Being Human Podcast
Being Human Podcast
John Sherman
For most of us, the fear of life arises at, or soon after, our birth. This causes the psychological mechanisms that constitute our mind to develop in an unconscious mental environment that is based on fear--the fear of life itself. This fear of life is a psychological autoimmune disease. In our podcast, we discuss how the fear of life arises, how it manifests in our life, and how it can be eliminated, opening the way to the development of a sane, fearless mind.
Being Human Podcast Ep. 38: Meditation Helps Self-Inquiry
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 matter of watching your breath. You sit comfortably, close your eyes, and watch your breath as it comes in and out of your nostrils. What you are after is to get a one-pointed, attentive experience of this physical sensation.
Oct 10, 2020
1 hr 22 min
Being Human Ep. 37: 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 of your own mortality. What is possible is to free yourself of that which keeps you searching for an escape from ordinary life into an imaginary state where everything is perfectly safe and unchanging.
Aug 30, 2019
40 min
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 follow those thoughts and use them to solve the problem. But if there is nothing you can do in the moment, it is safe to ignore those thoughts and put your attention on the sensation of the breath.
Jun 3, 2019
27 min
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.
Apr 18, 2019
30 min
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.
Mar 8, 2019
43 min
Naked and 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.
Feb 9, 2019
31 min
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.
Jan 13, 2019
43 min
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.
Dec 2, 2018
23 min
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.
Nov 3, 2018
19 min
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.
Sep 2, 2018
1 hr 35 min
Load more