Is Mark Nepo A Christian

Real Conversation

1. Is Mark Nepo A Christian Movie
2. Is Mark Nepo A Christian God

1. Get this from a library! Deepening the American dream: reflections on the inner life and spirit of democracy. Mark Nepo; Fetzer Institute.; - 'Deepening the American Dream offers a collection of reflections on the spiritual meaning of being American in today's world from some of our most respected thinkers.
2. With over a million copies sold, Mark Nepo has moved and inspired readers and seekers all over the world with his #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Awakening. Beloved as a poet, teacher, and storyteller, Mark has been called 'one of the finest spiritual guides of our time,' 'a consummate storyteller,' and 'an eloquent spiritual teacher.'

230 quotes from Mark Nepo: 'We waste so much energy trying to cover up who we are when beneath every attitude is the want to be loved, and beneath every anger is a wound to be healed and beneath every sadness is the fear that there will not be enough time. Mark Nepo is author of The Book of Awakening (Red Wheel/Conari), from which this inspiration gallery is abridged. Mark recently sat down for an interview with Oprah Winfrey as part of her Soul.

In this intimate conversation, Mark invites us to feel what he felt singing the Torah and experience his grandmother's living presence in a dream. He explains 'indigenous perception' and invites us to hear the apple trees tell him he will survive cancer. Then, Mark welcomes Albert Schweitzer, Mechthild, Ghiberti, and Martin Buber into the room. He even gives us an unpublished poem on the truth about prayer. There is wonder in every moment of this sacred conversation.

Real Person

We shared Mark Nepo's cancer journey in The Book of Awakening, and followed him through nineteen more, each a treasure of insight into the human experience. This is a man who has answered the call to live a life of creative expression no matter where it takes him. As he writes in his newest book, Drinking from the River of Light, 'The role of the poet and the artist is to keep the world together.' Mark Nepo helps us keep the world together.

Mark Nepo takes us into a deep dive of several ordinary things and leaves us with much to explore:

• Mark Nepo does three things at the beginning of every day: let light in, take care of something living, and cherish someone he loves. What do you do to begin your day in a prayerful way?
• Mark shared an unpublished prayer (see transcript) on when he's praying. Are you surprised by some of the times you are praying?
• Albert Schweitzer heard a call to build a hospital in Africa and went to medical school at forty. Gilberti spent twenty-five years working on doors in a cathedral in Florence. Are you following a call to give up what you know or to go even deeper where you are?
• In the story of the apple tree, Mark says when we are fully present, everything is miraculous. Slow down. Invite an animal or tree to open your eyes and ears to indigenous perception.
• Did Mark dream of his grandmother because he missed her—or, did she visit him because he missed her. So much to ponder here….

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Mark Is Offering a New Webinar
More Together Than Alone
Oct 4, 11, 18, 2020
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OCT 4, 11 & 18
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MARK'S BOOK OF TEACHING STORIES AS FAR AS THE HEART CAN SEE REISSUED BY FREEFALL BOOKS SEPT 1, 2020

Nepo is a consummate storyteller with a rare gift for making the invisible visible.
— Publishers Weekly

..a great storyteller who has much wisdom.
— Spirituality & Health Magazine

Stories help us. They are teachers. They are medicine. They keep us connected to what matters. They keep us awake. This has always been true. And so, I am thrilled to announce that my book of teaching stories, As Far As the Heart Can See, is being republished by Freefall Books. The book contains forty-eight stories and parables about staying awake and staying close. I assembled these stories and parables from the many workshops and retreats I have been blessed to guide here and abroad over the decades. Each has some residue of my life on earth, for no story can come through without some taste of the teller. I hope they continue to help you on your journey.
— Mark

Mark announces his new book!

