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Hoy se cumplen 150 anos del nacimiento de Rainer Maria Rilke, el mayor poeta del siglo pasado. Cuando un joven cadete que queria dedicarse a los versos acudio a el en busca de consejo, Rilke le respondio con sus Cartas a un joven poeta. El primer consejo le decia que no buscara consejo: es decir, que no buscara las respuestas fuera de si, sino en su interior. El segundo lo conminaba a aferrarse a las cosas que lo rodeaban, no importa lo pequenas que fueran. El propio Rilke era un hombre pequeno, con aire de nino, que decia que la unica patria es la infancia, aunque la suya no habia sido especialmente feliz. Lo vistieron de nina, para compensar la perdida de su hermana fallecida, y luego lo enviaron a una academia militar cuya dureza lo expulso al mundo grande. Permanentemente desarraigado, busco un suelo en que asentarse en mas de cincuenta ciudades, varias de ellas andaluzas. Se cruzo en una taberna en Cordoba con una perrita fea y exhausta, en avanzada prenez, y en sus ojos agrandados vio una verdad que trascendia lo individual. A partir de entonces entendio que en lo pequeno estaba la clave de nuestra vida. Ahora que hablamos tanto de corrupcion hay que recordar que la felicidad esta en las pequenas cosas, como dijo Groucho: un pequeno yate, una pequena mansion, una pequena fortuna.

Hypersensibel und hochbegabt: Rainer Maria Rilke ist ein Phänomen. Der 1875 in Prag geborene Dichter wird auch knapp hundert Jahre nach seinem Tod verehrt wie kaum ein anderer Autor deutscher Sprache. Lady Gaga trägt sie als Tattoo, auf Instagram und Tiktok entdecken junge Menschen seine Poesie neu. Rilke war ein Suchender und führte ein ruheloses Leben, getrieben von Angst und der Suche nach Schönheit, geprägt von intensiven Beziehungen zu starken Frauen, künstlerischen Krisen und von einer Sensibilität, die zugleich Bürde und Quell seines dichterischen Genies war. Seine Texte thematisieren die existenziellen Fragen des Menschseins, kreisen um Gott und preisen Natur und Tierwelt. Was macht Rilke zu einem generationenübergreifenden Phänomen? Was hat es mit der extensiven Liste an Geliebten auf sich, und was hätte Rilke zu Krisen unserer Zeit zu sagen? Olivia Röllin im Gespräch mit der Literaturkritikerin und Autorin Iris Radisch und dem Literaturwissenschaftler und Rilke-Biograf Manfred Koch.

Hypersensibel und hochbegabt: Rainer Maria Rilke ist ein Phänomen. Der 1875 in Prag geborene Dichter wird auch knapp hundert Jahre nach seinem Tod verehrt wie kaum ein anderer Autor deutscher Sprache. Lady Gaga trägt sie als Tattoo, auf Instagram und Tiktok entdecken junge Menschen seine Poesie neu. Rilke war ein Suchender und führte ein ruheloses Leben, getrieben von Angst und der Suche nach Schönheit, geprägt von intensiven Beziehungen zu starken Frauen, künstlerischen Krisen und von einer Sensibilität, die zugleich Bürde und Quell seines dichterischen Genies war. Seine Texte thematisieren die existenziellen Fragen des Menschseins, kreisen um Gott und preisen Natur und Tierwelt. Was macht Rilke zu einem generationenübergreifenden Phänomen? Was hat es mit der extensiven Liste an Geliebten auf sich, und was hätte Rilke zu Krisen unserer Zeit zu sagen? Olivia Röllin im Gespräch mit der Literaturkritikerin und Autorin Iris Radisch und dem Literaturwissenschaftler und Rilke-Biograf Manfred Koch.

Vorträgliche Glückwünsche zum Geburtstag gelten hierzulande mittlerweile als unüblich, in den 1920er Jahren war man diesbezüglich aber noch nicht so streng. Rainer Maria Rilke feierte seinen 50. erst am 4. Dezember 1925, die Hamburger Nachrichten gratulierten aber bereits am 29. November. Sein Laudator Hans Bethge war selbst Schriftsteller und vor allem für seine Nachdichtungen orientalischer Lyrik bekannt. Gustav Mahlers berühmtes Lied von der Erde geht auf Gedichte Bethges zurück, der, wie bekanntlich auch Rilke, teilweise im Worpsweder Künstlerkreis verkehrte. Dass er ein intimer Kenner von Rilkes Lyrik war, verrät sein Text allemal – obwohl man über die These, Rilke habe niemals ein Liebeslied gedichtet, gewiss trefflich streiten kann. Es liest Rosa Leu.

Den Dichter Rainer Maria Rilke kennen viele. Nun lässt sich der Mensch hinter dem Werk besser kennenlernen. Sandra Richter, Direktorin im Marbacher Literaturarchiv, konnte für ihr Buch unbekannte Quellen auswerten.

Der Dichter Rainer Marie Rilke und Prag, Tschechisch-Sprachkurs, das Marionettenmuseum im südböhmischen Krumau

Der Dichter Rainer Marie Rilke und Prag, Tschechisch-Sprachkurs, das Marionettenmuseum im südböhmischen Krumau

Die literarische Welt feiert am 4. Dezember den 150. Geburtstag von Rainer Maria Rilke, einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Lyriker, der 1875 in Prag geboren wurde. Im Alter von 30 Jahren veröffentlichte er sein „Stunden-Buch“, das ihn als Lyriker berühmt machte. Dieser Gedichtband und weitere faszinierten das Publikum, Rilkegedichte wurden in viele Sprachen übersetzt und sie beeinflussten unzählige andere Lyrikerinnen und Lyriker in aller Welt. Die Autoren Jan Wagner und Nobert Hummelt hatten die Idee, deutsche Schreibende dazu einzuladen, sich mit Rilke zu beschäftigen und sich zu lyrischen „Antworten“ auf Rilke inspirieren zu lassen. Die Resonanz war überwältigend. Das faszinierende Ergebnis der unterschiedlichsten Gedichte ist im Band „Tanzt die Orange – 100 Antworten auf Rilke“ im Hanser Verlag erschienen.

