanding of self that transcends the misconceptions of both Western and Eastern traditions. He describes how you can use this knowledge to unlock your true purpose in the world.
As the episode progresses, we delve into how Eros can serve as a portal to deepening intimacy, and ultimately heal our disconnected world. Whether you’re well-versed in Kabbalah or just starting your spiritual exploration, this episode offers valuable insights to inspire you to embrace your unique self and deepen your relationships.

I’m always left spellbound by the breathtaking honor of connecting with Dr. Marc Gafni.

When he speaks every cell of my body comes alive, my soul feels ignited, I’m able to literally feel Eros in, as and through me. It brought me to tears. ‪@MarcGafni

We spoke of his new book that I invite you to purchase, First Principles and First Values. Not only did we speak of Eros and Pseudo Eros, but a new word, Erosvalue in response to the meta-crisis. And yet what does this mean to your life and intimate relationships? In this inspiring conversation you will discover…

  • The importance of being able to feel the whole of life, not to bypass the hurt or disassociate …but to feel it all, move beyond identity and embrace unique values to experience a never known before possibility.
  • How First Principles and First Values allow us to tell a new Story of Value… And how we need to stay in the field of value to create synergies and end the meta-crisis.
  • How indeed we live in an intimate universe and yet the intimate universe also lives in us, thus intimacy is literally what we need to survive and embody thriving.
  • How we can evolve the story that animates society when we support our evolution reading this book of first principles and first values, a shared grammar… so we are no longer lonely, non intimate, cut off from the interior of each other, isolated in surface existence.
  • How, quoting the book, we can create a new story with a plot line that plays out desire that moves toward intrinsic values where we have will, choice, possibilities and freedom, dealing with the crisis of value, (a birth) and a resolution of a new structure of value.

___________

0:00 Intro 1:40 Defining Kabbalah: A Mathematics of Cosmic Intimacy

9:57 Masculine and Feminine Energy in the Universe

20:50 Introducing The Tree of Life

22:19 Keter: The Profound Power of Silence

30:43 Chochmah & Binah: Ideas, Imagination & Understanding

32:49 Chesed & Gevurah: Outrageous Love & Boundaries

35:31 Tiferet: Laughter & Beauty that Holds All Contradictions

38:51 True Meaning of Beauty & Laughter

49:16 Netzach & Hod: Forever & Surrender

51:50 Yesod & Malchut: That Which Receives & Becomes

52:11 Practical Applications of This Wisdom

1:01:56 Finding Light in the Broken Heart

1:06:48 SEED: Save 25% off Your First Month

1:08:50 Every Place You’ve Been, You’ve Needed to Be

1:10:43 Who Are You? Defining Separate Self vs True Self

1:20:24 The East & West Both Got This Wrong: The Emergence of Unique Self

1:31:08 Infinity Desires Finitude: What True Love Is

1:38:50 Qualities of Unique Self: Looking Beyond Nondual Thinking

1:46:16 Your Risk to Bring Your Gift into the World

1:55:02 Framework for Defining & Unlocking Your Purpose

1:57:16 Shadow-work: Your Pathway to Purpose

2:09:45 Your Unique Obligation

2:17:13 Eros: Desire as a Portal to Deepening

2:31:30 Earth’s Problematic Intimacy Disorder

2:41:49 Human Love: From Soulmate to Whole-mate

2:58:00 Conclusion

___________

December Updates

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

Order Here


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Marc Gafni



Dr. Marc Gafni on The Integral Stage Podcast

In this episode of The Integral Stage podcast, Layman Pascal interviews Dr. Marc Gafni on his book Tears: Reclaiming Ritual, Integral Religion, and Rosh Hashanah. The book uses the rite of Rosh Hashanah in the wisdom of Solomon lineage to explore the necessity of the return of ritual and the importance of religion beyond philosophy and spirituality. 

This podcast is the continuation of their conversation about the predecessors to CosmoErotic Humanism.

