"The Original Be Here Now Talks" with Ram Dass - Excerpt 2

June 17, 2013
We are delighted to offer this transcribed excerpt from another rare lecture from Ram Dass which became the basis of his international best-selling book Be Here Now. The following excerpt is from a talk he gave on March 31, 1969 in New York City as part of the Buck’s County Seminar House series.        Except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the...

 

Original Be Here Now Talks - Transcribed excerpt Part I

June 03, 2013
   We are thrilled to offer these rare lectures recorded live in NYC in 1969. Available for the first time in digital download, these talks given by Ram Dass went on to become the basis of his international best-selling book Be Here Now.  Following is a transcribed excerpt from one of these seminal teachings. We are also extremely pleased to have the inspired artwork of Peter Max on this digital download...

 

Excerpt from "Start Where You Are" by Pema Chodron

April 25, 2013
Once again we are pleased to offer a transcribed excerpt from a Pema Chodron audio title.  This is a chapter titled "No Escape, No Problem" from the terrific recording of Start Where You Are.   We already have everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips that we lay on ourselves – the heavy-duty feeling that we’re bad and hoping that we’re good, the identities that...

 

Excerpt 2 from "Reflections on Suffering" with Ram Dass

April 19, 2013
This brief excerpt from "Reflections on Suffering" with Ram Dass, recorded live in 1987, gives us insight into how Ram Dass uses guided meditation to access our deepest thoughts and feelings. "Now let your awareness let arise into your awareness, thoughts that concern some way in which you personally have experienced suffering. Just let the thought arise in your mind. Keep your witness strong. How do I suffer? What suffering...

 

James Hillman Tribute - May 4 2013

April 15, 2013
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Excerpt from Douglas Rushkoff's New Book "Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now"

April 10, 2013
This is the moment we’ve been waiting for, explains award-winning media theorist Douglas Rushkoff, but we don’t seem to have any time in which to live it. In his latest book PRESENT SHOCK: When Everything Happens Now, Rushkoff talks about the dissonance between our "analog" bodies and our new digital selves, a state of anxiety called "present shock".   We're delighted to bring you the Preface from this compelling new work.  Are...

 

Excerpt 2 from James Hillman's "A Blue Fire", Part 1 -

April 09, 2013
The late James Hillman -- considered the father of Archtypal Psychology based on the work of Carl Jung -- gives us a glimpse into his thinking when talkng about the relationship between egocentricity, excess and eccentricity in this transcribed excerpt from a fascinating weekend seminar Hillman offered at the Rowe Camp & Conference Center. Note- this title is our free title of the month through Mid May. That’s metaphysics and...

 

Why I'm Quitting Facebook by Douglas Rushkoff

February 25, 2013
Douglas Rushkoff -- one of the most compelling cutting-edge thinkers of our time -- has sworn off Facebook.  Check out this recent article he wrote for CNN.com.  Do you agree?  Can you imagine your life without Facebook?  "I used to be able to justify using Facebook as a cost of doing business. As a writer and sometime activist who needs to promote my books and articles and occasionally rally people...

 

Marianne Williamson on Oprah's "Super Soul Sunday"

December 18, 2012
Marianne Williamson talks about God, love and prayer in a "Soul to Soul" special on Oprah Winfrey's "Super Soul Sunday".  Click HERE for more information and a video clip from this compelling interview.

 

Article from Marianne Williamson's New Book "The Law of Divine Compensation"

December 06, 2012
Marianne Williamson has just released a timely new book THE LAW OF DIVINE COMPENSATION: On Work, Money and Miracles. We are delighted to bring you the following article adapted from this terrific book.   Job vs. Calling - Part One   One of the most positive transitions you can make is from viewing your work as a job to viewing it as a calling. A job is an exchange of energy...

 

Code Literacy: A 21st Century Requirement

November 15, 2012
Douglas Rushkoff, one of the leading cutting-edge thinkers of our time, recently published an article in Edutopia about the importance of making sure we -- and even more importantly, our children -- have a true understanding of how to negotiate this new digital world.  The article begins: Ask kids what Facebook is for, and they'll tell you it's there to help them make friends. And, on the surface anyway, that's...

 

Marianne Williamson and Sister Giant

October 26, 2012
Many of us are thinking about the current state of politics this time of year.  And many of us want to help transform not only our country, but the world.  Marianne Williamson offers us this opportunity with "Sister Giant" -- an event whose intention is to create a new conversation where the principles of higher consciousness and spirituality provide a foundation for political involvement.  Sister Giant will be taking place...

 

Free Title! "Easing into Sleep" with Dr. Emmett Miller

November 04, 2012
Having trouble falling asleep?  Don't we all some nights?  Then check out Dr. Emmett Miller's "Easing into Sleep". Dr. Miller's soothing guided imagery will help you fall deeply asleep with ease and wake up refreshed.  This mp3 download is offered FREE for a limited time only! Click HERE for your free download.  