Theresia Graw: In uns der Ozean | Gelesen von Elke Schützhold | 10 Std. 12 Min. | Hörbuch Hamburg || Kai Karlsson: Stiller als die Nacht. Der Schweden-Krimi-Adventskalender | Gelesen von Imme Beccard, Sebastian Horstmann, Timo Dierkes, Stefan Dehler, Lara Dieke, Henriette Mudrack, André Rulofs | Ca. 15 Min. pro Tag | Verlagsgruppe Oetinger || Rainer Maria Rilke: Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge | Ungekürzte Lesung mit Klaus Nägelen | 7 Std. 10 Min.| DAV / hr2-kultur und in der ARD-Audiothek || Rainer Maria Rilke: Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge | Gelesen von Gert Westphal | 5 Std. 55 Min. | DAV / SRF || Rainer Maria Rilke: Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge - Hörspiel | Mit Jens Harzer, Victoria Trauttmannsdorff, Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger | Regie: Iris Drögekamp | Bearbeitung: Manfred Hess | Musik: Klaus Weber | ARD-Audiothek || Die große Klassikerbox für die ganze Familie - 10 Schätze der Kinderliteratur | Gelesen von Rufus Beck, Charles Brauer, Rosemarie Fendel, Benno Fürmann, Heike Makatsch, Ulrich Noethen, Josefine Preuß, Udo Wachtveitl | 37 Std. 42 Min. | Ab 10 Jahre | Cbj Audio

In München traf Rilke 1897 Lou Andreas-Salomé, die ihn in Philosophie und Mystik einführte und seine Geliebte wurde. Diese Begegnung prägte seine lebenslange Suche nach dem Göttlichen in uns und den Dingen. Rilkes Poesie verbindet Eros und Spiritualität.

Paola Capriolo"Il superfluo della vita"Carbonio Editorewww.carbonioeditore.itLa nobile Clara e il borghese Heinrich, spiriti inquieti in un mondo che non li comprende, decidono di stare insieme a dispetto di ogni regola, unendosi in un matrimonio segreto contro la volontà del padre di lei. Innamorati e felici, gli sposi vivono nascosti in un'angusta soffitta, nutrendosi di passione e sogni, assorti nella beatitudine di un dolce conversare, rinunciando al superfluo per godersi la vita nella sua poetica essenzialità. Ma l'inverno impietoso e la miseria spingono Heinrich a uno stravagante espediente che è anche un atto estremo e irrevocabile: bruciare la scala che li collega al mondo, scegliendo l'amore come unico rifugio, pur sapendo di condannarsi all'isolamento…Scritta nel 1839 e considerata dallo stesso autore una delle sue opere più riuscite, Il superfluo della vita è una novella delicata e luminosa, piena di arguzia e candore, in cui l'incanto della fiaba avvolge il mistero della vita, sospesa tra presente e passato, tra doveri e diletti, tra sogno e realtà.Ludwig Tieck (Berlino, 1773-1853) è stato un influente scrittore, traduttore, poeta e critico letterario tedesco, figura di spicco del Romanticismo. Nel 1799 diede vita insieme a Novalis, i fratelli Schlegel, Schelling e Fichte al circolo romantico di Jena, un punto di riferimento per la letteratura dell'epoca. Tra le sue opere più significative si annoverano i romanzi Storia del signor William Lovell (1796) e Le peregrinazioni di Franz Sternbald (1798), il racconto fiabesco Il biondo Eckbert (1797), le fiabe teatrali Il gatto con gli stivali (1797) e Il mondo alla rovescia (1798), le novelle Il fidanzamento (1823) e Il superfluo della vita (1839).Paola Capriolo, nata a Milano nel 1962, è autrice di numerosi libri di narrativa, da La grande Eulalia (Feltrinelli 1988) a Irina Nikolaevna o l'arte del romanzo (Bompiani 2023). Le sue opere sono tradotte in molti Paesi. Ha scritto saggi su Benn, Rilke e Thomas Mann e tradotto per diversi editori testi di Goethe, Kleist, Keller, Stifter, Schnitzler, Thomas Mann e Kafka. Dal 2018 fa parte della giuria del Premio italo-tedesco per la traduzione letterariaDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

An exploration of the poem "Sometimes a man stands up during supper" by Rainer Maria Rilke.   www.JayLeeming.com

Im Comic „Mein Freund Rilke“ geht es um die Liebesgeschichte der Journalistin Ellen mit dem Dichter Rainer Maria Rilke. Sie wollte, dass man Bauchkribbeln beim Lesen bekommt, sagt Illustratorin Melanie Garanin. Und zeigen, dass Sprache sexy sein kann. Garanin, Melanie www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Lesart

Im Comic „Mein Freund Rilke“ geht es um die Liebesgeschichte der Journalistin Ellen mit dem Dichter Rainer Maria Rilke. Sie wollte, dass man Bauchkribbeln beim Lesen bekommt, sagt Illustratorin Melanie Garanin. Und zeigen, dass Sprache sexy sein kann. Garanin, Melanie www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Lesart

Im Comic „Mein Freund Rilke“ geht es um die Liebesgeschichte der Journalistin Ellen mit dem Dichter Rainer Maria Rilke. Sie wollte, dass man Bauchkribbeln beim Lesen bekommt, sagt Illustratorin Melanie Garanin. Und zeigen, dass Sprache sexy sein kann. Garanin, Melanie www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Lesart

Kurz vor seinem 150. Geburtstag sprechen wir über den Dichter Rainer Maria Rilke. Der Autor Hans-Peter Kunisch hat sich mit dem politischen Rilke auseinandersetzt - insbesondere mit seinem Hang zum italienischen Faschismus - im Buch "Das Flimmern der Raubtierfelle" (Reclam) / Außerdem: Manfred Kochs Biographie "Rilke. Dichter der Angst" (C.H. Beck) / Till Kössler legt zum 50. Todestag Francisco Francos eine neue Biographie über den spanischen Diktator vor (C.H. Beck) / Yulia Marfutowa reist literarisch zurück in ihre Geburtsland Russland: "Eine Chance ist ein höchstens spatzengroßer Vogel" (Rowohlt) / Das literarische Rätsel

