East Baton Rouge Parish Library

The one life we're given, finding the wisdom that waits in your heart, Mark Nepo

eng

Includes bibliographical references

no index present

non fiction

The one life we're given

bibliography

959552333

Mark Nepo

Thorndike Press Large Print lifestyles

finding the wisdom that waits in your heart

Beloved spiritual teacher, poet, and philosopher Mark Nepo returns to the inspiring short-chapter format of his bestseller The Book of Awakening to map an insightful and resilient path for inhabiting the soul by engaging in the world. The One Life We're Given affirms our purpose as not just to stay alive but to stay in our aliveness

Getting closer to life. When we set out ; The soul's work ; Legacy ; Personal mythology ; Getting closer to life ; Making our way ; Love your window ; The secret kingdom is everywhere ; Knocked off our horse ; The three fears ; The three dreams ; Striving just to be ; Wanting to go back ; Creating safety ; Taking off the armor ; Finding solid ground ; The path is wider than we think ; What talent do I have? ; I awake ; Drawn to what we need to learn ; Regret ; Burning the map ; The journey before you ; The one life we're given -- Loving what you do. Bring up the lights ; The story behind the story ; What it means to be awake ; Heart and path ; The covenant of love ; The power of holding ; Swimming through pain and sorrow ; Blind and sighted ; The trance ; Our authority of being ; The great threshold ; Understanding success ; Walking together ; The work of intimacy ; The practice of return ; The career of awakening ; The siren of insecurity ; Remembering ; Loving what you do ; A song for pilgrims ; Strength from what we know ; Feeling thorough -- Finding what can last. Letting all things in ; Following light ; Fire in the temple ; The sacred grove ; Our spirit path ; Making honey ; The serpent king ; Reading the cracks ; Asking for our turn ; Not listening ; Keeping our eyes open ; Working our way into grace ; Waiting for our souls ; Finding what can last ; At the center of every feeling ; Unbearable and unbreakable -- Being kind and useful. Cultivating wonder ; The bones of grace ; The effort to keep looking ; In doses we can bear ; The work of self-awareness ; Going off the deep end ; The gifts of effort ; Admitting who we are ; Just a glimpse ; In a greater arc ; The efforts that never go away ; Freeing our compassion ; The moment that saves us ; Radiant and broken ; To be of use ; Staying tender and resilient

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