| 2008 Events with John Sherman |
To read an excerpt from a meeting with John, click here. To watch videos with John, click here. We offer monthly Meetings with John in Ojai and in Santa Monica. John also offers Meetings in other cities, when invited to do so. John welcomes all with no regard for religious and spiritual beliefs and practices. We begin by sitting together in silence with John for 10-15 minutes. John then speaks for a while and then opens for questions. Meetings may last up to 2 hours.
For detailed information about meetings with John, go to our online schedule. If you wish to be notified about these events, sign up for our email newsletter here. John is available in the Online Meeting Room (Teamspeak) every Wednesday, from 1 to 2 pm PDT (-8 GMT). Anyone who wants to speak with him is welcome. Click here for dates and instructions. If you wish to be notified about these events, sign up for our email newsletter here. John offers Worldwide Meetings using an online broadcast service. This is a great opportunity for people all over the world to meet with John. Online Worldwide Meetings happen about twice a month, on Saturdays. Click here for dates and instructions. If you wish to be notified about these events, sign up for our email newsletter here. The purpose of this event is to offer the opportunity to devote a full day to the most intense investigation into the actual truth of your being in a day-long community of mutual intent, outside of the usual framework of time and space and responsibility. The event consists of three satsangs with John. Check-in is at 10:30 am and we start with a period of sitting in silence. The first satsang begins at 11:00 am, followed by a lunch break. The second satsang starts at 2 pm, followed by a brief coffee/tea and cookies break. The third satsang begins at 4 pm. The program ends around 6:00 pm. There will be no meals available onsite. Please bring a bag lunch. We really encourage you to bring your food with you, so you won't have to go out during the lunch break. This is a silent event. John recommends that we remain in conversational silence during all day, except during the time of formal satsang with him. This way, it is possible to avoid all unnecessary distraction and our energy and attention can be fully focused inward. There are a limited number of places available. Pre-registration is required. This is a full day intensive. Attendants are expected to attend all 3 meetings. There are no full-day events scheduled at this point. If you wish to be notified about future events, sign up for our email newsletter here. An Afternoon with John Sherman There will be two meetings with John. Check-in is at 12:30 pm and we start with a period of sitting in silence. The first meeting begins at 1 pm, followed by a short break. The second meeting starts at 3 pm. The program ends around 5 pm. This is a silent event. John recommends that we remain in conversational silence throughout the afternoon, except during the time of meeting with him. This way, it is possible to avoid all unnecessary distraction and our energy and attention can be fully focused inward. There are a limited number of places available. Pre-registration is required. This is a full afternoon intensive. Attendants are expected to attend both meetings. If you wish to be notified about future events, sign up for our email newsletter here. Weekend events offer the possibility of devoting a longer perior of time to the most intense investigation into the actual truth of your being. The event consists of two meetings with John each day. Check-in is at 10:30 am on Saturday and we start with a period of sitting in silence. The first meeting begins at 11 am, followed by a lunch break. The second meeting starts at 4 pm. The program ends around 6:00 pm on Sunday.This is a silent event. John recommends that we remain in conversational silence throughout the weekend, except during the time of meeting with him. This way, it is possible to avoid all unnecessary distraction and our energy and attention can be fully focused inward. There are a limited number of places available. Pre-registration is required. This is a full weekend intensive. Attendants are expected to attend all 4 meetings. The are no weekend events scheduled at this point. If you wish to be notified about future events, sign up for our email newsletter here. (back to top)Five-Day Retreat with John Sherman Being with John twice a day and observing silence in between provides a supportive environment for a more intense and deeper exploration of the meeting with yourself, a space where you can be totally immersed in the experience of being you, without distractions from the outside. There will be a total of 9 meetings with John, each one lasting from 1 1/2 hour to 2 hours and plenty of time to rest and contemplate. There are a limited number of places available. Pre-registration is required. This is a 5-day retreat. Attendants are expected to attend all 9 meetings. November 7-11, 2008 - Ojai, California If you wish to be notified about future events, sign up for our email newsletter here. Five-Day Online Intensive There are a limited number of places available. Pre-registration is required. This is a 5-day intensive. Attendants are expected to attend all 5 meetings. September 2008 - Online Intensive If you wish to be notified about future events, sign up for our email newsletter here. Meeting with a small group of 10 people once a week over a five-week period, John will be available to listen to your questions, and to help you sort out the difficulties you might experience in your own practice of the method of self-inquiry. There are a limited number of places available. Pre-registration is required. This is a 5-week intensive. Attendants are expected to attend all 5 meetings. There are no Five Wednesdays events scheduled at this point. If you wish to be notified about future events, sign up for our email newsletter here. Special Events There are no special events scheduled at this point. 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| A Meeting with John Sherman in Ojai, CA |
| Saturday, October 11, at 2:15 pm PT Sacred Space Studio 410-A Bryant Circle Ojai, CA 93023 |
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| Mindfulness Meditation |
| John found this simple meditation to be helpful. |
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| Featured Letter of the Month |
| We receive many, many beautiful and useful letters. Every month we try to feature one here that seems especially valuable and instructive for one reason or another. |
| Une rencontre avec Ramana Maharshi |
| La nouvelle version du livre Meeting Ramana Maharshi, Conversations with John Sherman, révisée en 2008, vous est présentée maintenant en traduction française. |
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| Worldwide Meeting - October 4, 2008 The only thing that is certain is you, but nothing can be said that is at all helpful in describing you or explaining you, or even pointing to you. You are here. The only certainty there is, is that of your presence. I am not speaking of the sense of self, although the focusing of attention on the sense of self, or the I am, or beingness, or by whatever name it may be called, will in fact result in the vanishing of the sensational experience that is the sense of self. In the moment of its vanishing, what remains is you. That's the incredible value and utility of Ramana's suggestion that we look at ego and grab it by the throat. In so doing, that experience vanishes and what remains is you. You, face to face with you. |
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| John Sherman videos on Public Access TV |
| John's videos are broadcast on Public Access TV regularly in Santa Monica, California. |
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| John Sherman YouTube videos on TiVo |
| You can watch videos of Meetings with John Sherman on TiVo. |
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| Interview with John Sherman, hosted by Richard Miller. Taped in Oak Park, Illinois, on June 21 & 25, 2007.
All four 1-hour episodes are now available on our website in a simpler format, with only the actual conversation between Richard and John. |
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| Subscription Program |
| Live recordings of recent meetings with John are now available through subscription. When you sign up for a subscription, you will have recordings of John's most recent meetings on CD delivered to you monthly, at a discount price. |
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| Our work is to teach the method of the vichara (self-inquiry) to all who will receive it. 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 donations to the River Ganga Foundation are fully tax-deductible. |
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