Body, Mind, & Spirit audiobooks
Power of Nonviolence, The: Compassion In Action (Part 3)
By: His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Jose Ramos Horta, ...
Narrated by: Jeff Wessman
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
In part three of "Peacemaking: The Power of Non-Violence", we explore the value of multi-culturalism and how the principles and tools of peacemaking apply to the complex relationships between nations. Through the words and example of many courageous individuals, we are reminded that the personal and the planetary are connected, and that each of... Read more
View audiobookPeacemaking as a Way of Life
By: His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Narrated by: Jeff Wessman
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
This is from the historic 1997 conference in San Francisco, "Peacemaking: The Power of Nonviolence," which brought together the voices of those at the forefront of peacemaking in our time, including Nobel Laureates the Dalai Lama of Tibet and Jose Ramos-Horta of East Timor. Read more
View audiobookMake Peace, Not War: Day One
By: Dalai Lama, Alice Walker, Angeles Arrien, Edwar...
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
In this first day of the conference, we also hear H.H. the Dalai Lama of Tibet, Alice Walker, Angeles Arrien, Gay Luce and Edward James Olmos, speaking of the causes and deeper cures of violent behavior. "There’s no reason for hopelessness or despair," says Thurman. "We can solve these problems." Read more
View audiobookGardening the Soul
By: Alice Walker
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms & Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
It’s no secret that a rich and happy life has little to do with material wealth. So how can we make the best of what we do have? Alice Walker offers a fresh look at how to live well in a complex culture. Her unique depth of perception is a gift that shows us new angles on everything from cocaine to Aunt Jemima to painting murals on the White House. Read more
View audiobookLunch With Krishnamurti
By: Michael Krohnen
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
In his capacity as Krishnamurti's chef, Krohnen became witness to Krishnamurti's daily life, habits and mealtime conversations. Krohnen shares with us a rare glimpse into the private life of Krishnamurti, revealing him as a man of rare integrity, the same person in private as in public. Krohnen describes Krishnamurti's extraordinary ability to... Read more
View audiobookLearning To Die In Order To Live
By: Stephen Levine
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
We've heard how a close brush with death can make a person suddenly realize what is truly important in life. But do we have to wait until we die to gain the benefits we suspect lie in wait for us? Stephen Levine, who spent a year of his life as if it were his last, says no. It is through actually practicing our dying that we learn how to truly... Read more
View audiobookChange Your Mind - Change The World
By: Nancy Napier
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Do you feel overwhelmed by the problems of the world? Do you wish you could do something about some of them, but don't have the time? Nancy Napier suggests that changing our thought patterns is a powerful way to begin changing the world. "We're all taught to believe that it's reasonable for some people to have and others not to have," she... Read more
View audiobookTransforming Grief
By: Alexandra Kennedy
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Along with grief, the death of a loved one often brings old resentments, regrets and unexpressed love, which can block our emotional growth and negatively impact our relationships. Alexandra Kennedy shows us how, by using imagination and imagery, we can re-create an inner relationship with our loved ones who have passed away. Read more
View audiobookMorning and Evening: Music, Meditation and Prayer
By: Marianne Williamson
Narrated by: Marianne Williamson
Length: 1 hour 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Meditations and prayers to heal the body, mind, and soul. This is a wonderful way to begin and end each day. Read more
View audiobookThe 12th Planet - Abridged
By: Zecharia Sitchin
Narrated by: Bill Jenkins
Length: 2 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A startling look into the origins of humans!According to Sumerian scholar Zecharia Sitchin, a superior race of beings once inhabited our world. In The 12th Planet— the product of 30 years of intensive research— Sitchin persuasively argues that humanity sprang from extraterrestrial forebears. In this remarkable account,... Read more
View audiobookHow To Harness Your Psychic Power
By: Belleruth Naparstek
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Naparstek, a psychotherapist, utilizes her psychic abilities in her private practice. She also tells us we can cultivate our psychic abilities and offers ways to do just that, stressing that psychic ability can often be brought out by intense and traumatic experiences. The best method is to approach them is with compassion and an open heart. Read more
View audiobookLiving The Creative Life
By: M.C. Richards
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A teacher, poet, painter, writer and potter, Richards has never lacked imagination, which she defines as "singing to a wide invisible audience." Her wisdom flows from an intensity, an honesty and a tenderness we don't often find in this world. Read more
View audiobookBread For The Journey
By: Wayne Muller
Narrated by: Michael Toms & Mark Walstrom
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A minister and therapist who has spent the last twenty years working with the homeless, adult children of abuse, and people with life-threatening illness, Wayne Muller has learned that while pain is inevitable, suffering is not. A catastrophe often wakes us up to what really matters in life, and the pursuit of more meaning in our lives. Read more
View audiobookThe Art Of Mindfulness
By: Philip Toshio Sudo
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
If you were to think of integrating the principles of Zen Buddhism into music, punk rock would probably not be part of the equation. Philip Toshio Sudo, a musician and longtime practitioner of Zen, chose to play punk rock because "the technique is secondary to the passion and intensity of the performance." The type of music you prefer is... Read more
View audiobookDancing With Life
By: Bill T. Jones
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Called today's most daring choreographer by Newsweek, dancer/artist Bill T. Jones is transforming the world of art as we know it. He says "I believe an act of creation is a spiritual activity." Here he discusses what led him into dance, the formation of his world-renowned dance company, dealing with the loss of his partner (in dance as well... Read more
View audiobookConsciousness: What's It All About?
