Hello everybody, this is John.
I am happy to be with you.
We find ourselves meeting here today in a world that seems to have gone upside down.
But that happens.
Actually, it happens pretty much every five generations.
And the cause of the misery in the world today is the same as it has always been.
The fact that it is more dramatic doesn't change that.
It's all due to the fear. All of it.
The fear of the wrongdoers, the fear of the rightdoers, and everybody else.
So...
I want to speak to you a little bit today about the state of our work,
because, from my point of view, the only real hope we have is our work.
I want to say that very clearly.
The only hope we have is this work that destroys fear.
And we have made some big, some pretty significant steps forward in understanding our work.
In fact, we've pretty much...
We've actually pretty much reached the end of our efforts
to find a complete understanding of the disease of fear
because of a new insight into role of the brain in the development of the mind.
It goes like this.
Your brain is responsible for monitoring all bodily activity,
and for making it available to the mind as electronic impulses that can be used by the mind
to provide a basis, creating appropriate understandings and actions,
as it monitors those impulses.
Again...
The brain monitors bodily activity by means of electric changes in the brain itself
coming from the body, and electric changes there.
And it makes all of that available to the mind as electronic impulses
that can be used by the mind to provide a basis for creating appropriate understandings and actions,
as it monitors those impulses.
Informed by the brain as to the current state of our body, our minds form thoughts that we can choose between
and use to determine from experience and natural intelligence what is useful,
what is irrelevant... Most of the stream is...
And what needs attention.
It really is that simple.
The mind generates thoughts that can be used to do something about what is happening.
Now, please understand that I am not speaking here of brain science.
I'm no brain scientist. I'm no scientist at all, really.
Perhaps I'm a scientist of the fear.
So I'm not speaking about brain science, but only of what can be gleaned from careful consideration
of the development and operation of our minds, and of thoughts forms
that are naturally arising and may be important.
Anyone, anyone.Let me say it one more time:
Anyone, whether hero, villain, or just an ordinary person,
anyone who will heal their minds of fear by using our method will, in time, with practice,
learn to work with the mind simply, intelligently, and fearlessly,
with a skill that will deepen with every breath you taker.
Now, this work... I want to give you a little...
A little history here.
This work, just so you know what we are actually up to,
this work has be the center of our lives for all of our life together.
Carla and I met and married in June of 1999.
And even before that, we were travelling as kind of itinerant spiritual teachers,
roaming the satsang circuit speaking of self-inquiry
in the manner of Ramana [Maharshi].
And for the next ten years of our life together,
we traveled a total of more than a hundred thousand miles on a circuit starting from our home in Ojai,
south to San Diego, back north to San Francisco and Mill Valley, and from there, east to Boulder, Colorado.
And further east to Chicago and many more steps along the way that I won't bore you with.
Suffice it to say that the first ten years of our life together was a life serving
the practice of self-inquiry with our whole heart.
But by the time that we set out on those regular rounds in 2008,
we had actually grown weary.
Weary of making a living promoting a set of practices that we no longer believed in,
although we hadn't noticed that we no longer believed in them.
And we stopped promising what non-duality could not deliver.
Everywhere we went, you see, everywhere we went in those times, we met with the same people,
asking the same questions, and enthusiastically embracing the same answers,
in a manner that seemed true and final.
Until we returned.
We never believed it was their fault.
After all, we were responsible for our failure to help.
We were the ones that were there for the purpose of helping.
So it was our responsibility.
But we had also begun to sense that there was something more human
hidden behind the idea of the one self.
And we set out to find it.
That's what brought us here.
Our discovery of the atmosphere of the fear of life as the cause of all psychological misery,
and the movement of attention away from it to be the solution,
was the result of our efforts.
And as I write this, I tell you form my heart...
As I write this, there are thousands of people all over the world
who have tried our suggestion. and reclaimed their minds,
and are living true lives, with a true understanding of their minds,
that are naturally and usefully conscious and accessible to them.
Those understandings, those true understandings
that come when the fear goes.
But that too seemed a little too late for those who were promised heaven on earth
by our spiritual teaching,
and now, encouraged by us to abandon that path, and reach for the true self-reliance
by learning to use the power of self-directed attention.
