River Kanoff has narrated 5 audiobooks on Listento.it by 4 authors, with an average listener rating of 3★ across 16 ratings. The most-rated is Sacred Knowledge.
Sacred Knowledge
Summary
Sacred Knowledge is the first well-documented, sophisticated account of the effect of psychedelics on biological processes, human consciousness, and revelatory religious experiences. Based on nearly three decades of legal research with volunteers, William A. Richards argues that, if used responsibly and legally, psychedelics have the potential to assuage suffering and constructively affect the quality of human life.
Richards's analysis contributes to social and political debates over the responsible integration of psychedelic substances into modern society. His book serves as an invaluable resource for listeners who, whether spontaneously or with the facilitation of psychedelics, have encountered meaningful, inspiring, or even disturbing states of consciousness and seek clarity about their experiences. Testing the limits of language and conceptual frameworks, Richards makes the most of experiential phenomena that stretch our conception of reality, advancing new frontiers in the study of belief, spiritual awakening, psychiatric treatment, and social well-being. His findings enrich humanities and scientific scholarship, expanding work in philosophy, anthropology, theology, and religious studies and bringing depth to research in mental health, psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology.
©2016 William A. Richards (P)2017 Wetware Media
The Quantum Screen: The Enigmas of Modern Physics and a New Model of Perceptual Consciousness
Summary
What is the connection between physics and consciousness? In this groundbreaking new audiobook, Samuel Avery presents the quantum screen, a paradigm-shifting model of perceptual consciousness and of the world. This model looks to the enigmas of modern physics to demonstrate the primacy of consciousness - the essential oneness of spirit and matter. Our intellectual culture is divided between two poles - science and religion. It's often assumed that these two disciplines - each individually essential and intriguing - cannot speak to one another. Physics cannot answer spiritual questions. Theories of consciousness have no place in the laboratory. In fact, the opposite is true. While mental and physical experiences appear to be separate realities, Avery believes that a new understanding of dimensions (space, time, and mass) will unite them. Dimensions as structures of perceptual consciousness will awaken a creative convergence of quantum mechanics, relativity theory, and ancient meditation traditions. Scientifically rigorous and spiritually profound, Avery's model is far from a mere concept or belief. He offers both an explanation of the quantum screen, as well as an opportunity to experience it directly. He deftly weaves humanism into the fabric of hard science. The result is illuminating and potentially life changing, with significant implications for how we understand nature, ourselves, and each other. "Samuel Avery gives us a refreshingly original and delightfully well-written account of Reality, ripe with clarity and larger than scientific or religious narratives have yet to grasp. I enjoyed this highly original and deeply insightful look into the essence of consciousness and its relationships with the worlds of physics and biology." - Allan Combs, PhD, President of Society for Consciousness Studies, and award-winning author of Radiance of Being and Consciousness Explained Better
©2017 Samuel Avery (P)2017 Wetware Media
Guided Meditations for a Quiet Mind
Summary
Guided Meditations for a Quiet Mind is a collection of guided meditations designed to help you stop overthinking, calm your mind, and briefly slip away from life’s demands to experience a tranquil inner oasis.
Perfect for anyone who wants to recover a sense of inner quiet and spaciousness, these meditations utilize relaxation, mindfulness, and visualization to help you:
Quiet a noisy mind
Cultivate self-kindness and compassion
Discover an inner sanctuary of peace and serenity
Guided Meditations for a Quiet Mind includes eight guided meditations, approximately 20-25 minutes each:
Visualization for a quiet mind
Being non-reactive
Calm breath, calm mind
Creating inner space
Quiet mind meditation
Progressive muscle relaxation
Breathing space
These relaxing meditations are not hypnosis or a step-by-step meditation guide. They offer gentle guidance but still allow space for your own experience and natural process. They are a light touch of guided support to help you enjoy a quiet mind.
Meditations for the Journey is a series of gentle, peaceful, and restorative guided meditations that invite you to sit down with yourself and listen. They help to create a sacred inner space to calm your mind, open your heart, and hear your soul again.
©2018 Wetware Media (P)2018 Wetware Media
Radical Optimism: Practical Spirituality in an Uncertain World
Summary
Beatrice Bruteau was a philosopher whose vision of life was an inspiration to some of the most influential thinkers of our time. In Radical Optimism she shines new light on the deepest truth we can know about ourselves: each of us is one with God, here and now. She helps us to understand what this really means, to know the happiness it brings, and to cultivate a contemplative consciousness. This book is both enlightening and immensely practical. In a world grown dark and desperate, Dr. Bruteau shows us how to embrace the spirit of optimism through authentic spirituality. Bringing her knowledge of Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and science to her exploration, she is both a brilliant synthesizer and an original thinker. Radical Optimism shows us who we really are, and with this understanding we can find the way beyond evil and suffering. Dr. Bruteau was the author of 12 books, including What We Can Learn from the East, Evolution Toward Divinity, and The Easter Mysteries, and more than 100 articles, appearing in journals such as International Philosophical Quarterly, Cross Currents, and Cistercian Studies. She was a pioneer in developing a broad, inclusive vision of human reality, which can be best described as practical global spirituality.
©2002 Beatrice Bruteau (P)2017 Sentient Publications
Guided Meditations for Letting Go
Summary
Meditations for Letting Go is a collection of guided meditations designed to help you relax and let go and briefly slip away from life’s demands to experience a tranquil inner oasis. Perfect for anyone who wants to recover a sense of inner quiet and spaciousness, these meditations utilize relaxation, mindfulness, and visualization to help you: Quiet a noisy mind Cultivate self-kindness and compassion Discover an inner sanctuary of peace and serenity Meditations for Letting Go includes eight guided meditations, approximately 20-25 minutes each. Releasing meditation Let go, a tranquil inner retreat Peace in the heart of being A soothing wave of energy Surrender to stillness Inner sanctuary Floating on the stream A healing inner sanctuary These relaxing meditations are not hypnosis or a step-by-step meditation guide. They offer gentle guidance but still allow space for your own experience and natural process. They are a light touch of guided support to help you relax and let go. Meditations for the Journey is a series of gentle, peaceful, and restorative guided meditations that invite you to sit down with yourself and listen. They help to create a sacred inner space to calm your mind, open your heart, and hear your soul again.
©2018 Wetware Media (P)2018 Wetware Media