Mark Nepo
The One You Feed
Eric Zimmer
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2016
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Mark Nepo is a poet, philosopher and cancer survivor who has taught in the fields of poetry, health, and spirituality for forty years. A New York Times #1 bestselling author, he has published numerous books and audio projects. Mark has appeared with Oprah Winfrey on her Super Soul Sunday program on OWN TV, and has also been interviewed by Robin Roberts on Good Morning America.
His book The Book of Awakening is considered a modern spiritual classic. His latest book is called Inside the Miracle: Enduring Suffering, Approaching Wholeness
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In This Interview Mark Nepo and I Discuss...
The One You Feed parable
Thinking of things as life affirming or life draining versus good and bad
How none of us really understands the mystery of life
How controlling and counting cuts off our access to the present moment
Resisting inflating or deflating ourselves
The real meaning of humility
How only the heart can synthesize our experience
The role and definition of paradox
Substituting what is familiar for what is true
The critical role of dialog and relation in a spiritual practice
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| 0:00.0 | The terrible knowledge is that we can be erased in a second. |
| 0:05.8 | And I don't say that to scare anyone. |
| 0:16.6 | Welcome to The One You Feed. |
| 0:18.6 | Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, quotes |
| 0:23.3 | like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true. |
| 0:28.7 | And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. |
| 0:33.0 | We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. |
| 0:37.7 | We see what we don't have, instead of what we do, we think things that hold us back and |
| 0:42.3 | dampen our spirit. |
| 0:44.1 | But it's not just about thinking. |
| 0:46.0 | Our actions matter. |
| 0:47.5 | It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. |
| 0:52.4 | This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, |
| 0:56.7 | how they feed their good wolf. |
| 1:11.5 | In the 70s, the warehouse took over Chicago Nightlife, and the club's DJ would go on to |
| 1:17.0 | make history. |
| 1:18.4 | Frankie made sure that you felt it in your soul. |
| 1:21.6 | Learn more about the rise of house music. |
| 1:24.0 | On the history of the world's greatest nightclubs, a 12-part podcast about the iconic |
| 1:29.2 | venues and people that revolutionize How We Party. |
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| 1:37.2 | Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
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