Welcome. I hope this finds you safe and well during these very trying times, when we are being challenged to give more attention than ever in both directions at the same timeâ€'into our souls and into the world. We are being asked to have love move as quickly as disease, to have give move as quickly as take, and to have light move as quickly as dark. In the midst of all this, I'm blessed to have a new book, The Book of Soul: 52 Paths to Living What Matters coming out in May 5, 2020 from St. Martin's Essential Books. This book has been a great teacher to me in retrieving it. It explores our struggle to inhabit the soul on Earth through a messy human life, and how underneath our differences, we can be who we are everywhere and create a path to what matters. It remains a humbling journey and the older I get, the more I search for what I have in common with all life, which when honored and listened to, paradoxically, affirms my uniqueness as a singular soul evolving here in time. During this time, I will be giving online readings, talks, and workshops about these perennial issues, drawing on themes and questions from several books, including The Book of Soul. I hope we can journey together somewhere along the way. In the meantime, many blessings to you in facing what's before you and to more deeply discovering what you are being called to.
— Mark

During these trying times, I will be teaching and speaking online. While this format can never replace being in person together, it is still, very authentic and meaningful. Moving forward, I am preparing all my events in both an in-person format and a virtual format. Then, as each event approaches, we can decide which is the safest way to gather. I believe it's important to stay connected and to keep growing in place in whatever way we can. I remain committed to our journey together and hope to see you somewhere along the way. Stay safe and be well. Many blessings.
— Mark

JULY 10: Traverse City National Writers Series, Inhabiting the Poetry of Our Lives, an evening with Mark Nepo, Fri 7-9:30PM, City Opera House, Travers City, MI, 231-941-8082 ext 201, (web link) -- CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19, RESCHEDULED FOR JULY 16, 2021

JULY 25: Book Passage, Conversations with Authors, The Keepers of Kindness: A Reading and Conversation, with Brooke Warner, Sat July 25 4PM PST/7PM EST, (web link)

JULY 31 - AUG 2: Pine Manor, A Weekend Retreat, The Book of Awakening, Fri 6:30-8:30PM PST, Sat 1-4:15PM PST, Sun 1-4:15PM PST, (web link)

AUG 4: Transformation Benefit, Whole Again: An Evening of Poetry and Song with Mark Nepo and May Erlewine, 7-9PM EST, (web link)

AUG 28-30: Mercy By the Sea, 167 Neck Rd, Madison CT, weekend workshop, Reduced to Joy, Fri 7-9:30PM Sat 9:30-5:30PM, Sun 9:30-12:30PM, (web link) -- CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19, RESCHEDULED FOR SEPT 10-12, 2021

AUG 29: Growing in Place: Strengthening Our Roots, A Free Reading & Conversation, 1-3PM EST, (web link)

SEPT 12-13: Keynote at the Sufi Conference, The Language of Love, Santa Fe, NM, Details TBD -- CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19

SEPT 18-19: The Sophia Institute, The Book of Awakening, A Weekend Retreat, Fri 6:30-8:30PM EST, Sat 10-4PM EST, (web link)

OCT 4, 11, 18: A 3-Session Webinar, More Together Than Alone: The Power and Spirit of Community, Registration opens Sept 1, (web link)

OCT 16: The Embodiment Conference, Living at the Pace of What Is Real, A Workshop, in the Mediation and Breathwork Channel, 9PM EST, (web link)

OCT 31- NOV 1: Harmony Hill Retreat Center, The Book of Soul, An Online Retreat, (web link)

NOV 13-15: Pine Manor, A Weekend Retreat, The Book of Soul, Fri 1-3 PST, Sat 1-4:15PM PST, Sun 1-4:15PM PST, (web link), or contact Gail Warner at catchgw45@gmail.com, 949-552-1633

MARK'S NEW BOOK
THE BOOK OF SOUL:
52 PATHS TO LIVING WHAT MATTERS,
WILL BE PUBLISHED BY ST MARTIN'S ESSENTIAL BOOKS
MAY 9, 2020

Mark Nepo has long been one of my favorite spiritual writers, and The Book of Soul is further proof why. It's filled with breathtaking lines you'll want to linger over, commit to memory, and carry with you.
— Melinda Gates, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Moment of Lift

In his latest book, The Book of Soul, Mark explores our struggle to inhabit the soul on Earth through a messy human life, and how underneath our differences, we can be who we are everywhere and create a path to what matters. After being born physically, we unfold within a second womb, meant to incubate our better angel. The second womb is an experiential one that, through the labor of a lifetime, births the soul on Earth. This book delves into that process of transformation in its mystery, difficulty, and inevitability. It is designed to be entered a chapter each week over the course of a year, so you can weave your inner reflection into your days, letting one inform the other. Our journey from innocence to experience is how we emerge from the second womb. The sections of this book mark the passages we all face in moving through this experiential unfolding: enduring our walk in the world, until we discover our true inheritance, which lets us live in the open by widening our circle, until we help each other stay awake. About the book, Mark says, 'It seems the purpose of suffering is to exhaust us of our differences, and the purpose of love is to awaken us to how we're at heart the same. Then, we discover that the temple is the world. Still, every life, every generation, every age takes its turn at pushing each other away, only to be loved and worn back to the one tribe we belong to. This seems even more relevant in our tense, modern world. For there is no they. We are they. We are each other. And there's a Unity that always waits below our righteousness and insistence that we know the way.'
— Mark

