Mark Nepo is an American poet, spiritual teacher, and bestselling author of The Book of Awakening. His philosophy and work center on living each day fully, appreciating life in all of its hardships and awe.
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Twenty-six years ago, poet Mark Nepo discovered a lump on the back of his head, but he didn't get it checked out until a friend urged him to see a doctor. Find out why Mark says there was no way to go back to the life he had been living after that medical visit.
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A Question to Walk With: In conversation with a friend or loved one, describe one quality you were born with which no one gave you and no one can take away.
Nepo...shares the most humbling thing he’s learned. “We’re asked to learn how to keep asking for what we need only to practice accepting what we’re given,” he says.
One of my greatest lessons at this point in my life is that there is no there. There's only here.
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In every generation, we discover through great love and great suffering that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts; that, in essence, we are more together than alone.
Poet and best-selling author says there are many ways to grow as human beings, but there are only two universal experiences: Either we are broken open or we willfully shed what isn't working in our lives. Watch as Mark explains what sacrifice means and how to find what's truly sacred in life.
The poet and philosopher talks about how to live an awakened life.
Stay a verb—don’t become a noun.
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Mark Nepo says that for many years, he wanted to be a great poet. Now, he says, his heart's desire is to be the poem. Watch as he explains how every person can make their greatest passions a reality.
How can suffering lead to wholeness? The beloved poet-philosopher explains.
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One of my greatest lessons at this point in my life is that there is no there. There's only here.
