Holding Nothing Back

A Poet's Guidance for the Practice of True Self-ExpressionAll spiritual traditions affirm that fully participating in our own life is what allows us to find our place in the fullness and beauty of the world. As such, holding nothing back is less a forceful act of will and more a surrender into the current of life we are always in. In Holding Nothing Back, Mark Nepo invites us to enliven the one obligation we are born with: to be completely who you are. Our reward is nothing less than the realization that all of life is in whatever moment we wake to. Holding Nothing Back illuminates: The Fall into Life-our inevitable journey into what is real, and how we only find meaning through relationshipAlone and Together-the paradox of being and belonging and how we need both solitude and communityThe Mystery of Transformation-staying true to the spirit within while the person carrying it keeps evolving To hold nothing back means staying committed to letting whatever we experience make its way in and letting whatever is in make its way out, explains Nepo. Holding nothing back means holding the intention to be an open vessel, in a daily way. Here is his passionate call to each of us to find and befriend the quiet courage to bring all of who we are to every step we take through the miraculous world.

Mark Nepo