It's easy in these times to allow ourselves to slip into resignation, isolation, or despair. Pandaren alliance or horde. The The Book of Soul is an antidote, a path that leads us back to our own wisdom and intuition and to the authentic truth of our souls.
— Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global and Founder, Huffington Post

Mark Nepo's The Book of Soul is like finding manna in the desert. I began reading it and instantly got chills. And a profound sense of relief. Read this book and be refreshed.
— Christiane Northrup, MD, New York Times Bestselling author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, The Wisdom of Menopause, and Goddesses Never Age

I love all Mark's books because of his deep insights and his amazing way with words, but there's something truly special about this one. It feels like a compilation of the best and most profound ideas from his work. I want to savor each and every chapter.
— Katy Koontz, Editor, Unity Magazine

There is much to explore and savor in this [new] book [by] this incredibly talented writer, storyteller, poet, and teacher. The spiritual practitioner will rejoice in Nepo's uncanny ability to consistently stretch our minds and souls with fresh musings.
— Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Practice

The Book of Soul is a piercing guide, replete with beautiful truths and startling insight, that leads us deeply into the process of transformation.
— The Edge: Holistic Living

THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF
THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY JAMIE LEE CURTIS

SELECTED AS ONE OF OPRAH'S ULTIMATE FAVORITE THINGS
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, MORE THAN A MILLION COPIES SOLD
TRANSLATED INTO MORE THAN TWENTY LANGUAGES

Is Mark Nepo A Christian Movie

There was one book that transformed my life and that book is The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo. The river of life is wide and the journey we make together is made so much more beautiful, important, and moving when our lives are linked by this book.
— Jamie Lee Curtis, from the Foreword

Mark Nepo has written a beautiful book about life, informed by the shadows of death. I've been blessed and humbled by reading his words.
— Marianne Williamson

Mark Nepo is a true poetic empath, taking us on a 365 day-by-day journey. And no matter what day, or whatever you're going through—like magic—you will find his words will speak to your exact situation, which at that moment instills in the reader an instant feeling of lightness, solace, warmth, and understanding. Pick this book up, again and again and again, and it will do the same for you.
— Steven Tyler

Mark Nepo's writing creates echoes in our hearts of what is true and of what we most cherish. Keep The Book of Awakening close by, and dip in whenever you want to nourish yur spirit.
— Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and Radical Compassion

It's hard to believe it's been twenty years since this was first published. In all that time, I have been humbled by the many ways this book has been embraced. More importantly, the vastness it points to remains an irrepressible resource, available to everyone. I began writing the first entries for the book in 1997. Early on, an old friend asked if I could share them through email. That slowly led to a weekly sharing that went quietly for years all over the world, from London to India to South Africa. In 2000, the book began its journey in print. And in 2010, the book was kindly given to Oprah Winfrey as a birthday present, and her deep connection and kind support propelled the book to become a #1 New York Times bestseller. It has since been translated into more than twenty languages and is now in its fifty-sixth printing, having reached more than a million readers. I'm often asked what I've learned myself from The Book of Awakening. It is this: that when wholehearted and true, we are a sturdy conduit for love and care to keep the world going. If I had to guess, I think this book has touched so many because it is a drink of water from the ocean of love and care. I am ever grateful to have come upon it and to have been transformed for retrieving it.
— Mark

MARK'S BOOK DRINKING FROM THE RIVER OF LIGHT
A NAUTILUS BOOK AWARD WINNER

A passionate testament to the spirituality of expression.
— Publishers Weekly

I cherish the wisdom and embrace the practices offered in this luminous book.
— Mirabai Starr, translator of Dark Night of the Soul and author of Caravan of No Despair

In his 21st book, Mark Nepo, the acclaimed poet-teacher, and NY Times #1 best-selling author of The Book of Awakening, presents the art and practice of expression as a means to unfold our spiritual growth. Whether we consider ourselves artists or not, he explores how the deeper we go into the creative process, the more attuned we become, and the more we join with everything around us. Whether your writing is published or not, whether your music is recorded or not, whether your art is in a gallery or not, your garden is given a prize or not, or your cooking is or isn't featured in the local paper—inhabiting a personal life of expression is its own reward, by which we strengthen our connections and find our way. Filled with stories and exercises intended to introduce readers to the skills of vision, perception, feeling, and articulation, Drinking from the River of Light is a culmination of all Nepo's years of writing and teaching regarding the deeper creative process.

