david Whyte Bücher

Viele der Wörter, denen sich David Whyte in diesen kurzen Essays zuwendet, scheinen vertraut zu sein. Von »Freude«, »Ehrlichkeit« und »Berührung« meinen wir zu wissen, was sie bedeuten. In den Betrachtungen des britisch-amerikanischen Dichters gewinnen diese Begriffe eine neue, unerwartete Strahlkraft, sie beginnen zu funkeln. »Zuwendungen« fängt an mit dem Wort »Allein« und endet mit »Zorn«. Beide Begriffe meinen wir zu kennen – und halten sie für wenig vielversprechend. Aber: »Allein sein zu wollen, bedeutet, eine gewisse Gastfreundschaft durch das Gespräch zurückzuweisen und sich einer anderen Tür und einer anderen Art von Begrüßung zuzuwenden, die nicht unbedingt von menschlichem Vokabular definiert ist.« Und: »In seinem reinem Zustand ist Zorn das Maß dafür, wie weit wir in die Welt verstrickt sind und durch die Liebe in all ihren Einzelheiten verletzlich werden.«

The author of Consolations collects his best poetry and offers a deep-dive into the significance each one holds.

David Whyte explores the underlying meaning of 52 ordinary words, with an introduction by Maria Popova of Brain Pickings and author of Figuring

This newly revised edition contains the most up to date versions of poems from David's first five volumes of poetry: Songs for Coming Home, Where Many Rivers Meet, Fire in the Earth, The House of Belonging and Everything is Waiting for You, as well as the latest versions of the new poems that originally appeared in the first edition of River Flow.

In this book, poet David Whyte turns his attention to the deepest longing of human beings - the desire to belong to people and places and the many ways of experiencing a sense of home. The House of Belonging has sold over 50,000 copies and contains some of his most beloved poems, such as The Truelove, The Journey, and Sweet Darkness. The deeply moving title poem reads as balm and benediction to wherever one finds one's home in the world, and taken together, the collection illuminates the myriad ways we belong - to others, to ourselves, and to the world.

With the imagery of a poet and the reflection of a philosopher, David Whyte turns his attention to 52 ordinary words, each its own particular doorway into the underlying currents of human life. Beginning with Alone and closing with Work, each chapter is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on the inevitable vicissitudes of life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling besieged and the desire to run away from it all. Through this lens, procrastination may be a necessary ripening; hiding an act of freedom; and shyness the appropriate confusion and helplessness that accompanies the first stage of revelation. Consolations invites readers into a poetic and thoughtful consideration of words whose meaning and interpretation influence the paths we choose and the way we traverse them throughout our lives.

Crossing the Unknown Sea is about reuniting the imagination with our day to day lives. It shows how poetry and practicality, far from being mutually exclusive, reinforce each other to give every aspect of our lives meaning and direction. For anyone who wants to deepen their connection to their life’s work — or find out what their life’s work is — this book can help navigate the way. Whyte encourages readers to take risks at work that will enhance their personal growth, and shows how burnout can actually be beneficial and used to renew professional interest. He asserts that too many people blindly trudge through a mediocre work life because so many “busy” tasks prevent significant reflection and analysis of job satisfaction. People often turn to spiritual practice or religion to nurture their souls, but overlook how work can actually be our greatest opportunity for discovery and growth. Crossing the Unknown Sea combines poetry, gifted storytelling and Whyte’s personal experience to reveal work’s potential to fulfill us and bring us closer to ultimate freedom and happiness.

This is the first book to argue comprehensively that unless we destroy the legal and political basis for the corporation, we are unlikely to reverse the decline of the eco-system, and therefore we will hasten the end of the species. -- .

Book by Whyte, David

Draws on the lives of some of the world's forefront writers and activists to evaluate the intimate nature of human relationships with their significant others, their work, and their inner selves, explaining the importance of balancing one's commitments to each.