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Who Needs God? - Abridged
By: Harold Kushner
Narrated by: Harold Kushner
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
CAN YOU BEAT THE ODDS?
In today's high pressure world the odds are that you may feel overwhelmed, dissatisfied or unable to cope with unforeseen problems in your life. Harold Kushner's philosophy has brought inspiration to millions, and now he tells you how to live with more confidence and hope no matter what challenges you face in life.... Read more
Quantum Theory, Creativity and Consciousness
By: F. David Peat
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
This conversation with theoretical physicist Peat ranges from chaos theory to synchronicity. Influenced strongly by David Bohm and J. Krishnamurti, he makes the connection between the worlds of science and spirit. Exploring the question "What is the nature of order?" provides the impetus for Peat to attempt to build a bridge between matter and... Read more
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Natural Intelligence and the Heart
By: Joseph Chilton Pearce
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 53 minutes
Abridged: No
The combination of the latest brain research with the new image of the shape of reality emerging from quantum physics challenges us to see ourselves anew, according to Pearce, who provides a wealth of knowledge about how we develop, learn, create and relate to the universe we inhabit. He suggests that intelligence is much more than just... Read more
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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
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Resist Much, Obey Little: The Writer As Social Critic
By: Edward Abbey
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
The environmental movement stands on the shoulders of one of the American West’s leading advocates, the late Edward Abbey. Here he admonishes us to make a difference, “to oppose injustice, to defy the powerful, to speak for the voiceless.” With wry humor and candor, he points to the serious environmental crises caused by “simple greed” and... Read more
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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
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Uncommon Wisdom
By: Robert Fulghum
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
This is an inspiring and engaging dialogue about ordinary people living extraordinary lives and how the common things in life are often the richest source of spiritual sustenance. Fulghum, a retired Unitarian minister, reveals the meaning in simple things with wit and insight. Read more
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The Bhagavad Gita
By: Barbara Miller
Narrated by: Jacob Needleman
Length: 2 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Moments before entering the battlefield, the great Pandava warrior, Prince Arjuna, faces a moral dilemma about the violence and death the war will cause. Questioning the meaning of life, Arjuna asks himself, "Why do I exist? Why should I fight against my loved ones? And where shall I go after I die?" Arjuna seeks out Krishna for the answers in... Read more
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The Pilgrim's Way
By: Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Here psychiatrist and author Bolen speaks of her archetypal pilgrimages to Chartres, Glastonbury, Ireland, Greece and India. The magic and mystery of sacred places and their power and energy for transformation, as well as the earth as healer, provide the central themes for this dialogue. Read more
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Seeking Wisdom
By: Jacob Needleman, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Learning to listen to our inner voice, living in relationship, suffering and liberation, finding providential help along the way and much more are covered by Needleman as he speaks to the depth and breadth of the spiritual search. He emphasizes the power of the oral tradition and the need to be open and receptive to truth when it appears. Read more
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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
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The Past is Present
By: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Sheldrake’s theory of “morphic resonance,” challenges some fundamental assumptions of established science. He offers a revolutionary alternative to the mechanistic worldview and points toward a new understanding of the nature of life, matter and mind. He suggests that the brain may be more like a tuning system than a recording device. Read more
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The Ground of Being
By: Huston Smith, M.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A dialogue with one of the world's foremost scholars of religion and philosophy about the role of spirit in modern life, focusing on how to understand the difference between the secular and the sacred in a scientifically biased world. Professor Smith is the wisdom guide as he spins the mystical mandala pointing to the unity of all the great... Read more
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Creativity, Natural Philosophy and Science
By: David Bohm, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Bohm tells us why science has become specialized and fragmented at the cost of its soul. He describes his theory of “implicate order” and its implications for human consciousness. He observes that thought is based in memory but true creativity depends on getting beyond the thought process. Read more
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Astrophysics and the Middle Way
By: Vic Mansfield
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 52 minutes
Abridged: No
The parallels between science and mysticism are explored as Mansfield, a professor of physics and astronomy at Colgate University, speaks of how he as a physicist has been influenced by exposure to eastern philosophical systems, especially Buddhism. Read more
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The Heart of Healing
By: Stephen Levine
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Out of his extraordinary work with those who came to him to die, Levine has emerged with a vision of healing capable of opening the heart and mind as well as the body. He speaks of the "real healing" as "the one we took birth for." We're all born in this realm to become complete. Read more
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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
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Greener Tomorrows
By: Ernest Callenbach, Fritjof Capra & Hazel Henderson
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Three of the cultural visionaries of our time come together to explore the emergence of a new paradigm for viewing reality based on the fundamental inter-dependence of all life with the cycles of nature. They stress the shift from a mechanistic and patriarchal world view to a holistic and ecological view, if we are to survive as a species and a... Read more
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Daily Bread
By: Wendell Berry
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
This farmer, ecologist, and writer Berry speaks of enduring values, the wholeness of life, and the interdependence of all creatures (including humans). Berry’s self-discipline and ethical sense come through as he leads us from the microcosm of his Kentucky hill farm to the macrocosm of a sane and reasoned planetary vision based on personal... Read more
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Morphic Resonance and the Mind
By: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Further explorations into the revolutionary "hypothesis of formative causation" put forth by British biochemist Rupert Sheldrake. Since its debut in 1981, Sheldrake's theory has sent large ripples through the scientific community, and has inspired experimental testing that so far has tended to confirm the theory Read more
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Dance of The Tao
By: Chungliang Al Huang
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Huang touches on those principles of inner dancing that make life a joy. In this amusing and enlightening conversation, he encourages us to move freely, to laugh, to embrace paradox, to take ourselves and our world lightly. Take the S out of cosmic and enjoy what’s left.” Read more
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Parts of the Whole
By: David Bohm, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Theoretical physicist Bohm developed a theory of quantum physics that addresses both matter and consciousness as an unbroken whole. The late Bohm’s concept of “implicate order” provides a basis for bridging science to the realm of spirit. For two decades, he explored this possibility with religious philosopher J. Krishnamurti. Read more
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Buckminster Fuller: The 50-Year Experiment (documentary)
By: R. Buckminster Fuller
Narrated by: Phil Catalfo & Michael Toms
Length: 1 hour 21 minutes
Abridged: No
This is a special audio documentary of the life and work of a twentieth-century genius. Included is the story of how the late Bucky transcended failure and despair and devoted his life to serving humanity. There is also a commentary describing his contribution to our time. If you're interested in making the world work, you owe it to yourself to... Read more
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A New Science Of Life
By: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
In the provocative concepts of morphogenetic fields and morphic resonance, we may indeed be more than the sum of our parts; we may have access to all that has gone before. Sheldrake, a biochemist, has postulated an extraordinary new theory that, if correct, could overturn our fundamental concepts about nature, brain function and consciousness. Read more
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