website: www.johndavidsatsang.international
| Elke dinsdag | online | satsang online (engels) | info over zoom satsang |
| Elke vrijdag | Hitdorf, near Cologne Germany |
satsang | website |
| 17 april - 21 april 2025 | Hitdorf, near Cologne Germany |
Easter Peace Retreat | website |
| 25 april 2025 | Hitdorf, near Cologne Germany |
satsang | website |
| 28 april - 4 mei | Hitdorf, near Cologne Germany |
transformation week | website |
| 16 mei | Hitdorf, near Cologne Germany |
satsang | website |
| 6 - 15 juni | Denia, Spain | retreat in paradise | website |
| 23 juni - 29 juni | Hitdorf, near Cologne Germany |
transformation week | website |
| 11 juli - 13 juli | Hitdorf, near Cologne Germany |
open day satsang | website |
| 14 juli - 20 juli | Hitdorf, near Cologne Germany |
transformation week | website |
| 5 september - 21 september | Denia, Spain | summer retreat | website |
| 10 januari -30 januari 2026 | Tiruvannamalai, South India |
India Pilgrimage Retreat at Arunachala | website |
Weekly Satsangs with John David
You are warmly invited to join the live Satsang with John David every Friday evening at the
beautiful Open Sky House in Hitdorf.
In the stillness of Satsang, John David guides you into a deeper presence and the spaciousness of
your true nature.
✨ Everyone is welcome – whether you are new to the spiritual path or have years of experience.
You are also welcome to stay overnight and immerse yourself more fully in the peaceful
atmosphere of the Open Sky House Community.
For those wishing for personal support, John David offers individual and couple sessions by
appointment.
Online Satsang – Every Tuesday on Zoom
Can't come in person?
Join from the comfort of your home for John Davids weekly Online Satsang via Zoom every
Tuesday evening.
This is a beautiful way to connect and be supported, wherever you are in the world.
https://www.johndavidsatsang.international
Also on John David's website, you can find inspiring 1-2 minute video clips with his core teachings that illuminate the spiritual path:
https://youtu.be/rqUWSIAwMDw?si=n6QpNtczMFhkj3D1
https://youtu.be/Amjg8SUDD4s?si=UUuF48SM5cfxI6dF
NEW BOOK: Vichara Self Enquiry, Who am I?
This new book offers a fresh and focused exploration of BhagavanSri Ramana Maharsi's most profound teaching: Self-enquiry.
It also provides an intimate glimpse into life at the Ramana Ashram in 1936, a period when Bhagavan's teachings also began reaching Western seekers.
The Book is available in English and German, as Ebook and Paperback.
Aham Sphurana – A Glimpse of Self Realisation
Fascinating dialogues and stories of Sri Ramana Maharshi recorded by Sri Gajapathi Aiyyer in the summer 1936, at Ramana Ashram.
This book contains a selection from the complete manuscript Aham Sphurana. This selection, a brilliant treasure, speaks for itself. Beside the detailed teachings on Self-Enquiry, Surrender and Jnana, it exposes a new glimpse of Bhagavan’s personal day-to-day life at fifty-six, in his middle age.
The Book is available in English and German, as Ebook and Paperback.
Meetings with Remarkable People
John Davids new book is a deep dive into the mystery of life, encouraging us to follow our inner navigation, our intuition. Vivid and colourful pointings to Truth, that inspire us to deeply trust, that every moment on our path is absolutely the right moment.
Touching life stories by twelve spiritual teachers:
Krishna Das, John David, Ram Dass, Mooji, Ram Charan, Usha, Gangaji, Michael Barnett, Isaac Shapiro, Ganga, Mukti, Andrew Cohen
Their deep longing leads them to a spiritual master. This relationship radically changed their lifes and transformed the seeker to a teacher in their own right.
