Being Human Podcast

"It's the first look that makes all the difference. It triggers the course that will follow. What seems to happen is that if more looking is needed, more looking will take place automatically. So, just one look is all it takes, but that doesn't mean that you will not look again." John Sherman

Complete recording of an Open House Meeting with John Sherman on July 17, 2013.

"Nothing we do from the view that the psychology (the mind) is the problem that needs to be fixed has ever given us permanent relief from its miserable nature whatsoever." John Sherman

Complete recording of a Worldwide Online Meeting with John Sherman on July 14, 2013.

Length: 56 min

File size: 13.4 MB

"Once you have tried to look at yourself, there can be a period when things seem to get worse for you. That's just temporary. The most useful thing you can do for yourself during that time is to first notice that the focus of your attention is caught by hurtful thoughts, and then deliberately try to move it away from those thoughts to the sensation of the breath coming in and out of your body. This practice will strengthen your capacity to decide where you put your attention." John Sherman

Complete recording of an Open House Meeting with John Sherman on July 10, 2013.

Length: 58 min

File size: 13.9 MB

"We believe that the sole cause of all pathological personality traits in human beings is the fear of life. We believe that fear of life comes upon us accidentally at or near our birth, and we believe that all hatred of self and others, all greed, all pathological aggression, all narcissistic preoccupation with self and lack of regard for others are the fruit of that fear. " John Sherman

Complete recording of a Public Meeting with John Sherman in Ojai, California on October 21, 2012.

Length: 1 h 23 min

File size: 19.89 MB

"The act of looking at the actual feeling of 'me' brings an end to misery and hatred if life itself." John Sherman

Complete recording of Meeting #3 of an Online Intensive with John Sherman on June 26, 2013.

Length: 1 h 19 min

File size: 18.78 MB

"Spiritual teachings assume that our only hope is outside the normal experience of a human being. What the wisdom teachings seek to do is to stop the madness of the psychology by withdrawing from the mind into states of emptiness and bliss. I'm not suggesting that there is anything wrong with that. It's just not what we are doing here. We offer a chance to be free of the only thing that has caused us to hate our lives, which is the fear of life." John Sherman

Complete recording of an Open House Meeting with John Sherman on June 24, 2013.

Length: 56 min

File size: 13.47 MB

"The fear of life is not the immediate experience of fearfulness that arises in the face of a real threat. The fear of life is a silent, unseen assumption that life is dangerous. It is the context that produces the psychological mechanism that excretes those fears and anxieties. Once you get that insight, it explains everything. Knowing the cause of the problem reveals that you are not responsible for the madness of your own mind." John Sherman

Complete recording of Meeting 2 of an Online Intensive with John Sherman on June 25, 2013.

Length: 1 h 7 min

File size: 16.07 MB

"The practice of moving attention from troubling thoughts to the sensation of breathing is very useful. It not only it defangs the experience those thoughts are about, but it gives you an opportunity to develop new skillfulness in moving your attention to where it can do some good." John Sherman

Complete recording of an Open House Meeting with John Sherman on June 19, 2013.

Length: 32 min

File size: 18.3 MB

John Sherman speaks about the nature and history of human spiritual yearning, and about the goals and effectiveness of the wisdom teachings that have sprung from it. He explains why the simple act of looking at yourself is not spiritual, and how it differs from spiritual teachings that seem to be similar.

Complete recording of an Worldwide Online Meeting with John Sherman on June 16, 2013.

Length: 60 min

File size: 14.58 MB

NOTE: We did the best we could to improve the sound quality, but there are still crackling and popping sounds throughout the recording. If you can get over it, the talk and the conversations are really worth listening to.