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Mark Nepo is an American poet, writer, and speaker known for his profound spiritual insights and unique perspectives on life. His work blends poetry, philosophy, and psychology, aiming to help readers explore the meaning of life and the inner peace within.

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“I don't personally believe in an arrived state of enlightenment. I feel that being human is a constant practice of return. We have moments of clarity, and then we're confused. We have incredibly sensitive periods of being awake, and then we're numb. Being human is a very universal and a very personal practice of learning how to return when we can't get access to what we know.”

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Author:Mark Nepo

“There are many ways that we grow, but there are two major ways: We shed what no longer works, or we're broken open. If we're unwilling to shed, then we will be broken open. Through shedding, we are worn down, just as nature is eroded to its beauty. I think that through suffering, human beings are eroded to our beauty.”

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“By our very nature, we are a human paradox. We are a human being. The being is infinite and the human is very finite. We walk around like lightening in a bottle.”

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Author:Mark Nepo

“For being human, we remember and forget. We stray and return, fall down and get up, and cling and let go, again and again. But it is this straying and returning that makes life interesting, this clinging and letting go - damned as it is - that exercises the heart.”

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Book:The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life

Source: The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life

“Every human has an unfathomable gift that only meeting life head on will reveal.”

Humans Meetings Unfathomable

Author:Mark Nepo

“Wakefulness is not a destination but a song the human heart keeps singing, the way birds keep singing at the first sign of light.”

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“Part of the blessing and challenge of being human is that we must discover our own true nature.”

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Book:The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (Gift Edition)

Source: The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (Gift Edition)