Philosophy audiobooks

Faith Without Religion: Bowing to the Mystery of Life

By: Roger Housden

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Roger Housden shares with us that keeping faith does not require a religious code or practice. “Faith is a wholehearted bodily knowing,” he says. Faith is an aliveness that doesn’t have an explanation. The purpose of life is revealed gradually. Simply by trusting the present moment as it opens up to the next, we are expressing faith, love, and... Read more

Weaving The Fabric Of The World With Our Stories

By: Rebecca Solnit

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Rebecca Solnit discusses how all of us are connected to one another as though we are threads woven into the fabric of the world. Storytelling is often our way of tracing these threads, starting with our personal stories and exploring outward. The effects of our stories can be subtle and powerful. Solnit explains how we make our stories and how... Read more

Awe And Wonder: Keys To Living A Passionate Life

By: Gregg Levoy

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This far-ranging dialogue is full of stories that will inspire and delight. Levoy speaks about a sense of wonder as being the active ingredient in a passionate life, and how even suffering and restlessness can be explored with curiosity. He tells us that wonder can offer us the adaptive benefit of free cognitive upgrades. You’ll be encouraged by... Read more

The Character Of Thought

By: Laura Basha, Ph.D

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Laura Basha discusses how the power and quality of thought influences our ability to bring choice into process. She describes the three principles of Mind, Consciousness, and Thought and how they are connected: “The mind is formless but has energy…consciousness is the movement of the mind according to our level of understanding and is the... Read more

Becoming Warriors for The Human Spirit

By: Margaret Wheatley

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Every living system goes through a life cycle: birth, creativity, flowering, harvesting, and then death. Wheatley points out that we are at the end of a cycle and she warns us: “It’s important that we understand where we are in the pattern of collapse and not throw up our hands in despair . . .but to understand: Now that this is happening, who... Read more

Philosophy And Personal Growth

By: Sam Keen

Narrated by: Michael Toms & Will Noffke

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In this hour and a half program, recorded live on the air, Sam Keen shares his personal “beginnings,” and in the process brings philosophy, religion, and the personal growth movement together as a whole. This interview from over 40 years ago is very relevant to our lives today. Read more

Some Practical Miracles

By: Judith Skutch, Robert Skutch & Gerald G. Jampolsky

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Judith Skutch, Director of the Foundation for Inner Peace, Robert Skutch, and psychiatrist Gerald Jampolsky, M.D. look at practical applications emerging from the remarkable book A Course in Miracles and its teachings. This is a dynamic, graceful and glorious exploration of unchanging spiritual values. Read more

The Philosophy Of Wildness

By: Paul Shepard

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Shepard intimates that, In contrast to the modern technological world, wildness is part of our heritage. Even though suppressed, its lure is constant. He spent a lifetime exploring the wonders of the wild. He reveals the dangers of domesticating animals. He tells some great stories about bears and encourages us to recognize our kinship with all... Read more

The Passion of Grace

By: Bernadette Roberts

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

After spending nine years in a Catholic convent, Bernadette Roberts went on to earn degrees in philosophy and education, start a Montessori school, and raise four children. Here she shares the nature of self and its relationship with God, the action of grace in our lives, the spiritual value of suffering, the meaning of the Virgin Mary, the... Read more

The Tender Beauty Of Aging

By: Alice Matzkin & Richard Matzkin

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Alice and Richard Matzkin are artists whose work truly is an expression of their lives. Most recently they’ve been applying their gifts to express the beauty—yes, the beauty—of aging, and they do it with the tenderness they’ve learned in their twenty-seven years of loving each other. Read more

Ensuring Your Well-Being

By: Robert J. Wicks, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In working with people in the helping professions who are most in danger of burnout or traumatic stress, Wicks has made many discoveries on how we can live our fleeting days with meaning, peace, compassion, and contentment. His reflections include many unforgettable stories that will live in your heart for years to come. Read more

Living Into Our Greater Potential

By: Thomas Huebl

Narrated by: T. Glen Sebera

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Huebl describes two competencies that can improve the art of living. The first one is silence so we may know ourselves more intimately. The second one is movement: voluntarily letting go of the old version of ourselves and moving with the ever changing flow of life. This leads to a highly innovative and creative life. Read more

