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Look At Yourself [Kindle Edition]

John Sherman , Carla Sherman
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John Sherman presents a clear and coherent view of the actual problem that makes human life seem so unsatisfying, and suggests a simple and revolutionary method to bring an end to dissatisfaction and misery once and for all. This method is so simple that it requires nothing of you but the willingness to look within and notice yourself from time to time, whenever it occurs to you to do so.

Like many of us, John spent most of his life believing himself to be trapped in a difficult, bewildering and probably meaningless life.

Then, in the fall of 1994, he happened upon the world of spiritual aspiration and attainment, of wondrous tales of enlightenment and delicious insights of non-dual understanding and, not for the first time in his life, found himself head-over-heels in love with an idea; and, also not for the first time in his life, he threw himself headlong into seeking its promised fruit. Enlightenment ensued.

After about a year of this, his "enlightenment" collapsed, all the beauty vanished, all sense of clarity and all vestige of spiritual attainment disappeared, and he was left empty-handed, wishing he had never even heard the word enlightenment — all the while still caught in the grip of its sweet hope. He has spoken of that time as his 'year in hell.' He set out to find just one thing that he could do for himself that would settle, once and for all, the question whether human life without fear and misery was even possible.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 215 KB
  • Print Length: 228 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0971824673
  • Publisher: SilentHeat Press; 1 edition (7 Feb 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004MPRB7O
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #243,738 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Simple truth 21 May 2010
Format:Paperback
Any serious seeker should take a look at this book. John cuts through the spiritual materialism into the simple truth in a very accessible, clear, language. Few have put it on the line like this. And it works! Strongly recommended.
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Clear, Simple, Helpful 20 April 2010
By Thomas Küng - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This book by John Sherman is very clear, simple and helpful. His words are very much "to the point". His constantly reminding us to "Look At Yourself" in this book and on the web ([...] and [...]) brought a fundamental shift in my life. As he says: "To look at yourself whenever it occurs to you is to move from the endless work of self-definition to the endless adventure of self-discovery". I recommend this book very highly to everybody.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
"This is where the water is..."! 20 April 2010
By Joshua J. Berkowitz - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I've been slowly absorbing John's message for over two years and this book has been the tipping point! It's all in the cover, I love the blankness around "Look at Yourself." I was fortunate enough to meet John a month and a half ago and all he really had to say to me when it came down to it is "stick to the point-you". Absolutely, I am down with that, I may go on a few side trips here and there but the end is certain because the intent is there! His story is wonderful but what came out of it can only be found right here in the certainty of your existence. John is a down to earth bad ass who has truly done it totally wrong and I love him even more for it because when it comes down to it, he's got the goods and this book proves it! I also love that he dedicated it to Gangaji. This core message, look at yourself, is the most exciting, accessible message I've ever come across. It just goes and goes and goes and stops and stops and stops, the discovery of what it is to look at yourself!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
This is as clear as it gets 19 April 2010
By C. Myers III - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
There must be hundreds of books on this subject and I have read many of them. This is as clear as it gets. If your mind wants more explanation before getting on with it, well, then just admit that you may be as nearly hopelessly addicted to thinking as the rest of us and get on with it anyway.

As the author, John Sherman says, "we are actually trying to solve the symptoms instead of the problem." and "The only thing that will rid you of that idea is the truth." and about the difficulty of even trying to describe this ephemeral practice, he suggests most encouragingly from his own experience, the ultimate value of just getting on with it, "Once you start trying, it teaches itself."
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You are this silent, shining, unchanging, eternal presence that is the source, the ground, and the container of it all, the space in which all of it comes and goes. &quote;
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If you will look for the seer, that's looking backwards. If you will look for the seer, you will find the truth, which is not the seer. &quote;
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The goal of the inquiry is to look at yourself. I can't tell you how hard it is to get this across. The goal of the inquiry is to look at yourself. Period. The outcome of that is beyond your control, beyond your ability to foresee, beyond any usefulness for you to try to foresee. The goal is to look at yourself, as often as you can. That's it. &quote;
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