A Celebration of Life
A celebration of John Sherman’s life, with a reading and remembrance.
Listen to episode →Being Human Podcast
41 episodes · 2015–2022
Mahasamadhi
A Meeting with John Sherman in Ojai, California on April 14, 2007. Ramana Maharshi was born in 1879 and when he died, on April 14, 1950, he was 71 years old. Ramana brought to us an incredible, simple insight. Many saw him as a…
Listen to episode →Escape from the Spiritual Ghetto
A Meeting with John Sherman in Boulder, Colorado on June 28, 2007 There really is a problem, a shortcoming, a sense of a false promise that afflicts us as human beings and, no matter what practices we engage in, this sense of…
Listen to episode →Meditation Can Serve Self-Inquiry
A Meeting with John Sherman in Ojai, California on July 14, 2007. The meditation that I speak of is the very simple meditation practice that I received from the Buddhists, I think it is called Shamata meditation. And it is just a…
Listen to episode →What Do You Really Want?
In this episode, we discuss how the search for enlightenment or self-realization is a search for an escape from life and its difficulties. The longing for awakening is actually a desire to go to sleep, to escape from the reality…
Listen to episode →Get Off the Bus
In this episode, we discuss how your thoughts are yours to understand and to use, but they are not you. If you have negative thoughts about a present situation and there is something you can do to change it, you are free to…
Listen to episode →Quiet Mind
In this episode, we discuss what a quiet mind is, what it is not, and what is behind the search for a silent mind.
Listen to episode →Simplicity
In this episode, we discuss how simple it is to free yourself of the fear of life and start a process that will result in a new, healthier, and saner approach to your life and your mind.
Listen to episode →Naked & Afraid
In this episode, we discuss how the fear arises, how it manifests in our life, and how it can be eliminated, opening the way to the development of a sane, fearless mind.
Listen to episode →The Power of Attention
In this episode, we discuss the fact that there is nothing that you can control in your life other than what you pay attention to.
Listen to episode →A World Gone Mad
In this episode, we discuss why the world of humans has gone mad and why Just One Look is our only hope of reversing our current march toward self-destruction.
Listen to episode →Great Expectations
In this episode, we discuss one of the stumbling blocks in the recovery from the fear of life disease, which are the insane expectations we carry with us.
Listen to episode →What Is Just One Look?
In this episode, we talk about how we developed The Just One Look Method, and we explain how you can use our method to gain control of your attention and develop self-reliance.
Listen to episode →Self-Directed Attention Unbound
In this episode, we discuss the real purpose of the Self-Directed Attention Exercise, which is to develop your control over your attention. And we explain how simple and strict the practice is and how its full benefits are missed…
Listen to episode →You Have to Do It
In this episode, John Sherman talks about how the act of Looking at Yourself eliminates the root cause of your mental difficulties, but it may take years for the soldiers of fear to disappear. By doing the Self-Directed Attention…
Listen to episode →Self-Inquiry Unbound
In this episode, John Sherman explains the origins of The Just One Look Method and how it brings you the practical essence of the Self-Inquiry of Ramana Maharshi, clear of all spiritual references and ideas.
Listen to episode →The Worry Monster
In this episode, John Sherman addresses the problem of the symptoms of PTSD and explains what you can do to be free of them.
Listen to episode →A Natural Human Life
In this episode, John Sherman speaks about how the result of working with Just One Look is really not a big thing. It’s just an ordinary, natural human life free of existential fear.
Listen to episode →Are You in Recovery?
In this episode, John Sherman speaks about how when you do the act of looking at yourself, you enter the period of recovery but most likely you won’t even know that you are in recovery. But if you start paying attention to how…
Listen to episode →What Does It Feel Like to Be You?
In this episode, John Sherman reveals the actual nature of Ramana Maharshi’s Self-Inquiry, which is to get a taste of what it feels like to be you, and he explains what that inward movement of attention accomplishes.
