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Tears: Reclaiming Ritual, Integral Religion and Rosh Hashanah Paperback – August 21, 2014
Ultimately, however, from a higher level of consciousness all tears are holy in their root. Part of what it means to wake up is to identify the nature of your tears, and to give your tears voice. To wake up is to know the language of tears. When you are awake, you hear and hearken to the melody and message of your tears, and your life is filled by deeper meaning.
- Print length632 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherIntegral Publishers
- Publication dateAugust 21, 2014
- Dimensions6 x 1.27 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100989682749
- ISBN-13978-0989682749
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- Ken Wilber, Integral Philosopher
"Gafni is a new Martin Buber or Abraham Joshua Heschel. A rigorous poetic thinker who is both devotee, artist and teacher in his tradition. This book will change forever your relationship to Rosh Hashana, spirituality and Judaism." - Rabbi Gershon Winkler, Teacher and Author
"Marc Gafni is a master of love and tears. If tears could talk (and they can), Marc is their sacred interpreter. You must read this book. It has the power to take you back to your soul's original home." - Annie Lalla, Philosopher of Love
"Marc Gafni is a brilliant intellectual activist with a pure and overflowing heart. He is a master of tears and laughter. Read this master teaching on tears: It just may take you there!" - Sally Kempton, author of Awakening Shakti
"Tears is a much needed work in the world. We have forgotten - forgotten how to access our tears, forgotten how to embrace them, forgotten how to learn from them. Marc Gafni teaches us how and why to remember." - Carrie Kish, CEO, CultureSync
"Gafni's work is a dramatic evolution of the languages of liberation that constitute the profound dignity of our Western traditions... These are teachings for our time, which is a time to practice spirituality in the world, fearlessly, with eyes open, and to participate in a planet needing to be transformed by the power of justice and love... Works like this come along once in a generation." - Zachary Stein, Integral Philosopher, Harvard University
"This beautiful masterwork on the nature of our Tears comes from a deeply learned foundation that spans centuries of academic and mystical literature, as well as being well grounded in contemporary spiritual and psychological discourse. Marc Gafni backs his vision with brilliance, passion, humor, personal integrity and a life lived in dedication to articulating a world changing dharma." - Mariana Caplan, PhD, Author of Eyes Wide Open: Cultivating Discernment on the Spiritual Path and The Guru Question, The Perils and Rewards of Choosing a Spiritual Teacher
About the Author
Dr. Gafni 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. He is a guest editor of the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice on issues of integral spirituality, and has been a faculty member of JFK University. He is the co-founder, together with Ken Wilber, of The Center for Integral Wisdom, a leading activist think tank dedicated to articulating a practical politics of love, and to catalyzing an emergent personal and global vision of ethics, eros and meaning.
Known for his rare combination of brilliant mind and overflowing heart, Gafni is a leading public intellectual impacting the source code of global culture, and has been called a trail-blazing visionary in opening up new possibilities for love, eros and relationship. He has led international spiritual movements and learning communities, as well as created and hosted for several seasons a popular national Israeli television program on culture, meaning, and spirit on Israel's leading network. Over the past 30 years, Dr. Gafni has developed educational programs and workshops rooted in traditional wisdom and yet fully adapted to the needs of the contemporary world.
Product details
- Publisher : Integral Publishers (August 21, 2014)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 632 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0989682749
- ISBN-13 : 978-0989682749
- Item Weight : 1.84 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.27 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,101,680 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #950 in Jewish Life (Books)
- #1,145 in Hebrew Bible
- #1,314 in Old Testament Criticism & Interpretation
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About the author

Dr. Marc Gafni is a leading public intellectual and teacher impacting the source code of global culture.
Gafni is a visionary thinker, social activist and passionate philosopher. He is known for his “source code teachings”, including Unique Self theory and the Five Selves, the Amorous Cosmos, A Politics of Evolutionary Love, A Return to Eros and Digital Intimacy.
He is author of twenty five books, of which the first ten have been published, including the award-winning Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment.
He holds his doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University, as well as Orthodox 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 global consciousness and culture, 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 is the ground of a new shared universe story and a new narrative of identity for the new human and the new humanity. This is what they are calling the emergence from Homo sapiens to Homo Amor.
This shared story rooted in First Principles and First Values can then serve as the matrix for a global ethos for a global civilization.
Gafni is considered by many to be a kind of Einstein of Philosophy who is leading a team of thinkers articulating a new vision of meaning for the world.
Dr. Gafni is the Co-Founder together with Ken Wilber and Sally Kempton of the Center for World Philosophy and Religion where he serves as its co-president. Together with Dr. Zak Stein, they are co-leading a team of thinkers, articulating a new vision of meaning for the world.
In 2014 Dr. Gafni co-initiated the Success 3.0 Summit and Rise Up movie, 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 Outrageous Love.
Over the past 30 years, Dr. Gafni has developed evolutionary and activist programs rooted in his commitment to what he has termed "participating in the evolution of love." Together with author and social innovator Barbara Marx Hubbard, he is working on a series of new works revolving around Evolutionary Spirituality.
Gafni is a leading public intellectual impacting the source code of global culture. He is also a forger of new trails in the evolution of intimacy and love. In his own self-description, “Like all of us I am a flawed human being, an imperfect vessel for the light, radically committed to constant healing, transformation, and the evolution of love.” He has led international spiritual movements and learning communities, as well as created and hosted for several seasons a popular national Israeli television program on culture, meaning, and spirit on Israel’s leading network. Over the past 30 years, Dr. Gafni has developed educational programs, papers and content rooted in traditional wisdom and yet fully adapted to the needs of the contemporary world.
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If you read amongst all other things the introduction you get a sense of the vastness of Marc's body of work during the many years he is teaching, thinking and writing.
Deepest bow,
Chahat Corten

