Philosophy audiobooks

Sacred Odyssey: Seeking Freedom

By: Ram Dass

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A 1990 return visit with the spiritual pilgrim whose personal journey for more than four decades has served as a reflective mirror for so many. He speaks about where he is now in his life; how methods are traps; overcoming fear in the midst of change; spiritual potential; the true source of change; facing adversity; the challenge of doing good;... Read more

The Survival Of Consciousness

By: Stanislav Grof & Willis Harman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a compelling dialogue with two researchers who have devoted their lives to exploring the questions related to survival of consciousness after death and experiences of non-ordinary consciousness. Read more

It's The Questions Not The Answers That Make Life Exciting

By: Jonathan Stedall

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

As a filmmaker, Stedall has worked with people from all walks of life, including scientists, artists and poets. He has found it quite exciting to come at the question of "where is heaven?" from many different angles and perspectives. Read more

Hearing the Word in An Empty Sky: A Christian-Buddhist Dialogue

By: Brother David Steindl-Rast & Robert Aitken Roshi

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

An exciting dialogue is emerging between Buddhism and Christianity. In this program, exponents of the two traditions meet with depth, humor and mutual respect. They examine the similarities and gifts each tradition offers the other, while honoring the richness of human expression, that their differences provide. Read more

Liberating Yourself Into Open-Hearted Awareness

By: Loch Kelly, M.Div, LCSW

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Loch Kelly uses the metaphor of computer software when talking about an awareness-based way of living and operating. He says, “It’s not a matter of just having these momentary meditation states of freedom and peace of mind. You can actually live from non-conceptual awareness based on an open-hearted sense of being rather than feeling your only... Read more

Spiral Into Life

By: Jean Houston

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an enthralling and intriguing conversation with the visionary philosopher Jean Houston, who serves as director of the Foundation for Mind Research in Pomona, New York. She provides considerable insight on ways to fulfill our potential, as well as describing the opportunity on the other side of the problem. Read more

The Coming Revolution

By: Fritjof Capra, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

We may think we understand how the world works, but we've got it all wrong, says physicist and author Fritjof Capra. He shows how the revolution in modern physics foreshadows an imminent revolution in all the sciences, and a transformation of our worldview and values. Read more

Letting Go Of Resistance: A Constant Rebirth

By: Guy Finley

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Finley tells us that on a day to day basis our lives are a kind of “constant hopping from one identity to another.” He describes this as the location from which we are operating. He suggests we ask ourselves the question: Are we choosing the location of fear and anxiety, which supports knee-jerk reactions, or one of mindfulness and a tuning into... Read more

Matter And Consciousness: Shifting The Metaparadigm

By: Peter Russell, D.C.S.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Russell explains the difference between a paradigm and a metaparadigm and why consciousness cannot be explained within our current systems. He asserts that science is able to measure phenomena such as energy, time, and space, yet has not found a way to prove or measure consciousness. “These are all concepts in the mind…I am conscious I am having... Read more

The Search for Truth

By: Huston Smith

Narrated by: Will Noffke

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

World-renowned religious philosopher and author of Religions of Man and The Primordial Tradition shares his extraordinary overview of everyone’s search for truth. Read more

Exploring the Realm of Synchronicity

By: Sky Nelson-Isaacs

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Nelson-Isaacs tells us that synchronicity is defined as a meaningful coincidence that is personal and that it is nature’s language for communicating directly with us. He writes: “As you develop your personal sense of the meaning of events in your life, you enter into a cosmic dance with the divine that is totally unique to you.” Read more

2000 ultimes citaten

By: Multiple Authors

Narrated by: Rosanne Laut

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Vind je het leuk om auteurs te ontdekken door middel van hun eigen woorden, en om op de meest efficiënte manier in de kern van hun ideeën te komen? Hier is een selectie van citaten van de grootste denkers die ooit op aarde hebben gelopen: Einstein, Carl Jung, Spinoza, Schopenhauer, Chekov, Cicero, Confucius, Cioran, Nietzsche, Kant, Bouddha,... Read more

