Paul explores what love really means, the unique self-medicine that can heal us and why we need more intimacy in our lives (and how to get it) with Dr. Marc Gafni in this Living 4D conversation. Learn more about Marc’s work on his website (https://bit.ly/3X55vP8) where you can register for his free, weekly One Mountain, Many Paths (http://bit.ly/3gOy3Nf) program Sundays at 10 a.m. Western Time/1 p.m. Eastern Time. Take Marc’s Unique Self mini-course (http://bit.ly/3XULrjE) that’s also free. Check out Marc on many social media platforms, including Facebook (http://bit.ly/3H0Ujhu), Instagram (http://bit.ly/3VDpio4), Twitter (http://bit.ly/3XO640F), Linkedin (http://bit.ly/3UFUx0R /drmarcgafni/) and YouTube (http://bit.ly/3VPa6UV). 0:00 Intro 11:03 Living in a participatory universe. 15:33 Fighting with the Dalai Lama. 20:52 Deconstructing the field of value. 32:12 A techno-utopia? 44:57 AI. 56:03 Unique self-medicine: The only thing that can heal us. 1:02:31 “Reality is an outrageous love story.” 1:14:14 A global intimacy disorder. 1:33:42 Become conscious of the third. 1:47:33 Where did value go wrong and how can we reclaim it? 1:58:42 The intimacy revolution. 2:09:03 An Eros equation. 2:24:00 “The God you don’t believe in doesn’t exist.” 2:36:55 All of us are holy and broken hallelujahs. 2:44:05 Who are you? Find more resources for this episode on our website at https://chekinstitute.com/blog/podcast-episodes/episode-229-dr-mark-gafni-love/ We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

In this new mini-series, Layman Pascal talks with Marc Gafni about an emerging model he is developing together with Zak Stein and others, which they call Cosmo-Erotic Humanism. For episode one, Layman and Marc discuss the origins of this project, and Marc's work on exploring and unfolding a model of Certainty and Uncertainty for addressing the meaning crisis, grounding moral value, and wrestling with perennial theodicies. Dr. Marc Gafni is a visionary thinker, social activist, passionate philosopher, and author of ten books. He is the co-founder of The Center for Integral Wisdom, and a rabbinic lineage holder in Bible, Talmud, and Kabbalah. He self-describes as a “citizen” of both Integral World Spirituality and classical Hebrew practice. He has been an editor of the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice on issues of Integral spirituality and a faculty member of J.F.K. University. In 2014, Dr. Gafni co-initiated the Success 3.0 Summit and Rise Up movie, with John Mackey and Kate Maloney whose method and movement is to bring together key thought leaders and change-agents to collaboratively evolve a bold new Integral vision of Success, rooted in the entrepreneurial values of Wake Up, Grow Up, Show Up, and Evolutionary Love. Professional Website https://www.marcgafni.com/ The Center for Integral Wisdom https://centerforintegralwisdom.org/ Please consider supporting The Integral Stage on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/theintegralstage Special thanks and big love to Shai Newman, Brandon LaChance, Mike McElroy, Brandon Norgaard, Brendan Graham Dempsey, Francesca, and all of our other Patreon supporters!

In Volume 3 of the series Toward A New Story with Dr. Marc Gafni PHD we continue with part 2 of the most fundamental question of our existence. Who Am I? We are at a time in our world, where we need to birth a new story, and there is nobody that I know who has “felt and” thought through what this new story might look like, more than Rabbi Dr. Marc Gafni. How do we respond to the meta crisis of compounding existential threats? The answer that Dr. Marc Gafni PHD gives is that the “root cause of the meta crisis is a global intimacy disorder”. As he puts it “Global Challenges require global coordination which in turn requires global resonance, which in turn requires global intimacy, which can only be sourced in a shared global story of value”. For this very reason, we must articulate a “shared global story of value”. This story, according to a set of compelling teachings by Dr. Gafni and his colleague Dr. Zak Stein, is the “evolutionary love story of the intimate universe”. This claim is not causal, but rather based on a profound integration of myriad wisdom streams in what they call “the interior and exterior sciences across space and time”. But, and this is Gafni’s core point, not only must we be tellers of the new story, but we must also actually be the story. We must know that our personal story is “chapter and verse in the Universe: a love story”. And that story is a story of transformation. And that therefore“Y/our transformation is the transformation of the whole.” In other words, the change you are seeking in the world begins with changing the way you see yourself and your place in the world. You literally “become the New Story”. “You cross to the other side, awakening