Meetings with Remarkable People

There is no spiritual life.
There is only life.
-John David

Touching life stories by twelve advaita/non-duality teachers from USA, Europe, Australia and India. In a deeply honest and authentic way, each of them shares their inspiring paths. The book is a deep dive into the mystery of life, encouraging us to follow our inner navigation, our intuition.

The spontaneous flow of the interviews takes us on unexpected journeys guided by existence. We witness miraculous adventures and blissful times as well as confusion and pain. The deep longing and perseverance for truth leads each of them to a spiritual master, to Papaji, Neem Karoli Baba, Osho, Nannagaru.

The profound relationship between teacher and student radically changed their lifes and transformed the seeker to a spiritual teacher in their own right.

A wonderful collection of enlightenment stories and vivid and colorful pointings to Truth, that inspire us to deeply trust, that every moment on our path is absolutely the right moment.

Finding no fulfilment in career and relationship in England, and driven by a deep question, John David (formerly Premananda) began his spiritual journey. This began in Japan, and continued for many years in India with Osho, until he eventually arrived at the doorstep of his final master, Papaji, himself a disciple of the renowned Master, Sri Ramana Maharshi. Here, fifteen years of spiritual searching ended when the Self revealed itself and he recognised it as his true nature.

John David has been a spiritual teacher for 20 years, or in his words 'a messenger' of his Master, Papaji. The message that comes through John David is to be quiet, to become still, and to discover that we are the very happiness and love that we are seeking.

He is also an artist, author and filmmaker living in Open Sky House, an International Spiritual and Arts community that formed around him in Germany in 2004. The Community is open for anybody who has come to a point in their life where inner freedom or awakening is the first priority. Anyone is welcome to visit the various retreats which John David is offering or join the flow of the community as a guest or volunteer.

It is at Open Sky House that John David works closely with the residents and holds regular retreats as well as broadcasting live Zoom Meetings via the Internet Tuesday or Thursday weekly. You can engage in dialogue with him by entering into the meeting live using Zoom.

Thank you for this inspiring and encouraging book. Inspiring because so many different personalities give deep insights into their path and their lives. Encouraging because it becomes clear that there is not just one path, but many and I too can find my own path and follow it.

I am very touched by the depth of the conversations and how openly these great spiritual teachers report. And how nice that a chapter is dedicated to John David himself!

This wonderfully designed book contains 12 powerful interviews with non duality teachers from Europe, America, Australia and India, each of them a spiritual magnet, who inspire the lives of many people through their clarity and radiance. Each fascinating life story is a profound teaching, fresh and unique, free of any kind of concept. The penetrating interviews were conducted by the editor John David who himself is a teacher of non duality and a disciple of Papaji.

The book is a deep dive into the mystery of life and allows us to take part in fascinating happenings as well as in dark times of the soul where pain, confusion and deep longing, make life appear as a labyrinth.

In a touchingly honest and authentic way each of them share their inspiring paths, encourage us to follow our inner navigation and to trust every moment to be the absolutly right moment on our path.