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With every episode, you have the opportunity to discover new perspectives on overcoming adversity, cultivating inner peace, and embracing the present moment. Join us on this journey through the ages, where timeless lessons await to inspire your own path toward wisdom and fulfillment. 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This is more than a biography of the spiritual leader, they are lessons we all can learn from his life. Buddha’s journey and teachings are still relevant to our modern life.

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Allen's books illustrate the use of the power of thought to increase personal capabilities. Although he never achieved great fame or wealth, his works continue to influence people around the world, including the New...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[As a Man Thinketh by James Allen.<br /><br />Allen's books illustrate the use of the power of thought to increase personal capabilities. Although he never achieved great fame or wealth, his works continue to influence people around the world, including the New Thought movement. Allen's most famous book, As a Man Thinketh, was published in 1902. It is now considered a classic self-help book. Its underlying premise is that noble thoughts make a noble person, while lowly thoughts make a miserable person.<br /><br />Featured on The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.<br /><br />Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3054</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a688ab50de14aca900f984b45afc8926.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Quiet Talks about Jesus-S. D. Gordon</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/quiet-talks-about-jesus-s-d-gordon--76127537</link><description><![CDATA[Quiet Talks about Jesus by S. D. Gordon.<br /><br />So far as I can find out, I have no theory about Jesus to make these talks fit into. I have tried to find out for myself what the old Book of God tells about Him. And here I am trying to tell to others, as simply as I can, what I found. It was by the tedious, twisting path of doubt that I climbed the hill of truth up to some of its summits of certainty. I am free to confess that I am ignorant of the subject treated here save for the statements of that Book, and for the assent within my own spirit to these statements, which has greatly deepened the impression they made, and make. There is no question raised here about that Book itself, but simply a taking and grouping up together of what it says.<br /><br />Featured on The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.<br /><br />Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76127537</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 10:00:41 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/76127537/quiet_talks_about_jesus_s_d_gordon.mp3" length="237895537" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:txt purpose="ai-content">true</podcast:txt><itunes:author>Marcus Aurelius</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Quiet Talks about Jesus by S. D. Gordon.

So far as I can find out, I have no theory about Jesus to make these talks fit into. I have tried to find out for myself what the old Book of God tells about Him. And here I am trying to tell to others, as...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Quiet Talks about Jesus by S. D. Gordon.<br /><br />So far as I can find out, I have no theory about Jesus to make these talks fit into. I have tried to find out for myself what the old Book of God tells about Him. And here I am trying to tell to others, as simply as I can, what I found. It was by the tedious, twisting path of doubt that I climbed the hill of truth up to some of its summits of certainty. I am free to confess that I am ignorant of the subject treated here save for the statements of that Book, and for the assent within my own spirit to these statements, which has greatly deepened the impression they made, and make. There is no question raised here about that Book itself, but simply a taking and grouping up together of what it says.<br /><br />Featured on The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.<br /><br />Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>29707</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a688ab50de14aca900f984b45afc8926.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Shining Gateway-James Allen</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/shining-gateway-james-allen--76126433</link><description><![CDATA[Shining Gateway by James Allen.<br /><br />Students of the works of James Allen all over the world will welcome with joy another book from his able pen. In this work we find the Prophet of Meditation in one of his deepest and yet most lucid expositions. How wonderfully he deals with fundamental principles! It is as though he came back to The Shining Gateway, and, standing there, he reviewed all the way up which his own feet have traveled, passing over no temptation that is common to man; knowing that the obstacles that barred his ascending pathway, or the clouds that at times obscured his vision, are the common experiences of all those who have set their faces towards the heights of Blessed Vision. As we read his words now, he seems to stand and beckon to us, saying, "Come on, my fellow Pilgrims; it is straight ahead to the Shining Gateway; I have blazed the track for you."<br /><br />Featured on The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.<br /><br />Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76126433</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:00:38 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/76126433/shining_gateway_james_allen.mp3" length="41656893" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:txt purpose="ai-content">true</podcast:txt><itunes:author>Marcus Aurelius</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Shining Gateway by James Allen.

Students of the works of James Allen all over the world will welcome with joy another book from his able pen. In this work we find the Prophet of Meditation in one of his deepest and yet most lucid expositions. How...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Shining Gateway by James Allen.<br /><br />Students of the works of James Allen all over the world will welcome with joy another book from his able pen. In this work we find the Prophet of Meditation in one of his deepest and yet most lucid expositions. How wonderfully he deals with fundamental principles! It is as though he came back to The Shining Gateway, and, standing there, he reviewed all the way up which his own feet have traveled, passing over no temptation that is common to man; knowing that the obstacles that barred his ascending pathway, or the clouds that at times obscured his vision, are the common experiences of all those who have set their faces towards the heights of Blessed Vision. As we read his words now, he seems to stand and beckon to us, saying, "Come on, my fellow Pilgrims; it is straight ahead to the Shining Gateway; I have blazed the track for you."<br /><br />Featured on The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.<br /><br />Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>5202</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a688ab50de14aca900f984b45afc8926.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Of the Shortness of Life-Lucius Annaeus Seneca</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/of-the-shortness-of-life-lucius-annaeus-seneca--76125531</link><description><![CDATA[Of the Shortness of Life by Lucius Annaeus Seneca.<br /><br />Seneca the Younger wrote the moral essay "De Brevitate Vitae" — "On the Shortness of Life" — to his friend Paulinus. The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that men waste much of it in meaningless pursuits. According to the essay, nature gives man enough time to do what is really important and the individual must allot it properly.<br /><br />Featured on The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.<br /><br />Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76125531</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:00:36 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/76125531/of_the_shortness_of_life_lucius_annaeus_seneca.mp3" length="30904433" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:txt purpose="ai-content">true</podcast:txt><itunes:author>Marcus Aurelius</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Of the Shortness of Life by Lucius Annaeus Seneca.

