Philosophy audiobooks

Finding a Deeper Satisfaction in Our Work, Relationships, and Ourselves

By: David Whyte

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Did you know you are currently in at least two, and possibly three marriages? In addition to your relationship with your significant other, you have equally profound relationships with yourself and with your work. When you examine these three areas of your life through the discerning eye of poet David Whyte, you'll find a wealth of opportunity... Read more

Great Questions, The:  Mind, Consciousness and Meaning

By: Jean-Francois Revel & Matthieu Ricard

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1996, internationally-renowned philosopher Jean-Francois Revel and his son Matthieu Ricard, a Buddhist monk, spent ten days in the mountains overlooking Kathmandu discussing the most fundamental questions of human existence. Read more

From Monastery to Marketplace

By: Jan Phillips

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A friend put Phillips in pursuit of her spiritual practice which involves deep listening and resulted in a flood of creative outpouring that fueled her imagination. This deep dialogue covers such topics as quantum physics to fear, from "erosphere" to "infosynthesis." Read more

Matter Of Perception, A:  Seeing Your World with Clarity

By: Susan Gregg

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Susan Gregg tells us that  "life is as it is," and our whole concept of reality is colored by what we tell ourselves about it.  She offers us an ancient Toltec formula for changing our experience of life without changing external situations. Read more

Reawakening the Spirituality of Men

By: Matthew Fox, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Matthew Fox, Ph.D. has had his finger on the pulse of Western Spirituality for decades. When he casts his keen eye on the state of spirituality among men in the twenty-first century, you can be sure he’ll discern the unspoken woundedness, yearning, and passion of the modern warrior. Read more

Crazy Wisdom For A Crazy World

By: Wes “Scoop” Nisker

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Nisker takes us on a funny, smart, and enlightening foray into physics, spirituality, and the oddities of life as we know it. You’ll hear a new spin on atomic theory, meditation, politics, evolution, and more. Beneath the humor, though, is the wisdom of a man who sees life for what it is, and celebrates it for all it can be. Read more

Difficulties Give Rise To Something Good

By: Patricia Sun

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Patricia Sun, a teacher’s teacher, inspires us to go for creative solutions as we "re-create" and "re-perceive" our thought patterns. She reminds us that "love is the greatest force in the universe." Read more

Listen to Your Heart

By: Ram Dass

Narrated by: Ram Dass

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A mystical media journey with the celebrated spiritual explorer covering a wide spectrum of consciousness in the process. You'll be uplifted and moved as you experience the author of Be Here Now and Miracle of Love in a new and perfect role. A classic program recorded in the mid-'70s, every bit as timely and relevant now as when it happened.... Read more

Around the Universe

By: R. Buckminster Fuller

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A conversation with this visionary inventor, philosopher, and humanitarian. Bucky gives his extraordinarily insightful picture of where the human race is now and how to proceed from here. He describes “cosmic cost accounting,” being a “comprehensivist” instead of a specialist, and doing more with less. He also describes how the space program... Read more

Crossing The Murky Moral Terrain Of Ethics

By: Mark Matousek

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Are we moving toward a more ethical future? Here Matousek discusses universal human ethics He points out that ethics may be a minefield of opposing ideologies, special interest and temperamental proclivities. The good news is that humans are hardwired to care for one another, have a sense of justice and fairness, and share a sense of group... Read more

Co-Creating A Dream Of A Modern Day Oz

By: Jean Houston, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Here Houston takes us on a whirlwind tour of the authentic American myth of the Wizard of Oz. She answers the question of what it means to have a brain, a heart, and to act with courage. Using the characters of the scarecrow, tin man, lion, and Dorothy, Houston inspires us to follow our deep yearning in order to develop and contribute to a... Read more

Warriors for the Human Spirit

By: Margaret Wheatley, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this time of constant distractions and disappointment we become exhausted and heartsick as our good work is ignored. Wheatley speaks with fierce honesty as she gives us the map of where we are. She also gives us tools that enliven and reinvigorate us in our work and relationships. She's the author of So Far From Home: Lost and Found in Our... Read more

