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Saturday, February 13 at 1 pm PT (UTC/GMT -8)

People all over the world gather together online with John for a couple of hours. John is available to listen to your questions, and to help you sort out any difficulties you might experience in your own practice of the vichara.

All our events are always free of charge.

All are welcome, with no regard for religious and spiritual beliefs and practices.

Spontaneous donations for the support of our work are always welcome and gratefully accepted.

A Meeting with John Sherman - January 16, 2010

"In the beginning, that which moves someone to do the vichara is the same desire to be rid of fear and dissatisfaction and be happy with life that drives everything else we do. What makes vichara different from all our other ineffective efforts to find happiness is that it really works." John Sherman

Complete, live recording of a Worldwide Meeting with John Sherman broadcast live from Ojai, California on January 16, 2010.

Our Work

First, last, and always, my advice is only to look at the feeling of being you, without the mediation of understanding, the need to resolve paradox, or the requirement that this looking lead to any conclusion. Simply make every effort just to look, and persist in that effort as often as you can. In this effort, understanding is irrelevant, belief is irrelevant, even duration is irrelevant -- the briefest look, repeated over time, does all the work.

A Message from John Sherman, videotaped in Ojai, California on May 15, 2009.

Our work is to bring the vichara to all who are interested.

The only problem anywhere to be found is the false belief that you are at the mercy of your life, and the only solution is the truth, which is everywhere and always present and self-evident. Ridding oneself of the false is as easy as repeatedly tasting the truth of being here, unmovingly, unchangingly here. This repeated looking directly at oneself is the infallible method of the vichara.

Although our meetings are free of charge, they are certainly not free of cost. The money needed for this work must come entirely from the generosity and compassion of those who, like us, have seen for themselves the immense worth of spreading this good news to all humanity.

Please help provide financial support for the work of making this method more widely available in the world by making a donation or a monthly pledge in any amount now.

All gifts to the RiverGanga Foundation are fully tax-deductible as charitable donations.

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