Don Paolo Alliata"Nel tempo di Dio"Poesia e meditazione per le Ore del giornoPonte alle Graziewww.ponteallegrazie.itDalla notte dei tempi, poesia e preghiera hanno camminato insieme. Perché la poesia, anche quando non invoca Dio in modo esplicito ma dà voce all'inquietudine della condizione umana, alla confusa bellezza dei sentimenti che ci agita, alle asperità del quotidiano, è ascesi – un esercizio di attenzione al mondo e a ciò che lo trascende. La poesia, quando è davvero poesia, religiosa o meno che sia, ci spinge oltre noi stessi, sull'orlo dell'indicibile, là dove terra e cielo si sfiorano. E, su quel confine vibrante, ricava uno spazio sacro in cui le parole si intrecciano in modo inaspettato, smentiscono le leggi della grammatica, accendono immagini e orizzonti: non servono solo a comunicare, ma ad abitare il Mistero. In questo breviario personale, don Paolo Alliata sceglie le poesie che più parlano al suo cuore e le dispone lungo la giornata secondo le Ore liturgiche per scortarci nella grande avventura di diventare vivi. Dal Notturno – o Mattutino – al Vespro, dalle Lodi alla Compieta, nel meriggiare dell'Ora Media, i versi di Rilke e Pozzi, di Whitman e Turoldo, di Milton e Pessoa ci infondono una grazia potente che ci trasforma tutti – poeti e lettori – in profeti. Perché se la nostra anima, come quella degli angeli, è piena di canto, è solo cantando che possiamo liberare lo Spirito che soffia nel fondo della nostra umanità.Don Paolo Alliata è sacerdote della Diocesi di Milano. Laureato in Lettere classiche, cerca di raccontare, nella predicazione e negli scritti, il grande Mistero cristiano ricorrendo volentieri a immagini e temi tratti dalla letteratura e dal cinema. Per Ponte alle Grazie ha pubblicato: Dove Dio respira di nascosto (2018), C'era come un fuoco ardente (2019), Gesù predicava ai bradipi (2021) e L'amore fa i miracoli (2024). Dal 2022 è rettore del liceo Montini di Milano.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

This is a podcast of a guest sermon, given by invitation to the Unitarian Universalist Community of the Catskills. A guest sermon invited by the Unitarian Universalist Community of the Catskills, Aug 9, 2015. In it, I discuss Rainer Maria Rilke's conception of "solitude" (Einsamkeit), and its relevance to our contemporary lives. Explaining how the two dimensions of slowing down temporally and making space spatially figure into the development of solitude as Rilke describes it, I suggest that in our own era, time has become the more scarce resource. You can read a transcript of the sermon here: https://www.academia.edu/14942470/Solitude_Slowing_Down_and_Clearing_Space

Bianca Stone is joined with the host of Moral Minority Podcast, Charles Dashings, for the penultimate moment: Rilke’s 9th elegy. The Ninth Elegy. The “last but one.” We are not actually at the end, yet the end has somehow begun, like a wave just as it begins to form into a visible wave, nearing the […]

In this episode of The Appraiser's Advocate, host Tim Andersen, MAI explores the surprising power of uncertainty — not as a weakness, but as one of the highest professional and moral virtues. Drawing on philosophy, science, art, and real estate appraisal practice, this 12-minute reflection reveals how doubt, humility, and intellectual honesty shape better decisions and deeper trust.  Therefore, it is perfectly for an appraiser to tell the client, "The data were not very indicative of value.  Therefore, I did the best I could with what I had."  Is this a fault?  No, it is candid honesty - a demonstration of professional integrity. Listeners will discover why uncertainty fuels curiosity, protects integrity, and builds credibility in every field — from Socrates' “I know that I do not know,” to the appraiser's careful phrase, “based on available evidence.” Tim Andersen, an AQB-certified USPAP instructor, connects these timeless ideas to USPAP ethics.   This connection shows that credibility, not certainty, is the true foundation of public trust in valuation.  Public trust, and giving the public reason to trust appraisal and appraisers, is the cornerstone of real estate appraisal. Through stories, humor, and gentle wisdom, the episode examines how uncertainty becomes the soil of all virtue: humility in knowledge, compassion in ethics, wonder in art, and transparency in professional life. Whether you're an appraiser, educator, or lifelong learner, this episode offers encouragement to “love the questions themselves,” as Rilke advised, and to walk confidently in a world that will never be fully certain. Since uncertainty is an integral part of the science and are of real estate appraisal, keep your E&O insurance up to date, and an Administrative Law Attorney on speed dial.

Kath-Akademie Archiv: „Rainer Maria Rilkes meditativer Blick in die Welt“ von Otto Betz(Hördauer: 92 Minuten)Beim Studientag "Ungeborgen, hier auf den Bergen des Herzens" über Rainer Maria Rilkes meditativen Blick in die Welt referierte Otto Betz, em. Professor für Allgemeine Erziehungswissenschaft und Religionspädagogik an der Universität Hamburg. Das poetische Werk Rainer Maria Rilkes hat auch fast einhundert Jahre nach seinem Tod nichts von seiner Faszination und seiner Wirkkraft eingebüßt. Was waren die Pole seines Denkens? Einerseits war er von einer nachdrücklichen Hinwendung zur Erde bestimmt, andererseits bekannte er: „Wir sind die Bienen des Unsichtbaren. Wir tragen leidenschaftlich den Honig des Sichtbaren ein, um ihn im großen goldenen Bienenstock des Unsichtbaren anzuhäufen.“ Rilke war darum bemüht, eine Schaufähigkeit zu entwickeln, die der Geheimnishaftigkeit der Wirklichkeit gerecht wird und ihren ‚epiphanischen Charakter‘ sichtbar macht. Den Menschen sah er in ein Spiel hineingenommen; und dieser solle auch darin mitspielen, um seiner Berufung gerecht zu werden. Die Bildsprache Rilkes legt uns nicht fest, sie schafft einen Raum und weckt unsere Imaginationsfähigkeit. Rilke hat kein Denksystem entwickelt und fordert nicht zur Nachfolge auf. Aber er lädt uns ein, ihm in den Garten seiner Bilderwelt zu folgen und seine Impulse in unser eigenes Leben hineinzunehmen. Als meditativer Dichter ist er noch zu entdecken.Wenn Ihnen dieser Beitrag gefallen hat, dann mögen Sie vielleicht auch diesen.  Hörbahn on Stage - live in Schwabing  Literatur und Ihre Autor*innen im Gespräch - besuchen Sie uns!Katholische Akademie in BayernKardinal Wendel HausMandlstraße 23, 80802 MünchenRealisation Uwe Kullnick