 

Lesson 12 from Jon Kabat-Zinn's "Letting Everything Become Your Teacher"

October 26, 2012
A meditation practice can be difficult, especially when first starting out. In today's lesson from Jon Kabat-Zinn's Letting Everything Become Your Teacher, the importance of maintaining a positive and hopeful attitude is stressed, otherwise we will too easily give up. LESSON 12 - Mind-Set If you come to the meditation practice thinking to yourself, “This won’t work but I’ll do it anyway,” the chances are it will not be very...

 

Free Telesminar with Ralph Blum on "The Book of Runes" - Now an E-book!

October 26, 2012
The Book of Runes by Ralph Blum has been consulted by millions since it's original publication decades ago.  It continues to be a source of wisdom and inspiration for those seeking guidance.  And that's become even easier -- BetterListen! is thrilled to release The Book of Runes as and e-book and app.    There will also be a FREE teleseminar with Ralph on Thursday, October 25 at 9 pm. Eastern/6...

 

Dr Emmet Miller Titles Now Available on BetterListen!

November 04, 2012
We are delighted to let you know that BetterListen is now distributing a number of high quality audio programs by Dr. Emmett Miller -- one of the forefathers of mind/body medicine.  Dr. Miller -- a  physician, health educator, author -- is a pioneer in a field that is now on the cutting edge of modern medicine. For over 30 years, Dr. Miller's commitment has been to bring us a deeper...

 

Excerpt from Marianne Williamson's Lecture on "MLK Jr. and the Element of Greatness"

November 04, 2012
Marianne Williamson considers what Martin Luther King, Jr. would be challenging us, as spiritual beings, to do regarding our political system  if he were alive today.  A transcribed excerpt from this inspired lecture, recorded live as part of Williamson's L.A. Lecture Series, follows: I think if Martin Luther King were alive today, he would not only be challenging and holding our feet to the fire about political establishments, but our...

 

Lesson 13 from Jon Kabat-Zinn's "Letting Everything Become Your Teacher"

November 04, 2012
Lesson 13 - How Judgmental We Are   Mindfulness is cultivated by assuming the stance of an impartial witness to your own experience. To do this requires that you become aware of the constant stream of judging and reacting to inner and outer experiences that we are all normally caught up in, and learn to step back from it. When we begin practicing paying attention to the activity of our...

 

More Runic Wisdom and Free Rune Reading!

November 04, 2012
Ralph H. Blum’s The Book of Runes -- one of the most popular sources of oracular wisdom -- is now available as an e-book, smartphone app and interactive web application through BetterListen!  Events or, more likely, aspects of character can interfere with the growth of new life. You may feel dismay at failing to take right action. And yet rather than dismay, what is called for here is diligence. ....

 

Every Thought is a Universe with Marianne Williamson - LA Lecture 7/16/12 now available via instant MP3 download.

November 04, 2012
Marianne WIlliamson recorded Live in LA Marianne explores the recent science and research confirming the existence of "The God Particle" - Click here for a mind expanding free preview!

 

New Free Title through August! "Finding & Keeping the Love You Want" by Harville Hendrix

November 04, 2012
Harville Hendrix is one of the foremost relationship experts.  His seminal work and best-selling book Getting the Love You Want has inspired individuals and couples to heal and positively transform their significant love relationships for over 20 years, and his Imago relationship dialogue is taught around the world.  Oprah Winfrey has included Hendrix's appearance as one of the Top 20 Moments on her show, and we are now delighted to...

 

Runic Wisdom of the Day and Free Rune Reading!

November 04, 2012
One of the most popular sources of oracular wisdom, Ralph H. Blum’s The Book of Runes, is now available as an e-book, smartphone app and interactive web application. Runic wisdom can be found in surprising places -- from runes themselves to fortune cookies!  Today we offer two excerpts from Blum's book Little Book of Runic Wisdom. When the heart of relationship is full,nourishment is everywhere, even inthe smallest things, for...

 

Excerpt from "Broken Open" by Elizabeth Lesser - Bozos on the Buss

November 04, 2012
We’re all bozos on the bus,so we might as well sit backand enjoy the ride.—Wavy Gravy One of our favorite chapters from Elizabeth Lesser's wonderful book Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow is "Bozos on the Bus", excerpted below.  We hope you're happy as we are to just be another bozo on the bus. One of my heroes is the clown-activist Wavy Gravy. He is best known...

 

Lesson 11 from Jon Kabat-Zinn's "Letting Everything Become Your Teacher"

November 04, 2012
In this lesson from Jon Kabat-Zinn's Letting Everything Become Your Teacher, we're reminded that receptivity and acceptance is what allows healing, not force of will. LESSON 11 - Paying Attention  Awareness requires only that we pay attention and see things as they are. It doesn’t require that we change anything. And healing requires receptivity and acceptance, a tuning to connectedness and wholeness. None of this can be forced, just as...