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Finding Inner Courage
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304
Publisher
Date Published
February 01, 2011
ISBN-10
9781573245319
ISBN-13
978-1573245319

Mark Nepo has been interviewed by Oprah on her Soul Series radio network and his The Book of the Awakening has been featured in O, The Oprah magazine and on the Oprah TV show. In this book, Mark invites readers to explore their own inner core through the stories of ordinary people, political activists, artists, spiritual teachers from a variety of traditions. These are people who have faced themselves, their warts and weaknesses. They have stood by the courage of their convictions in all kinds of moments, great and small.

Nepo's insights and commentary are spot on, and help readers relate the stories of others to their own lives. The book is divided into three sections--finding our inner core, standing by our inner core, and sustaining the practice of living from that place. Each of the nearly 60 brief essays and stories elucidates and inspires. Nepo's broad range of stories and people, of traditions and insights, offers myriad ways for readers to relate to their own search for courage.

The late Howard Zinn said of this book, "A poetic, profoundly thoughtful rumination on how we might live."

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Finding Inner Courage 2011-04-06 21:54:17 Diane Holcomb
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Diane Holcomb Reviewed by Diane Holcomb    April 06, 2011
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A survivor of a rare kind of lymphoma, Mark Nepo now devotes his life to writing and teaching about inner transformation. In his latest book he defines courage in terms of facing things: ourselves, our demons, each other and the unknown. Living from our core, he writes, is what courage is all about, and without this we pass our suffering on to others. He describes how to summon small essential braveries, to “choose aliveness over woundedness, to remember what matters when we forget…to choose compassion over judgment and love over fear…to give up what no longer works in order to stay close to what is sacred.” He shares stores of ordinary people displaying courage in remarkable ways, hoping that these stories will inspire us to stand in our own center and find peace.

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