#240 — The Boundaries of Self

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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,</span> <a href= "https://amzn.to/3t0pn6W" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They discuss 4 tracks from the first installment—</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Friendship</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Honesty</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ambition,</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Alone.</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">SUBSCRIBE to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full-length episodes of the podcast at</span> <a href= "http://samharris.org/subscribe"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">samharris.org/subscribe</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>