This beautiful book is a gift on the journey of awakening.
— Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge

I love all of Mark Nepo's books, but this one is especially beautiful, luminous, wise, and helpful—a river of light for the thirsty traveler.
— Elizabeth Lesser, cofounder, Omega Institute and author of The Seeker's Guide, Broken Open, and Marrow

This new offering by a spiritual virtuoso of our era will help you find the way.
— Parker J. Palmer, author of On the Brink of Everything, Healing the Heart of Democracy, and , Let Your Life Speak

This wonderful book is a deep dive into the universal art of self-expression, exploring how to give voice to our deepest, most original self. Candid, rich, and consistently profound. I loved it.
— Mark Matousek, author of Sex Death Enlightenment and When You're Falling, Dive

This is a book of refined wisdom, insight, and great reminding. Crack the spine of this gem, drink fully from the River of Light, and as Whitman advised, go forth to 'Sing the body electric!'
— Albert Flynn DeSilver, author of Writing as a Path to Awakening

In Drinking from the River of Light, Mark Nepo's words land like dew on a thirsty leaf. I couldn't put it down and drank every word in it.
— Zainab Salbi, author of Freedom Is an Inside Job

Mark Nepo commands language with a fierce truth that is difficult, if not impossible, to turn away from.
— Richard Frankel, Indiana University School of Medicine

CITED BY SPIRITUALITY & PRACTICE MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE BEST SPIRITUAL BOOKS OF 2018

MARK'S COMPELLING AND TIMELY EXPLORATION OF COMMUNITY, MORE TOGETHER THAN ALONE, IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM ATRIA AND IN THE UK FROM RIDER BOOKS 2017 ford sport trac electrical repair manual.

Every word in this book has been tested in the fire and can be trusted.
— Parker Palmer, author of On the Brink of Everything and Let Your Life Speak

Is Mark Nepo A Christian God

A masterwork on community animated by visionary vigor, philosophical rigor, a cross-cultural purview, and a poetic sensibility.
— Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Practice

I see Mark Nepo's book on the vital importance of harmonious community, More Together than Alone, as the pinnacle of his publishing life; one can only wonder what more is to come.
— S. Alison Chabonais, national editor emeritus, Natural Awakenings magazines

I've been reading and re-reading More Together Than Alone which is so profoundly relevant in these times. With the wisdom and honesty that lies in each page, it's been a tremendous source of peace and understanding for me as I navigate what is now before us. Mark's prose is so insightful and from the heart. Each story reminds us so much of who we are as human beings and the choice to recognize how we are all one at heart. It gives me hope that we will all pull together in the days ahead with compassion and unity by lifting each other up.
— Lisa Carey, Global Truth Center, Los Angeles

After twelve years of research, New York Times bestselling author Mark Nepo has gathered stories and lessons of community from across cultures and history, with the aim of affirming that, despite the hardships always present, we are more together than alone.

With the heart of a poet and the eye of a philosopher, Nepo leads the reader through a spirited mapping of case studies centered on how human beings find each other and work together. The result is a profile of social experiments that inquire into the dynamics of relationship and community that arise out of how we're inspired and forced to care for each other. While some moments of community were long-standing and multi-generational, others may have lasted a week or an hour. The focus of this book is to uncover the pathways that bring us together.

Of the book, Nepo says, 'Why tend to all this? Because somewhere another child is being born who will ask us things we don't yet know, and we must have some sense of how to account for our time on Earth. Ours is a complicated era and so we need every resource and example of heart and resilience we can find. It is both comforting and challenging to realize that no one person can wrestle from the Earth the song of how we can survive together and no one voice can sing that chorus. The stories of community in this book help us accept and inhabit the spiritual fact that we need each other more than ever.'