Listen to Part 2 of the Dialogue Here

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Story, Risk, and Trust | Marc Gafni in dialogue with Tim Adalin

Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Marc Gafni featured on the Voicecraft Podcast with Tim Adalin

Join Tim Adalin in conversation with Dr. Marc Gafni.

Show Notes:

Why do we value stories, and how do stories transmit value? Marc Gafni joins Tim Adalin for a dialogue on the philosophy of story, risk, and trust in the context of personal and cultural transformation. Dr. Marc Gafni is a visionary thinker and social activist, holding a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University, as well as Orthodox rabbinic ordination.

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— 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.

About Dr Marc Gafni: https://worldphilosophyandreligion.or…

First Principles and First Values (book): https://www.amazon.com/First-Principl…

Keywords

storytelling, poetics, noetics, trust, unique self, intimacy, meta crisis, education, value, humanism

00:00 – Introduction

00:20 – The Essence of Storytelling

11:37 – The Interplay of Poetics and Noetics

19:56 – Trust and the Sharing of Stories

39:19 – Unique Risks and the Pursuit of Wholeness

December Updates

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

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Updates September 2024: New Podcasts & Featured Essay “On the Erotic and the Ethical”

 NEW cohort of coaches to become certified in Unique Self Coaching, starting in October 2024!

World Philosophy

The Unique Self Coaching process, and its signature program “Unique Self Emergence” created by Barbara Alexander and Claire Molinard, is a powerful change technology that taps into the deepest aspects of your life to reveal your unique potential and facilitate its emergence as your Unique Self.

Unique Self Coaching offers a dynamic and modular curriculum that can be adapted to individuals and groups in a wide range of contexts. Because the process facilitates getting to the heart of who you are – an irreducible expression of the Love Intelligence that animates all of existence – and how the creative impulse of this Source wants to express through you, it has many applications.

Unique Self Emergence Coach Training Program

This program has two tracks:

Certification track

This track is for change agents who, in addition to undergoing their own process of transformation, want to learn how to apply the Unique Self emergence Process to their already existing work with people. This certification program trains them to utilize the process with individuals and groups in a variety of contexts.

Personal track

This track is for anyone who wishes to experience the Unique Self Emergence Process for their own benefit, without supervision or 1:1 Coaching. You will have access to all the group coaching and teaching calls, as well as all the online content. This track does not lead to Unique Self Coaching certification.

Learn More HERE

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We Are Still Celebrating Our Worldwide Book Release

Our new book can be ordered worldwide from each country’s amazon and other bookstores. It is available as Paperback, eBook, and Audiobook.

From the US and Canada, it can also be ordered directly from the publisher HERE:

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

David J. Temple is a pseudonym created for enabling ongoing collaborative authorship at the Center for World Philosophy and Religion, a leading international think tank whose mission is to address existential risk by articulating a shared universal Story of Value for global intimacy and global coordination. The Center focuses its work on a world philosophy, CosmoErotic Humanism, as the ground for a global vision of value, economics, politics, and spiritual coherence. The two primary authors behind David J. Temple are Marc Gafni and Zak Stein. For different projects specific writers will be named as part of the collaboration. In this volume Ken Wilber joins Dr. Gafni and Dr. Stein.

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Download the First Five Chapters HERE for Free


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The Integral Stage Podcast: First Principles and First Values, Part 3 (Interview with David J. Temple)

Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Marc Gafni and Dr. Zak Stein featured on the Integral Stage Podcast with Layman Pascal

Join Layman Pascal in conversation with Dr. Marc Gafni and Dr. Zak Stein

The Integral Stage

In this third and final episode in this series, which is cross-posted to both the Cosmo-Erotic Humanism and Authors Series playlists, Layman sits down again with Marc Gafni and Zak Stein to talk further about their jointly authored book, First Principles and First Values, this time focusing on some of the core philosophical arguments.

They are publishing the book pseudonymously under the name, David J. Temple.