ISBN: 978-1-9163211-0-6
The Pointless Joy of Freedom
Talks Inspired by Ancient and Contemporary Wisdom
John David's book The Pointless Joy of Freedom is a profound and indispensable guide for facing the modern world with the whole wisdom of humanity at your fingertips. A fascinating compilation of quotations from powerful spiritual figures throughout history, who have inspired the English spiritual teacher John David to give his own interpretations in the form of insightful, profound and humorous public talks.
ISBN: 978-0-9574627-9-3
The Pointless Joy of Freedom Film Trailer
https://youtu.be/LeckKqTpR3E (-Youtube Video embedded-)
Blueprints for Awakening
Rare Dialogues with 7 Indian Masters on the Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
Blueprints for Awakening is for everyone who has an inner passion to know what they are doing here as a human being. In two volumes, this books features 14 interviews with important Indian spiritual teachers on the teachings of their fellow Master, Sri Ramana Maharshi, and on the ancient teachings of India. The result is a compendium of astonishing wisdom about the biggest secret of all times: the nature of our true Self and how to realise it.
Vol1 ISBN: 978-0-9574627-4-8
Vol2 ISBN: 978-0-9574627-4-8
Blueprints for Awakening Film Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvEjIcgioZs
‘ There is no spiritual Life, there is just Life!’
John David is a spiritual teacher, author, painter and filmmaker.
He grew up in England and worked as an architect in London and Japan. Successful on the outside there was still something lacking inside, which led him to an inner journey. He was guided to Oshos Ashram in India where he lived for many years.
After Osho passed away he went to Papaji, (H.W.L. Poonja) where a profound awakening happened. He stayed with Papaji for five years, grounding the moment of awakening.
In 2000 he started sharing in meetings in Australia. He travelled all over the world to find and interview Indian, European, Australian and American spiritual teachers. In this way he collected their wisdom on film and in books Blueprints for Awakening, so that it may be there for future generations.
In 2003 he moved to Germany offering meetings all over Europe. In 2004 the Open Sky House Satsang and Art Community formed spontaneously around him out of a retreat. Today there are three places, near Cologne in Germany, near Kiev in Ukraine and near Valencia in Spain, where John David works and shares closely and intensely with his students. Students who don`t live in the community meet regularly in Sangha groups.
In all three places everybody can meet John David in Satsang meetings, retreats and individual sessions. You can spend time in his community at any time as a guest or volunteer.
More information on
http://www.johndavidsatsang.international
Open Sky House is an international Satsang and Arts community, an experiment in conscious living that began spontaneously in 2004.
Since 2006 the Open Sky House community has lived in a beautiful, picturesque 17th Century mansion on the banks of the Rhine in the center of Europe, between Cologne and Dusseldorf.
It is open to everybody who has come to the point in their lives where they want to know themselves. Not their stories and dramas, but rather their true nature. 'Who am I?' is the focus within the community.
The name Open Sky House is a welcome for everybody. We invite you to visit us. We invite you to become still, to Be As You Are.
Creativity arises naturally from silence and stillness. The community supports all forms of creative expression. The Open Sky Band provides music for Satsang, Mantra singing, community events and enjoyment. We are developing art, dance and theatre. Each Monday we invite different musicians to give a concert. There is an art gallery for painting, sculpture and photography exhibitions.
You can visit at any time. Join us for lunch or dinner. Attend the daily meditations. Enjoy our current art exhibition. Or just come and sit in the courtyard! We ask you to call us before to announce your visit!
Learn to live in satsang 24 hours a day and enjoy the support of a loving Community.
You join in the daily 'work and play' of the Community, in the kitchen, the office, with the children and on Community projects. Enjoy the surroundings and daily meditations. There is a lot of creativity in our house and you're welcome to play and sing, dance, paint or express your love in cooking or having fun with the children. As a volunteer you stay for free.
If you would like to stay for some time as a guest you have the opportunity to nourish yourself and rest, to walk and cycle in the beautiful surroundings along the Rhine, sit on the beach or walk through the park, join the daily meditations, or simply enjoy some time with the community.
Please contact our office to arrange your visit as a Volunteer or Guest.
