The Spark of Becoming: Poetry That Connects
Renowned poet, author, and spiritual teacher, Mark Nepo shares poetry from his book The Half Life of Angels. Poetry that touches the soul and reminds us of what it means to be fully alive, to be surrounded by what is sacred.
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Mark Nepo is a poet and spiritual teacher who has taught in the fields of poetry and spirituality for over 50 years. With over a million copies sold, Mark has moved and inspired readers and seekers all over the world with his #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Awakening. A beloved poet, teacher, and storyteller, Mark has been called “one of the finest spiritual guides of our time,” “a consummate storyteller,” and “an eloquent spiritual teacher.” His work is widely accessible and his books have been translated into more than twenty languages.
A bestselling-author, Mark has published twenty-four books and recorded fifteen audio projects. His most recent, The Half-Life of Angels: Three Books of Poems contains poems written in his fifties and sixties, is the first in a series of volumes to be published in limited editions. In September 2023 his twenty-fifth book, Falling Down and Getting Up is being published by St. Martin's Essentials
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THE YOGA HOUR TEAM COMMENTS: Mark says "Poetry isn’t the arrangement of words on the page. It's not about stanzas and meters. It is the unexpected utterance of words from the soul." I loved Laurel and Mark’s conversation of the title of his new book of poetry, The Half Life of Angels. This book is a compilation of three books of poetry. Laurel talked about how she understands the term half-life in scientific terms. When she read the title she thought about how angels are infinite and the half life of infinity is infinity. Mark said: “I see it as the spark, that moment in nature, when love touches us”. He used the visual example of Michaelangelo's painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and God touching his finger to man. He also described how going through the many poems that he has written over these past decades opened him up to a greater understanding of himself and it was important to him not to change the way he wrote the earlier poems because of his deeper insights now, but to let them be. I also enjoyed how Laurel shared Yogacharya's poetry as well as Paramahansa Yogananda's. It was a very rich and meaningingful program. I would highly recommend it.
DR. TRUJILLO’S COMMENTS: It was a treat to focus on sacred poetry and on Mark Nepo’s new book The Half-Life of Angels. I appreciated his description of darkness as something we can’t yet see, and that through personal growth we can make darkness visible. His description of the rhythm between periods of harshness and beauty, between bareness and fullness in our lives as the inhalation and exhalation of the universe was very beautiful and touching to me. I always enjoy Mark Nepo’s focus on our essential Oneness and our connection with each other and with the sacred Universe.