All who have done as we asked and tasted the satisfaction of gaining true control over their own minds
have found peace and an end to fear.
Thousands...
If you go to our website, and read the hundreds of testimonials that are there,
you can get a good sense of the gratitude that arises naturally
when human beings gain control over their own mind.
And the gratitude and sanity that will appear in any human being,
no matter what they are doing now,
if they will just rid themselves of the fear in the manner that we ask.
I wanted to speak with you about this because, as you certainly already know,
our species is, as I said, once again in deep trouble,
and in desperate need for sanity.
When you look at our history from a healthy mind, it becomes agonizingly clear
that our only real hope is for as many of us as possible to abandon fear and hatred
for the fearful haters of life.
We must find a way to bring help to the fearful haters of life.
Not to demonize them, not to carry signs and all of that...
But to get free of the fear yourself,
and do everything you can to help us bring this amazing thing to the world.
I don't have much else to say.
I don't really think I have anything much to say except this.
I'm willing to talk with you about anything that you want to talk about,
but what I want you to hear from me is that we all need to work together
to bring an end to this madness.
to bring an end to this every hundred years the world goes crazy.
We can fix this.
We can pout an end to this.
But it takes giving some of your time, giving some of your money,
giving some of your willingness to help us with practical matters.
And tell everybody you meet, everybody that gives the slightest sense that they might hear this,
tell them about it; send them to our website: https://www.justonelook.org
Okay?
I don't think I have much of anything more to say.
But I'll be happy to speak with you.
And I guess that you now from Carla how to do that.
I'm really grateful for your presence here.
I'm really grateful for the fact that you all that are here understand something
of what we have stumbled upon here.
Please help.
Please speak of this to your friends, your family...
Please speak of this to anyone that gives you an opening to say something about it.
Send them to our website.
We're not...
We're not going to take advantage of them.
There is no human being on earth who cannot be saved from fear.
There is no human being on earth that cannot be saved from the ravages of fear
by taking control over their own minds.
And we can tell you how to do that.
Okay? All right, that's it. I'm done.
I mean, I'm not done. I'm still here, but I'm done saying what I have to say.
Okay?
I find that I am a little curious as to why no one has anything to say about what I just talked about.
It seemed to me that the matters that I'm speaking about are current,
and that I have shown a new understanding that makes our work
much more practical and ordinary than spiritual teachings.
I felt that I had said some things that you haven't heard from me before.
And if you are not speaking because you understand everything I have said,
and you agree with it, that's okay.
But it's hard for me to believe that that is the case.
These are difficult and important insights that I would like your help with.
So, you don't have to talk to me, that's not necessary,
and I'm not going to say anything more about this at all,
and you're perfectly welcome to just stay here and spend some time in this environment,
and then go home.
But, no matter that you do now, whether you talk to me or not,
we really need everybody to understand that the seriousness of the world situation
is due to fear, to the almost universal fear of life that causes all misery,
all psychological misery.
that causes all hatred, that causes all war, that causes all the problems.
There is nothing about human beings that will lead them to the state state that we come to today
other than the fear.
The fear that drives them, the fear that...
Okay. Lera?
I'd love to talk to you.
- Hello, can you hear me? - I can hear you.
- Okay. - Very well.
I really just wanted to say hello.
Hello!
I don't have a question, and I understand what you are saying
about the world situation.
I definitely can identify a lot of fear out there.
And in here too. I mean, it's just prevalent.
"In here" meaning in you?
Well, yes, I do, on occasion, feel fear.
It's not pervasive in the sense that it determines what I do,
- I understand... - or anything like that...
But there is definitely fear that comes up here and there.
Some things are fearful.
And there is a difference between intelligent fear
that avoids the rattlesnake, or whatever,
and the existential fear that most humans beings are afflicted with.
- Yes, I guess mine is not as much the existential one. - Right.
It's more just in response to...
Intelligent concern about the way things are going, right?
- Right, right. - Yes, I can understand that. I have that.
I don't think of it so much as fear, but I fully understand that.
And the thing is, my only interest in all of that...
You know, this happens every hundred years.
I mean really, it really does.
It happens every hundred years.
The last time it was in the early part of the twentieth century,
when the two, three, four huge wars changed everything in the world.
