Philosophy audiobooks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Coming Revolution

By: Fritjof Capra, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

We may think we understand how the world works, but we've got it all wrong, says physicist and author Fritjof Capra. He shows how the revolution in modern physics foreshadows an imminent revolution in all the sciences, and a transformation of our worldview and values. Read more

Gurdjieff:  The Enigma/The Message

By: Claudio Naranjo, M.D., Kathleen Speeth, Ph.D. &...

Narrated by: Michael Toms & Robert Wachman

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

An exploration of the provocative and spiritually expansive world of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (1870-1949), with three persons actively engaged in understanding his teachings. Read more

Spiral 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

The 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

Around 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 “cosmic cost accounting,” being a “comprehensivist” instead of a specialist, and doing more with less. He also describes how the space program... Read more

The 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