Such a gift.  Thank you Mary Oliver for sharing your authenticity.

American Treasure. World treasure. Mary Oliver.

One of my absolute all-time favourites! This is amazing :)

Krista Tippet interview.  "Your place in the family of things."  Grasshopper...

Great interview with an inspiring poet, thank you

Here you can listen to Derek Walcott's poem recited by Kabat-Zinn, saying a prose statement was "bound to be inadequate" in communicating his point.

Read the full poem at http://www.onbeing.org/program/opening-our-lives/138

"Love After Love" by Derek Walcott (Read by Jon Kabat-Zinn)

What To Remember When Waking

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Poem By David Whyte For John O'Donohue, music Secret Garden, voice M.J. Hummingway

I visited Sri Lanka's Sinharaja rainforest during the monsoon season with the hope of recording some of it’s unique wildlife, but the torrential rain forced me to spend most of my time sheltering inside a lodge! However on the final morning of my stay the rain eased for a few hours and I had a brief opportunity to record the sounds you hear on this album.

The full 65 minute, 6 track album is downloadable from https://wildambience.com/albums/storm-in-sinharaja/

Storm in Sinharaja

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Album: Storm in Sinharaja (Recorded in Sri Lanka)

Often quoted, but rarely interviewed, Mary Oliver is one of our greatest and most beloved poets. She’s just released a new volume, Felicity, at the age of 80. And so we’re revisiting the interview she granted us earlier this year on the wisdom of the world, the salvation of poetry, and the life behind her writing.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/mary-oliver-listening-to-the-world/7267

Mary Oliver — Listening to the World

David Whyte reads his poem "Everything Is Waiting for You." 

Find more at www.onbeing.org/program/david-whyte-the-conversational-nature-of-reality/8560

"Everything Is Waiting for You" by David Whyte

David Whyte reads "Vulnerability," an excerpt from his book "Consolations." 

"Vulnerability" by David Whyte

“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” amidst the drama of work as well as the drama of life — amidst the ways the two overlap, whether we want them to or not. 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.

Find more www.onbeing.org/program/david-whyte-the-conversational-nature-of-reality/8560

David Whyte — The Conversational Nature of Reality

The foremost virtuoso of the sarod in modern times, Ali Akbar Khan was instrumental in popularizing Indian classical music in the west. This Rough Guide showcases his sublime talent and intuitive command of melody and rhythm which led violin legend Yehudi Menuhin to dub him ‘the greatest musician in the world’.

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Rough Guide To Ali Akbar Khan

Darbari Kanada (Jod)

Poet and philosopher David Whyte discusses his inner life and the importance of loneliness: "I've always felt that when you do feel loneliness, it's always a kind of inverse measure of what you actually belong to." Part three of The Lonely Hour's mini-series, Inner Lives. 

Original illustration by Payton Cosell Turner.

#33 How Loneliness Tells You Where to Go, with David Whyte

Recorded for Brain Pickings. Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/09/23/amanda-palmer-mary-oliver-when-i-am-among-the-trees/

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Amanda Palmer reads "When I Am Among the Trees" by Mary Oliver

Groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning conversation about the big questions of meaning, hosted by Krista Tippett. Every Thursday a new discovery about the immensity of our lives — and frequent special features like poetry, music and Q + A with Krista.

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