#240 — The Boundaries of Self

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Waking Up with Sam Harris

Samharris, Currentevents, Politics, Ethics, Religion, Neuroscience, Science, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.6 • 29.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the podcast, Sam speaks with poet David Whyte about his new and on-going series for the Waking Up app, based on his book, Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words.

With the imagery of a poet and the reflection of a philosopher, David turns his attention to ordinary words, each a doorway into the underlying currents of human life.

They discuss 4 tracks from the first installment—Friendship, Honesty, Ambition, and Alone.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast.
0:09.1	This is Sam Harris.
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1:00.2	I am back with David White.
1:02.0	David, thanks for joining me.
1:04.0	It's a pleasure.
1:05.3	So we already have a series of your poetry in the waking up app, which people have absolutely
1:11.2	loved.
1:12.5	And now you are coming back with yet more work, which is derived from your book, Consolations,
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