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Finding the Mystical in Ordinary Life
By: James Carse
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
This is for everyone who has ever felt that mystical awareness and inner contentment are impossible given their current life situations. Mystical traditions, on the contrary, widely agree that ordinary experience is where we find the key to deep involvement in life. Read more
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How to Live Your Dreams
By: Barbara Sher
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
What is it that you really want in life? Do you have a dream--something you've always wanted to do, and maybe never even told anyone about? Barbara Sher has a plan to make your dreams come true: Ask yourself what your dreams really are, and then do what it takes to make them happen. It sounds too simple to be true, until we realize that we are... Read more
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In A Native American Voice
By: Paula Gunn Allen, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
We hear of the Laguna Pueblo land in New Mexico where Paula Gunn Allen was raised, and the special quality of places where habitation by humans “and supernaturals” has been stable and continuous for centuries. She shares some of her favorite aspects of contemporary Native American literature and her hope for a renewal of American culture of all... Read more
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The Medicine Way of Life
By: Hyemeyohsts Storm & Swan Storm
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
This is Hyemeyosts Storm's very personal story of overcoming drunken violence, spiritual ignorance and lack of self-respect. He describes the difficult but life-changing lessons he learned from his spiritual teachers about how to relate to self and the world, and asks us to discover first-hand for ourselves and our children what it means to be... Read more
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The Blessings of Mourning
By: Rabbi Anne Brener
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
More than comfort is offered here, as Brener unfolds for us a unique perspective on grieving and mourning. In this discussion we gain tools for healing current grief and even long-ago losses that we have not fully processed. Read more
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Of Rumi and Apocalypse
By: Andrew Harvey
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
One of the most powerful, prolific and profoundly mystical poets in history is brought alive by an eloquent modern-day mystical writer with an eye to the larger human story. Here Andrew Harvey tells us of the life and work of Rumi, an ecstatic thirteenth-century Sufi poet. He expands Rumi's wondrous messages into a transcendental guide for our... Read more
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Self-Esteem and Well-Being
By: Nathaniel Branden
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A pioneer in improving self-esteem, Nathaniel Branden speaks from a quarter-century of experience in both theory and practice. Taking us far beyond shallow or selfish interpretations, he shows how self-esteem is a crucial tool for dealing with personal, family and societal problems. Read more
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Creating Conscious Community
By: Carolyn Shaffer & Kristin Anundsen
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Shaffer and Anundsen discuss how modern times have created new needs as well as opportunities for creating effective community of many kinds. Our human need for connection is as strong as ever, and here are creative, encouraging ways to fulfill our connection in the context of today's world. Read more
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Falling Awake
By: Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
By paying attention in the moment and to the people we are with, Jon Kabat-Zinn says we can bring a richness and power to our lives that goes beyond healing to give us meaning, wonder and joy in life. “It’s very similar to falling asleep,” he says, “only this is actually falling awake.” Kabat-Zinn has decades of experience with the effectiveness... Read more
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Thomas Merton the Man
By: Ron Seitz
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
In late 1993, Michael Toms made a "pilgrimage" to the hermitage of Thomas Merton at the Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. This is a recording of his visit with Ron Seitz, who was a young poet when he befriended and was mentored by Merton. Here Seitz offers memories and insight from the life of the brilliant Trappist monk and spiritual teacher. Read more
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Human Energy Fields and Healing
By: Barbara Brennan, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
A skilled explorer of the possibilities of healing through unconventional methods, Barbara Brennan is gifted with the ability to see and affect energy colors and patterns in and around the body--an ability she says everyone potentially has. Deep and thorough healing occurs, she explains, through the honoring of subtle energies on physical,... Read more
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Medicine, Meaning and Prayer
By: Larry Dossey, M.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
These are exciting times in science and medicine, and Larry Dossey is a physician at the forefront of new developments on the interface of body and "soul." Prayer, it seems, is holding its own in laboratory research despite the scientific assumptions it challenges. Read more
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Embraced by the Light - Abridged
By: Betty J. Eadie
Narrated by: Betty J. Eadie
Length: 3 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: Yes
At the age of 31, Betty Eadie died after routine surgery. The events that followed can only be described as the most profound and extensive near-death experience ever recorded. During the time she was clinically dead, Betty was given knowledge of the afterlife that would make even the greatest skeptic think twice. As she traveled through the... Read more
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Walking The Four-Fold Way
By: Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Arrien gathered wisdom from a variety of indigenous cultures distilling it into four paths of wise, effective action—“showing up, paying attention, telling the truth and being unattached to the outcome.” These are the archetypal paths of the warrior, healer, visionary and teacher. The opportunity to embody these archetypes arises in every... Read more
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Ufos: Fact Or Fiction?