as the new human and the humanity.” This series of podcasts under the title “Toward a New Story” is about building what Gafni and Stein call “CosmoErotic Humanism, a shared story of value as a context to celebrate our diversity.” While Dr. Gafni began his path as an ordained Rabbi intimately versed in the ancient Aramaic texts, we recognize together, that this new story must include and transcend the validated insights from all the great religions, philosophies, and cultures from premodern, modern, and postmodern times. This is a historic moment, and for people who want to claim their seat at the table of history, this podcast is a resplendent invitation. I cannot imagine inviting you to a more important, heart opening, mind bending, and exciting journey than the conversations we are having in this podcast series. If you are interested in hearing more about Marc’s story and why we are working together, check out our groundwork podcast with his beloved partner Kristina Kincaid. Watch Volume 1 of Toward a New Story Here- https://youtu.be/NUCKbvgN9sw Watch Volume 2 of Toward a New Story Here- https://youtu.be/RjRIfSVMQrg Here is a listing of relevant books and resources from Dr. Marc Gafni: Download Chapter 1-4 of the award winning "Your Unique Self” Book + Free Weekly Broadcast with Dr. Marc Gafni: http://bit.ly/3gOy3Nf Take the Free "Your Unique Self" Mini Course: http://bit.ly/3XULrjE Awakening Your Unique Self (book): http://bit.ly/3FkFhli A Return to Eros (book): https://bit.ly/3XRCA28 Social Media: Instagram: http://bit.ly/3VDpio4 YouTube: http://bit.ly/3VPa6UV Facebook: http://bit.ly/3H0Ujhu Twitter: http://bit.ly/3XO640F LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/3UFUx0R | Aubrey Marcus | ► Fit For Service: https://fitforservice.com/ ► Own The Day, Own Your Life: http://bit.ly/2vRz4so ► Aubrey Marcus Podcast: https://apple.co/2ns8zFP ► Ayahuasca Documentary: http://bit.ly/2OrNBTf ► Get 10% off all Onnit Products: https://bit.ly/3LMVArK ►Aubrey Marcus Poetry: http://bit.ly/2My1ezC ►Aubrey Marcus Binaural Beats: http://bit.ly/2vVc3EC | Listen to the Aubrey Marcus Podcast | ►iTunes | https://apple.co/2lMZRCn ►Spotify | https://spoti.fi/2EaELZO ►Stitcher | http://bit.ly/2G8ccJt ►IHeartRadio | https://ihr.fm/3CiV4x3 ►Google Podcasts | https://bit.ly/3nzCJEh ►Android | https://bit.ly/2OQeBQg | Connect with Aubrey | ►Website | http://bit.ly/2GesYqi ►Instagram | http://bit.ly/2BlfCEO ►Facebook | http://bit.ly/2F4nBZk ►Twitter | http://bit.ly/2BlGBAdAd ========================================­===== About the Podcast Founder of Onnit and modern philosopher Aubrey Marcus asks the important questions: How do we find our purpose, wake up to who we truly are, have a few more laughs, and human being a little better? The Aubrey Marcus Podcast brings in world-class guests from the fields of athletics, health, business, fitness, science, relationship and spirituality, and asks them to open up about the failures and successes that define their wisdom and character. Follow me on social to keep up with the latest, and meet many of the incredible guests we’ve been honored to have on the show. #eros #philosophy #spirituality

In Volume 2 of the series Toward A New Story with Dr. Marc Gafni PHD we tackle the most fundamental question of our existence. Who Am I? We are at a time in our world, where we need to birth a new story, and there is nobody that I know who has “felt and” thought through what this new story might look like, more than Rabbi Dr. Marc Gafni. How do we respond to the meta crisis of compounding existential threats? The answer that Dr. Marc Gafni PHD gives is that the “root cause of the meta crisis is a global intimacy disorder”. As he puts it “Global Challenges require global coordination which in turn requires global resonance, which in turn requires global intimacy, which can only be sourced in a shared global story of value”. For this very reason, we must articulate a “shared global story of value”. This story, according to a set of compelling teachings by Dr. Gafni and his colleague Dr. Zak Stein, is the “evolutionary love story of the intimate universe”. This claim is not causal, but rather based on a profound integration of myriad wisdom streams in what they call “the interior and exterior sciences across space and time”. But, and this is Gafni’s core point, not only must we be tellers of the new story, but we must also actually be the story. We must know that our personal story is “chapter and verse in the Universe: a love story”. And that story is a story of transformation. And that therefore“Y/our transformation is the transformation of the whole.” In other words, the change you are seeking in the world begins with changing the way you see yourself and your place in the world. You literally “become the New Story”. “You cross to the other side, awakening as the new human