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Kyle Kingsbury Podcast #366 The Fifth Face of Eros with Marc Gafni
Enjoy this podcast with Dr. Marc Gafni featured on Kyle Kingsbury Podcast. ABOUT:Â Back again with Marc Gafni to delve into the '12 Faces of Eros,' specifically focusing on the concept of the 'unique self.' Dr. Gaffney explains the intricacies of Eros, which is described as radical aliveness, desiring deeper contact and greater wholeness. The episode addresses how the unique self differs from the separate self and true self, emphasizing its role as an intended, recognized, chosen, and unique expression of reality. The conversation is enriched with philosophical and spiritual discussions, aiming to weave together various streams of [...]
On the Erotic and the Ethical
Download a PDF of the Essay The Temple of the ancient Israelites is the original Hebrew expression of pagan consciousness. Now—as we will see later in this essay—the difference between Temple and pagan consciousness is very crucial. But it is a difference that is only important because of their profound similarity. Both the Temple and the pagan cults shared an intoxication with the feminine Goddess, symbol of sacred eros. The relationship with the Goddess was not a hobby for the Israelites like modern religious affiliation often tends to be. It was an all-consuming desire to [...]
Eros Is Ethics
Excerpt from The Mystery of Love by Dr. Marc Gafni Download a PDF of the Essay Echoes of Emptiness—The Erotic and the Ethical The arena where emptiness—nonerotic living—is most destructive is in the ethical. Every ethical failure comes from the absence of eros. It is their inability to stay in the experience of emptiness that moves people to violate their ethics. All crimes are in some sense crimes of passion. But this is actually a misnomer. What we mean is that all crimes are rooted in the fear of passion’s loss! We cannot imagine what life would [...]