Scott Cluthe's Love Cafe

Scott Cluthe interviews Mark Nepo about his new book of inspiring stories,  As Far As The Eye Can See: Stories to Illuminate the Soul. Since everything is sacred, staying close to what is sacred is a matter of presence and attention more than travel to some secret place. In essence, staying close is a pilgrimage to the heart of where we are. Since it is we who lose our directness of living, our task is often to restore that freshness of being alive. Stories help us. They are teachers. They are medicine. They keep us connected to what matters. They keep us awake. This has always been true. And so, As Far As the Heart Can See is a book of stories and parables about staying awake and staying close. Each story has a life of its own that simply used me to become known again in the world. And each has some residue of my life on earth, for no story can come through without some taste of the teller. Mark Nepo is a poet and philosopher who has taught in the fields of poetry and spirituality for over thirty years.