Mark Nepo: Inside of the Miracle
Mark Nepo: Inside of the Miracle
ENDURING SUFFERING, APPROACHING WHOLENESS
The point of experience is not to escape life but to live it. Each of us carries some wisdom waiting to be discovered at the center of our experience, and everything we meet, if faced and held, reveals a part of that wisdom. This is not something we can manipulate, but only live into. One that we must, ultimately, inhabit alone, but one which we can enliven together.~Mark Nepo
OMTimes welcomes Mark Nepo back for conversation about his 16th book Inside the Miracle: Enduring Suffering, Approaching Wholeness. Mark is a poet and philosopher who has taught in the fields of poetry and spirituality for over 40 years. A New York Times #1 bestselling author for The Book of Awakening, Mark visited with us last year for his new book, The Endless Practice, when he toured with Oprah’s The Life You Want Weekend. We invited him back to celebrate the new book, which is a very intimate look at Mark’s cancer journey that has shaped his work and teachings since the diagnosis in 1987. A collection of poems, reflections and essays, Inside the Miracle gathers almost thirty years of inquiry into suffering, healing, and wholeness. Mark shares what it means to be transformed by what we go through—whether from physical illness, grief, or any major life change—and how to access our inner resources for learning, growing and healing. These lessons and stories are for everyone as we explore how to move into the reservoir of aliveness that abides within our most difficult challenges.
