David Whyte - The Conversational Nature of Reality

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“Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet / confinement of your aloneness / to learn / anything or anyone / that does not bring you alive / is too small for you.” David Whyte is a poet and philosopher who believes in the power of a “beautiful question” amid the drama of work as well as the drama of life, and the ways the two overlap. He shared a deep friendship with the late Irish philosopher John O’Donohue. They were, David Whyte says, like “two bookends.” More recently, he’s written about the consolation, nourishment, and underlying meaning of everyday words. (Original Air Date: April 7, 2016)
About the Guest:
David Whyte is a poet and an associate fellow at Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford. He is the author of “The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America” and “Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words.” His most recent book is “The Bell and the Blackbird.”
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@crossanwich 3 жыл бұрын

This man says more in 10 seconds than most of us could say in an hour.

@meghan42 2 жыл бұрын

But we have our own lives and that is what 's most important. His words are lovely, and so is yours.

@ephemera... Жыл бұрын

I know !!!!!!!!!! It's because he's a poet. In another interview he say's 'you can't speed read poetry'. His message is shifting my trauma upside down.

@coochalena2616 2 ай бұрын

Anyone that doesn’t bring you alive is too small for you. Love that. ❤

@seoexpertsandyrowley6598 Жыл бұрын

Could you even imagine, having David Whyte as a tour guide? ❤

@wesleymast673 15 күн бұрын

Have listened several times. Always engaging. I'm seeking to practice asking beautiful questions, and I find it engaging. Also challenged to engage in meaningful ways with aging and chronic back pain.

@ingridjean350 Жыл бұрын

David, i love the way you speak in a poetic way . I have only just discovered you on this podcast . I am 65 and live in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa and hope to discover more of your teachings . Take care

@nannumahbub 4 жыл бұрын

'I return to poetry as a more precise way to describe the world...more precise than science...'

@meghan42 2 жыл бұрын

Equally precise. Both beautiful.

@solarnaut 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed ! I LOVE science and logic, but the human experience is not a readily logical one ! B-)

@Sherspirit 3 жыл бұрын

I seriously feel saddened for the shriveled spirits which hit the 👎 in regard to this beautiful and deep sharing

@crakhaed 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that was beautiful. Ended up writing so much of it down to absorb. Thank you so much for putting this up. What a fortune.

@patrickwilliams8646 7 ай бұрын

Wow. I have heard him live a few times. And I have several audio downloads. Truly inspiring

@SylvainDousset 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant ❤

@humanbeing2009 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thank you

@gwenhartland6028 Жыл бұрын

So helpful and love your poetry 🙏❤

@user-yk9sk7pg6v 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@lindagiles2769 Жыл бұрын

This is wonderful to hear and to know this exists.

@LasclasesdeMara 2 жыл бұрын

Very profound. Thank you 🙏🏽

@gloriamitchell3518 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@solarnaut 2 жыл бұрын

44:44 "BEAUTIFUL TREPIDATION . . . none of us really feel we deserve our happiness. " B-)

@corlisscrabtree3647 Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@paulcollins6732 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic interview. Thank you!

@successforyouandyourwholef7559 11 ай бұрын

Every word ❤

@isabelfleury9937 4 жыл бұрын

The best conversation and insight!

@rayibrahim4267 3 жыл бұрын

A tip: you can watch series on flixzone. Been using it for watching all kinds of movies recently.

@kristianeugene2623 3 жыл бұрын

@Ray Ibrahim yup, have been watching on Flixzone for months myself :)

@rylankody8863 3 жыл бұрын

@Ray Ibrahim Yup, I have been watching on flixzone for since november myself :D

@alfonsolszewski1574 4 жыл бұрын

Caught you on WOSU Public Media in Columbus, Ohio, and was impressed with your mind David Whyte, thanks for sharing.

@cliveawilson 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful inspiration. It reminded me of a poem I wrote called “The Leaf”. Contemplating the conversation between a leaf and it’s world. I’d love to post it in the comments and especially if David was able to read it. But I don’t want to be presumptuous.

@solarnaut 2 жыл бұрын

My Dear Clive, David may be a busy dude, so no promises, but he also seems cheerleader for human courage to embrace our vulnerability and inevitable demise. A more accounting person could say "nothing ventured : nothing gained." I gather y/t content creators can curate these comments section if they wish, but these kinds of forums offer something of a "public square." PLEASE INDULGE ! B-)

@cliveawilson 2 жыл бұрын

@@solarnaut - thank you for your encouragement here is The Leaf…

@1987Fergal 3 жыл бұрын

Hermosa

@anonymoushuman8344 Жыл бұрын

Wisdom.

@bellapausa4315 3 жыл бұрын

Omg! You are my people!!!! 💦🙌💦💙🐦🌟💙🌟🌻🌻🌟🌻🙏🙌

@meghan42 2 жыл бұрын

My people too. My people are all people.

@bellapausa4315 2 жыл бұрын

@@meghan42 indeed 🙏

@ephemera... Жыл бұрын

Write your favourite bits here. Mine : The poem 'Everything is waiting for you. Thank you Anna.

@JeremyHelm 4 жыл бұрын

Folder of Time

@JeremyHelm 4 жыл бұрын

3:20 grounded in solid air

@JeremyHelm 4 жыл бұрын

4:11 The conversational nature of reality... In some sense we don't get to choose? Our environment is already dialoguing with us, before we even have a say about it?

@JeremyHelm 4 жыл бұрын

5:45 language written by adults who had not forgotten the visions and insight of children

@JeremyHelm 4 жыл бұрын

7:15 going back to poetry because science was always trying to get rid of the I (consequently scientific language cannot be precise enough), and yet the I deepens the more you pay attention

@JeremyHelm 4 жыл бұрын

7:34 attention, out here in the world, not pass base beliefs, constitutes identity relationally in conversation with the world I wish I was just quoting him about this, my summaries seem diluted!

@DontShootTheMessenger Жыл бұрын

19:00

@griffinbaker9792 2 жыл бұрын

9:00 What does he mean by "half of what is about to occur is unknown, both inside you and outside you"?

@patriciaock 2 жыл бұрын

maybe, this is what he call a "good question" to hold on to and repeat .... I´ll join you in that!

@anonymoushuman8344 Жыл бұрын

I think he means that our experience of the world and of ourselves is the interplay between what we already know, expect, and can predict and what we can't. Reality can be seen as an ongoing dialogue or conversation between these two elements. Maybe there's more to what he's saying there, something I've missed that may dawn on me eventually.

@AzadiEvents 4 ай бұрын

Maybe he means what your own personal health (internal medicine) will do to you and what the world has for you, too. Sounds like a belief in destiny - how your body will fail you inevitably because of mortality, and the world will fail you (the corporate world). But I would rather hear from him to be certain, 😅❤