Marc Gafni Quotes - Spiritual & Integral Wisdom

Monday, March 30, 2015

Integral Wisdom | Your Unique Self

“Love is the strange attractor, the allurement that holds the Uni-verse together.”

― Marc Gafni, Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Integral Wisdom | Soul Prints

“Your soul print is your personal signature. It is the contour and content of your soul—it’s character…. It is even more singular to you than your genes and chromosomes.” - Marc Gafni (Soul Prints)

Monday, March 23, 2015

Beyond Peace and Into Peace

“Ignorance is not clueless; it is insightful, but only partially so. Ignorance is to take part of the story and make it into the whole.”

- Marc Gafni ( Being and Becoming: Beyond Peace and Into Peace )

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Integral Wisdom

"To live an awakened life means to live every moment knowing that reality is always 50/50 and that my very next step determines the whole story"

- Marc Gafni

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Comparison of Love

The difference between
ordinary love and outrageous love

is the difference between a very high number

and infinity.

-Dr. Gafni

Sunday, March 8, 2015

"Evolutionary Love" with Dr.Gafni

Dr. Gafni giving a talk on "Evolutionary Love" at the final David d'Angelo program, “Love: The Final Chapter” (Dec 2014), where he was a featured speaker. This was a special men's conference exploring what it means to live an inspired life and be in full integrity with oneself, and with each other – evolving love, relationship, and culture itself.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

A New Waking Up Story

"We live in a world of outrageous pain. The only response to outrageous pain is Outrageous Love." - Dr. Gafni (Waking Up To A New Love Story)

Monday, September 8, 2014

God is Hot

"God is hot... Totally hot!"

~ Marc Gafni

More context for this idea in the article,

"The Essential I" by Dr. Gafni

with Summary by Heather Fester, Ph.D.

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Love Organizes Through Unique Selves

"Unique Self: Love organizes through unique selves finding their unique perspective, which is their unique insight, which is their unique intimacy, that identifies the unique need in their unique circle of intimacy and influence that only they're able to address, and then they go and give that gift and show up as an outrageous lover giving that gift -- and then you've got a bottom-up world in transformation -- with the Unique Self coming at you digitally …"

- Dr. Gafni

An awesome gem of a quote from the Google Hangout onAir

"The Mia Connect Power Chat" show

with Gafni on Aug 15, 2014

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Becoming Perfect

The work of becoming perfect

is more perfect

than being perfect.

God is perfection

that is always

in need of

further perfecting

~ Dr. Gafni

from a teaching at the Venwoude Integral Practice Community in Holland

Meet Dr. Marc Gafni

Dr. Marc Gafni is a well-respected author, social activist, and visionary philosopher. His life and vast body of experiences has led him to instruct thousands of others on a variety of concepts, notably the attainment of personal wisdom and a revamping of the meaning of success in the modern world. He holds his doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University, and received rabbinic certification from the chief rabbinate in Israel, as well private rabbinic ordination. He teaches on the cutting edge of philosophy in the West, helping to evolve a new 'dharma,' or meta-theory of Integral meaning that is helping to re-shape key pivoting points in consciousness and culture. As co-initiator in 2014 of the Success 3.0 Summit with John Mackey of Whole Foods Market and entrepreneur Kate Maloney, Gafni is known for his visionary work on evolving a post-dogmatic shared language of meaning and success, rooted in the entrepreneurial values of Wake Up, Grow Up, Show Up and Outrageous Love. The Success 3.0 Summit's method and movement is to bring together key thought leaders and change-agents to collaboratively evolve a bold new Integral vision of Success. The event hosted key business and thought leaders including, Tony Hsieh (CEO, Zappos Inc), Arianna Huffington (Editor in Chief, Huffington Post), Alanis Morissette (Singer/Songwriter & Activist), Blake Mycoskie (Founder, TOMS Shoes), Barbara Marx Hubbard (Author, Social Innovator, Evolutionary Thought Leader), Michael Franti (Lead Vocalist of Spearhead & Activist), Casey Sheahan (former CEO, Patagonia), Lynne Twist (Global Activist & Author), Adam Bellow (Vice President, Harper Collins), Ben Jealous (former President & CEO of the NAACP), DJ Spooky (Composer, Musician & National Geographic Emerging Explorer), Tom Chi (Innovator & Founder, Google Glass), Jack Canfield (Author, Chicken Soup for the Soul), and many others.

Marc has co-founded a number of prominent schools and institutions, in particular the Center for Integral Wisdom. The purpose of the Center is to articulate, evolve and deliver a new, Integral narrative for living – which transforms each individual, culture and life itself – creating a world of Outrageous Love, through Outrageous Love.

In addition to his work with the think tank and his teaching engagements, Marc is a prolific writer. He was guest editor for the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice, a publication devoted to the application of Integral theory, on issues of Integral spirituality, and a faculty member of JFK University. He also has several best-selling titles to his credit, and uses his books to reach a global audience consisting of scholars, mystics, conscious entrepreneurs, or mainstream public – whether they may not be able to attend one of his many conference appearances or workshops or not.

Marc’s bestseller Soul Prints: Your Path to Fulfillment uses spiritual stories in an effort to teach readers how to live happier lives, adding wisdom to daily experiences and helping to identify what makes us unique in this world. The book received much critical acclaim for the valuable advice and guidance Marc conveys in the text. Another popular title is his Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment. In this book, Marc blends Eastern and Western wisdom of enlightenment in startling ways, going beyond the ego self of Western psychology as well as the True Self realization of being ONLY part of a greater being. Readers raved about this book, calling it “an embrace of such depth and simplicity that it blew me away” and “heartful, lyrical, readable, and incredibly intelligent”.

Other of his books include Loving Your Way to Enlightenment, where he talks about love as the major core of the enlightenment traditions as well as many other aspects of everyday life, and The Mystery of Love, the followup to the bestselling Soul Prints. In this book, Marc teaches readers how to embrace the Eros of love and to live with passion and purpose in all areas of life. Again, he blends ancient Hebrew and Kabbalist traditions with modern thought processes, opening the door for people to experience life, love, and happiness to the fullest extent. Dr. Marc Gafni’s incredible vision and his expert way of breaking down complex theories about love, the self, and Integral Wisdom makes his books and his speaking engagements tremendously popular with people across the globe.