More Together Than Alone also offers an online community guide that includes: guidelines for gathering in small groups, a page on Facebook where you can share and pass on your own stories of community, questions to live with, a suggested reading and film list, and the endnotes that support the research that went into creating the book.

A compelling testament to the power of community to help us lead happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives.
— Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global and Founder, Huffington Post

A beautifully crafted message from the heart, a powerful cry that we are one, interconnected living community, stretching through time and space.
— Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Ph.D, author of Spiritual Ecology, the Cry of the Earth

In this dazzling series of meditations, Mark Nepo returns us to an enduring truth: We must love one another—or perish. More Together Than Alone is required reading.
— Valarie Kaur, Sikh Activist and Founder of the Revolutionary Love Project

In an age of racial divisions, school shootings, and international conflict, this book's message about the necessity of coming together is timely, and its examples of human compassion and unity often comforting.
— Publishers Weekly

THINGS THAT JOIN THE SEA AND THE SKY IS A NAUTILUS BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR 2017

After twelve years of research, New York Times bestselling author Mark Nepo has gathered stories and lessons of community from across cultures and history, with the aim of affirming that, despite the hardships always present, we are more together than alone.

With the heart of a poet and the eye of a philosopher, Nepo leads the reader through a spirited mapping of case studies centered on how human beings find each other and work together. The result is a profile of social experiments that inquire into the dynamics of relationship and community that arise out of how we're inspired and forced to care for each other. While some moments of community were long-standing and multi-generational, others may have lasted a week or an hour. The focus of this book is to uncover the pathways that bring us together.

Of the book, Nepo says, 'Why tend to all this? Because somewhere another child is being born who will ask us things we don't yet know, and we must have some sense of how to account for our time on Earth. Ours is a complicated era and so we need every resource and example of heart and resilience we can find. It is both comforting and challenging to realize that no one person can wrestle from the Earth the song of how we can survive together and no one voice can sing that chorus. The stories of community in this book help us accept and inhabit the spiritual fact that we need each other more than ever.'

More Together Than Alone also offers an online community guide that includes: guidelines for gathering in small groups, a page on Facebook where you can share and pass on your own stories of community, questions to live with, a suggested reading and film list, and the endnotes that support the research that went into creating the book.

A compelling testament to the power of community to help us lead happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives.
— Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global and Founder, Huffington Post

A beautifully crafted message from the heart, a powerful cry that we are one, interconnected living community, stretching through time and space.
— Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Ph.D, author of Spiritual Ecology, the Cry of the Earth

In this dazzling series of meditations, Mark Nepo returns us to an enduring truth: We must love one another—or perish. More Together Than Alone is required reading.
— Valarie Kaur, Sikh Activist and Founder of the Revolutionary Love Project

In an age of racial divisions, school shootings, and international conflict, this book's message about the necessity of coming together is timely, and its examples of human compassion and unity often comforting.
— Publishers Weekly

THINGS THAT JOIN THE SEA AND THE SKY IS A NAUTILUS BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR 2017

MARK'S INTIMATE THEMATIC READER, THINGS THAT JOIN THE SEA AND THE SKY, IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM SOUNDS TRUE

CITED BY SPIRITUALITY & PRACTICE AS ONE OF THE BEST SPIRITUAL BOOKS OF 2017

As with the Tao Te Ching, one can randomly open any page in Things That Join the Sea and the Sky and there find a reward for living.
— Gregory Mize, Sufi Journal, London

In Things That Join the Sea and the Sky, Mark shares bare and honest reflections drawn from over fifty years of journals. This thematic non-fiction reader is comprised of 145 entries gathered and shaped over the last fifteen years. The book takes the reader through seventeen sections organized around archetypal thresholds we all face, including 'Stopping the Noise,' 'Unraveling Our Fear,' 'The Gift of Deepening,' The Practice of Relationship, The Reach of Kindness, and 'The Radiance in All Things.'

Of the book, Mark says, 'These pages are field notes on living, a travelogue of my conversation with the Universe, a mix of inner reflections, questions, and stories that have come to teach me how to be here. They contain raw moments of sinking and being lifted, intimate accounts of being thrust into feeling and depth, my stretching and wondering about my life and the lives of others in this ongoing push and pull with a Universe that holds us, then tosses us about, only to hold us again. Under every piece, I hope you feel the common song we're born to sing in our unique and very human way.'

