Mothers & Mothering
“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 »
Video: Matrophilia – Love of the Mother Matrophilia, the love of the mother, is a cornerstone of Dr. Diamond’s work and the basis of physical, mental, and spiritual health. Read More »
“Reawakening Jen in Our Civilization” Arthur Waley writes of Jen, our inherent humanity, as “The Way of Goodness, long discarded by the rulers of the world in favour of a Way of violence and aggression.” Read More »
Video: Memories of My Mother In this video Dr. John Diamond shares some poignant memories of his mother, from his childhood through to her passing. Read More »
“The Perfect Gift” For his departing student, the Buddhist Master painted a perfect circle. Read More »
“The Performer, His Audience, and the Maternal Instinct”
Music as the Maternal Instinct. A mother doesn't lullaby to get love – but to give.
Musicians, in contrast, are yearning to get – from the audience as the mother. Their music a cry for love. Listen to Beethoven – he is desperately seeking, not giving. They all are.
Read More »“The Mother as ‘the First Vision of Light'”
"My first Vision of Light."
– Blake, “To Thomas Butts”
From the root BHA, to shine, light, bright, is derived our epiphany and theophany, and photo.
Read More »“Mummy, I Hardly Knew You”
I was talking to a dentist friend who remarked on my mother across the room that she had dentures, he could tell.
I suddenly realized not only did I not know this about her – but so much else!
Read More »“Zen (and Not)”
Lucien Stryk says of Zen: "to use the fewest … strokes of the brush to express their feelings."
In that case, my paintings – now – are certainly Zen: very few strokes, so many only one.
But, to go further: what feeling to express?
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