Seeking Wisdom with Jacob Needleman, Ph.D.

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The oldest human quest serves as the central focus for this wonderful exploration into how truth is revealed. Learning to listen to the inner voice, living in relationship, suffering and liberation, finding providential help along the way, and much more are covered by Needleman as he speaks to the depth and breadth of the spiritual search. He emphasizes the power of the oral tradition and the need to be open and receptive to truth when it appears. (hosted by Michael Toms)

Bio

Jacob Needleman, Ph.D. is a professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University and former director of the Center of the Study of New Religions at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He has also served as a research associate at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

His books include:

• Why Can't We Be Good? (Tarcher 2003)
• The Heart of Philosophy (Tarcher 2003)
• Time and the Soul: Where Has All the Meaningful Time Gone -- and Can We Get It Back? (Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2003)
• Lost Christianity (Tarcher 2003)
• Money and the Meaning of Life (Doubleday 1994)
• The Wisdom of Love: Toward a Shared Inner Life (Morning Light Press 2005)
• What Is God? (Tarcher 2010)
• Necessary Wisdom (Fearless Books 2013)
• An Unknown World: Notes on the Meaning of the Earth (Tarcher 2012)

To learn more about the work of Jacob Needleman, Ph.D. go to www.jacobneedleman.com.

Topics Explored in This Dialogue

• Why we need mentors and teachers to glean the wisdom from simple knowledge
• Why the most fundamental path to wisdom is to listen, be open, and be receptive
• Why we must not panic when our life is against the wrong wall
• What are the essential questions we need to ask ourselves
• Who was George Gurdjieff
• Why we would rather obey than seek true freedom