In this conversation recorded on the 1,000th day since ChatGPT's launch, we explore education, creativity, and transformation with Tess Posner, founding CEO of AI4ALL. For nearly a decade—long before the current AI surge—Tess has led efforts to broaden access to AI education, starting from a 2016 summer camp at Stanford that demonstrated how exposure to hands-on AI projects could inspire high school students, particularly young women, to pursue careers in the field.What began as exposing students to "the magic" of AI possibilities has evolved into something more complex: helping young people navigate a moment of radical uncertainty while developing both technical capabilities and critical thinking about implications. As Tess observes, we're recording at a time when universities are simultaneously banning ChatGPT and embracing it, when the job market for graduates is sobering, and when the entire structure of work is being "reinvented from the ground up."Key themes we explore:Living the Questions: How Tess's team adopted Rilke's concept of "living the questions" as their guiding principle for navigating unprecedented change—recognizing that answers won't come easily and that cultivating wisdom matters more than chasing certaintyThe Diverse Pain Point: Why students from varied backgrounds gravitate toward different AI applications—from predicting droughts for farm worker families to detecting Alzheimer's based on personal experience—and how this diversity of lived experience shapes what problems get attentionProject-Based Learning as Anchor: How hands-on making and building creates the kind of applied learning that both reveals AI's possibilities and exposes its limitations, while fostering the critical thinking skills that pure consumption of AI outputs cannot developThe Educational Reckoning: Why this moment is forcing fundamental questions about the purpose of schooling—moving beyond detection tools and honor codes toward reimagining how learning happens when instant answers are always availableThe Worst Job Market in Decades: Sobering realities facing graduates alongside surprising opportunities—some companies doubling down on "AI native" early career talent while others fundamentally restructure work around managing AI agents rather than doing tasks directlyMusic and the Soul Question: Tess's personal wrestling with AI-generated music that can mimic human emotional expression so convincingly it gets stuck in your head—forcing questions about whether something deeper than output quality matters in artThe conversation reveals someone committed to equity and access while refusing easy optimism about technology's trajectory. Tess acknowledges that "nobody really knows" what the future of work looks like or how education should adapt, yet maintains that the response cannot be paralysis. Instead, AI4ALL's approach emphasizes building community, developing genuine technical skills, and threading ethical considerations through every project—equipping students not with certainty but with agency.About Tess Posner: Tess Posner is founding and interim CEO of AI4ALL, a nonprofit working to increase diversity and inclusion in AI education, research, development, and policy. Since 2017, she has led the organization's expansion from a single summer program at Stanford to a nationwide initiative serving students from over 150 universities. A graduate of St. John's College with its Great Books curriculum, Tess is also an accomplished musician who brings both technical expertise and humanistic perspective to questions about AI's role in creativity and human flourishing.Our Theme Music:Solid State (Reprise)Written & performed by Jonathan CoultonLicense: Perpetual, worldwide licence for podcast theme usage granted to Artificiality Institute by songwriter and publisher

“And then comes the knowing that in me there is space for a second, large, and timeless life.” Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God According to Carl Jung the second half of life cannot be lived in the same manner as the first. “Whoever carries over into the afternoon the […] The post Carl Jung – How Life Changes After 40 first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

Nietzsche l'avait surnommée « la plus intelligente des femmes ». Lou Andreas-Salomé, première femme psychanalyste, inspira bien des hommes. Mais l'un d'eux tint une place particulière dans son cœur. Rilke. Le poète. Celui avec qui Lou connu la passion. Celui avec qui elle a entretenu une correspondance toute sa vie. Pour eux, aimer c'est donner du sens. C'est s'aider mutuellement à comprendre le réel. Un podcast Bababam Originals Ecriture et voix : Alice Deroide Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marilena Garis"Rainer Maria Rilke. Luce sull'invisibile"Edizioni Areswww.edizioniares.itUn'inquietudine profonda ha segnato l'esistenza di Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), poeta dell'anima, la cui vita, contraddistinta da un incessante vagabondare geografico e interiore, si intreccia indissolubilmente alla sua opera. Nato a Praga nel 1875, cresciuto tra l'amore soffocante di una madre che lo vestiva come una bambina e l'austerità delle scuole militari imposte dal padre, Rilke sviluppò fin da giovane uno straordinario e complesso mondo interiore che sarebbe diventato il nucleo pulsante della sua poetica.Dall'incontro con Lou Andreas-Salomé, musa e guida intellettuale, ai viaggi in Russia che segnarono la sua spiritualità, dall'influenza di Auguste Rodin a Parigi fino al rifugio creativo nel castello di Duino e nella torre di Muzot, sulle Alpi svizzere, ogni tappa della sua esistenza fu un passo verso la creazione dei suoi capolavori, come le Elegie duinesi e i Sonetti a Orfeo. La sua poesia, spesso carica di immagini e metafore visionarie, ha innovato il linguaggio lirico del Novecento per aprirsi a un verso libero, che rispecchia il fluire dell'anima.Marilena Garis, in questa appassionata biografia, non racconta solo una vita straordinaria, ma anche un viaggio nei luoghi che plasmarono l'esistenza e l'opera del poeta.Marilena Garis (1976), giurista, cultrice della letteratura e della poesia, scrive per la rivista letteraria Pangea. Studiosa rilkiana, è membro della Association des Amis de la Fondation Rilke di Sierre (Svizzera). Ha curato l'epistolario R.M. Rilke e A. Forrer, La tentazione della rima(Magog 2023) e insieme a Giorgio Anelli il carteggio C. Pozzi e R.M. Rilke, Non dimenticherò che mi avete teso la mano (Ladolfi 2023). Con Ares ha pubblicato il profilo Rainer Maria Rilke. Luce sull'invisibile.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Viermal im Jahr stellen Katrin Schumacher und Alexander Suckel ihre Highlights der Saison vor – besondere Bücher, jenseits der Bestsellerstapel. Im Literaturhaus Halle sprachen sie über einige Neuerscheinungen.

This Lifeworlds episode is a devotional journey into the work of Rainer Maria Rilke, the lyrical German poet of thresholds and embracing transformations.Through readings of his most luminous poems and writings, we explore how Rilke guides us deliciously in reconciling suffering and turmoil with tremendous beauty. It's an offering for anyone standing in the in-between, for those moving through sublimation, and longing for those secret, dazzling encounters with primal life forces. Rilke's words are an invitation in. To move towards. His poems are prayers…. “to go out into our hearts as onto a vast plain, so that life can feel us as it reaches for us.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zum 150. Geburtstag hat die Berliner Comic-Künstlerin Melanie Garanin dem Dichter Rainer Maria Rilke eine Graphic Novel gewidmet, die weit über die klassische Biografie hinausgeht.

