Mark Nepo - As Far As the Heart Can See: Stories to Illuminate the Soul

Praise for
As Far As the Heart Can See

This book is like a door that opens only one way. When you open it, you become more than you were, and there is no going back. These stories will free you to move closer to your own dream of yourself and live more authentically, more joyfully, and more passionately than before. More than just a book, As Far As the Heart Can See is an exquisitely written invitation to live your real life.

Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., author of
Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfathers Blessings

As Far As the Heart Can See is a tonic for the spirit, a series of revelations by way of a series of far-ranging stories as told by Mark Nepo, as only he can tell them: heartfully, honestly, and humbly. Read this book and see how much farther you can see.

Phil Cousineau, author of The Art of Pilgrimage
and The Oldest Story in the World

What happens when a poet writes a book of stories about how to live, how to love, how to heal and grow and find our distinct purpose? Heres what happened for me when I read Mark Nepos As Far As the Heart Can See: Each word became a stepping stone on a path through the woods. And not only that: a host of helpers, teachers, cheerleaders, and friends popped off the pages of this charming and wise book to lead me out of the stuck places and into freedom.

Elizabeth Lesser, cofounder of Omega Institute and
author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow

As Far As the Heart Can See is filled with stories and guided reflections that not only make us think about life but feel more connected to it. This book can help you access your inner wisdom and caring heart.

James Baraz, coauthor of Awakening Joy:
10 Steps That Will Put You on the Road to Real Happiness
and cofounder of Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Part poetry, part spiritual narrative, As Far As the Heart Can See offers us a grounded experience of life seen through a spiritual lens. Mark Nepo invites us into a sheesh mahala palace of mirrors where the soul sits on its immortal throne, sparkling like the Kohinoor diamond. Each narrative touches a unique facet of life and draws the reader into reflectionoh soul, look into the mirror of your heart and see with love. See the whole being, the visible and the invisible; the image and the reality; the shadow and the light. This precious book places truth in the core of the heart and shows how pure feelings set it free.

Gayatri Naraine, author of Something Beyond Greatness

Praise for Mark Nepo

Mark Nepo is a Great Soul. His resonant hearthis frank and astonishing voicebefriend us mightily on this mysterious trail.

Naomi Shihab Nye, author of You and Yours,
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems
of the Middle East, and Red Suitcase

... an eloquent spiritual teacher.

Herbert Mason, professor of history and religious
thought, Boston University, and translator
of Gilgamesh, A Verse Narrative

... a rare being, a poet who does not overuse language, a wise man without arrogance, a teacher who always speaks with compassion, and an easygoing love-to-listen-to-him storyteller.

James Fadiman, Ph.D.,c ofounder,
Institute for Transpersonal Psychology

... a great storyteller who has much wisdom.

Spirituality and Health magazine

For The Book of Awakening

Mark Nepo is an astonishing poet and teacher.

Wayne Muller, author of Sabbath and How, Then, Shall We Live?

Mark Nepos work is as gentle and reliable as the tides, and as courageous as anyone Ive known in looking deeply into the mysteries of the self.

Michael J. Mahoney, author of Human Change Processes
and Constructive Psychotherapy

Mark Nepo is one of the finest spiritual guides of our time.

Parker J. Palmer, author of
A Hidden Wholeness and The Courage to Teach

Ive been blessed and humbled by reading his words.

Marianne Williamson, author of Enchanted Love

For The Exquisite Risk

Mark Nepos The Exquisite Risk is one of the best books weve ever read on what it takes to live an authentic life.

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

A lovely, luminous work that should make a lasting impression on its readers.

Library Journal

There are books that encourage you to race through from beginning to end, and there are those meant to be savored like a fine meal. Nepos book is filled with poetic imagery and language, enticing the reader to linger over its delicate flavors. Filtered through his personal experience, Nepo pours wisdom from the chalice of many cultures and faiths.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer

For Finding Inner Courage

Pained by war and aware of injustice in the world, we are in need of wisdom, hope, encouragement. Mark Nepo gives us all of that in this poetic, profoundly thoughtful rumination on how we might live.

Howard Zinn, author of The Peoples History of the
United States and A Power Governments Cannot Suppress

What an extreme delight to be engaged with this writing that issues from the heart that thinks and the mind that poeticizes! How rare it is these days to find truly original writing and, even more, thought that has moved way, way beyond and beneath and above the kind of spectator consciousness that characterizes most writing. Finding Inner Courage is one of the handful of books I cherish.

Robert Sardello, Ph.D., author of
Love and the World and Silence

Anyone interested in improving the global community will appreciate (Nepos) message.

Library Journal

What makes (this) book valuable is Nepos quiet understanding of the constant interplay of surface and depth in our lives, (and) the need to let go of judgments and exercise compassion as we view our own flaws and the flaws of those around us.

Publishers Weekly

This book is a cornucopia of inspirational stories and insighta wonderful achievement, an honest and brave book.

Robert Inchausti, author of Subversive
Orthodoxy:Outlaws, Revolutionaries
and Other Christians in Disguise
and editor of The Pocket Thomas Merton

AS FAR AS THE HEART CAN SEE

Also by Mark Nepo

NONFICTION

Finding Inner Courage

Unlearning Back to God

The Exquisite Risk

The Book of Awakening

POETRY

Surviving Has Made Me Crazy

Suite for the Living

Inhabiting Wonder

Acre of Light

Fire Without Witness

God, the Maker of the Bed, and the Painter

EDITOR

Deepening the American Dream

RECORDINGS

Staying Awake

As Far As the Heart Can See

The Book of Awakening

Finding Inner Courage

Finding Our Way in the World

Inside the Miracle

AS FAR AS
THE HEART CAN SEE

STORIES TO ILLUMINATE THE SOUL

MARK NEPO

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