Reduced to Joy by Mark Nepo (English) Paperback Book

Description: Reduced to Joy by Mark Nepo In Reduced to Joy, Mark Nepo gets to the stuff of happiness with deep wisdom, poetic passages and personal revelations. Nepo reminds us all of the secret and sacred places within, forgotten in the noise and chatter of our busy distracted 21st Century lives. Reduced to Joy is a lesson in stillness, in standing in the mystery and, above all, in the work of love- FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Mark Nepo is emerging as one of the truly significant writers and thinkers of today. Nepo has a singular way of distilling great truths down to their essence. Moreover, during his cancer journey, Nepo relied on the power of expression and the writing process to keep him tethered to life. In REDUCED TO JOY, Mark Nepo explores the places where pain and joy are stitched to resilience, uncovering them with deep wisdom, poetic passages and personal revelations. Nepo reminds us all of the secret and sacred places within, forgotten in the noise and chatter of our busy distracted 21st Century lives. REDUCED TO JOY is a lesson in stillness, in standing in the mystery and, above all, in the work of love. Back Cover Mark Nepo, the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awakening , has been called "one of the finest spiritual guides of our time," "a consummate storyteller" and "an eloquent spiritual teacher." Now in his sixties, he has written Reduced to Joy , a book of seventy-three poems about the nature of working with what were given till it wears us through to joy. Nepo says, "Poetry is the well from which all my books rise. Its where I always go to listen, always stunned by what arrives. I bring these poems back from the deep like shells from the sea that we can look at together." Profound and accessible, Nepos poems are tools for staying close to what matters. Author Biography Mark Nepo is a poet and philosopher who has taught in the fields of poetry and spirituality for more than thirty years. In 1987, Mark was diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma, and as he went through his cancer experience, the lack of books available to guide him through made a deep and lasting impression. As a result, Mark has since devoted himself to the usefulness of daily inner life. He has published twelve books and recorded five CDs, including The Book of Awakening, which was chosen by Oprah Winfrey in 2010 as One of Her Favorite Things. Marks prolific body of work also include Review "Mark Nepos Reduced to Joy can change how you approach the challenge of any day." --Oprah.com "The title of the collection, Reduced to Joy, is a perfect representation of these fine works for there is joy to be found on every page, in every poem, through every word. This is a book worth owning and keeping and visiting and revisiting." --San Francisco Book Review "Mark Nepos latest poetry collection is about softening the heart, letting go, while also becoming embracing the whole human experience." --ForeWord Reviews "Mark Nepo has a rare quality of writing, one that fills you up even as it drops you into emptiness. Through his sensibilities we touch what is human: he plucks at our heartstrings with naked candor and metaphorical mastery. Brilliant, profound and accessible, the poems in this collection are like precious treasures rising from the deep, glistening reminders of what really matters." --New Consciousness Review "In a new collection of 73 poems, Mark Nepo harvests the meanings and memories of a rich and full life, which has been criss-crossed with pain and elation. In vivid imagery, he captures those connections and epiphanies which illuminate the human condition and give us insights into whats going on inside us and buzzing about in our high tech culture." --Spirituality & Practice "He goes straight to the heart of pain, happiness, adversity, and accomplishment to find the gift that lives within the moment. He retrieves those gifts and expresses the truth of them in words that inspire and uplift in a sustainable way." --Anna Jedrziewski, Retailing Insight "Marks writings possess the power to immediately move us into connection with a subtle and powerful awareness at the deepest, most soulful level. " --Debra Moffit, author of Awake in the World "Poems that have the power to transform your life both light up the mind and warm the heart as they strip your self of pretense and the impermanent. Mark Nepos poems transmit those transfiguring experiences inside words of beauty. Nepos poems should carry a warning label: These poems are dangerous to your false self." --Rev. Ed Bacon, author of 8 Habits of Love; rector, All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena, California "Reduced to Joy invites us to open our hearts and accept the beauty that the world holds. At the same time, Nepos poems urge us to dive deep into our own experiences, to question, to search for the truths that we must accept and embrace. His poems are full of such tremendous love that you cant help being touched by them." --Kate Hopper, author of Ready for Air: A Journey through Premature Motherhood and Use Your Words: A Writing Guide for Mothers "Nepo makes simple, often overlooked things in life, meaningful and the meaningful, but sometimes overly complex things, simple. This is a beautiful book of poems to deepen and nurture the soul with love and joy, even for those who have never read a poem in their life." --Allen Klein, author of The Art of Living Joyfully and Always Look on the Bright Side "Reduced to Joy has many different kinds of poems, all of them clear, wise, beautifully put, spare.The ones I like best have small stories in them, like the one of his fathers four uproarious Russian unclesaround a pool table in the 1950s. (Running the Table) Mark Nepo has a great heart. His poems are good company." --Coleman Barks "The soul is so precious, full of joy and wonder, and the pain that comes from love. These poems touch the soul, reminding each of us what it means to be fully alive, to be surrounded by what is sacred. Allow them to reach under your skin, to where mystery is born into meaning." --Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee Ph.D., Sufi teacher and author of Prayer of the Heart "By having, as he puts it, nothing to say, Mark Nepo says everything in this new book of poems. By showing us again and again what happens when one man is "completely at peace," we witness what is possible when we are "reduced to joy" by an honest life, and by poetry itself." --Phil Cousineau, author of The Art of Pilgrimage and The Painted Word "Mark Nepos poems in his new book, Reduced to Joy, reduce me first to grateful silence, and then to tears, and then to laughter, and then to praise. He