Podcasts by Paul Reads Aloud

Stranger by Les Baynton from 2011-10-28T14:41:51

You looked so sad when you came to us, From a land so faraway. You left your friends, your favourite foods, The language that you spoke so well. But you came to us with a lovely smile, A beautiful ...

Anger by Marie Thom from 2011-10-28T14:38:30

Anger I’m wanting to punch the world into pieces, Lie back on the grass and scream, Wipe the smiles off everyone’s faces, Banish them into a dream. The red hot feeling inside me is growing, The ha...

CALL ME BY MY TRUE NAMES, by Thich Nhat Hanh from 2011-10-22T13:45:11

"1 wrote this poem in 1965 especially for the young people in the School of Youth for Social Service who risked their lives every day during the war, recommending them to prepare to die without hat...

One word can reduce a person's suffering ... (2'04) from 2011-10-12T14:07:56

From Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings, p. 101: Many people think that if they do not have influence and money, they cannot realize love and compassion. In fact, the source of love and compassi...

I have no enemies: My final statement; Part 4: To my wife from 2010-12-16T14:09:06

I have no enemies: My final statement; Part 3: Treatment in jail from 2010-12-16T14:07:47

I have no enemies: My final statement; Part 2: Mentality of hatred from 2010-12-16T14:06:37

I have no enemies: My final statement; Part 1: My life journey from 2010-12-16T13:52:04

My readaloud of Liu Xiaobo's 'I have no enemies: My final statement", Part 1. To see the text, go to: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/china_law_prof_blog/2010/02/liu-xiaobo-i-have-no-enemies-my-f...

On letting things alone from 2010-07-29T01:18:22

(from ‘On letting things alone’, A HIDDEN WHOLENESS: THE JOURNEY TOWARD AN UNDIVIDED LIFE, by Parker J. Palmer, pp. 52-4) But we can learn a more creative way to be present to each other, as the f...

The Mystery of the Unlucky Undertaker, by Gareth Chan (age 9), Hong Kong; 10'1 from 2010-04-29T13:23:59

(From NEW TALES OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA: THE INAUGURAL ANTHOLOGY OF THE HONG KONG YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS; pp. 40-41.) You have undoubtedly picked out this story by mistake, so I advise you forcefully...

Saying the mantra (4:02) from 2010-02-16T09:52:12

Letting go from 2010-02-15T09:55:53

LETTING GO (EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert, pp. 245-9) I climbed to the top of the tower. I was now standing at the tallest place in the Ashram, with a view overlooking the entirety of this...