Your Intuitive Mind Could Save the World

By: Claudio Naranjo, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Claudio Naranjo shares stories from his lifelong journey, and the teachers who molded his mind and his spirit. He explains the origins of the patriarchal attitudes that led to the violence, oppression, and greed that plague the world today, and identifies the consequences of our dependence on reason at the expense of instinct. Read more

Watering The Seeds Of Mindfulness

By: Zachiah Murray

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Murray inspires us to take our mindfulness practice into our garden, whether it be in pots on our patio or plots in our backyards. You’ll want to learn the language of the land, understand the wisdom of the weeds, and home in on the blessings of compost with this sweet conversation. Hear her tale of her blindfolded walkabout in the New Zealand... Read more

Looking Deeply At Our Relationship With Money

By: Vicki Robin

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

You've worked hard all these years, believing you were working to support yourself, your family, your future. But in reality, Vicki Robin tells us, the current economic crisis makes it clear that most of us have been working to support the economic system-a system that is now in a downward spiral. Read more

Munindra: A Teacher's Teacher

By: Mirka Knaster, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Mirka Knaster wrote Living This Life Fully: Stories and Teachings of Munindra, in collaboration with Robert Pryor. She interviewed some 200 people around the world, including such prominent teachers and writers as Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Ram Dass, Jack Kornfield, Daniel Goleman, and a host of others. In sharing this venerable teacher... Read more

Presence: Inhabiting Our Humanness

By: Mark Nepo

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Many gems of wisdom unfold here such as, “Being spiritual is inhabiting our humanness so thoroughly that the part of the universe that lives in me comes out and connects with the part of the universe that lives with you.” Other topics discussed are: being present and being absent as well as considering the difference between what we stand for... Read more

Mind At Large

By: William Irwin Thompson

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Open your mind and brace yourself as this visionary intellect blasts brilliant, biting and provocative insights across every subject he faces, including CNN, global politics, pop culture, the men's movement, virtual reality, Joseph Campbell and Rudolf Steiner. Whether comparing television to radio or Aztec human sacrifice to computer terminal... Read more

From Confusion to Clarity: Understanding Mind

By: Lama Sogyal Rinpoche

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Here Sogyal Rinpoche, an incarnate lama and meditation master, provides insights about the nature of mind and how we can bring more wisdom into our lives. His comments about death as a healing; enlightenment; family relationships and Buddhism in the West are especially provocative. Read more

Clear View: Vedanta for Westerners

By: Jean Klein

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A French philosopher and teacher of Advaita Vedanta, the late Jean Klein is said to have attained realization. Klein spent several years in India where he met his guru, who eventually sent him back to Europe to teach Vedanta. Espousing a non-dualistic view of life, Klein speaks of a direct approach instead of a progressive one, beyond the... Read more

The Universe is a Story

By: Brian Thomas Swimme, PhD

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

According to cosmologist Swimme, science, humanity, and the natural world have all suffered from a myopic fragmentation of scientific knowledge. Yet some voices in physics today are beginning to echo the wonder and mystery of ancient mystical intuitions, and to present a more unified view of the nature and history of the world. Join Swimme in... Read more

Finding An Antidote to the Attention Economy

By: Jenny Odell

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

More and more of us spend enormous spans of our time captured, optimized, or appropriated as a financial resource by the technologies we use daily. We are caught in a dynamic where our value is determined by our productivity. Odell encourages us to contemplate the attention economy and notice how it is dominating cultures worldwide and how to... Read more

Moshe Feldenkrais: Life and Human Nature

By: Moshé Feldenkrais, D. Sc. & Will Schutz, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Re Couture

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of Awareness Through Movement shares his vision, warmth and wisdom in discussing life and human nature. Read more

Shakespeare in Life

By: Stephen Lacey, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A Shakespeare scholar and Professor of English at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, discusses the relevance of literature in terms of its psychological value. His talk is illustrated with historical and anecdotal references to the life and works of Shakespeare, the Jacobeans, Samuel Johnson, Proust and others Read more