See Candace Pert, Ph.D. and Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D. on Larry King Live TO BE RESCHEDULED

Update 8-15-08: This broadcast will be rescheduled.

Sounds True authors Candace Pert, Ph.D. and Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D. will be among the featured guests on CNN’s Larry King Live tomorrow night at 9 pm. EST. The show is a rebroadcast of King’s popular The Power of the Mind segment which first aired August 2. These two ground-breaking scientists join JZ Knight, Dean Radin, former astronaut Edgar Mitchell and others featured in the films What the Bleep Do We Know!?  and The Secret in an exploration of how changing your mind can change your life.

Candace Pert, Ph.D. is a research professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Dr. Pert is best known for her discovery of opiate receptors in the brain. She was a featured expert in the highly acclaimed Bill Moyers PBS series Healing and the Mind. In addition to her research efforts, Dr. Pert lectures and teaches about how our minds and feelings influence our health and well-being.

• Visit Candace Pert, Ph.D.’s website
• Listen to Candace Pert Ph.D.
• See Candace Pert, Ph.D.’s audio collection
• Read The Science of Emotions and Consciousness, by Candace Pert, Ph.D. with Nancy Marriot (from Measuring the Immeasurable: The Scientific Case for Spirituality, available Sept. 1, 2008.)

Dr. Fred Alan Wolf is a physicist, writer, and lecturer who earned his Ph.D. in theoretical physics at UCLA in 1963. He was featured in the film, What the Bleep Do We Know? , and has written many popular books on physics, including the National Book Award winning Taking the Quantum Leap. Dr. Wolf has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including The Discovery Channel’s The Know Zone.

• Visit Fred Alan Wolf Ph.D.’s website
• Listen to Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D.
• See Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D.’s audio collection

 

Ainslie MacLeod is Tonight’s Featured Guest on Oprah’s Soul Series

Sounds True author Ainslie MacLeod is the featured guest on Oprah Winfrey’s Soul Series webcast tonight at 9 p.m. EST. He will discuss his award-winning book The Instruction: Living the Life Your Soul Intended, and explore with Oprah his systematic approach to decoding your soul’s purpose and understanding your personal destiny.

According to MacLeod, each person’s soul holds a life plan that was created before they were born - a plan that is encoded in our individual Soul Types. Are you a Leader? A Creator? Take the Soul Type Quiz to find out.

Visit Ainslie MacLeod’s Soul World website

 

Sharon Salzberg to teach at Meditate08 during Democratic National Convention

Meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg has a question for the 2008 presidential candidates: “What would happen if cultivating kindness were an essential part of the new presidential platform?” She will examine the possibilities of such a platform at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, August 27 as a featured participant in Meditate08, an opportunity for quiet contemplation scheduled in conjunction with the upcoming Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver, Colorado.

 

Located in an outdoor park just blocks away from the DNC site, Meditate08 will offer a daily meditation retreat experience to delegates and visitors for six days beginning August 24. Presenters include teachers from Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim and Native American traditions who will lead sessions in meditation, yoga, and stress reduction. Salzberg, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA., will teach lovingkindness (metta) meditation, a practice that helps develop awareness and compassion.

Salzberg’s newest book, The Kindness Handbook, will be available October 1, 2008, and offers a practical roadmap for practicing kindness in everyday situations. Sounds True will offer the complete book in ebook format August 23-30. Visit www.soundstrue.com/kindness beginning Aug. 23.

Read about Meditate08 in the Denver Post

Read Sharon Salzberg on The Huffington Post

 

Building Emotional Intelligence and Leap Before You Look among Best Spiritual Books of 2008

     

Building Emotional Intelligence by Linda Lantieri and Leap Before You Look by Arjuna Ardagh have been named among the 50 Best Spiritual Books of 2008 by SpiritualityandPractice.com, a website devoted to resources for spiritual journeys. The Best Spiritual Books are chosen from among the more than 300 books reviewed and recommended on the site every year. The complete list will be published in December.

According to SpiritualityandPractice.com publishers Fred and Mary Ann Brussat, “Through diverse approaches, drawing upon the wisdom and practices of the world’s religions, these titles explore the quest for meaning and purpose, wholeness and healing, commitment and community, contemplation and social activism.”
 

 

Meditations for A New Earth coming in September

Responding to the high demand for practices based on A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle, Sounds True has added an exclusive audio program from Kim Eng, Tolle’s teaching partner, to its fall 2008 release schedule. Meditations for A New Earth by Kim Eng (2 CDs/3 hours/ISBN 978-1-59179-690-9) features eight guided meditations to help listeners experience the power of awakened consciousness. The program is available Sept. 1 and includes an introduction by Eckhart Tolle.

Learn more about Kim Eng