How to Define Enlightenment

Today, we're going to find a way to navigate ourselves into a higher state of being, both individually and collectively, during this conversation with Dr. Marc Gafni. Dr. Marc is an incredible human, to say the least. He's a visionary, thinker, social activist, and passionate philosopher known for his source code teachings, including unique self theory, the five selves, the amor cosmos, a politics of evolutionary love, a return to eros, and digital intimacy. 

I was introduced to Marc and his teachings through our mutual friend Aubrey Marcus, with whom he's been doing some incredible work toward a better future for all. This is one of the deepest conversations on love, spirituality, conscious evolution, collective healing and the human experience that I've had on the podcast, which says a lot because there have been many – and I am thrilled to share it with you. 

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00:03:36 — Defining Enlightenment & Honoring the Magic of Language

• Three teachers: Isaac Luria, William Blake, Søren Kierkegaard

• Read: Zohar

• How Marc defines enlightenment

• A deep dive into separate vs. unique vs. true self 

• The magic, power, and value of words and language

• How specificity of language influences the meta crisis

00:29:14 — Deconstructing the Meaning of Suffering

• Chasing the carrot of enlightenment and fundamental sanity

• Does less suffering imply more sanity? 

• Context for the field of silence

• The science of music and how it elicits a feeling

• War of the Worldviews by Deepak Chopra and Leonard Milano

• Why it’s so difficult to explain suffering

• Watch: Network (1976)

01:03:15 — Propaganda Methodology & Healing Our Cultural Field of Value

• Destructing propaganda methodology in our culture

• Why humans succumb to conspiracy theories

• Unpacking what polarization is

• Explanations and examples of the field of value

• Healing the field of value in culture

• How childhood trauma impacts our evolution and destiny

• Integrating the psychological, mystical, and evolutionary self to heal trauma

01:37:35 — Accepting Our Reality While Anchoring in Hope for the Future 

• How social media drives the destruction of a shared field of value

• This new reality driven by algorithmic structures

• The existential threat that AI presents

• Read: Facing Apocalypse by Robert K. Lifton

• The importance of psychedelics in addressing trauma, personally, and collectively

• Read: Mystical Society by Philip Wexler

• Aubrey Marcus Podcast: Healing The Wounds of Culture w/ Marc Gafni & Kristina Kincaid #383

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Resources:

• Website: marcgafni.com

• Learn more: whoismarcgafni.com

• Read: Your Unique Self by Marc Gafni

• Instagram: @marcgafni 

• Twitter: @marcgafni

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