Consolations
The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
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David Whyte
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David Whyte
About this listen
In Consolations, David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid - loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear - boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for truth.
Beginning with 'Alone' and closing with 'Work', each chapter in this life-affirming audiobook is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling overwhelmed and the desire to run away from it all. Through this lens, procrastination may be a necessary ripening; hiding an act of freedom; and shyness something that accompanies the first stage of revelation.
Consolations invites listeners into a poetic and thoughtful consideration of words whose meaning and interpretation influence the paths we choose and the way we traverse them throughout our lives.
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- tamara
- 09-01-21
Decoding words into their wisdoms
Whether you listen to this as a daily insight or reflection, or all in one go and revisit different words to meditate on, this book is a wonder for all of us looking and finding meaning in the words we inhabit in our lives as human beings.
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- Buddhasamagama
- 31-08-21
wonderful
as if one were being bathed in honey (in a good way) just a sheer indulgence
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- Aniek
- 23-02-22
Phenomenal - a constant companion
David Whyte has an exquisite capability to reframe, inspire, humble and ground at the same time. Consolations is a collection of little treasures to sooth life's ups, downs and middles - a constant companion to let you move beyond whatever you are facing.
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- Anna Vladimirova Kaperska
- 02-06-23
Beautifully written!
Very profound and poetic book. Written with lots of love and kindness towards human nature.
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- Dominic
- 27-01-24
Really enjoyed.
Even just to listen to the voice of the author sometimes. The only remark: there is a spelling mistake in the title of the chapter “LonEliness”.
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- Nick Fair
- 19-03-20
Breathtakingly beautiful
This book is exquisitely profound and speaks directly to the part of our minds, souls and hearts that wants to live more honestly and wholeheartedly. It brought me to tears a number of times and is essential reading for those of us who would like to release ourselves from what David Whyte calls the “busy periphery“ of our lives and begin to engage with ourselves and with others in a more authentic, living and fuller way.
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- MaryT kavanagh.
- 20-07-22
consoling
Such wonderful work. A soulful gift helpful in generating deeper reflections in fast paced and superficial world . Your gift is such a blessing to the world.
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- J. A. Croucher
- 28-11-24
Insightful
I didn’t listen to the whole book in one go. I listened to some parts more than once. Meaningful in a fresh way. A book to stop you in your tracks and make you think if you let it.
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