First Principles and First Values https://www.amazon.com/First-Principl…

December Updates

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

Order Here


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The Integral Stage Podcast: First Principles and First Values, Part 2 (Interview with David J. Temple)

Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Marc Gafni and Dr. Zak Stein featured on the Integral Stage Podcast with Layman Pascal

Join Allana Pratt in conversation with Dr. Marc Gafni.

In this episode, which is cross-posted to both the Cosmo-Erotic Humanism and Authors Series playlists, Layman sits down again with Marc Gafni and Zak Stein to talk further about their jointly authored book, First Principles and First Values, this time focusing on some of the core philosophical arguments.

They are publishing the book pseudonymously under the name, David J. Temple.

First Principles and First Values https://www.amazon.com/First-Principl…

December Updates

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

Order Here


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Metamodern Spirituality | Reconstructing Value (w/ Zak Stein)

Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Zak Stein featured on the Brendon Graham Dempsey Podcast

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Philosopher Zak Stein joins me to discuss the “the great post-postmodern project, the reconstruction of value itself,” and get into the nuances of what his framework looks like as presented in his new co-authored book First Principles & First Values.

What does it mean to say that value is both fundamental and relational?

How does a metaphysics of value avoid premodern pitfalls (e.g., the myth of the given, a God’s-eye view/view from nowhere, etc.)? What are the challenges posed by language when trying to track value across discontinuities in the complexity stack?

Here we compare notes on our respective projects and try to clarify key points.

  • 0:00 Introduction
  • 1:58 Summary Overview of First Principles & First Values
  • 7:35 The Project: A Post-Postmodern Reconstruction of Value
  • 12:44 Is Positing Value as Fundamental a Premodern Move?
  • 32:24 “Value”: Avoiding Reification
  • 39:11 Languaging the Reconstruction: Difficulties and Diversity
  • 48:29 The Challenge and Importance of Modern Critique of Value
  • 52:39 “Intimacy” or “Complexity”? Seeking Normative Terminology without Anthropomorphizing
  • 1:03:07 Shifting the Paradigm: Translation or Equivocation?
  • 1:06:25 Panpsychist vs. Emergentist Framings
  • 1:10:26 Shifting Telos across Scales: E.g., Dissipative Structures
  • 1:17:56 Value and Anti-Value
  • 1:22:04 New God: Moving towards the Infinite Intimate
  • 1:27:21 Building the Cathedral/Temple: Living with Sacred Purpose

Book available here: https://www.amazon.com/First-Principl…

December Updates

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

Order Here


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Story, Religion, and Mormonism | True North Project #57 with Christian Dokstader

Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Marc Gafni featured on the True North Podcast with Christian Dokstader

Join Christian Dokstader in conversation with Dr. Marc Gafni.

  • Marc Gafni is a writer, philosopher, and co-president of the Center for World Philosophy and Religion.
  • His written dozens of books, including: A Return to Eros, Soul Prints, Your Unique Self, and The Erotic and the Holy.
  • This episode is the beginning of a deep conversation into a radically new story for humanity.
  • If you come from a Mormon story, this episode is especially for you.

Stay Curious, Christian Las Vegas, NV

December Updates

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

Order Here


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Updates August 2024: Summer Symphonies, Book Review, Upcoming Courses, and New Podcasts

Below we link to everything that has been posted on this site in this past month.

As the summer is nearing its end, so are our Summer Symphonies at One Mountain, Many Paths (see below), and there is so much to celebrate:

  • Launch of New Podcasts: Introducing great new video and audio podcasts
  • New Book Review by David Nicol
  • New Essays: Available on our website, Substack, and Academia.edu
  • The Upcoming Parallax Course: Value is Real Why Saying This Clearly May Save Civilization [and our Souls] – (with Marc Gafni and Zak Stein) takes place on Saturdays, September 7/14/21/28 – 2024. For more information and registration, click here.
  • New Cohort of Unique Self Coach Training starting October 2024! The Unique Self Institute’s flagship year-long program—The Unique Self Emergence Process—is currently the only coaching program in the world designed to help you uncover your Unique Risk and cultivate an integral practice that allows your Unique Self to emerge. Whether you’re seeking personal transformation or certification to coach others, this program offers a profound opportunity for growth. Get more info and book a discernment call here.