That was the last time.
There was a time before that when it was very similar too.
The Civil War came about as a result of the things that were happening in the beginning of the century.
And the thing to understand, to me, is that the people who are executing these hateful actions
are not at fault for them.
They may need to be handled, but they are not at fault.
They are no different than you or me prior to getting rid of existential fear.
And every mind, as it confronts the nature of its life in what it gets from the brain,
every mind is absolutely unique, and god knows why one mind...
Like my mind...
Me, when I was younger, before all of this, I was afraid of everything.
That's why I went out and robbed banks, and did all of the other stupid stuff that I did.
It's because I was afraid of everything, and I was hiding all the time.
Hiding behind ideas that I tried to make my own.
And That's gone. It's gone!
If there is anybody who is a poster-child for this work, it would be me.
If you had any idea about the first 50 years or so of my life, you would be very much surprised
that I am as I am now.
So, the point I'm making is that somehow...
And we have to be intelligent, we have to be practical,
and we have to take care of ourselves, and look out for ourselves,
and look out for our family and friends, and so forth and so on...
But if we want this nightmare to end, we have to get this work out to the world.
That's what has to happen.
Nothing has ever stopped the workings of the human creature in its centuries of killing and maiming,
and killing themselves, and all the other things that have been done...
Nothing has stopped that.
This does. This stops it.
So, my focus here is to find a way to get this out to...
My goal would be every single human being.
But, you know, a goodly portion of them would be a good step in the right direction.
So that's my focus, and that's why I am here.
And that' why Carla and I are doing what we do.
And what's happened in this last year, for us, has made it just more critical that this get out.
I agree. I agree.
The people who come here, the people who go to the forums, and all of that,
they are, for the most part, clear of the effects of fear.
They become clear as time goes on.
But all those propel out there, all the crazy people,
all the people trying to do good,
all the people marching against one thing in favor of another thing,
whatever side it sis that they're marching on.
All driven by fear. All of it driven by fear.
It's just so obvious, and so clear.
So, there. I guess that's all I have to say.
That's an important point,
because if you are not seeing the world that way, then you're in this merry-go-round or something.
It just keeps on going...
And the idea of blaming and everything is coming up, and it's always something out there that's the problem.
So, it's an important point to understand that fear is driving it all,
and that people are not responsible, or are not to blame in that sense.
That's right.
Because they're just reacting to the fear.
That's right.
Compassion is what's needed, and compassion is the ability to feel what others are feeling,
Including the hatred, the haters... It's to feel what they're feeling.
That's what compassion is.
And, well...
I guess that's all. I'm glad you gave me a chance to speak about that, Lera.
You're welcome.
It's the focus of our work now.
It's to get this out before it's too late.
And there is nobody...
The thing about it that is so fantastic and so... hard....
is that it is so easy.
Nobody has to agree to anything.
Nobody has to decide that they are on this side rather that that side.
Nobody has to say, Oh, okay, now I am going to be different.
I'm going to go ahead and be that kind of person, and not this kind of person.
It doesn't need any of that.
- That's the same old thing, isn't it? - It is.
- Deciding which person to be... - That's exactly right.
That's what we're doing.
And this doesn't do that.
It takes one touch of your mind with the actual nature of you.
And that is all it takes.
And we have seen now, over these last eight years...
The first ten years, like I said, we were self-inquiry people,
and got disillusioned by the way in which people were using it
as more of a cushion than anything that's going to change their relationship with their own lives.
And...
All the things that people have tried, everything... It doesn't matter...
War, no war, peace, everything...
Nothing has worked.
Nothing works because everything is coming from that bed of fear that is present in the minds
of those who are doing whatever it is that they are doing.
And we have to see that.
Those of us who are past that have to see that,
and have to be helpful to people, and have to do something to make this
more completely known in the world.
All right.
- Anything else? - No.
No, that's it. It's just wonderful to speak with you again.
Same with you, it's good to see you, Lera. Really.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak about this.
- Okay? - Okay.
Anybody else wants to talk?
Okay.
So, if you care at all for my opinion of things,
and if caring for my opinion of things leads you to some understanding
as to the actual nature of what's happening to the world today,
which is not the fault of any particular person,
then help us.