At the end of the book, Mark shares an essay about the nature and gift of journaling, followed by journaling guidelines, and 100 journal questions to work with. All to encourage the reader to engage in their own conversation with the Universe through the art of journaling.

REVIEWS

Open this book. Read the table of contents. And let the magic and promise of this offering invite you into the depths of your own humanity. Allow the poetic soul of Mark Nepo to guide you. And then keep this guide on your nightstand as an oracle and a roadmap for living well. This book is pure gold.
— Christiane Northrup, M.D., ob-gyn physician and author of the New York Times bestsellers: Goddesses Never Age: The Secret Prescription for Radiance, Vitality, and Wellbeing, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause

This book offers itself to you like an intimate conversation with a dear friend. Enjoy the beauty and the deep dives into life's varied meanings and mysteries.
— Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real Love

Mark Nepo's vulnerable and generous-hearted sharing from the depths of his inner explorations is irresistibly readable, reminding us of the importance of staying with ourselves unconditionally, trusting the moment-by-moment experiences that lead us to our awakening.
— Michael Bernard Beckwith, author of Life Visioning

A rich source of comfort and courage for anyone who opens it.
— Publishers Weekly

Written with the simplicity of a Koan, Nepo's short writings say everything there is to say about recording the hidden wonders of the world around us.
— Retailing Insight

NOW AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO BOX SET FROM SOUNDS TRUE

FLAMES THAT LIGHT THE HEART: A NEW VIDEO COURSE BY MARK IS NOW AVAILABLE

Over the last year, I've been working with Sounds True to create a video course called Flames That Light the Heart: Ten Lessons on Living with Meaning, Truth, and Kindness. I'm excited to have gathered many stories, metaphors, and paradoxes from my years of teaching into this in-depth exploration of the life of transformation and the heartwork that is required to be a spirit in the world. My intention, here, is to help you live with meaning, truth, and kindness in your own personal way. The course is now offered through Udemy, the online learning center. You can preview the introduction to the course here, as well as the first session. The sessions offer a long and intimate conversation on the growing pains of transformation and the art of living as an awakened part in an awakened whole. I hope you'll take a look.
Many blessings,
— Mark

THE WAY UNDER THE WAY IS A NAUTILUS BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR 2016

THE ONE LIFE WE'RE GIVEN WAS A FINALIST FOR 2017 BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD

I'm humbled and excited that The One Life We're Given was a finalist for the 2017 Books for a Better Life Award. This is the fourth time I've been blessed to be a finalist: with The Book of Awakening in 2001, Inside the Miracle in 2016, and winning with Seven Thousand Ways to Listen in 2013. BBLA is such a fine group of giving people that this means all the more. Also, my good friend Elizabeth Lesser won with her moving memoir, Marrow. (web link)
— Mark

THE ONE LIFE WE'RE GIVEN AND THE WAY UNDER THE WAY ARE CITED BY SPIRITUALITY & PRACTICE AS TWO OF THE BEST SPIRITUAL BOOKS OF 2016

'The wisdom presented on the shining pages of this holy book (The One Life We're Given) is another luminous gift from a gallant, grateful and imaginative spiritual master.'
— Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Practice (see full review)

'A spiritual teacher's conversation with the Universe through tough and tender poems, The Way Under The Way is the first large collection of Mark Nepo's poetry. It is a robust and spiritually revelatory volume of 217 poems. What touches us most about these poems is the way they testify simply and humbly to Nepo's experience of the Divine.'
— Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Practice (see full review)

THE ONE LIFE WE'RE GIVEN: FINDING THE WISDOM THAT WAITS IN YOUR HEART (ATRIA, JULY 19, 2016)

The wisdom presented on the shining pages of this holy book is another luminous gift from a gallant, grateful and imaginative spiritual master.
— Spirituality & Practice(read full review)

This new book affirms how precious this one life is and opens the chance we have to be fully alive and to be of use to each other and the world. Through personal stories of joy and grief, friendships and challenges, I try to illuminate how the life of the soul is shaped and crafted every day. I offer reflective questions and meditations to help make sense of our own experience and appreciate each moment. In truth, we learn to shape our perspective as a woodworker might carefully shave a piece of wood to reveal its inner grain. And throwing ourselves wholeheartedly into what we're given brings us alive—whether we must deal with suffering, pain, fear, and loss, or surprise, beauty, love, and wonder. Each becomes an opportunity to listen more deeply to our feelings, to deepen our connection with others, and to sense the sacred nature of ordinary things.