Warum hat der Esel heute keine Lust auf Shownotes?  Weil er immer nur iaaah-nfangt, aber nie endet! Er ist schließlich nicht Rainer Mar-iaaah Rilke und außerdem will er seinen Urlaub an der Adr-iaaah genießen und hat keine Zeit. Links zur Folge https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.scherzfragen-fuer-kinder-mhsd.556b47db-8e62-48cf-9436-07dcb3ea6080.html https://www.instagram.com/ms_pencilsaway/

Theologian Miroslav Volf reflects on solitude, loneliness, and how being alone can reveal our humanity, selfhood, and relationship with God.This episode is part 1 of a 5-part series, SOLO, which explores the theological, moral, and psychological dimensions of loneliness, solitude, and being alone.“Solitude brings one back in touch with who one is—it's how we stabilize ourselves so we know how to be ourselves with others.”Macie Bridge welcomes Miroslav for a conversation on solitude and being oneself—probing the difference between loneliness and aloneness, and the essential role of solitude in a flourishing Christian life. Reflecting on Genesis, the Incarnation, and the sensory life of faith, Volf considers how we can both embrace solitude and attend to the loneliness of others.He shares personal reflections on his mother's daily prayer practice and how solitude grounded her in divine presence. Volf describes how solitude restores the self before God and others: “Nobody can be me instead of me.” It is possible, he suggests, that we can we rediscover the presence of God in every relationship—solitary or shared.Helpful Links and ResourcesThe Cost of Ambition: How Striving to Be Better Than Others Makes Us WorseFyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and PunishmentRainer Maria Rilke, Book of Hours (Buch der Stunden)Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Creation and FallEpisode Highlights“Nobody can be me instead of me. And since I must be me, to be me well, I need times with myself.”“It's not good, in almost a metaphysical sense, for us to be alone. We aren't ourselves when we are simply alone.”“Solitude brings one back in touch with who one is—it's how we stabilize ourselves so we know how to be ourselves with others.”“Our relationship to God is mediated by our relationships to others. To honor another is to honor God.”“When we attend to the loneliness of others, in some ways we tend to our own loneliness.”Solitude, Loneliness, and FlourishingThe difference between solitude (constructive aloneness) and loneliness (diminishment of self).COVID-19 as an amplifier of solitude and loneliness.Volf's experience of being alone at Yale—productive solitude without loneliness.Loneliness as “the absence of an affirming glance.”Aloneness as essential for self-reflection and renewal before others.Humanity, Creation, and RelationshipAdam's solitude in Genesis as an incomplete creation—“It is not good for man to be alone.”Human beings as fundamentally social and political.A newborn cannot flourish without touch and gaze—relational presence is constitutive of personhood.Solitude and communion exist in dynamic tension; both must be rightly measured.Jesus's Solitude and Human ResponsibilityJesus withdrawing to pray as a model of sacred solitude.Solitude allows one to “return to oneself,” guarding against being lost in the crowd.The danger of losing selfhood in relationships, “becoming echoes of the crowd.”God, Limits, and OthersEvery other person as a God-given limit—“To honor another is to honor God.”Violating others as transgressing divine boundaries.True spirituality as respecting the space, limit, and presence of the other.Touch, Senses, and the ChurchThe sensory dimension of faith—seeing, touching, being seen.Mary's anointing of Jesus as embodied gospel.Rilke's “ripe seeing”: vision as invitation and affirmation.The church as a site of embodied presence—touch, seeing, listening as acts of communion.The Fear of Violation and the Gift of RespectLoneliness often born from fear of being violated rather than from lack of company.Loving another includes honoring their limit and respecting their freedom.Practical Reflections on LonelinessQuestions Volf asks himself: “Do I dare to be alone? How do I draw strength when I feel lonely?”The paradox of social connection in a digital age—teenagers side by side, “completely disconnected.”Love as sheer presence—“By sheer being, having a loving attitude, I relieve another's loneliness.”The Spiritual Discipline of SolitudeVolf's mother's daily hour of morning prayer—learning to hear God's voice like Samuel.Solitude as the ground for transformation: narrating oneself before God.“Nobody can die in my place… nobody can live my life in my place.”Solitude as preparation for love and life in community.About Miroslav VolfMiroslav Volf is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and Founding Director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture. He is the author of Exclusion and Embrace, Flourishing: Why We Need Religion in a Globalized World, and numerous works on theology, culture, and human flourishing—most recently The Cost of Ambition: How Striving to Be Better Than Others Makes Us Worse.Production NotesThis podcast featured Miroslav VolfInterview by Macie BridgeEdited and Produced by Evan RosaProduction Assistance by Alexa Rollow, Emily Brookfield, and Hope ChunA Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/aboutSupport For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give

„Mit einem Dach und seinem Schatten dreht sich eine Weile der Bestand ...“ – Nein, das Karussell, auf das wir uns heute schwingen, steht nicht im Pariser Jardin du Luxembourg, und es ist auch nicht Rainer Maria Rilke, der sein lyrisches Ich an dieses „atemlose blinde Spiele“ verschwendet. Hans Trausil heißt der Autor, dem wir den heutigen, in den Hamburger Nachrichten vom 12. Oktober 1925 erschienenen Text verdanken, und die Jahrmärkte, auf denen er entstanden ist, befinden sich an der amerikanischen Ostküste, wo Trausil wohl auch lebte. Eine kurze Internetrecherche bestätigt indes unseren Verdacht, dass er seinen Rilke sehr wohl kannte. Eine frühe Übersetzung Rilke'scher Gedichte ins Englische wurde 1918 von einer gewissen Jessie Lemont veröffentlicht – der Ehefrau von Hans Trausil, der es sich wiederum nicht nehmen ließ, zu diesem Bändchen die Introduction zu verfassen. Was für eine schöne Trouvaille aus dem „Land, das lange zögert, eh‘ es untergeht“ und in das uns Frank Riede entführt.

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This Week: We came, we drove in, we at-the'd. That's the poet's way (Rilke agrees) of saying that for this very specialsode we covered At The Drive In's Relationship of Command. My relationship of command at the drive in is that if I (the power player) issue commands into the speaker (the employee) they provide me with Big Macs. Also up for discussion: Not a lot about the album to Chris and ATDI fan's eternal dismay, a TikTok star overuns the MeatMarket, and oh yeah, we talk about Donkey Kong for 90% of the record. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The loneliness of eternity. The horrors of the 20th century. Nick Cave's hair. Yes, this week Pop Screen is tackling the biggest things possible with Wings of Desire, in which Wim Wenders's observations of Berlin, fondness for the poetry of Rilke and Bad Seeds fandom combined to form one of the most unlikely masterpieces of the 1980s.Join Joe and Graham as they discuss Wenders's wayward, rewarding career and the notes of unexpected reality in this grand fantasy - from Peter Falk's supporting turn as himself to Solveig Dommartin's real-life trapeze skillz. We also talk about the film's sequels and remakes, Claire Denis's talent for novelty casting decisions, which era of Nick Cave's work appeals to us the most, and why every sufficiently highbrow artist needs their own Berlin period.For a more sustained taste of heaven, you should donate to our Patreon, where you'll get a bonus episode of this show every month plus an end-of-month round-up podcast, Last Night..., that isn't available anywhere else. All this and weekly written articles on The X-Files, The Twilight Zone and the various things Doctor Who's cast and crew get up to away from the show in Outside the Blue Box. Follow us on Bluesky, Instagram and Facebook to find out more.

