{"id":24937,"date":"2026-02-17T03:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=24937"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:59:57","slug":"mark-nepo-age-like-a-meteor","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/mark-nepo-age-like-a-meteor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Nepo: Age Like a Meteor"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-24937-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PD07816W_IATE_Nepo-FINAL.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PD07816W_IATE_Nepo-FINAL.mp3\">https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PD07816W_IATE_Nepo-FINAL.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if aging isn\u2019t about decline, but about becoming brighter\u2014like a meteor that grows more luminous even as it falls through the atmosphere?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tami Simon speaks with beloved poet-philosopher Mark Nepo about his deeply moving new book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fifth Season: Creativity in the Second Half of Life<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Drawing from Chinese wisdom traditions and his own journey through chronic pain and back surgery, Mark illuminates aging as the \u201cheavenly pivot\u201d (love that phrase) which is the transformative shift from living outwardly to inhabiting life from the inside out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Join Mark and Tami for this episode to explore:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The meteor metaphor: how we grow brighter as our outer casing flakes away \u2022 \u201cEntering time\u201d versus moving through it\u2014and why slowing down opens the eternal moment \u2022 The paradox of limitation: how loss simultaneously deepens and expands us \u2022 Breaking through to joy as the depth of being that holds all the waves \u2022 Why the heart, not the mind, must lead in the second half of life \u2022 Living with chronic pain and learning to let beauty in while suffering \u2022 The difference between being victims of life versus initiates into life \u2022 How grief changes everything and why we don\u2019t get over it, we get under it \u2022 Being swift of heart\u2014living without hesitation from the inside out<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark\u2019s wisdom arises from decades of spiritual practice, surviving cancer, and facing the inevitable losses that come with a long life\u2014essential listening for anyone navigating aging, chronic pain, loss, or simply seeking to live more fully present to the life they have.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Listen now to discover how the second half of life can be your most luminous yet.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This conversation offers genuine transmission\u2014not just concepts about awakening, but the palpable presence of realized teachers exploring the growing edge of spiritual understanding together. 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