War #5: War, Sacrifice and the shared eternal values, with Marc Gafni
In this new mini-series, Parallax dives into the phenomenon of war. What are it´s characteristics, whats it´s function? Can we overcome it, or are we bound to certain aspects of human nature and culture.
Dr. Marc Gafni is a visionary thinker, social activist, and passionate philosopher. He is known for his “source code teachings,” including Unique Self theory, the Five Selves, the Amorous Cosmos, A Politics of Evolutionary Love, A Return to Eros and Digital Intimacy. He is author of over twenty-five books, including the award-winning Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment.
His most recent work includes “First Principles and First Values: Forty-Two Propositions on Cosmoerotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come” written under the pseudonym of David. J. Temple. David J. Temple is the name that Dr. Marc Gafni, Dr. Zak Stein, and Ken Wilber are using for their collective authorship of a series of volumes articulating the world philosophy of CosmoErotic Humanism, scaffolded on integral principles. He also just published “Whole Mate: The Relationships of the Future” together with Barbara Marx Hubbard, and “Evolution of Love from Quarks to Culture. The Rise of Evolutionary Relationships in Response to the Meta-Crisis”. Forthcoming under David J. Temple in the summer of 2025 are two key volumes on AI, Technology, and Value entitled “Reconstructing Value & Preserving Human Freedom In the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Exit the Silicon Maze Vol 1” and “Invisible Architects: Skinner, Pentland & the Hidden Blueprints for Technofeudalism: Exit the Silicon Maze Vol 2.”
Gafni holds a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University, as well as Orthodox rabbinic ordination. He teaches on the cutting edge of philosophy and spirit in the West, 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 shared story rooted in First Principles and First Values can then serve as the matrix for a global ethos for a global civilization.
Dr. Gafni is the Co-Founder and Co-President of the Office for the Future, the Center for World Religion and Philosophy and the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. At the core of their shared missions is the articulation and delivery into culture of a Great Library - in multiple forms - which participates in evolving the source code of consciousness and culture in response to the Meta Crisis.
Links for description/ show notes:
About Dr. Marc Gafni:
https://worldphilosophyandreligion.org/about-dr-marc-gafni/
First Principles and First Values (book):
https://www.amazon.com/First-Principles-Values-Propositions-CosmoErotic/dp/B0DZP633BB
Whole Mate: the Future of Relationships
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F4PZ9V5B/
Evolution of Love from Quarks to Culture. The Rise of Evolutionary Relationships in Response to the Meta-Crisis
https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Love-Quarks-Culture-Relationships/dp/B0F4PW61LQ/
Social Media Dr. Marc Gafni:
Substack: https://substack.com/@marcgafni Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcgafni/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcGafni
https://www.facebook.com/DrMarcGafni
Twitter:https://twitter.com/MarcGafni
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmarcgafni/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drmarcgafni