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He was our longest-serving president and also our best. Washington set precedents. Lincoln preserved the union. But only Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to the nation's highest office four times. Only Roosevelt faced an economic crisis so severe it remains our benchmark today for calamity. The solutions he made public forged the country, and in large part the world, we live in today.

As we've seen increased participation in online dance parties, workouts, and other gatherings, a little-mentioned growing community is that of reading groups. As the pandemic deepens and all of us feel the desire to escape, it is logical that these communities would expand. But what is it about literature that brings people together during terrible circumstances? How does a catastrophe shape our understanding of the power of great literature? This audio lecture discusses the importance of literature and community throughout the world and addresses how these groups better us as people.

Award-winning literature professor Joseph Luzzi will guide viewers through a fascinating presidents' library, as we explore the books and the presidential reading list that shaped six of the most powerful men ever to sit in the Oval Office.

In this lecture, Professor Kahn will examine the state of health care and biomedical research in the US and around the globe, through the lens of ethics. The lecture will start with some historical context and examples from bioethics, and draw some parallels from the past for the current state of our public discussions on a range of controversial bioethics issues.

The rise and fall of ancient Rome is one of the greatest stories in the history of the world. From a group of settlements huddled along the Tiber in Italy, Rome rose to conquer much of the Mediterranean world and Europe. At the height of the Roman Empire, one in every five people in the world lived within its territory. For Americans, Rome's unlikely ascent, spectacular ambitions, and gruesome decline have provided endless fuel for our national self-examination.

This class gives you an inside look at the historical context of the world's greatest war strategists. Taught by Professor Andrew R. Wilson, who serves on the faculty of the elite US Naval War College, this lecture will transform you into a military thinker and will change the way you read newspaper headlines by instilling in you a new appreciation for the subtleties and complexities of strategy.

You are your brain, according to modern neuroscience, but how exactly do your thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and sense of self derive from this three-pound organ locked inside the black box of your skull? Scientists have been seeking answers to those questions for decades and finding surprising answers in the brains of people with psychiatric and neurological disorders. Join us on a journey deep into the brain, the mind, and the self, as Professor Jessica Payne reveals the startling and exciting recent findings of cutting-edge neuroscience.

The American presidency is the most powerful political office in the world. Surprisingly, most contemporary presidents have found themselves severely constrained in their ability to pursue their chosen agendas for domestic and foreign policy change. This lecture will explain why, focusing on the nature of government bureaucracy, the range of American challenges and commitments, and the development of the modern media.

Barry Nalebuff, Milton Steinbach professor at Yale School of Management, doesn't just teach entrepreneurship - he's done it. Together with his co-founder and former student Seth Goldman, he grew Honest Tea from five thermoses to more than 100 million bottles a year. Learn the mistakes to avoid, the economic principles to follow, the personal stories of the start-up, the near-death experiences, and the ultimate success of Honest Tea. Most importantly, the lessons from Honest Tea will tell how you don't need to sacrifice your ideals to build a successful company.

The Sanskrit word paramitas means "actions that take us to the other shore". In this inspiring audio program, beloved teacher and author Pema Chödrön shows us how to use the six paramitas to move out of isolation and fear and into the compassion and courage of our awakened Buddha nature.

This full-weekend recording of Marianne Williamson’s workshop at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, helps listeners to see the luminous light within themselves and within each person in their lives. Williamson’s meditations, prayers, thought-provoking lectures, and exercises take us on an exploration of our human potential and are designed to help us return to our “Serene Centers”.

In Taking Refuge in the Wild Heart, Starr shows us how to collectively reclaim feminine wisdom from the margins of patriarchy in order to embody this living spirit in our daily lives. This, she teaches, is a revolutionary act - one that is wildly creative and for everyone.

The Science Series contains 53 lectures covering four topics: the Physical Sciences, the Realm of Postulates, the Principles of Dichotomy/Duality, and the Two Facets of Our Existence.

Robert Bly looks beyond the individual psyche to the problems of our public life, explaining why we as a culture are so adrift. What he finds is an infantilized society in which the battle between youth and age has been won by youth. Bly argues that in the collapse of the old patriarchal worldview, we are becoming a world of "siblings" who do not look up to heroes, leaders, or God, but only sideways at an army of siblings like ourselves. Through the psychological lessons embedded in ancient folk tales, Bly challenges us to move beyond our own adolescent envy and fantasy.

God has a plan for the stuck spaces inside of us, the places we feel broken. Stuck is an eight-session small-group Bible study that helps participants take an honest look at the fight going on inside. At the end of our journey, we find God waiting for us with hope and freedom.

Healing Your Back is a powerful, effective, enjoyable way to take charge of your healing, reduce tension and pain in your back, and speed your return to wellness. It is three programs in one.

On February 17-19, 2012, Marianne Williamson taught an intensive workshop on romantic relationships in Los Angeles, California. The workshop was valuable for women and men, singles and couples, gays and straights. Whether you're looking to attract a relationship or seeking to deepen one that you're already in, this audio workshop will provide you with valuable spiritual, psychological, and emotional insight into the nature and practice of true love.

Dr. Emmett Miller is a physician, health educator, author, and a pioneer in the field of mind/body medicine. For more than 30 years, he has taught that when you are responsive to your internal as well as your external environment, most difficulties are eased. The mind and body become alive and attuned and act in accord with changing experience. The result is wellness and high levels of performance and creativity.

When we seek to connect with the present moment, many of us end up going into our thoughts - and disconnecting from our bodies. Kim Eng teaches a different approach. Her practices all nourish an exquisite sense of inner harmony - through movement and Stillness, doing and allowing, mind and body, all working together to awaken us to the realization of our inherent wholeness. Now, with Sensing into Presence, this renowned teacher presents a compilation of her most effective meditations for bringing your complete self into a state of graceful Presence.

Über dem Eingang des Tempels von Delphi stand die Inschrift: "Erkenne Dich selbst", im Inneren wurde sie fortgeführt mit: "...damit Du Gott erkennst." Selbsterkenntnis ist also Gotteserkenntnis. Der Mensch strebt danach, sein Selbst wirklich zu erkennen, um das Unbegrenzte, das Allumfassende zu finden. Leider ist das nicht so einfach, wie es klingt: Da unser Bewusstsein polar ist, ist uns das Allumfassende, die Einheit verborgen. Wir können sie nicht erreichen.