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The Latest Marc Gafni Controversy
Here is some background on Rabbi Marc Gafni. Here are the latest charges regarding the rabbi’s consensual relationships with two women: Integral life has removed Gafni as a contributor to their website and as MC of the Integral Spiritual Experience … Continue reading
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Drawing A Line In The Sand Around My Beard
Rabbi Marc Gafni emails: You have drawn a line in the sand around the beard — a line of symbolic integrity. But my friend, is it the right line? Do you, like all of us, sometimes draw the line in … Continue reading
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Self-Telecourse With Rabbi Dr. Marc Gafni
I love this, especially the graphic, it opens up all my shakras, if I was at a lower level of consciousness I would mock that which I do not understand, but I evolved and am now ready to proclaim the … Continue reading
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Rabbi Marc Gafni As A Rorschach’s Test
When I decide on who to let into my personal life, I make judgments about whether someone is good or bad. I only want good people close to me. In my professional life, I rarely try to classify people as … Continue reading
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The Wounds Of Love
Rabbi Marc Gafni writes: It is five in the afternoon in Salt Lake City. It has been a hard day. I sent a letter of apology to someone I really loved. It was sent as an attachment with a short … Continue reading
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Tagged eros, grabbing hold, letter of apology, rabbi marc gafni, salt lake city, sufi poet hafiz
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