By: Charles Tart
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
The science of consciousness and how it is changing, is explored in this dialogue with Charles Tart, a scientist and pioneer in the fields of psychology, parapsychology, dreams and meditation. He discusses Eastern wisdom in a way the Western mind readily comprehends. The nature of consciousness lies at the heart of it all, for "if we don't... Read more
View audiobookSpiritual Seeds For A Family Garden
By: Phil Catalfo
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
In a heartfelt discussion, Phil Catalfo talks about how we, as parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, can guide our children's spiritual development at a time when we are questioning our own. As we become disenchanted with the all-too-material world in which we live, Catalfo feels we must not only foster our children's spiritual growth, but... Read more
View audiobookUnderlying Answers
By: Andrew Bard Schmookler
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
We all know that life is a terminal condition and yet when we have a close brush with death, it often comes as a big surprise. Andrew Bard Schmookler notes that "a confrontation with death brings us back in touch with what it is that really matters." Read more
View audiobookDeath Is Not The Enemy
By: Christine Longaker
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Since suffering is an inescapable fact of life, Longaker says, "what we need to learn is how to go through suffering, how to bring the experiences of suffering into our spiritual path and purpose, because that is how we can transform it." Facing death--either our own or that of our loved ones--is a part of life; eventually, we are all touched. Read more
View audiobookSynchronicity
By: Vic Mansfield
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Even though synchronicity, the term coined by Carl Jung for meaningful coincidences, has attained some renown, according to Mansfield it is badly misconstrued. Here he discusses what synchronicity is, its parallels with quantum mechanics and perhaps why it shows up in our lives. He draws on his studies in physics and Buddhism, as well as his own... Read more
View audiobookAuthentic Work
By: James Autry
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
The world of big business is changing, and a new management ethic is emerging. Autry believes business is about values and relationships, not just the bottom line, and that's why downsizing, lay-offs and cutting benefits are not producing the results corporations hoped for. Read more
View audiobookThe Logic of Intuition
By: Laura Day
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Before you pick up the phone to dial that 900 number for the psychic hot-line, why not consider finding the answer within yourself? Whenever we make a decision, it includes a contribution from our intuitive depths. Whether we call it a hunch, our sixth sense or ESP--we all have it and Day tells us how to use it. Read more
View audiobookBe Who You Are
By: Gangaji
Narrated by: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms
Length: 53 minutes
Abridged: No
After decades of searching, Gangaji found her true self and now assists others in removing obstacles to their own realization of truth to discover "the fullness, the radiance, the boundlessness" of their being. Read more
View audiobookA Guided Meditation To Help You Stop Smoking
By: Belleruth Naparstek
Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek
Length: 1 hour
Abridged: No
In this powerful, hypnotic, research-proven guided meditation for smoking cessation, positive encouragement to quit smoking naturally comes from imagining the lungs healing and toxins clearing from the body, while capacity grows each day for taking in more and more rich, energizing, life-giving oxygen. In addition to anticipating the return of a... Read more
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