David Whyte Poetry from the On Being Gathering (Closing Words)
\u201cThe sense of having walked from far inside yourself / out into the revelation, to have risked yourself / for something that seemed to stand both inside you / and far beyond you, that called you back\u201d\nDavid Whyte sent us out into the world at the end of the first On Being Gathering \u2014 a four-day coming-together of the On Being community for reflection, conversation, and companionship \u2014 at the 1440 Multiversity in the redwoods of Scotts Valley, California.\nDavid Whyte is a poet and an associate fellow at Sa\xefd Business School at the University of Oxford. He is the author of \u201cThe Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America\u201d and \u201cConsolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words.\u201d His most recent book is \u201cThe Bell and The Blackbird.\u201d\nFind the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.