The Way Of The Heart With Rumi

By: Coleman Barks

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

When asked about living a life of the heart, Barks says, "Rumi has many ways of talking about that. Somehow breaking the container of the ego and moving out into some mystery." He says, 'Jars of spring water are not enough anymore. Being contained is not enough. Take us down to the river and then eventually to the ocean, the shoreless ocean.'" Read more

The Transformative Power Of Bliss

By: Sean Meshorer

Narrated by: T. Glen Sebera

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Sean Meshorer says, "Bliss is that abiding feeling deep within ourselves whose hallmarks are things like inner peace, contentment, unconditional love, and joy. It is something that is entirely inside ourselves. Whereas happiness is more of an external phenomenon and is often fleeting . . . Bliss requires no mediation whatsoever. Read more

True Transformation Is An Inside Job

By: Isha Judd

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

We are often trapped in the matrix of our intellect telling ourselves that we are victims of circumstances: it’s the economy, it’s my upbringing, it’s my job, my co-workers. Judd says, “[T]his moment is the only moment you can change and this moment defines your future moments. So when I focus on praise, love, gratitude, and giving . . . you... Read more

Taking Back Our Democracy

By: Steve Bhaerman

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Bhaerman discloses the current political landscape and how to move beyond our polarized positions. He believes it’s not about bringing opposites together in their differences, but jumping over those differences and gathering the virtues and values that 95% of Americans have in common. Read more

Tapping Into The Powerful Resource Of Effective Prayer

By: Guy Finley

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Finley explores the most effective use of prayer beyond making wishes and petitions to the Divine. He says, “Prayer can help us discover that which is already living in us and is everything that we ever wanted, hoped, or actually imagined was possible.” He also outlines the 5-prayers for self-transformation. Read more

Trusting a Loving Universe

By: Connie Baxter Marlow & Andrew Cameron Bailey

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Coming from divergent life experiences, Marlow and Baliey challenge a number of basic assumptions which have driven humanity’s behavior for millennia. The main problem is that many of our beliefs are learned at a very young age and are unconscious. Read more

Julian of Norwich: A Mystic With a Vaccine for Our Time

By: Father Matthew Fox, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

From 1342 to 1415, Julian lived through the bubonic plague that killed one out of three Europeans. She did not deny suffering but found goodness in all things and was a feminist 700 years before the current movement. She held God as Mother and deconstructed patriarchy by pulling the rug out from under dualism of body as separate from soul. Read more

A New World View

By: Willis Harman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

According to Harman, we are living through one of the most fundamental shifts in history—a change in the actual belief structure of Western industrial society—which points to extraordinary new possibilities for human consciousness. Read more

Wetiko: The Deceptive Mind–Virus of the Psyche

By: Paul Levy

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Wetiko is known by many names in many different traditions. It’s a collective psychosis found within the psyche. This psychological force within the unconscious mind feeds off separation and polarization and predisposes us toward unwholesome impulses such as the thirst for power and control, greed, and jealousy. The good news is that the cure is... Read more

We Are Not Who We Think We Are

By: Peter Coyote

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Coyote explores the practice of meditation to catch a glimpse of who we truly are. His mask workshops provide for the possibility of “the disappearance of your everyday self [along with] self-criticism, self-consciousness, and a sense of shame…[allowing for] absolute freedom.” It allows us to experience Buddha's idea of no fixed self. Read more

An Awakened Life

By: Vernon Howard

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In this wide-ranging, insight-provoking conversation, Howard states in simple terms what must be done to reach enlightenment. Powerful, incisive and mystical are only a few words that describe this rare and penetrating voice in the wilderness. Read more

The Shining Heart

By: Patricia Sun

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

This remarkable philosopher of wholeness speaks to the problems of fragmentation and alienation as few can. How can we go beyond the dichotomies of right/wrong, either/or, yes/no, win/lose - to the experience of integration with life? Listen in for some thought-provoking suggestions. Read more