By: John Mack, M.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Mack presents evidence pro and con, and various speculative explanations of many aspects of the UFO abductions. Despite a lack of conclusive proof for or against the reality of abductions, Mack says, "If the mystery's there, we might as well embrace it rather than run from it." Read more
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Writing From the Belly
By: Isabel Allende
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Isabel Allende talks about her passion for writing. She speaks with great depth of feeling about the death of her daughter Paula. She says, "Every book is triggered by a very strong emotion that has been with me for a long time, and usually that emotion is painful. However, the process of writing is so joyful." Read more
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Taming Your Inner Critic
By: Hal Stone, Ph.D. & Sidra Stone
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
The Inner Critic is one of the inner selves that Hal and Sidra Stone have identified through decades of Voice Dialogue therapy; and it can be a very destructive voice unless we learn how to identify and deal with it. Here they tell us the differences between men and women in this regard; how to recognize and understand the Inner Critic; and most... Read more
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Creativity, Chaos and the Madwoman
By: Linda Leonard
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
The Madwoman is a paradoxical archetype whose manifestations range from insanity and fury to passion, ecstasy and creative chaos. In some form or other, she is part of the inner chorus in every personality, in both men and women. Linda Leonard has a personal acquaintance with the Madwoman both through her professional therapy practice and her... Read more
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A Guided Meditation to Help You Relieve Depression - Abridged
By: Belleruth Naparstek
Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek
Length: 44 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This guided imagery audio program for depression can be used as a stand-alone therapy or an adjunctive treatment alongside more traditional approaches of psychotherapy and/or medication. It has even been found helpful to people dealing with bipolar illness. Here's the track list: 1. Introduction 2. Guided Imagery (23:45) 3. Affirmations... Read more
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A Guided Meditation to Promote General Wellness - Abridged
By: Belleruth Naparstek
Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek
Length: 42 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This audio is a general wellness and holistic healing meditation that promotes peace, relaxation, uplift and resilience of mind, body and spirit. By combining guided imagery and affirmations with soothing, immersive music, this guided meditation for wellness maintains and supports physical and emotional health seamlessly and naturally.... Read more
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The Wisdom of the Dance
By: Kaylynn Sullivan Two-Trees
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Of African, Lakota and European descent, Two-Trees teaches the combined wisdom of her ancestral traditions. Here she tells the story of how she found her way from traumatic past events into the calling of a dancer, artist and teacher who uses rituals to discover the creative process of living. Read more
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Natural Gifts
By: Wendell Berry
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Join us for an hour of stirring and straightforward wisdom from one of the most highly respected of modern American writers and poets. Using words like “affection” and “satisfaction,” “care” and “joy,” Berry calls for a re-evaluation of the basic values and practices of our lives. He illustrates his ideas with glimpses of his own life and those... Read more
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Becoming An Elder
By: Mark Gerzon
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Gerzon describes the midlife process as a quest, as discovering the deep questions that are arising within. He encourages older people to share their stories with the young, as we all learn to dispel the negative and false belief that growing older means not growing. He’s the author of Listening to Midlife: Turning Your Crisis Into a Quest. Read more
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Living Up to Death
By: Lama Sogyal Rinpoche
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
This is the heart essence of all the teachings of my masters, says Lama Sogyal Rinpoche about his book, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Here he expresses the essence of those teachings--how to live in a way that allows us to conquer the fear of death, and in the process to develop a more meaningful way of living. Read more
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