As we discover for ourselves the lessons of our journey, we are led to the wisdom that waits in our heart, the inner knowing of what truly sustains us—feeling, loving, and connecting—which allows us to fully live the one life we're given.

I confess that working with you as readers and students is a path I am devoted to. This path is a continuous inquiry into what it means to be human, to be here, and to care for each other. My hope is that you will deepen your conversation with life. That through your own path of obstacle and surprise, you will be opened to your gifts and become somewhat freed of all you carry. My hope is that this book will support you in becoming skilled at living with both effort and grace.

Mark Nepo is someone who walks through this confusing and sometimes dark world holding up a lantern and lighting the way. I can say with all certainty that I would follow this man anywhere his words want to take us.
— Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic

Mark Nepo is one of our national treasures.
— Rev. Ed Bacon

This book is a powerful guide to being in the world.
— Arianna Huffington

Please check out this short video in which I describe the book

A MAJOR COLLECTION OF MARK'S POETRY, THE WAY UNDER THE WAY: THE PLACE OF TRUE MEETING, IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM SOUNDS TRUE

This collection contains three separate books of poetry, gathering 217 poems retrieved and shaped over the past twenty years. The first two books in this collection, Suite for the Living and Inhabiting Wonder, bear witness to the messy and magnificent journey of being human. First published in 2004, they were wonderfully received and sold out of their first editions. Evolving these books further, Nepo has integrated fifty-eight new poems. The third book in this collection, The Way Under the Way, gathers eighty-three of his most recent poems. It centers on the place of true meeting that is always near, where we chance to discover our shared humanity and common thread of Spirit.

About poetry, Mark says, 'The poems are the teachers. They arrive with their wisdom and become my guides. What they surface becomes my inner curriculum and by staying in conversation with them, I grow. We're all drawn to what we need to learn, which if engaged with honesty reveals insights common to us all.' Of the books, he says, 'My hope is that the arc of these poems will be aids in living, listening, and beholding each other. I offer them as small wonders found and cared for through the years.'

Mark Nepo's poems are like rare wine that directly nourish the soul. These are stories of the heart, of brokenness that heals, of grief that awakens us to joy.
— Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Ph.D., Sufi teacher and author

en I read Mark Nepo's luminous, meditative poems, one word stands tall in the mind and silence that follows—BEFRIEND. He does not avert his eyes from the difficult moment or the lost hour. He stays steady to feel the magnificence again.
— Naomi Shihab Nye, author of Words Under the Words

In this magical book, Mark Nepo ushers us to the depth of who we are and where we truly live. His words, like pearls for the Human soul, awaken us and transform the ordinary into the mystery of our being.
— Agapi Stassinopoulos, author of Unbinding The Heart

SUPER SOUL SUNDAY INTERVIEWS

Watch Mark on Super Soul Sunday

In November 2013, Mark's Two-Part Interview with Oprah appeared on Super Soul Sunday on OWNTV. In these interviews with Oprah, Mark discussed the lifelong lessons from his cancer journey twenty-six years ago, and why he believes listening with a full heart is the key to living a vibrant and meaningful life. Mark explains how modern-day distractions can keep us from establishing deep connections with one another; he offers practical insights on how to cultivate our listening skills, deepening relationships with ourselves and others.

Watch these clips and more at Super Soul TV

First Look: Mark Nepo and Oprah Continue Their Conversation

Oprah's conversation with New York Times best-selling author Mark Nepo continues at her home in Hawaii. Mark discusses his book Seven Thousand Ways to Listen and shares why he believes listening with an open heart is the key to living a vibrant and meaningful life.

First Look: Why Poet Mark Nepo Says There Are 7,000 Ways to Listen

Poet and best-selling author Mark Nepo's latest book is called Seven Thousand Ways to Listen. Watch as Mark reveals the inspiration for the title.

Mark Nepo: 'Everyone Is a Poet'

Poet and best-selling author Mark Nepo says poetry is the 'unexpected utterance of the soul.' Find out why he says a poem is more than just words on a page. Plus, hear why he thinks we all have a poet inside of us.