and the humanity.” This series of podcasts under the title “Toward a New Story” is about building what Gafni and Stein call “CosmoErotic Humanism, a shared story of value as a context to celebrate our diversity.” While Dr. Gafni began his path as an ordained Rabbi intimately versed in the ancient Aramaic texts, we recognize together, that this new story must include and transcend the validated insights from all the great religions, philosophies, and cultures from premodern, modern, and postmodern times. This is a historic moment, and for people who want to claim their seat at the table of history, this podcast is a resplendent invitation. I cannot imagine inviting you to a more important, heart opening, mind bending, and exciting journey than the conversations we are having in this podcast series. If you are interested in hearing more about Marc’s story and why we are working together, check out our groundwork podcast with his beloved partner Kristina Kincaid. Watch Volume 1 of Toward a New Story Here- https://youtu.be/NUCKbvgN9sw Here is a listing of relevant books and resources from Dr. Marc Gafni: Download Chapter 1-4 of the award winning "Your Unique Self” Book + Free Weekly Broadcast with Dr. Marc Gafni: http://bit.ly/3gOy3Nf Take the Free "Your Unique Self" Mini Course: http://bit.ly/3XULrjE Awakening Your Unique Self (book): http://bit.ly/3FkFhli A Return to Eros (book): https://bit.ly/3XRCA28 Social Media: Instagram: http://bit.ly/3VDpio4 YouTube: http://bit.ly/3VPa6UV Facebook: http://bit.ly/3H0Ujhu Twitter: http://bit.ly/3XO640F LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/3UFUx0R | Aubrey Marcus | ► Fit For Service: https://fitforservice.com/ ► Own The Day, Own Your Life: http://bit.ly/2vRz4so ► Aubrey Marcus Podcast: https://apple.co/2ns8zFP ► Ayahuasca Documentary: http://bit.ly/2OrNBTf ► Get 10% off all Onnit Products: https://bit.ly/3LMVArK ►Aubrey Marcus Poetry: http://bit.ly/2My1ezC ►Aubrey Marcus Binaural Beats: http://bit.ly/2vVc3EC #eros #philosophy #spirituality | Listen to the Aubrey Marcus Podcast | ►iTunes | https://apple.co/2lMZRCn ►Spotify | https://spoti.fi/2EaELZO ►Stitcher | http://bit.ly/2G8ccJt ►IHeartRadio | https://ihr.fm/3CiV4x3 ►Google Podcasts | https://bit.ly/3nzCJEh ►Android | https://bit.ly/2OQeBQg | Connect with Aubrey | ►Website | http://bit.ly/2GesYqi ►Instagram | http://bit.ly/2BlfCEO ►Facebook | http://bit.ly/2F4nBZk ►Twitter | http://bit.ly/2BlGBAdAd ========================================­===== About the Podcast Founder of Onnit and modern philosopher Aubrey Marcus asks the important questions: How do we find our purpose, wake up to who we truly are, have a few more laughs, and human being a little better? The Aubrey Marcus Podcast brings in world-class guests from the fields of athletics, health, business, fitness, science, relationship and spirituality, and asks them to open up about the failures and successes that define their wisdom and character. Follow me on social to keep up with the latest, and meet many of the incredible guests we’ve been honored to have on the show.

We are at a time in our world, where we need to birth a new story, and there is nobody that I know who has “felt and” thought through what this new story might look like, more than Rabbi Dr. Marc Gafni. How do we respond to the meta crisis of compounding existential threats? The answer that Dr. Marc Gafni PHD gives is that the “root cause of the meta crisis is a global intimacy disorder”. As he puts it “Global Challenges require global coordination which in turn requires global resonance, which in turn requires global intimacy, which can only be sourced in a shared global story of value”. For this very reason, we must articulate a “shared global story of value”. This story, according to a set of compelling teachings by Dr. Gafni and his colleague Dr. Zak Stein, is the “evolutionary love story of the intimate universe”. This claim is not causal, but rather based on a profound integration of myriad wisdom streams in what they call “the interior and exterior sciences across space and time”. But, and this is Gafni’s core point, not only must we be tellers of the new story, but we must also actually be the story. We must know that our personal story is “chapter and verse in the Universe: a love story”. And that story is a story of transformation. And that therefore“Y/our transformation is the transformation of the whole.” In other words, the change you are seeking in the world begins with changing the way you see yourself and your place in the world. You literally “become the New Story”. “You cross to the other side, awakening as the new human and the humanity.” This series of podcasts under the title “Toward a New Story” is about building what Gafni and Stein call “CosmoErotic Humanism, a shared story of value as a context to celebrate our diversity.” While Dr. Gafni