New Consciousness Review Spring 2016 | Page 80

Rising Stars Profiles of Conscious Creatives you may not yet have met ... Mark Nepo is a poet and philosopher who has taught in the fields of poetry and spirituality for over 30 years. He is best known for his New York Times #1 bestseller, The Book of Awakening. He has published sixteen books and recorded eleven audio projects, and has just published a new, expanded edition of Inside the Miracle: Enduring Suffering, Approaching Wholeness (Sounds True, 2015). In it Mark shares his transformative experience of cancer in his mid-thirties, and how it changed the way he sees the world and made him a student of all spiritual paths. Although the lessons in this book emerged from his journey through cancer, they are really for anyone struggling with hardship. Mark was part of Oprah Winfrey’s The Life You Want Tour in 2014 and has appeared several times with Oprah on Super Soul Sunday and with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America. His websites are marknepo.com and threeintentions.com Paul Selig is a playwright, educator, medium and author whose books are considered breakthrough works of channeled literature. They include I Am the Word, The Book of Love and Creation, and The Book of Knowing and Worth, and his new book, THE BOOK OF MASTERY, which is Book 1 of The Mastery Trilogy. Taken together, these books offer extraordinary insights into our potential for personal and planetary evolution. His website is paulselig.com. 80 | NEW CONSCIOUSNESS REVIEW