Stories help us, teach us, heal us, and connect us to what matters. AS FAR AS THE HEART CAN SEE is an invitation to be in relationship with deep and life-giving material. Spiritual gurus like Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopra present dense metaphysical theses with an intellectual approach for "working" a spiritual path; poet and philosopher Mark Nepo reaches people through their hearts, bringing something fresh and new to the field by stimulating change through reflection of thoughts and feelings. The stories he shares in AS FAR AS THE HEART CAN SEE come from many places - from Nepo's personal history to dreams to the myths of our ancestors. Each one is an invitation to awaken an aspect of living in relationship with the sacred.
Following each of the forty-five stories are journal questions, table questions, and meditations. The questions, whether reflected upon in a journal or discussed in deeper conversation with friends or family, are meant to lead the seeker down unimagined paths and back into life; the meditations are meant to ground the learning. These stories and parables about universal concepts and themes offer a poet's sensuality and a philosopher's sensibility to personalising the journey of the human experience in the world.