Der Herbst naht und mit ihm seine bunten Farben und seine Gedichte - und in der Politik naht dann die Zeit der Reformen, wenn es nach Bundeskanzler Merz geht. Für WDR 2 Satiriker Dieter Nuhr kommt da manchmal was durcheinander: Poetik oder Politik, wer kennt sich da schon aus, da muss man sehr genau hinhören. Von Dieter Nuhr.

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What if you've been approaching questions and answers backwards your entire life? This conversation starts with a simple observation about music—that call and response pattern where the universe makes the call and we become the response—and unfolds into a profound exploration of how wisdom actually develops through lived experience rather than accumulated information. It's not about finding the right answers out there somewhere, but about becoming the answering itself. The discussion examines the crucial difference between being smart and being wise: intelligence might help you navigate life, but wisdom emerges when you apply knowledge through the heart in service of something greater than yourself. Using the metaphor of cutting open a seed to find what's inside (and finding nothing but matter), the conversation explores why the analytical mind alone can never reveal life's deeper promises—those can only be discovered by being "sown and grown" through actual experience. Drawing from voices as diverse as Robert Browning, Rilke, Lao Tzu, and Black Elk, the episode traces a common thread: truth isn't something we reason ourselves into, but something we "taste and feel and see" through direct engagement with life. The heart emerges not as sentiment, but as the organ of perception that allows us to know things in their fullness rather than just their parts. It's the difference between data and deep knowing, between information and wisdom. Perhaps most relevant for our current moment, the conversation addresses how we've reached a critical juncture where the intellect—however brilliant—must be placed within the larger circuitry of our being. Without the heart's discernment, we lose the ability to distinguish truth from lies, right from wrong, and become vulnerable to manipulation. It's an invitation to stop looking for answers outside yourself and start living the questions that matter, trusting that by fully engaging with life, you'll gradually find yourself becoming the very answer you've been seeking. Meditation Mount and HeartLight Productions are pleased to present Musings from the Mount – a weekly podcast with host Joseph Carenza and guests in conversation exploring a range of topics drawn from the Ageless Wisdom teachings. New episodes every Monday. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider donating at MeditationMount.org

durée : 00:59:01 - Toute une vie - par : Julien Thèves - Célèbre en Allemagne, beaucoup moins ailleurs, Paula Becker (épouse Modersohn) est une artiste majeure. Ses tableaux annoncent l'expressionnisme et le cubisme. Amie du poète Rilke, son journal fut un bestseller. « Schade ! » (dommage) s'écria-t-elle en mourant à 31 ans. - réalisation : Marie-Laure Ciboulet

1. Early in his sermon, Tim pointed out an idea that many see in the stories we've covered in Genesis: “each generation just repeats and magnifies the mistakes of the generation before.”What do you think of this idea - relative to Genesis, and relative to your experience of life in general?Where do you see evidence of the truthfulness of this statement? Where do you see evidence contradicting it?Martin Luther King, Jr famously said, “The arc is the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Is there room for both of these ideas to be true? How so? If not, why not?2. As Tim spoke about Jacob's encounter wrestling “the man” in Gen 32, he said that - if it is in face God with whom he wrestles, “Jacob is wrestling with a God who self limits, becoming weak at the point of contact.” He also spoke about “a God whose strength ends up being constituted in weakness” and “a God strong enough to lose - on purpose.”How does this idea of an intentionally self-limiting God sit for you? How familiar is this conception of God for you?What does it mean to love and be loved by a God is who is strong and, when needed, weak? What does it look like?Why do you think Christian culture has often been very attached to the idea of a “fixer” God, despite abundant evidence to the contrary?What do you think it brings to our understanding of God and of the gospel to know God as a “God whose strength ends up being constituted in weakness?” Without incorporating this truth into our conception of God, what might we miss?3. One of Tim's slides read, “when you wrestle with God the object is not to win, but to be defeated…” He spoke of Beuchner's characterization of “the Magnificent Defeat,“ and also quoted Rilke saying, “the purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.”What do you think about these ideas? What surfaces for you as you ponder a life in which defeat is so crucial? How much does this align or clash with the ways in which you show up to your everyday life?Why might being defeated by God be so important? What does it bring into the world/our worlds? What does it shape in us?To what extent does wrestling with and being defeated by God feel familiar to you? Have you had experiences you might characterize that way? What has it looked like? Or, what do you think it might look like?Do you have ways in which you recognize your own resulting metaphorical limps? If so, are you more inclined to think of your limp as a punishment or a signifier? How so? Why?