began his path as an ordained Rabbi intimately versed in the ancient Aramaic texts, we recognize together, that this new story must include and transcend the validated insights from all the great religions, philosophies, and cultures from premodern, modern, and postmodern times. This is a historic moment, and for people who want to claim their seat at the table of history, this podcast is a resplendent invitation. I cannot imagine inviting you to a more important, heart opening, mind bending, and exciting journey than the conversations we are having in this podcast series. If you are interested in hearing more about Marc’s story and why we are working together, check out our groundwork podcast with his beloved partner Kristina Kincaid. Here is a listing of relevant books and resources from Dr. Marc Gafni: Download Chapter 1-4 of the award winning "Your Unique Self” Book + Free Weekly Broadcast with Dr. Marc Gafni: http://bit.ly/3gOy3Nf Take the Free "Your Unique Self" Mini Course: http://bit.ly/3XULrjE Awakening Your Unique Self (book): http://bit.ly/3FkFhli A Return to Eros (book): https://bit.ly/3XRCA28 Social Media: Instagram: http://bit.ly/3VDpio4 YouTube: http://bit.ly/3VPa6UV Facebook: http://bit.ly/3H0Ujhu Twitter: http://bit.ly/3XO640F LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/3UFUx0R | Aubrey Marcus | ► Fit For Service: https://fitforservice.com/ ► Own The Day, Own Your Life: http://bit.ly/2vRz4so ► Aubrey Marcus Podcast: https://apple.co/2ns8zFP ► Ayahuasca Documentary: http://bit.ly/2OrNBTf ► Get 10% off all Onnit Products: https://bit.ly/3LMVArK ►Aubrey Marcus Poetry: http://bit.ly/2My1ezC ►Aubrey Marcus Binaural Beats: http://bit.ly/2vVc3EC | Listen to the Aubrey Marcus Podcast | ►iTunes | https://apple.co/2lMZRCn ►Spotify | https://spoti.fi/2EaELZO ►Stitcher | http://bit.ly/2G8ccJt ►IHeartRadio | https://ihr.fm/3CiV4x3 ►Google Podcasts | https://bit.ly/3nzCJEh ►Android | https://bit.ly/2OQeBQg | Connect with Aubrey | ►Website | http://bit.ly/2GesYqi ►Instagram | http://bit.ly/2BlfCEO ►Facebook | http://bit.ly/2F4nBZk ►Twitter | http://bit.ly/2BlGBAdAd ========================================­===== About the Podcast Founder of Onnit and modern philosopher Aubrey Marcus asks the important questions: How do we find our purpose, wake up to who we truly are, have a few more laughs, and human being a little better? The Aubrey Marcus Podcast brings in world-class guests from the fields of athletics, health, business, fitness, science, relationship and spirituality, and asks them to open up about the failures and successes that define their wisdom and character. Follow me on social to keep up with the latest, and meet many of the incredible guests we’ve been honored to have on the show. #philosophy #eros #spirituality

In this powerfully vulnerable podcast with Rabbi Dr. Marc Gafni and his partner Kristina Kincaid we discuss the myriad wounds that culture can inflict, and our personal process of healing and resolution. In also clarify the reason why I am continuing my work with Rabbi Gafni, so for anyone interested in that topic please give this podcast a listen. Connect with Dr.Marc Gafni Website | https://www.marcgafni.com/ Twitter | https://twitter.com/MarcGafni Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/marcgafni/ Connect with Dr. Kristina Kincaid Website | https://www.drkristinakincaid.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/dr.kristinakincaid/ | Aubrey Marcus | ► Fit For Service: https://fitforservice.com/ ► Own The Day, Own Your Life: http://bit.ly/2vRz4so ► Aubrey Marcus Podcast: https://apple.co/2ns8zFP ► Ayahuasca Documentary: http://bit.ly/2OrNBTf ► Get 10% off all Onnit Products: https://bit.ly/3LMVArK ►Aubrey Marcus Poetry: http://bit.ly/2My1ezC ►Aubrey Marcus Binaural Beats: http://bit.ly/2vVc3EC | Listen to the Aubrey Marcus Podcast | ►iTunes | https://apple.co/2lMZRCn ►Spotify | https://spoti.fi/2EaELZO ►Stitcher | http://bit.ly/2G8ccJt ►IHeartRadio | https://ihr.fm/3CiV4x3 ►Google Podcasts | https://bit.ly/3nzCJEh ►Android | https://bit.ly/2OQeBQg | Connect with Aubrey | ►Website | http://bit.ly/2GesYqi ►Instagram | http://bit.ly/2BlfCEO ►Facebook | http://bit.ly/2F4nBZk ►Twitter | http://bit.ly/2BlGBAdAd ========================================­===== About the Podcast Founder of Onnit and modern philosopher Aubrey Marcus asks the important questions: How do we find our purpose, wake up to who we truly are, have a few more laughs, and human being a little better? The Aubrey Marcus Podcast brings in world-class guests from the fields of athletics, health, business, fitness, science, relationship and spirituality, and asks them to open up about the failures and successes that define their wisdom and character. Follow me on social to keep up with the latest, and meet many of the incredible guests we’ve been honored to have on the show.