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This book introduces a new grammar of value grounded in First Principles and First Values as the interior structure of the Universe. To live aligned with these principles is to become a post-tragic hero—not the old hero of conquest, but a new, tender, fierce lover of value. The hero is the one who stands for value and is willing to even die for value. The premodern hero is pre-tragic. For him, value is clear. There are no conflicts, there is only one version of value that is right. That version is sourced in direct revelation which takes place only within his native or chosen religion. Late modernity and post modernity problematize heroism itself. Since, as they dogmatically declare, value is not real, and the hero is one who stands for value, then virtually all heroes are either naïve fools or disguised villains. The post-tragic hero lives in the field of eternal and evolving value. The post-tragic hero rejects simplistic visions of value that do not dance with the dialectics of competing value and which polarize and instead of hold paradox. The post-tragic hero lives with open eyes and an unguarded heart, not because she bypasses the heartbreak of the tragic, but because she lives both in it and through it. Heartbreak is a form of holy revelation, and it opens us to shadow work—where the disowned parts of the self become portals to deeper value and wholeness. To live in and through heartbreak with open eyes and an unguarded heart is to step into the story of Homo amor and to incarnate your true identity as a unique configuration of ErosValue. It is to know that you are a unique configuration of intimacy and desire that Reality has never seen before. This book is a map, a prayer, a transmission. It is a call to become an embodiment of the genuine Eros Value of Homo amor.
Dr. Marc Gafni has been described as a world philosopher — a kind of galaxy heart brain — integrating wisdom from across multiple disciplines into what he has called a New Story of Value in response to the meta-crisis. One cultural critic described Gafni as a cross between Einstein, Da Vinci, and Rumi, with a dash of Robin Williams working at the cutting edge of the new narrative, collaborating with a team of leading-edge thinkers articulating a new vision of meaning for the world. Another wrote, “Gafni thinks in terms of panoramic vision but with an attention to intricate nuance and detail, which together generate a level of beauty and truth that, as Michael Murphy wrote, changes the game. And yet, he has the capacity to speak to virtually any audience with a direct sincerity, passion, and simple precision that melts hearts and blows open minds.” The renowned feminist theorist, cultural critic, and spiritual teacher Sally Kempton described Gafni as one of the great heart masters of this generation. Gafni is playing a pivotal role in evolving a new dharma or meta-theory of meaning overflowing with heart — a new set of distinctions that is helping to re-shape key pivoting points in global consciousness and culture. Gafni’s doctorate is from Oxford University with a masters degree from Bar Ilan University. He holds an orthodox rabbinic certification from the Chief Rabbinate in Israel and non-denominational rabbinic ordination. He is the author of forty books, of which only the first twelve have been published, including the award-winning Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment.
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