“The True Nature of a Crystal”
Sometimes, etymology can be disappointing. I see that our word crystal is from the root KREU, meaning cruel, cold, freezing. Hence cruel and cryogen.
Read More »
Facets of a Diamond – Blog
“Is there anywhere a recording?”
Is there anywhere
a recording, a transcription,
of a composer’s mother’s music?
Read More »
Video: Yoga – Union with the Mother
Dr. John Diamond introduces his unique, mother-centered approach to Yoga.
One in the series of “Mothers and Mothering” videos.
See more videos by Dr Diamond on his YouTube channel.
“The Beloved Zygote”
A zygote is “the union of two gametes, first cell of the person to be” (Joseph T. Shipley).
Our word zygote is derived from the root IUEG, to join together, to unite, hence also union and yoga.
Read More »
“This country is defending itself”
This country is defending itself
against this other country
which is defending itself
against the other.
Read More »
Poem: Written and read by Dr. Diamond
From Poems of High Life Energy. Dr. Diamond’s poetry contains some of his most profound and personal statements. Teeming with insight, wisdom, & compassion.
Read More »
“The Anlage of All Fear”
Let’s consider that the baby in the womb has, at some level, a sense of awareness of about seven months – some five thousand hours, that’s some three hundred thousand minutes!
And how many of those minutes is the amygdala at peace – and how many in a state of alarm?
Read More »
“What Could Be More Extra-Ordinary?”
What could be
more Extra-Ordinary?
Read More »
Video: A Teacher of Meditation
Dr. Diamond considers himself to be a teacher of meditation. He focuses here on his concept of active meditation - doing an activity with a sense of higher purpose - and its application to the entirety of our lives.
Read More »
“Renouncing the Medical Model”
As a doctor, my work was to help, to encourage, to treat, perhaps even at times to heal. Always underneath is a degree, often a large degree, of preaching, of fear-mongering: “Do this – or else.” The other day I overheard a (lay) “healer” telling a “patient” that he could possibly come to need a colostomy. Telling – terrorizing.
Read More »
