Written by Start Sunday mornings off listening to the audio of a relaxed reading from spiritual books. What a lovely way to start the day before the world awakens and the daily chaos begins! Plus it set’s you up spiritually for the day ahead. I’m author Mark Zaretti and I invite you to join me for a weekly Live Show as I read from The Way Back spiritual books. It’s relaxed, gently paced, and every now and then I stop to go into more explanation about what we’re sharing or to share a little side story from real life.
You can read along with me or just listen because although it is a live video, it’s gentle and the most important part is the listening. After each episode you can watch again and I also release it as an MP3 podcast, effectively creating an audio book, with narration.
There is also a live chat, so if you want to interact and ask questions or share feedback then you can! And what’s really nice is that there are other like-minded spiritual souls joining in so you can connect with other light-hearted people on your wavelength.
A New Audio Book Live Show to Enjoy
I’ve just finished the second episode of this live show and the podcast will be coming soon! So if you’re reading this in Aug 2025 then you’re ahead of the curve because I haven’t even started to promote this show yet. I wanted to just get it out there and get some feedback. Well the feedback is good and so I’m going to roll with it and look forward to more episodes.
In case you’re wondering I’m not jumping around between books, I’m going to read each book cover to cover, and so far it’s looking like about 20 pages per episode. There’s absolutely no A.I. voices or gimmicks either. This is a real human being, reading, making mistakes, occassionally going off-topic a bit, and stopping to drink coffee once in a while. It’s an intimate hour, you and me.
The whole audio book live show is at a nice gentle pace, allowing time for reflection, explanations and a bit of ad-lib story telling. You don’t even need to have a copy of the books! I know some people just put the live show on and listen to it like a radio while they start their day – awesome! I’ve deliberately kept the visual setup minimalistic so it’s not distracting and doesn’t require you to watch the screen all the time. This is why it’s also perfect as an audio book / podcast hybrid.
Spirituality for Beginners?
Over time the main live show “Discussion Spirituality with Mark Zaretti” has evolved and is at times more suited to intermediate to advanced spiritual people – though beginners will get a lot from it too. The beauty of this “Time With Books” show/podcast is that, partly because of the slower pacing, is that it is accessible to complete beginners. This is also helped by the fact that each book is a complete body of work and so the shows need no other frame of reference, as they follow each book. Obviously you can dive in on any episode, but it makes more sense to listen to them in order like an audio book series.