Listen to episode →Just One Look and Self-Inquiry
In this episode, John Sherman speaks about how the practice of Self-Inquiry, when engaged in from a spiritual or magical thinking foundation, is crippled. Therefore, the best course to self-reliant human life is to simply look at…
Listen to episode →Our Journey with You So Far
In this episode, John Sherman talks about the Just One Look Method and how it has proven to be extremely effective. He explains that our goal now is to find a way to bring the suggestion to look at yourself to all human beings…
Listen to episode →A Free Mind Is an Open Mind
In this episode, John Sherman speaks about how nothing compares to a mind that is freed of the context of fear and then gains the ability to decide for itself what to believe and what not to believe based not on fear but on…
Listen to episode →The Brain, the Mind & the Fear
In this episode, John Sherman speaks about how the mind works by using neural impulses from the brain to create understandings and actions.
Listen to episode →Let’s Not Throw Away Our Shot!
In this episode, John Sherman speaks about how right now we have it in our power to bring an end to the baseless foundation of fear that is all that stands in the way of human sanity.
Listen to episode →Hard Times
In this episode, John Sherman speaks about the dangerous situation humanity faces today and encourages all who have experienced the effects of Just One Look in their own lives to help us bring it to the world.
Listen to episode →Mind Matters
In this episode, John Sherman speaks about how you can acquire a true understanding of the power of a human mind free of fear and confusion, and learn to use that power to shape your relationship with your own life as it unfolds.
Listen to episode →You Can Change Your Mind
In this episode, John Sherman speaks about a simple method that gives you the tools to change your fearful mind into a mind that is sane, fearless and self-reliant.
Listen to episode →What to Do After the Looking
In today’s episode, John Sherman speaks about the two paths that are available to you after you have done the act of looking at yourself.
Listen to episode →Attention Is the Key
In today’s episode, John Sherman speaks about the importance of the Self-Directed Attention work and how it relates to the act of looking at yourself.
Listen to episode →The Importance of Self-Directed Attention
In today’s episode, John Sherman speaks about the importance of starting a practice of Self-Directed Attention as soon as possible. He explains how it is extremely helpful during the recovery period and how it allows you to play…
Listen to episode →An Interview with John Sherman
In today’s episode, John Sherman is interviewed by Nurit Oren (Hungary). John talks about how he arrived at his method for ridding oneself of the fear of life. He shows how to perform the act of looking at yourself and explains…
Listen to episode →Walking Wounded
In today’s episode, John Sherman explains how the Just One Look Method is different from anything else you have ever tried.
Listen to episode →Surviving Recovery
In today’s episode, John Sherman explains how a steady practice of self-directed attention will not only see you through the difficult time of recovery but will actually shorten the length of your recovery.
Listen to episode →Self-Directed Attention and Mindfulness
In today’s episode, John Sherman explains the difference between mindfulness meditation and the self-directed attention that he urges all to practice.
Listen to episode →An Interview with John Sherman
In this episode, John Sherman is interviewed by Regina Dawn Akers for Awakening Together Radio. In this conversation, John speaks about his work and his life. This interview was broadcast live on March 17, 2016.
Listen to episode →Looking at Yourself Is the Key
In this episode, John Sherman guides a webinar participant in the act of looking at yourself. John tells him what to expect during the recovery period and how to make it shorter and easier.
Listen to episode →From Satsang to Just One Look
In this episode, John Sherman speaks about what made him leave the spiritual realm behind and devote his life to bringing the simple act of looking at yourself to everyone.
Listen to episode →The Power of Attention
In today’s episode, John Sherman speaks about the importance of developing the power you have to control your attention and use it to become self-reliant in your relationship with your own life.
Listen to episode →Who’s to Blame?
In today’s episode, John Sherman speaks about why we humans seem so intent on destroying one another and the Earth itself.
Listen to episode →Recovering from Fear
In today’s episode, John Sherman speaks about what you can do to make the period of recovery from the fear disease easier and shorter.
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