“The Last Poem of Su Tung-p’o”
The last line of probably the last poem of Su Tung-p'o (1037-1101), knowing he was soon to die:
“Beyond treetops I see the slant of a bridge.”
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Video: Life As a Meditation
Dr. Diamond sees meditation not just as an isolated activity, but as a way of going through the whole of life. Its basic purpose is to help us find our mother's love for us. This brilliantly original and inspirational talk offers an excellent introduction to Diamond's higher philosophy.
Read More »“Crystals are Made to Resonate”
Crystals are Made to resonate.
I remember, for instance, crystal radio sets, and the ship-to-ship radio transmitter on my father’s boat, Hourglass, into which specific crystals were inserted for the designated frequency.
Read More »“Pollock, Painting, and Guidance”
When they perform fractal analysis of Jackson Pollock's paintings, a remarkable discovery is made. Lo and behold! The paint drippings and tossings are not random. (No more than were the Chinese paint flingings over a millennium ago.) There is an underlying order and purpose. A plan.
Read More »Poem: Written and read by Dr. Diamond
Dr. Diamond’s poetry contains some of his most profound and personal statements. Teeming with insight, wisdom, and compassion, and infused with a deep spirituality, each of the poems on these recordings is a gem, written with the specific intention of raising the Life Energy of the listener.
Read More »“The Primal Art”
In 1940 Stravinsky delivered the Charles Eliot Norton series of lectures at Harvard University. They were entitled “The Poetics of Music.”
I feel certain that whoever came up with the title was not a musician. For it is backwards.
Read More »“Just One Buddha”
There are not six billion Buddha-Natures...
Read More »Video: The 3 Layers of Consciousness
Dr. Diamond eloquently shares his view of human consciousness. It consists of 3 layers: the conscious; the superficial unconscious of love and and hate; and, underneath everything, the Deep Unconscious - of pure love.
Read More »“The Only Deep Truth to Paint”
To paint can mean to apply cosmetics, to falsify.
"Let her paint an inch thick"
- Hamlet about his mother (5.1.184)
and
"I have heard of your paintings too, well enough. God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another ….. To a nunnery [brothel], go."
- Hamlet to Ophelia (3.1.142)
Read More »“Healing vs. Drugs”
In the psychiatry journals, many advertisements for drugs. But none for Compassion, for Caring – for Healing.
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