What if the very questions keeping you up at night were the key to moving forward? In this episode, AJ and Johnny sit down with author Elizabeth Weingarten to challenge the tired advice to “embrace uncertainty” and show how reframing it as an invitation—not a problem—unlocks growth in career, relationships, and life. Drawing from her book How to Fall in Love with Questions, she shares how patience, courage, curiosity, and community help us stop chasing premature answers and instead thrive in the unknown, offering a practical framework to create meaning even when the future is unclear. What to Listen For [00:00:00] Why “embrace uncertainty” is tone-deaf advice [00:02:15] Defining uncertainty: doubt that delays progress [00:05:07] Elizabeth's personal crossroads: marriage doubts and a failing project [00:07:02] Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet and the idea of “living the questions” [00:10:22] The human craving for certainty—and how it misleads us [00:16:02] Patience as a creative and relational superpower [00:20:05] Why patience without courage keeps us stuck [00:26:14] Building a “questions practice” to reframe binary thinking [00:33:19] Barbara's story: identity shift after paralysis as freedom, not loss [00:40:03] Loving the questions as an act of self-compassion [00:44:13] First step: ask if your question narrows you—or opens possibility A Word From Our Sponsors Tired of awkward handshakes and collecting business cards without building real connections? Dive into our Free Social Capital Networking Masterclass. Learn practical strategies to make your interactions meaningful and boost your confidence in any social situation. Sign up for free at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theartofcharm.com/sc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and elevate your networking from awkward to awesome. Don't miss out on a network of opportunities! Unleash the power of covert networking to infiltrate high-value circles and build a 7-figure network in just 90 days. Ready to start? Check out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CIA-proven guide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to networking like a spy! Indulge in affordable luxury with Quince—where high-end essentials meet unbeatable prices. Upgrade your wardrobe today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠quince.com/charm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for free shipping and hassle-free returns. Ready to turn your business idea into reality? Shopify makes it easy to start, scale, and succeed—whether you're launching a side hustle or building the next big brand. Sign up for your $1/month trial at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shopify.com/charm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Need to hire top talent—fast? Skip the waiting game and get more qualified applicants with Indeed. Claim your $75 Sponsored Job Credit now at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indeed.com/charm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. This year, skip breaking a sweat AND breaking the bank. Get your summer savings and shop premium wireless plans at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mintmobile.com/charm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stop needlessly overpaying for car insurance. Before you renew your policy, do yourself a favor—download the Jerry app or head to ⁠JERRY.com/charm ⁠ Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in you at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rula.com/charm ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Curious about your influence level?  Get your Influence Index Score today! Take this 60-second quiz to find out how your influence stacks up against top performers at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theartofcharm.com/influence⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Episode resources: Elizabeth's Website How to Fall in Love with Questions Letters to a Young Poet Check in with AJ and Johnny! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AJ on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Johnny on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AJ on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Johnny on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Art of Charm on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Art of Charm on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Art of Charm on TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to The Guest House, a commonweal meditation on the complexities and creative potential of being human in an era of radical change. In Season Two, cohosts Shawn Parell and David Keplinger are exploring what Emily Dickinson called "Gem Tactics," the practices by which we polish our creative engagement with life.These conversations and contemplative writings are offered freely, but subscriptions make our work possible. Bless us algorithmically by rating, reviewing, and sharing these episodes with friends—and please become a paid subscriber if you're able. Thank you!Poet David Keplinger joins The Guest House, and together we hold the doorway open to Gem Tactics—this season's title—a term borrowed from a lesser-known Dickinson poem that refers to those small, faceted moves of inner cultivation that reveal the shape of a life.In the first episode of our second season, we trace the filament between practice and mystery. Our talk initiates an exploration of how we live, why we listen, and what it means to accompany and be accompanied in a time when so much is unraveling. This is the scaffolding of what's to come: a season shaped less by expertise than by earnest inquiry, less by answers than by wholehearted questions.Episode Highlights:Introducing poet David Keplinger as this season's co-hostWe reflect on the shared sensibility that animates our every collaboration.Why Gem Tactics?We unpack the title phrase—borrowed from Dickinson—and explore how poetry, practice, and daily life offer luminous forms of inner cultivation.Translation as prayer; poetry as a mirrorDavid speaks to the devotional act of translating Rilke and how poetry can reveal, rather than conceal, our deeper motives and questions.Living the question: from mastery to mysteryWe examine what it means to surrender control in the pursuit of meaning and how the unknown can become a kind of wisdom.The medicine of showing upI share insights from my therapeutic work and personal practice on how to stay present without being undone by the intensity of the world.If you're longing for language that speaks to your inner life, the beauty and bewilderment of being in the world, this season is for you. We're delighted to welcome you back to The Guest House.Resource Links:• Check out David's meditation and essay on our season title - Gem Tactics: Why We Practice.• Davidkeplingerpoetry.com - Visit David's website for book releases, workshops, mindfulness talks, and upcoming events.• Stay connected with Shawn and David on Instagram - @ShawnParell and @DavidKeplingerPoetry.• Shawnparell.com - Check out Shawn's website to sign up for free audio meditations, learn more about upcoming events & retreats, and join her email list for monthly essays, yoga classes, and music alchemy.• Subscribe to The Guest House on Substack for regular essays, podcast episodes, and more.• Subscribe to Another Shore with David Keplinger on Substack for meditations, essays, writing prompts, and more.Together, we are making sense of being human in an era of radical change. Your presence here matters. Bless our work algorithmically with your hearts and comments, and by sharing this post with a loved one. Paid subscriptions make this work possible. Thank you! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shawnparell.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, we reflect on the Beginner's Mind retreat, exploring the courage it takes to meet each moment without clinging to certainty. Through a Rilke poem, a timeless Zen story, and the shared experiences of retreat participants, we discover the power of “not knowing” as a doorway to intimacy with life. The talk invites us to let go of our assumptions, soften our habits of mind, and return to the freshness of direct experience. Coming home, we find, is not a destination but the living presence of this moment.This talk was given on July 13th 2025 during the GVZM Sunday Program. ★ Support this podcast ★

We mistake ourselves for the stories we've been told and the ones we keep telling. But what if those stories are too small to contain who we really are? A conversation about discovering that the more we open our hearts to the world, the less we actually know about anything—and how this not knowing might be exactly where freedom lives. What happens when we stop trying to figure everything out and instead give ourselves fully to the mystery of being human? This week's conversation is hosted, as always, by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace. Episode Overview 00:00 Introduction and Context Setting 06:26 Exploring Rilke's 'Widening Circles' 12:16 The Journey of Discovery 18:53 Embracing Uncertainty and Complexity 24:10 Faithfulness in the Face of Not Knowing 30:30 Invitation to Community and Practice Here's our source for this week: Widening Circles I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not complete this last one but I give myself to it. I circle around God, around the primordial tower. I've been circling for thousands of years and I still don't know: am I a falcon, a storm, or a great song? Rainer Maria Rilke Translated by Joanna Macy Photo by Alan Mersom on Unsplash ---- Join Us Live in 2025 Turning Towards Life Live Season 1, from September 2025 We also have the launch of our Turning Towards Life live programme which is going to run in six month seasons from September. It's going to be in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice. You can register your interest for Season 1 of Turning Towards Life Live here. ---- About Turning Towards Life Turning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google, Amazon Music and Spotify. Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribe Support Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife Keywords widening circles, spiritual unknowing, faithful presence, identity stories, cultural certainty, mysterious reality, spiritual practice, contemplative conversation, human complexity, sacred listening, deepening awareness, creative response, genuine unknowing, expanding compassion, spiritual freedom, mystical faithfulness, embodied wisdom, relational depth, authentic encounter, philosophical openness, contemplative dialogue, life-giving practice, spiritual attention, transformative conversation, primordial mystery People Mentioned Rainer Maria Rilke (poet who wrote "Widening Circles") Joanna Macy (translator of the Rilke poem) Maya Angelou (poet, mentioned from previous week's episode - "Phenomenal Women") Richard Rorty (philosopher, pragmatism) James Hollis (Jungian writer)

“With all its eyes the natural wo,rld looks out / into the Open. Only our eyes are turned / backward, and surround plant, animal, child / like traps, as they emerge into their freedom. Bianca and Mathias Svalina talk about Rilke’s 8th elegy!

