Read more An Invitation from Mark Nepo This book is meant to be of use, to be a companion, a soul friend. It is a book of awakenings. To write this Ive had to live it. Its given me a chance to gather and share the quiet teachers Ive met throughout my life. The journey of unearthing and shaping these entries has helped me bring my inner and outer life more closely together. It has helped me know and use my heart. It has made me more whole. I hope it can be such a tool for you. Read more March 4 | For What Are We Saving? When I was ill, I faced the very real possibility of dying, and suddenly the little money Id saved, however prudent I was, didnt matter. It was all worthless. It became immediately clear that the only true purpose of money was to help make love work. When ill, I didnt hesitate to make all those long-distance calls I always put off. I met friends at concerts and bought albums and sent flowers instead of waiting for the perfect occasion. I bought plane tickets to the Caribbean for my wife and my dearest friendsand we went! Once well, I couldnt go back to deferring my life under the guise of saving. I still save some, but now I feel compelled to use whatever money I can afford to make love work, to bring truth into being, to allow generosity and compassion to flourish. This is more than altruistic. It is necessary to be fully alive. Its part of the wood that keeps the inner fire burning. Read more September 13 | Wisdom Creatures As spirits in bodies we live like whales or dolphins, always swimming near the surface, forever compelled by a light from above that we cant really make out. And just as the water brushes against the eyes of these fish as they make their way in and out of the deep, the days shape how we see. So much is going on at any one time beneath what we show the world that all our feelings, all our thoughts and expressions, splash like water on those we surface before. In this way, every person when looked squarely in the eye is a wisdom-creature, full of things that cannot be said. Each of us a spirit-fish breaking through for love and air. We often dont take the risk or time to stand before another long enough for their truth to surface. This is what I need, for you to wait till I can get there, all fresh from the deep. After all the trouble we go through to find each other, we must wait over and over for our loved ones to break through with their wisdom. Read more December 17 | Healing Ourselves One of the most difficult things about healing from being hurt by others is how to put wounds to rest when those who have hurt us will not give air to the wound, will not admit to their part in causing the pain. I have struggled with this deeply. Time and again, I find myself confusing the want for justice with the need for a witness of the wound. Physical wounds are hard to miss, but emotional wounds are seldom visible. This is why they must be looked at and acknowledged if we are ever to heal. Yet so often, our pain is compounded by the very human fact that we may never agree on the nature of what happened. If we do, we may never admit it to each other. Or the amends we feel we so deserve may go with the hurtful one to the grave. As with so many other crucial negotiations of life, whats required is to honor what lives within us. We must bear witness to ourselves, for there is no power as embracing or forgiving as the authority of that portion of God that lives in each of us. Read more
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🗸 Author(s): Mark Nepo
🗸 Title: The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (20th Anniversary Edition)
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