The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
- The Book of Awakening Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
Philosopher-poet and cancer survivor, Mark Nepo opens a new season of freedom and joy–an escape from deadening, asleep-at-the wheel sameness–that is both profound and clarifying. His spiritual daybook is a summons to reclaim aliveness, liberate the self, take each day one at a time, and to savor the beauty offered by life’s unfolding. Reading his poetic prose is like being given second sight, exposing the reader to life’s multiple dimensions, each one drawn with awe and affection. The Book of
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A beautiful book!,
The work comes across as if time is infinite (spoiler alert: it is), so why not settle down and make note of a few things while you can. A calendar book, meaning you can read the dayâs entry or you can skip around and read it in any order you like, The Book of Awakenings is not about deadlines, but lifelines. I am reading it slowly, savoring it like I would an expensive box of chocolates, but in orderly fashion, leaving randomness for the second round that I know there will be. You canât absorb this book through a single read; itâs too rich with its lifetime worth of wisdom crammed into a bit more than 400 pages. The Book of Awakenings is a perfect read for anyone who feels as though theyâre muddling through: losing life, losing purpose, losing love, identity, focus, or worse, the malaise has manifested as a dis-ease in the body and there you are, broken, alone, clueless as to how to break the cycle. Itâs also perfect for someone with no problems, but many questions.
If any of these scenarios sound like yours, I have a suggestion: read The Book of Awakenings. While not a guarantee of success â only you can do that â it will help you find a path in the worst of times. The Book of Awakenings shows you why everything is a blessing, even cancer, and why there is no such thing as curses, only cursed thinking, which with a little work can be changed. Nepo wants you to celebrate life by seeing the good in all things, but donât misunderstand. This is not a touchy-feely self-help book. Rather, itâs a retreat for the mind and Soul that will provide the self-loving space for the body to follow.
Itâs hard to imagine a more beautiful book ever having been written. A modern day Rumi, Nepo meets you where you are and turns you from the outside in. You owe it to yourself to follow.
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Mark Nepo shares his journey in such a pure and sincere manner, empowering ourselves to be and love who we are. It’s a revealing journey, a company to bring wherever we are. It’s my first book from him, but I do believe his other books/writings are equally special.
I purchased both the kindle and physical versions, so that it’s always with me wherever I go. I like the kindle version because we can download the books wherever we are, in all our devices. Besides that, it’s easy to find the passages we highlighted and took notes, and even to reread them afterwards. But again, having the physical book is just unique.
Finally, as a side note, when I purchased it, I also gifted my good friend with the same book. Although we live in different countries at the moment, I do think of him every day when we both read the passage in our own time. I say that because it can be a unique present to a loved one.
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