Articles on Spirit World & Guidance | Dr. John Diamond

“The Spirit of the Rocks”

The ancient Chinese scholar poets, the so-called literati, greatly appreciated certain rocks for their aesthetic qualities. Gongshi they were called, scholar's rocks. I have collected many rocks – from everywhere. (One is in my other hand now as I write this). It's not their aesthetics but their Spirit that I Feel.

“Belief in the Spirit World is Innate”

Why must it be imposed on a believer to prove the existence of the Spirit World? What if the Belief is innate, as is the feeding instinct?

“Is carving a rock desecration?”

Is carving a rock desecration?

“With So Many Spirit Guides”

With so many spirit guides I’ve been made aware of – it’s hard for me to say “I.”

“SEK is SAK: All is Sacred”

The very essence of Confucius, as propounded by Herbert Fingarette is “The Secular as Sacred.” Our word sacred is from the root SAK, to make holy – hence also sanctify, sanctuary and saint.

“I Keep Saying”

I keep saying “I do this, I do that.”

“As In Meditation, So In Life”

A psychic medium told me he asked the Spirit World how best to communicate with it. The reply: “Come as to your mother.” I would just add the obvious, “Come as to your mother of love.”

“All of Your Actions the Result of Guidance”

It's one thing to believe that, say, your mother, in spirit, comes to you through a medium, and that “she” is helping you in your life. But it's quite another to believe that there are many, perhaps innumerable, spirits guiding you.

“The Belief in Non-Guidance is Guidance”

However much you may believe that you believe in jiriki (self-power) that's still Tariki (Other Power) acting through you.

“The Wind that Blows Through Me”

For me, a major – perhaps the major – criterion of any work of art is whether the viewer believes not that the artist has painted it, but that it has been painted through him.