We Are Not Who We “Think” We Are

By: Kate Gustin, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Gustin explores how we create our personal myths. This begins when, as toddlers, we start to use language. Our thoughts do a great job of defining us as a discrete individual with a particular narrative about who we think we are but this can contribute to a negative self-concept. She emphasizes the concept of “selfing” as an on-going process... Read more

Two Cultural Cycles: Logos and Mythos

By: Joe McHugh

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Culture has two dominant ways of knowing: Mythos and Logos. Human civilization has moved through many eras where one or the other has dominated its thinking. It’s important to have a balance of both and to recognize and understand the strengths and weaknesses of each. McHugh is the author of Slaying the Gorgon: The Rise of the Storytelling... Read more

Thoughts To Get You Through The Night

By: Phil Cousineau

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Cousineau tantalizes us with his understanding of how night is a powerful companion for creativity. The quiet rhythm of the night is a holy experience of soul. He describes how language and culture arose around the fires of our ancestors talking into the night. By sharing stories and poems he takes us from the contemplative, starry night to the... Read more

The Search For Wisdom

By: Jacob Needleman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Phil Cousineau

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Philosopher Needleman eloquently shares with us how the ability to focus our attention is an energy that is uniquely human. He astounds us with ideas of what love is and how it may be sustained. Further, he talks about time and the two fundamental natures of humankind, the external nature and the divine nature. All this and more is covered in... Read more

Mindfulness in the Marketplace

By: Marc Lesser

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Mindfulness is not about holding the busy world at bay, it’s to cultivate a more alive, responsive, effective and warm-hearted way of being within the world as it already exists and within a life you already live. This deep dialogue explores how to find composure right in the midst of the storm and ways to integrate mindfulness into our daily life. Read more

Being Claimed by a Myth

By: Martin Shaw

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Here we climb the attic steps and kneel before an old trunk, lift the lid and allow ancient tales to rush out and pierce our hearts and souls with their wisdom. Our guide in this quest is Martin Shaw who invites us to look at folktales not as therapy, not as giving advice but as tributaries that lead us to the bigger river of essential truths... Read more

Re-Creating the World

By: Michael Meade

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Even though it may seem like the end of things, Meade reminds us there are always beginnings embedded in the endings. He takes us on a mythological journey that tips the world towards renewal and says, “Why not find our own thread even in the midst of uncertainty and pain and learn how to weave and create?” Read more

The Book Of Enoch

By: Unknown

Narrated by: Geoffrey Giuliano & The Bell

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The Book of Enoch, an ancient text attributed to the biblical figure Enoch, unveils a captivating narrative that transcends traditional religious boundaries. This enigmatic work, also known as 1 Enoch, delves into realms seldom explored in mainstream religious texts. Comprising various sections, the Book of Enoch offers a vivid portrayal of... Read more

3500 ultimes citaten

By: Multiple Authors

Narrated by: Rosanne Laut

Length: 15 hours 52 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, Platon, Spinoza, Schopenhauer, Dostoievski, Cicero, Confucius, Socrate, Nietzsche, Kant, Bouddha,... Read more

21 METAPHYSICAL SECRETS

By: Urban Dawson

Narrated by: Evan Brown

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover The 21 Metaphysical Secrets: Use The Law of Attraction And Manifestation.Are you an unorthodox thinker who prefers to forge his way rather than mindlessly following others?Do you want to constantly better yourself?Are you looking for solutions to life's most important questions?If you can relate to those questions, you should buy this... Read more

Platon: Die große Hörbuch Box

By: Platon

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Platon war Sokrates' Schüler, und als solcher wohl sein größter Fan. Platon seinerseits war der Lehrer von Aristoteles und wohl einer der größten Geisteswissenschaftler aller Zeiten. In dieser Hörbuch-Box sind versammelt: 1. Die Apologie des Sokrates: Die Verteidigungsrede des Sokrates gegen seine Ankläger, die ihm unterstellten, er habe die... Read more

Sand and Foam

By: Kahlil Gibran

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Kahlil Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu. Sand and Foam is a book of aphorisms, poems, and parables by the author of "The Prophet" - a philosopher at his window commenting on the scene passing below. In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at... Read more