Mark Nepo: Inside of the Miracle
OMTIMES: How has your journey through suffering into the realm of wholeness changed you?
MARK NEPO: I’m more open than I ever imagined. I’m at once gentler and more resilient. And though I’m less sure what to call the things that matter, I’m more certain that I live in their currents. I have more and more questions and less and less answers. I believe and experience the aliveness of Spirit that every thing in this world carries. That aliveness is my teacher.
OMTIMES: The last section of the book is called STILL HERE, STILL WONDERING. What are you still wondering about?
MARK NEPO: I’m still learning. And I’m wondering what unfolds when we admit to our frailty. I’m wondering about the great teacher that is limitation. I’m deepening my vow to eat from the marrow of every moment without crisis or pain pushing me to remember I’m alive. I’m exploring the testaments to wonder and the work that releases it. I affirm how the path opened by expression leads us into meaning. And I struggle to understand the tension between knowing our truth and enduring rejection, disapproval, and misunderstanding. I keep exploring the constant need to remove the cataracts of mind that cover the pain and wonder of being alive. Most of all, I honor the inevitable call to be a bridge for each other, so we can endure what we suffer, and inhabit the gifts we were born with, until we can enter the days that remain with awe and wonder.
OMTIMES: What do you hope readers will take with them from INSIDE THE MIRACLE?
MARK NEPO: Though what’s unearthed here comes from the heat of my journey, the lessons are for everyday living. It’s my hope that the trail of this lifetime conversation with suffering and care will open you to the fullness of your own humanity. With a steadfast belief in our aliveness, I hope what’s here will help you meet and endure whatever way you’re being forged, and bring you closer to the gifts you were born with.
Mark will be New York to celebrate the publication of Inside the Miracle November 5-7 for three public events:
NOVEMBER 5 ABC Home 7:00 pm Reading and Book signing 888 Broadway, 9th Fl. @ 19th NOVEMBER 6 – NY Open Center 7-10:00 pm Workshop and signing Inside the Miracle, Suffering, Resilience and Healing Workshop 22 East 30th Street.
NOVEMBER 7 7:00 pm New York Open Center Screening of The Power of the Heart followed by conversation with Mark &Baptist de Pape moderated by Agapi Stassinopoulos 22 East 30th Street
From Mark’s Retreat’s schedule
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For more information, visit marknepo.com.