Seneca the Younger wrote the moral essay "De Brevitate Vitae" — "On the Shortness of Life" — to his friend Paulinus. The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Of the Shortness of Life by Lucius Annaeus Seneca.<br /><br />Seneca the Younger wrote the moral essay "De Brevitate Vitae" — "On the Shortness of Life" — to his friend Paulinus. The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that men waste much of it in meaningless pursuits. According to the essay, nature gives man enough time to do what is really important and the individual must allot it properly.<br /><br />Featured on The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.<br /><br />Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3859</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a688ab50de14aca900f984b45afc8926.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Majesty of Calmness-William George Jordan</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/majesty-of-calmness-william-george-jordan--76121988</link><description><![CDATA[Majesty of Calmness by William George Jordan.<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76121988</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:00:37 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/76121988/majesty_of_calmness_william_george_jordan.mp3" length="39220186" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:txt purpose="ai-content">true</podcast:txt><itunes:author>Marcus Aurelius</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Majesty of Calmness by William George Jordan.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Majesty of Calmness by William George Jordan.<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>4898</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a688ab50de14aca900f984b45afc8926.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Thoughts Are Things-Prentice Mulford</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/thoughts-are-things-prentice-mulford--76115819</link><description><![CDATA[Thoughts Are Things by Prentice Mulford.<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76115819</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:00:26 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/76115819/thoughts_are_things_prentice_mulford.mp3" length="153960369" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:txt purpose="ai-content">true</podcast:txt><itunes:author>Marcus Aurelius</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Thoughts Are Things by Prentice Mulford.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Thoughts Are Things by Prentice Mulford.<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>19226</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a688ab50de14aca900f984b45afc8926.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Meditations-Marcus Aurelius</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/meditations-marcus-aurelius--76107093</link><description><![CDATA[Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76107093</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 10:00:28 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/76107093/meditations_marcus_aurelius.mp3" length="201376720" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:txt purpose="ai-content">true</podcast:txt><itunes:author>Marcus Aurelius</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>25147</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a688ab50de14aca900f984b45afc8926.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius - Marcus Aurelius</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-meditations-of-marcus-aurelius-marcus-aurelius--74885405</link><description><![CDATA["The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius" is a profound reflection by the Roman Emperor that delves into the philosophy of Stoicism, emphasizing the importance of self-discipline, rationality, and virtue. 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Wordsworth's insights into the beauty of nature and the transformative power of poetry continue to resonate today, reminding listeners of the importance of introspection and the pursuit of deeper understanding in an increasingly complex world. The themes of self-discovery and the appreciation of the natural world make "Prelude" an enduring testament to the human spirit.<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73357126</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:00:25 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73357126/prelude_william_wordsworth.mp3" length="228543030" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:txt purpose="ai-content">true</podcast:txt><itunes:author>Marcus Aurelius</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>"Prelude" by William Wordsworth is a profound exploration of the poet's early life, his evolving thoughts on nature, and the power of imagination. 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As themes of individuality and societal critique continue to resonate today, this audiobook serves as a reminder of the power of literature to challenge and inspire.<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>20787</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a688ab50de14aca900f984b45afc8926.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Bible (ASV) 18 Job - American Standard Version</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/bible-asv-18-job-american-standard-version--73310941</link><description><![CDATA[Bible (ASV) 18 Job by the American Standard Version presents the profound and timeless story of Job, a man of great faith who faces immense suffering and loss. This narrative explores themes of endurance, the nature of suffering, and the quest for understanding in the face of adversity. 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The enduring appeal of these stories lies in their ability to spark the imagination and inspire reflection on the human condition, making them relevant even in today's rapidly changing world. As you immerse yourself in these narratives, you may find echoes of contemporary themes, reminding us of the timeless nature of human curiosity and the quest for knowledge.<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73308693</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:00:40 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73308693/short_science_fiction_collection_064_various.mp3" length="268867044" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:txt purpose="ai-content">true</podcast:txt><itunes:author>Marcus Aurelius</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Short Science Fiction Collection 064 features a diverse array of imaginative tales from various authors, showcasing the richness of the science fiction genre. 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As you immerse yourself in these narratives, you may find echoes of contemporary themes, reminding us of the timeless nature of human curiosity and the quest for knowledge.<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>33575</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a688ab50de14aca900f984b45afc8926.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Short Science Fiction Collection 071 - Various</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/short-science-fiction-collection-071-various--73306797</link><description><![CDATA[Short Science Fiction Collection 071 brings together a diverse array of imaginative tales from various authors, showcasing the boundless creativity that defines the genre. 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Engaging with these writings allows for a deeper understanding of our spiritual heritage and encourages reflection on the values that continue to guide us.<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73304598</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:45 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73304598/early_church_collection_volume_3_various.mp3" length="220448351" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:txt purpose="ai-content">true</podcast:txt><itunes:author>Marcus Aurelius</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Early Church Collection Volume 3 by Various offers a rich tapestry of early Christian writings that illuminate the beliefs, struggles, and aspirations of the formative years of the Church. 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The character of Colonel Clay, a precursor to later literary antiheroes, offers a fascinating exploration of morality and cunning that continues to resonate with readers today.<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73262850</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:47:27 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73262850/african_millionaire_episodes_in_the_life_of_the_illustrious_colonel_clay_grant_allen.mp3" length="222738429" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:txt purpose="ai-content">true</podcast:txt><itunes:author>Marcus Aurelius</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>"African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay" follows Seymour Wilbraham Wentworth, the brother-in-law and secretary to the wealthy South African financier Sir Charles Vandrift. 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