Upcoming Course in September

New Human

Eye of Value: Saving the Damsel in Distress

A course about the essence of a New Story of Value that can change the vector of civilization.

The Parallax Course: Value is Real Why Saying This Clearly May Save Civilization [and our Souls] – (with Marc Gafni and Zak Stein) takes place on Saturdays, September 7/14/21/28 – 2024. For more information:

Register for Course HERE

New Cohort of Unique Self Coach Training starting October 2024!

World Philosophy

The Unique Self Institute’s flagship year-long program—The Unique Self Emergence Process—is currently the only coaching program in the world designed to help you uncover your Unique Risk and cultivate an integral practice that allows your Unique Self to emerge. Whether you’re seeking personal transformation or certification to coach others, this program offers a profound opportunity for growth.

This program has two tracks:

Certification track

This track is for change agents who, in addition to undergoing their own process of transformation, want to learn how to apply the Unique Self emergence Process to their already existing work with people. This certification program trains them to utilize the process with individuals and groups in a variety of contexts.

Personal track

This track is for anyone who wishes to experience the Unique Self Emergence Process for their own benefit, without supervision or 1:1 Coaching. You will have access to all the group coaching and teaching calls, as well as all the online content. This track does not lead to Unique Self Coaching certification.

Get more info and book a discernment call here

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December Updates

We Are Still Celebrating Our Worldwide Book Release

Our new book can be ordered worldwide from each country’s amazon and other bookstores. It is available as Paperback, eBook, and Audiobook.

From the US and Canada, it can also be ordered directly from the publisher HERE:

FIRST PRINCIPLES AND FIRST VALUES

Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

by David J. Temple

AS THE META-CRISIS DEEPENS, THE FATE OF CIVILIZATION AND HUMANITY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

First Principles and First Values is the tip of the spear in the fight for a humane future. Establishing frameworks for a new school of thought called CosmoErotic Humanism, the book is built around forty-two propositions that provide new source code for the future of planetary culture.

Like Europe in the early Renaissance, humanity is in a time between worlds, at a time between stories. First Principles and First Values contains blueprints for the bridge needed to cross from this world to the next.

“The position argued for in this book is of vital importance . . . it needs urgently to be read.”
IAIN McGILCHRIST, author of The Master and His Emissary

David J. Temple is a pseudonym created for enabling ongoing collaborative authorship at the Center for World Philosophy and Religion, a leading international think tank whose mission is to address existential risk by articulating a shared universal Story of Value for global intimacy and global coordination. The Center focuses its work on a world philosophy, CosmoErotic Humanism, as the ground for a global vision of value, economics, politics, and spiritual coherence. The two primary authors behind David J. Temple are Marc Gafni and Zak Stein. For different projects specific writers will be named as part of the collaboration. In this volume Ken Wilber joins Dr. Gafni and Dr. Stein.

Order Here from Amplify
Order Here from Amazon.com
Download the First Five Chapters HERE for Free

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Summer Symphonies at One Mountain, Many Paths

For those of you who are new to One Mountain, Many Paths, we normally receive a deep transmission of First Principles and First Values by Dr. Marc Gafni and Barbara Marx Hubbard (through recorded sermons of hers). But how do we, as students of the dharma of CosmoErotic Humanism, make these teachings real in our daily lives?

This inquiry is the reason why Dr. Marc Gafni invited those who have been holding the One Mountain infrastructure for the last year to lead the weekly gathering for the month of August. For 5 weeks from August 4th to Sept 1st, Dr. Marc Gafni stepped back to invite our Unique Self Symphony to play our unique instruments. This also allowed Dr. Marc to focus his time entirely on writing the Great Library.

