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This short volume poses a fundamental question: Are we truly welcome in the Universe? The answer, resoundingly, is yes—we are always and already welcome. This realization—the sense that we are deeply needed and loved by Reality itself—forms the foundation for a new Story of Value and a new way of understanding the world. Dr. Marc Gafni (along with Dr. Zak Stein) invites readers to embrace the notion of “Outrageous Love” as a response to suffering. It argues that our shared existence is not a matter of mere survival, but of radical intimacy with the Cosmos—and each other. Through poetic perception and spiritual insight, this series of “oral essays” weaves together the wisdom of both modern exterior science and ancient interior sciences, declaring that Value, Beauty, Truth, and Goodness are all universal “welcome home” signs, ever-present but often forgotten. In these pages our hearts and minds are aroused to our irreducibly unique voice in Cosmos, ecstatically and soberly called to live as Homo amor—the new human and new humanity animated by Evolutionary Love. Gafni and Stein articulate a vision of global coherence, rooted in First Principles and First Values embedded in a true Story of Value. It is only when we have a direct realization that value is real—and that we incarnate unique value needed by All-That-Is—that we begin to feel truly welcome in the Universe. Moreover, it is only the inherent intimacy and interconnectivity with all things within a shared Field of Value that is the ground from which we are able to creatively engage and heal the root causes of our global meta-crisis.
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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