joins a long tradition of truth-seeking, wild-hearted poets--Rumi, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver--and deserves a place in the center of the circle with them." --Elizabeth Lesser, Cofounder, Omega Institute, author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow "Poems that have the power to transform your life both light up the mind and warm the heart as they strip your self of pretense and the impermanent. Mark Nepos poems transmit those transfiguring experiences inside words of beauty. Nepos poems should carry a warning label: These poems are dangerous to your false self. --Rev. Ed Bacon, author of 8 Habits of Love, All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena, California "Nepos voice, clear, resonant and real becomes acts like the pointer on your hearts compass. helping you navigate your most joyful life." --Mary Anne Radmacher, author of Lean Forward Into Your Life and SHE "Some books are so perfectly titled that you get the message without even opening the book. But of course, you still want to open the book because you want more ... more of what the title already gave you. In this case, more joy." --BJ Gallagher, author of Its Never Too Late To Be What You Might Have Been and The Buddha at Work "In Reduced to Joy, Mark Nepo has written a love letter that speaks directly to the heart of the reader. He writes from the wisdom of experience - of having journeyed through two cancers. He gets to the essence of happiness, touching readers with his poetic passages and personal AH-HAs. He reminds us that in stillness, in embracing the mystery of life and in embodying our birthright as mighty expressions of love, we are reduced to joy. " --Susyn Reeve, author of The Inspired Life: Unleashing Your Minds Capacity for Joy "In Reduced to Joy, Mark Nepos powerful and poignant collection of life poems, we are reminded again of what it is to be truly alive. His poems inspire, connect and encourage us to breathe in our own truth so that we can rediscover the peace and joy that is also present in each moment of our lives." --Polly Campbell, author of Imperfect Spirituality: Extraordinary Enlightenment for Ordinary People "Oh! What a marvelous book. Mark Nepos generous, vast poems restore readers to joy even before we finish reading them -- musing upon single lines, images, stanzas -- we feel it rising up again, that precious sense of YES. And completing them -- we feel the rich trove of thinking and living so heartened and restored." --Naomi Shihab Nye, author of Words Under the Words "Rumi would have described this book of poems as a crystal chandelier -- so many jewels, each like a treasure God has placed in the heart of Mark Nepo. If you already know Marks work, you wont want to miss this collection. And if you have never had the pleasure of experiencing the world through Mark Nepos eyes, begin with Reduced to Joy." --Gayatri Naraine, author of Something Beyond Greatness "I am deeply moved by Mark Nepos work, especially the healing power of the writing process he brings through to us all. His new Reduced to Joy cuts close to the bone with passages of pure beauty and raw honesty. I felt the stillness he wrote of, followed by a sense of peace For this, I am grateful. " --Nina Lesowitz, author of Living Life as a Thank You Long Description Mark Nepo is emerging as one of the truly significant writers and thinkers of today. Nepo has a singular way of distilling great truths down to their essence. Moreover, during his cancer journey, Nepo relied on the power of expression and the writing process to keep him tethered to life. In Reduced to Joy , Mark Nepo explores the places where pain and joy are stitched to resilience, uncovering them with deep wisdom, poetic passages and personal revelations. Nepo reminds us all of the secret and sacred places within, forgotten in the noise and chatter of our busy distracted 21st Century lives. Reduced to Joy is a lesson in stillness, in standing in the mystery and, above all, in the work of love. Review Quote "The soul is so precious, full of joy and wonder, and the pain that comes from love. These poems touch the soul, reminding each of us what it means to be fully alive, to be surrounded by what is sacred. Allow them to reach under your skin, to where mystery is born into meaning."--Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee Ph.D., Sufi teacher and author of Prayer of the Heart"Mark Nepos poems in his new book, Reduced to Joy, reduce me first to grateful silence, and then to tears, and then to laughter, and then to praise. He joins a long tradition of truth-seeking, wild-hearted poets - Rumi, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver - and deserves a place in the center of the circle with them."--Elizabeth Lesser, Cofounder, Omega Institute, author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow"Oh! What a marvelous book. Mark Nepos generous, vast poems restore readers to joy even before we finish reading them -- musing upon single lines, images, stanzas -- we feel it rising up again, that precious sense of YES. And completing them -- we feel the rich trove of thinking and living so heartened and restored."--Naomi Shihab Nye, author of Words Under the Words Excerpt from Book From the book: "Often, what keeps us from joy is the menacing assumption that life is happening other than where we are. So we are always leaving, running from or running to. All the while, joy rises like summer wind, waiting for us to grow in the open, large as willows it can sing through. Yet failing to grow in the open, we can be worn to it. Though working with what were given till it wears us through seems to be the grace we resist. Like everyone, I have spent so much of my life fearing pain that I have seldom felt things all the way through. And falling through more than working through, Ive learned that if we can stay true to our experience and to each other, and face the spirit that experience and love carry, we will eventually be reduced to joy. Like cliffs worn to their beauty by the pounding of the sea, if we can hold each other up, all that will be left will be wonder and joy." Details ISBN1936740575 Author Mark Nepo Short Title REDUCED TO JOY Publisher Viva Editions Language English ISBN-10 1936740575 ISBN-13 9781936740574 Media Book Format Paperback Residence Albany, NY, US Year 2013 Imprint Viva Editions Place of Publication Berkeley Country of Publication United States DEWEY 158.1 Pages 156 Publication Date 2013-08-13 Affiliation Mark Nepo Audience General/Trade AU Release Date 2013-08-13 NZ Release Date 2013-08-13 US Release Date 2013-08-13 UK Release Date 2013-08-13 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137916544;

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