Meditation
Meditation is, so I am led to believe, a surrender to Spirit. (And I also believe that it is Spirit that effects the surrender.)
Every day in my meditation, I place my hands over my thymus and pray: Help me to help You to heal.
The lotus posture long has puzzled me. For I find nearly everyone when examined in this position to be in a very negative state.
Meditation, argues Diamond, is a natural instinct, and so the act of meditating, like that of eating, crawling, suckling etc., is simply the fulfillment of that instinct.
What if the Zen master meditated holding his wife? Would it be more difficult to go inside himself?
It's not mere play that I encourage, but what I call Aspirational Play. Play with a Higher Purpose.
Dr. Diamond pays tribute to his close colleague, the great Australian psychiatrist Ainslie Meares (1910-86). Like Diamond, Meares gave up conventional medicine and became a teacher of meditation. In this heartfelt talk, Diamond discusses their friendship, and how Meares' pioneering work compares with his own.
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.