Self-Improvement audiobooks
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
View audiobookEcotopia Revisited
By: Ernest Callenbach
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 50 minutes
Abridged: No
The creator of the visionary "ecotopian" view of the world, made famous through his classic book, Ecotopia returns with a fresh vision of an energy-efficient, ecologically responsible future society spread across Northwest America. Read more
View audiobookBond Of Power
By: Joseph Chilton Pearce
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 53 minutes
Abridged: No
The author of The Crack in The Cosmic Egg (Julian Press 1971) and Bond of Power (Dutton 1981) tells of a metamorphosis that has occurred in his life--one he claims is available for each of us, and one based upon our human birthright. Our rational mind can only take us so far, and then we all must tap into the deep well of wisdom residing within. Read more
View audiobookThe Gates of Consciousness
By: Stanislav Grof
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 51 minutes
Abridged: No
A stirring visit with one of the modern pioneers of consciousness exploration. Born in Czechoslovakia, Stan Grof came to the U.S. in the late 1960s and became one of the foremost explorers of LSD-25 as a research tool. Since then he has developed non-drug alternatives for exploring the hidden reaches of the human mind and psyche. Read more
View audiobookErotic and Social Transformation
By: George Leonard
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 1 hour 32 minutes
Abridged: No
George Leonard (1923-2010) was an American writer, editor, and educator who wrote extensively about education and human potential. Read more
View audiobookThe Future as Transformation
By: Willis Harman
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 1 hour 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Harman provides a provocative and penetrating analysis of what's going on in the world, with a social scientist/engineer/futurist who plainly feels we're in the midst of a planetary metamorphosis of monumental proportions. Read more
View audiobookSpiral 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
View audiobookThe Psychic World of Helen Palmer
By: Helen Palmer
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 1 hour 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Trained as a psychologist, Helen Palmer discovered she possessed rare gifts of psychic intuition and seeing and became a psychic counselor. Her insight, accuracy and professionally original approach have given her an impeccable reputation in a field long sullied by frauds and charlatans. She is a gifted woman rendering a useful service, and here... Read more
View audiobookThe 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
View audiobookAround the Universe
By: R. Buckminster Fuller
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 1 hour 44 minutes
Abridged: No
A conversation with this visionary inventor, philosopher, and humanitarian. Bucky gives his extraordinarily insightful picture of where the human race is now and how to proceed from here. He describes โcosmic cost accounting,โ being a โcomprehensivistโ instead of a specialist, and doing more with less. He also describes how the space program... Read more
View audiobookHearts Aglow
By: Gabrielle Roth
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 53 minutes
Abridged: No
In this moving interview, Gabrielle talks about five levels of healing and restoring the balance of the feminine principle. She says we need to know how to be an expression of our heart. Read more
View audiobookMagical Living
By: Joseph Chilton Pearce
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Pearce reappears after several years of living in the wilderness, which included building a log cabin by hand and finding a guru. He discusses meditation, child development, and ways to nurture a sense of wonder in ourselves and our children. Read more
View audiobookTowards The One
By: Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
The head of the Sufi Order in the West speaks to the spiritual crisis of the times. In a deep and moving way, Pir Vilayat brings us back to the heart of the matter, where resolution and transformation are possible. Read more
View audiobookThe Tao, Synchronicity and Self-Discovery
By: Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Psychiatrist and author of The Tao of Psychology (Harper & Row 1979), Jean Bolen talks about the role of synchronicity in our lives, and ways we can open to new experiences freely. Living with heart and grace comes through as she shares her profound glimpse of the Tao and the nature of our connection with All. Read more
View audiobookWalden oder Hรผttenleben im Walde (Ungekรผrzt)
By: Henry David Thoreau
Narrated by: Rob Hackemesser
Length: 13 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Ein zeitloser Klassiker in einer Neuauflage fรผr moderne Hรถrerinnen und Hรถrer. "Walden" ist das Hauptwerk von Henry David Thoreau, einem der einflussreichsten amerikanischen Denker des 19. In diesem Buch stellt Thoreau seine tiefgrรผndigen Gedanken รผber die Natur, die Gesellschaft und den Sinn des menschlichen Lebens dar. "Walden" gilt als... Read more
View audiobookWays to Live in the Spirit
By: Frederick Leboyer, M.D.
Narrated by: Larry Geis & Deirdre Woo
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
The world-renowned French obstetrician who pioneered "Birth Without Violence" talks about new ways to live in the spirit. Read more
View audiobookCreating the Rest of your Life
By: Werner Erhard
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 1 hour 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Here the creator of est and founder of The Hunger Project brings us up to date on his experience with auto racing and much more. In the process he provides many practical insights on how each of us can see ourselves and the world around us in new and different ways. Candid, revealing and brimming with Wernerโs special wisdom. Read more
View audiobookMeeting With a Remarkable Man
By: Peter Brook
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Listen to an extraordinary and probing conversation with the renowned filmmaker, theater producer, and director of "Lord of the Flies," "Marat-Sade," and "Meetings with Remarkable Men," based on Gurdjieff's book of the same title. Read more
View audiobookInto And Out Of The Body
By: Bob Monroe
Narrated by: Michael Toms & Jeffrey Mishlove
Length: 1 hour 36 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1958 Robert Monroe found himself leaving his physical body to travel via a "second body" to far locales. Here he reveals a myriad of ways the spirit might manifest in daily life. Read more
View audiobookAttaining Wholeness and Joy
By: Patricia Sun
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
A philosopher, human energizer and natural healer shows us ways to attain wholeness, and gives us keys to bring more joy into our daily life. Read more
View audiobookThree Jewels in the Lotus I
By: Ram Dass
Narrated by: Ram Dass
Length: 1 hour 32 minutes
Abridged: No
At the Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco, November 18, 1978, people gather for a moving experience of unparalleled depth. The experience has been preserved on audio recordings so that others can share the extraordinary depth and quality of "Three Jewels in the Lotus." Here is Ram Dass' individual presentation. Read more
View audiobookSome 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
View audiobookOn Sex, Etc
By: Ram Dass
Narrated by: Will Noffke
Length: 1 hour 57 minutes
Abridged: No
A discussion of Ram Dass's perceptions of the new-age scene today, and of sex--its place in spiritual life, its pitfalls, its glories, and much more. Read more
View audiobookWhat Has Been Learned
By: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms
Narrated by: Robert Fuller, Ph.D. & Alia Johnson
Length: 1 hour 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Physicist and former president of Oberlin College, Bob Fuller, with writer Alia Johnson, personal friends of Justine and Michael, turn the tables on the co-founders of New Dimensions Foundation and Radio by interviewing them. Read more
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