Finding inner courage
Title:
Finding inner courage
Author:
ISBN:
9781442342118
Uniform Title:
Facing the lion, being the lion
Publication Information:
New York : Simon and Schuster Audio, ℗2011, [2007]
Physical Description:
7 audio discs (approximately 8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Originally published: Facing the lion, being the lion. San Francisco, CA : Red Wheel/Weiser, 2007.
Contents:
To my listener -- How to listen to this book -- Movement 1: Facing the lion -- Movement 2: Being the lion -- Movement 3: Inner courage and where it lives.
Summary:
Mark Nepo, a poet, philosopher, teacher and storyteller, believes there are two paths to manifesting courage: going within and knowing oneself, and turning outward, steadfastly facing life, allowing oneself to be vulnerable to experiences. The cost of not doing so is numbness, or living death, Nepo believes, and he sees courage as an ongoing series of choices. Nepo relates his own experiences surviving cancer and overcoming certain fears. The quiet understanding of the constant interplay of surface and depth in our lives, the need to let go of judgments and exercise compassion as we view our own flaws and the flaws of those around us is to find our own place of courage and peace.
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