Mark's most moving quotes from his two-part interview with Oprah

In a two-part interview with Oprah on Super Soul Sunday, Mark Nepo shares his thoughts on embracing the moment, the power of listening and more. Read 9 of his most moving quotes.

Oprah Reads Mark's Poem in This Beautiful Video

On my way to Maui to meet Oprah, I wrote this poem about our meeting on an island with such an ancient and beautiful bamboo forest. Oprah and the Super Soul Sunday crew created this amazing video of the bamboo forest with Oprah reading the poem. This formed the close of part 2 of my interview with Oprah on Super Soul Sunday. Oprah reads Mark's poem in this beautiful videoRead Mark's poem

The Bigger Picture—Super Soul Sunday(web link)

In May 2013, Mark was also featured on Super Soul Sunday alongside Reverend Ed Bacon and Elizabeth Lesser, with Oprah moderating. The show explored contemporary issues from a spiritual perspective.

Also read Mark's blog post, 'The Life of Obstacles,' on Oprah.com.

Praise for Mark's Book of Poems, Reduced to Joy

CITED BY SPIRITUALITY & PRACTICE AS ONE OF THE BEST SPIRITUAL BOOKS OF 2013

In 2013, Viva Editions published Mark's seventh book of poems, Reduced to Joy, a book of seventy-three poems, retrieved and shaped over the last thirteen years, about the nature of working with what we're given till it wears us through to joy.

'Reduced to Joy has many different kinds of poems, all of them clear, wise, beautifully put, spare. Mark Nepo has a great heart. His poems are good company.'
— Coleman Barks, translator of The Essential Rumi

'Mark Nepo's poems in his new book, Reduced to Joy, reduce me first to grateful silence, and then to tears, and then to laughter, and then to praise. Mac os x google suite for business app. He joins a long tradition of truth-seeking, wild-hearted poets—Rumi, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver—and deserves a place in the center of the circle with them.'
— Elizabeth Lesser, Cofounder, Omega Institute, author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow

WINNER OF THE 2012 BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD, FOR SPIRITUALITY

Praise for Seven Thousand Ways to Listen

A consummate master of telling stories and parables about people's hopes, dreams, yearnings, fears, sorrows and triumphs… Nepo has written a masterwork on the spiritual practice of listening which plays such a predominant role in our private and public lives.
— Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Practice (full review)

This masterpiece on listening comes at a vital time when divisions in American run rampant around politics, race, and religion.
— Debra Moffitt, BeliefNet, author of Awake in the World (full review)

Mark discusses his book, Seven Thousand Ways to Listen

Mark Nepo's The Book of Awakening is one of
Oprah's Ultimate Favorite Things!(web link)

The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo is a year's supply of inspirational stories and beautifully written essays that the reader can reflect on in daily doses. 'Mark Nepo is a poet,' Oprah says. 'He's an author and a philosopher and has been through two different cancers. So when he writes, he writes purely from the heart.'

Oprah was given The Book of Awakening as a birthday gift and says she does one lesson from the book every morning. 'If we all do it together, we can begin to open our hearts, change the world and begin to have the life you want by being present to the life you have now,' Oprah says.

Listen to Mark Nepo in conversation with Oprah on her Soul Series radio program.

For years, I've been trying to explore and understand: How can we, being forgetfully human, remember we are of one human family? How can we stay awake and authentic when our wounds make us numb and hidden? How can we minimize what stands between us and our experience of life? How can we make a practice of wearing down what thickens around our mind and heart? How can this practice of staying authentic serve and draw strength from the Universal Whole while we are ever immersed and entangled in the moment of our lives?

As a cancer survivor, I have found myself like Lazarus, awake again, in the same earthly place but different. Everything has changed and nothing has changed. This wakefulness has led me to be a student of that vibrant edge where our inner life meets the world. Being a poet and philosopher, I find myself there with a particular set of tools to search with.

But we all live on this shore between the depths of being and the dangers of experience. My work has become a journal of the challenges and gifts of being a spirit in the world. And now, after dying and coming back, it's really not about my books, but about the voice beneath my name keeping the song going. These books and the voices that inhabit them remain teachers and intimates. They've helped to uncover sketchy maps into the quandaries of being alive. When struggling through my illness, I was bereft at how many of the books I owned were useless. Ever since, I have been committed to finding and creating books that can help us live. It is my devout hope that the work you find here can be of use, can help.