David Whyte on The Art of Poetry and Prose

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

David Whyte is a poet and author who also leads the Many Rivers Organization and Invitas, the Institute for Conversational Leadership, which he founded in 2014. David is the author of many poetry collection and prose books, including his newest book, Still Possible

In this episode, Eric and David discuss several of David’s beautiful poems from his latest collection, as well as some of his older work.

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David Whyte and I Discuss The Art of Poetry and Prose and…

His book, Still Possible
His poem, Your Prayer
The metaphor of a doorway, and how it can be a barrier or an opening in your life
Beautiful forgetting and how we can get out of and then into ourselves
How depression is a form of stuckness
Asking yourself how invitational you are to the people in your life
His book, The Three Marriages
How poetry is the art of saying things you didn’t know you knew
His poem, The Road to Santiago
How our reluctances are doorways to connection to other people
Anxiety and how it is a kind of staticness
How not knowing is great intimacy
The importance of silence and rest

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0:00.0	When you haven't been introduced to the joys and treasures of silence earlier in your lives,
0:05.2	you actually start to see it as the enemy.
0:07.4	Because actually it is the enemy to your established identity.
0:10.6	It's going to undo and break down the perimeter and edge that you set up for yourself.
0:23.9	Welcome to the One You Feed.
0:25.9	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have,
0:30.4	quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:36.0	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:40.3	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:45.0	We see what we don't have instead of what we do.
0:47.9	We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:51.3	But it's not just about thinking.
0:53.3	Our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
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