Really. Help us.
Speak to people. Speak to yourself.
Speak. Speak out against fear.
You know...
Franklin Roosevelt famously told us
that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
And that's the truth.
That's all.
I don't know how much he knew about that, but we all have a sense of what's real
buried under the garbage pile of fearfulness and anxiety
that has been foisted on us for no fault of our own.
So I agree.
The only thing to fear is fear itself.
And, actually, fear itself is easily done away with.
So, help us as best you can.
You know, anybody you speak to that shows some opening to hear what's being said,
tell them about it.
See if you can help them.
Send them to the website.
And if there is nothing else that you can do, and you have any money, donate.
It's going to take money to get this done.
And we are running out of time.
So, help us.
Spread the word.
I am so grateful for all of you,
and all of the thousands of people who we hear from all the time,
with gratitude for what has happened in their life.
All right.
Just before I go, let me read you a recent...
post in the forum that was just recently done.
Okay, here it is. This is a recent posting in our forum.
I'm reading the quote now.
I started doing the looking about two and a half years ago.
I remember a day when I felt something happen to the whole structure upon which
my psychological life had been built.
It seemed to vanish.
I was left just lying on my bed, laughing.
Excuse me... I can really understand that.
So, he says...
I was lying on my bed, laughing.
It was like a burden had been lifted.
The whole burden of one's personal story,
though it can only be described, looking back, as "there was no idea that anything had happened at all."
I seem to be contradicting myself here, but it's all very difficult to express.
Since then, my life is rebuilding itself in some way, without the old ground of anxiety,
which had always been a sort of background noise to life.
John describes this recovery best.
And I can but confirm what he says here.
I know that my life is free of the constant vigilance I kept against what might touch me in a deep way.
I feel grateful for my life, including the past.
The past I had, which in many ways was very rich, although I am free of any nostalgia for the past.
I would say that life is richer, but then, it has always been rich,
There was never, nor is there now, any moment that was not full and satisfying.
Once that fear was gone, life began to expand and become more inclusive.
I was heavily into self-help, feeling that I was wrong somehow,
needing to fix myself.
It all became very tiresome.
And this self-involvement led me down some rather destructive roads.
I can safely say the quest for a better me is over.
I do not seek to idealize myself or others, and this makes it easier to get along with people.
And there are the ways life has changed, which are really beyond words.
I have also left alcohol and sleeping pills behind for good.
I remember doctors telling me I would never kick the pill habit.
All I have to say is that the need just fell away.
It's been two years since I last had a drink, and no desire to start again has returned.
I would also wholeheartedly agree with John that life is still to be lived.
That it goes on, but is now to be lived fully and without the reserve or doubt that plagued me for so long.
I look forward to life, instead of feeling I have to protect myself from it or avoid it.
I still practice the self-directed attention exercise, which I found very helpful in the early stage of this process.
I would strongly encourage people to give this very simple act a try.
Thank you, John and Carla, for all you've done to bring this simple act to our attention.
And this report... This is me now.
This report is entirely in keeping with all of the reports we receive from people.
People are always surprised at how easy it was.
And that really nothing they did had anything to do with anything.
The healing happened on its own.
And pick your favorite villain, whatever your favorite person that really needs to have something done about.
Think about that person, your favorite enemy.
And consider what it must feel like to them to have a mind that is constantly goading them
to protect themselves, to get what they need before somebody else gets it...
Well, you know, all of the stupid stuff that minds take in drawn by the fear.
Okay?
Pills... Didn't help this person at all...
It brought him to the point where the professional psychologists told him
he would have to take these pills forever.
And then, without anything, the need for them fell away.
You hear that? These things just fall away.
There is no drama to it, which is one of the reasons it's...
There is just no drama to it.
It's not an explosion that knocks out all your stupidity.
It's a silent, quiet change in your point of view.
So, help us.
One way or another. Pray for us.
Take care of us.
Bring us your problems. Bring us your successes.
There is nothing whatsoever that is of any importance other than you,
and the people who, like you, have come upon this work and made it their own.
And regarding money... Money is just... There's no way around it.
If you don't have money, see if you can give us some ideas
to help us find ways to raise money for this work.
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