So we can record anything-we can stop it, we can replay it, but all of it to say what this beautiful little story says- life is unrepeatable. I don't want to give it up …but one of the things I think we need to be aware of is that if we don't meet it with our own presence and inner journey, the structure and habits of technology inadvertently become our values. Mark: And what it again suggests is this: I love all the new technology. Marianna: Each time I hear this story, it doesn't matter-it's fresh every time and I'm just struck… The odds of it breaking surface in the same exact spot twice-that's how rare it is to be born in human form.” The tortoise wakes a second time and now is moved back to the surface. But the story-one of the stories of Buddha-is that one of his students came and asked him, “How rare is it to be born as a human being?” and Buddha supposedly said, “Well imagine a tortoise in the ocean, on the bottom of the ocean, and it slowly rises, breaks surface and looks around, and then goes back to the bottom and goes back to sleep. So it really puts things in a different perspective. After all of that, I've come to feel that there is really no ‘bad weather’. As you know from my work, and any readers know, that I’m a cancer survivor. As you say, wakefulness starts with our just remembering again and again our appreciation for really how rare it is to be here at all. I'm wondering if you could help us get there by sharing your version of the Buddhist story about how rare it is to be born human. I'd like to begin our Journey of Awakening today with a sense of gratitude for being incarnate, here and now, as a human being. On this show, we're going to explore the tag line for The Book of Awakenings: Have the life you want by being fully present to the life you have. His latest book is called As Far As The Heart Can See, and his upcoming book, which will be released in 2012 by Simon and Schuster is called Seven Thousand Ways to Listen. In 2010 Oprah Winfrey featured The Book of Awakenings on her Ultimate Favorite Things show. Mark Nepo is a New York Times bestselling author, poet and his latest book The Book of Awakenings is currently #12 on the New York Times Bestsellers list.
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