This rich, gorgeous conversation will fill your soul. The singular and beloved Joanna Macy died at home at the age of 96 on July 20, 2025. She has left an immense legacy of beauty and wisdom and courage to sustain us. A Buddhist teacher, ecological philosopher, and Rilke translator, she taught and embodied a wild love for the world. What follows is the second and final conversation Krista had with Joanna, together with Joanna's friend, psychologist and fellow Rilke translator Anita Barrows, in 2021. Joanna and Anita had just published a new translation of Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet. At the turn of the last tumultuous century, Rilke was prescient in realizing that the world as he'd known it was passing away. Joanna's adventurous life and vision took shape in the crucibles of the history that then unfolded. Relistening to her now is to experience a way of standing before the great, unfolding dramas of our time — ecological, political, intimate. We stand before the possibilities of what Joanna called “A Great Unraveling” or “A Great Turning” towards life-generating human society. All of this and so much more comes through in the riches of this life-giving conversation. Sign yourself and others up for The Pause to be on our mailing list for all things On Being and to receive Krista's monthly Saturday morning newsletter, including a heads-up on new episodes, special offerings, recommendations, and event invitations.Joanna Macy was the root teacher of The Work That Reconnects. Her books include Active Hope and four volumes of translated works of Rainer Maria Rilke, together with Anita Barrows: Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God;  In Praise of Mortality; and A Year with Rilke. Krista's previous "On Being” episode with her is “A Wild Love for the World.” That's also the title of a lovely book of homage to Joanna that was published in 2020. Anita Barrows's most recent poetry collection is Testimony. She is the Institute Professor of Psychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California, and also maintains a private practice. 

Dear friends, In memory of Joanna Macy, who passed away on July 19th, we are republishing episode #12 of The Way Out Is In podcast series, with an introduction by Jo Confino. A scholar of Buddhism, systems theory, and deep ecology, Joanna Macy (1929 -2025), PhD, was one of the most respected voices in the movements for peace, justice, and ecology. She interweaved her scholarship with learnings from six decades of activism, had written twelve books, and laught an empowerment approach known as the Work That Reconnects. In episode 12 (November, 2021), presenters Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu and lay Buddhist practitioner and journalist Jo Confino were joined by Joanna Macy to discuss the relevance of Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings to the crises we face today as a species; the energy of simplicity; truth-telling and the power of facing the truth; the grounds for transformation; impermanence; interbeing. Joanna recollects what Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings and activism have meant to her, and shares a special meeting with him in the early 1980s, during a UN peace conference, when Thay read one of his essential poems in public for the first time. Joanna's activism, forged during many campaigns, and her practice and study of Theravada Buddhism, shine through in her priceless advice about facing the current social and ecological crisis, grieving for all creation, and finding the power to deal with the heartbreaking present-day reality. She also addresses how grief and joy can coexist in one person, and how to be present for life even in the midst of struggle.Their conversations will take you from the current “great unravelling” and the “gift of death” to Rilke's poetry; the magic of love as solution; active hope; the contemporary relevance of the ancient Prophecy of the Shambhala Warriors; the possibility of a “great turning”. And can you guess her aspirations at 92? Could a swing be just the perfect place to discuss the evanescence of life?Brother Phap Huu shares a lesson in patience from Thay, and adds to the teachings of touching suffering, recognizing and embracing the truth, consumption of consciousness, finding balance, and smiling at life.  Jo reads a special translation of one of Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies, expands upon some of Joanna's core books and philosophies, and recollects “irreplaceable” advice about overwork. The episode ends with a guided meditation by Joanna Macy. Co-produced by the Plum Village App:https://plumvillage.app/ And Global Optimism:https://globaloptimism.com/ With support from the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation:https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/ List of resources Lotus in a Sea of Fire (1967)https://plumvillage.org/books/1967-hoa-sen-trong-bien-lua-lotus-in-a-sea-of-fire/ Call Me By My True Nameshttps://plumvillage.org/books/call-me-by-my-true-names/ Celestial Bodhisattvashttps://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/buddhas-and-bodhisattvas-celestial-buddhas-and-bodhisattvas Rainer Maria Rilkehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Maria_Rilke Duino Elegieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duino_Elegies The Tenth Elegyhttps://www.tellthestory.co.uk/translatedpoemduino10.html The Book of Hourshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Hours Satipaṭṭhānahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satipatthana World as Lover, World as Selfhttps://www.parallax.org/product/world-as-lover-world-as-self-a-guide-to-living-fully-in-turbulent-times/ ‘The Shambhala Warrior'https://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=236 The Shambhala Warrior Prophecyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14dbM93FALE Bardohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo ‘Entering the Bardo'https://emergencemagazine.org/op_ed/entering-the-bardo/ Maitreyahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreya Ho Chi Minhhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh Śūnyatāhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9A%C5%ABnyat%C4%81Svabhava https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svabhava Kṣitigarbhahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%E1%B9%A3itigarbha Parallax Presshttps://www.parallax.org/ Ānāpānasatihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anapanasati Satipaṭṭhānahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satipatthana Quotes “Do not be afraid of feeling pain for the world. Do not be afraid of the suffering, but take it. That’s what a bodhisattva learns to do, and that makes your heart very big.” “Life is only difficult for those who pick and choose. You just take it. And that helps you feel whole, and maybe flying with the birds helps you be with the deep levels of hell. But this is life and it’s all given to us and it’s given free.” “It doesn’t take a poet; all of us can feel that there are times when a shadow passes over our mood and we taste the tears. Taste the tears. They’re salty. It’s the living Earth. We are part of this.” “All Rilke says is, ‘Give me the time so I can love the things.' As if that’s the great commandment. So I want more time to do what I’m made to do. Why else do we have these hearts with more neurons in them than our brains? Why else are we given eyes that can see the beauty of this world and ears that can hear such beautiful poetry? And lungs that can breathe the air. We have to use these things for tasting and loving our world. And if she’s ailing, now is the time to love her more.” “You are the environment; the environment is not outside of you.” “We are in a space without a map. With the likelihood of economic collapse and climate catastrophe looming, it feels like we are on shifting ground, where old habits and old scenarios no longer apply. In Tibetan Buddhism, such a space or gap between known worlds is called a bardo. It is frightening. It is also a place of potential transformation. As you enter the bardo, there facing you is the Buddha Akshobhya. His element is Water. He is holding a mirror, for his gift is Mirror Wisdom, reflecting everything just as it is. And the teaching of Akshobhya's mirror is this: Do not look away. Do not avert your gaze. Do not turn aside. This teaching clearly calls for radical attention and total acceptance.”“We all have an appointment, and that appointment is with life. And if we can touch that in each moment, our life will become more beautiful when we allow ourselves to arrive at that appointment.” “Even in despair, we have to enjoy life, because we see life as beautiful; [we see] that planet Earth is still a miracle.” “We know we are still alive, and because we are alive, anything is possible. So let us take care of the situation in a more calm and mindful way.” “Even wholesome things can become a distraction if you make them take the place of your sheer presence to life.” “Maybe this really will be the last chapter. But I’m here, and how fortunate I am to be here. And I have imagined that it’s so wonderful to be here.” “Impermanence: the fragrance of our day.”