All of this is part of our bigger vision for One Mountain, Many Paths as a grassroots revolution where EVERYBODY is called to powerfully step in and contribute their Unique Gifts! Each week, a special One Mountain leadership team led an INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP SERVICE on some key idea in the Dharma that we have received from Dr. Marc and Barbara. Each team invited us into the magic through the lens of their own Unique Gift. Our program was filled with inspiring practices that empowered all of us to embody the dharma together and make this revolution our own!

Of course, we missed Dr. Marc Gafni and we are very much looking forward to his return on September 8th.

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In Case You Missed This Documentary with Dr. Marc Gafni

In collaboration with Aubrey Marcus and the Unique Self Institute

In Dr. Gafni and Dr. Stein’s language: “We stand at a pivotal moment in history – a time between worlds and a time between stories  – poised between dystopia and utopia.” To bridge the gap between our external technologies and internal narratives of identity and purpose, every human and every epoch of humanity must evolve responses to three essential questions, what we refer to as the three great questions of CosmoErotic Humanism: “Who? Where? And What?”

  • Who am I? and Who are we?
  • Where am I? and Where are we?
  • What ought I do? and What ought we do?

In a profound analysis of our current meta-crisis and what he calls the “global intimacy disorder,” Dr. Marc Gafni draws from what he refers to as “the exterior and interior sciences” to deepen our responses to these three questions. The responses offer a new understanding of the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, and generate the beginning of “a universal grammar of value as a context for our diversity.” 

“A universal grammar of value is grounded in eternal yet evolving First Principles and First Values, which are inherent in the Intimate Universe, in which we all participate. A new grammar articulates a potent Story of intrinsic Value, with the poignancy and power to respond to the meta-crisis. At the core of this Story of Value, called CosmoErotic Humanism, is a new narrative of identity, both personal and collective. Principles of Unique Self and Unique Self Symphony contribute to the shaping of a shared reality that is flawed and human, filled with holy and broken Hallelujahs. Yet, that Reality reaches insistently towards better tomorrows that are suffused with ever-deepening Eros and ethos, kindness, and creativity.”

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Online Video Course with Dr. Marc Gafni

CosmoErotic Humanism: The New Story of Value – Birthing the New Human and the New Humanity (recorded in 2022)

CosmoErotic Humanism in Seven Chapters:

Chapter 1:  Responding to the Meta-Crisis with a New Story: CosmoErotic Humanism
Chapter 2: Reading Texts of Culture: Don’t Look Up Explores Value, Beyond the Intention of Its Writers
Chapter 3: Why is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
Chapter 4: The Radical Path to the Transformation of Shame: From the Shame of Finitude to the Celebration of Finitude
Chapter 5:  The Leading Edge of Human Identity
Chapter 6:  Towards a New Universal Grammar of Evolving Value as a Context for our Diversity
Chapter 7:  Blessings of the Father and Blessings of the Mother: Am I Welcome in Cosmos?

Each level consists of the main teaching by Dr. Marc Gafni that was recorded on one of seven days during Eros Mystery School in Holland in 2022. It contains dharma talks, practices, prayers, chants, movie clips, songs, poems, and dance sessions – seamlessly woven into one whole. It is kind of like being at a Mozart concerto played on that day – in those hours – unrehearsed and raw – never to be played in that way ever again but recorded for you in this course journey which is reality’s gift for you.

Learn More About the Course Here


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Value in the Metacrisis with Zak Stein

Zak Stein



Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Zak Stein featured on the Life from Plato’s Cave podcast. 

Dr. Zachary Stein is the co-president of the Center for World Philosophy and Religion. He was trained at the interface of philosophy, psychology, and education, and now works in fields related to the mitigation of global catastrophic risk. He is a widely sought after and award winning speaker, and a leading authority on the future of education and contemporary issues in human development. Zak is the author of several books, such as Education in a Time Between Worlds. In this conversation we primarily discuss the new book he contributed to, together with Marc Gafni and Ken Wilber. It’s called First Principles and First Values: Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come.


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