Spirit World & Guidance

Louis Cholden died at the age of thirty-eight in an automobile accident. He had been on his way to moderate a panel of the 1956 convention of the American Psychiatric Association. The loss was ours, as he would have become one of the greatest leaders in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. His writings are among the mere handful in the field that truly proclaim love.

In this free video, Dr. Diamond discusses the great spiritual healer, Harry Edwards (1893-1976), who lived in a state of Cantillation (high Life Energy).

Dr. Diamond distinguishes between the Soul, the deepest part of the self that dies with us, and the Spirit inside us that lives on after our death.

I'm holding this old raku bowl – Reverently. The spirit of the unknown craftsman, long dead, lives on through it, in it.

Through my consulting room window I can see the two personages I often consult when in difficulty.

Dr. Diamond discusses an issue at the heart of spirituality and religion: Is there or is there not a Spirit World?

When you Know that the artist was Inspired, and therefore that his art was Aspiration, then – whatever it may appear to be – it is an Instance of God, a gift from the Spirit World.

And every, every act on Earth – and Beyond – is such an Instance.

I must proclaim what I have learned of the Spirit World, because this Knowledge is Healing, and I am a Healer. Indeed, it must be a major focus of my Healing.

For to Know of the Spirit World is to believe in life after death. It is to Know

What unconscious does the artist bring into conscious expression?

The superficial – with always some hate, often more than the love,
or the Deep Unconscious of Pure, Pure Love?

In a sense, it all depends on meditation. Did he, does he, meditate? And what Guidance does he receive from it?

It does not have to be meditation in

Of all the paintings and poetry I have ever examined, Blake’s have by far the highest Life Energy, because of his devotion to the realm of the Spirit. As Catherine, his wife, said of him: “I have very little of Mr. Blake’s company; for he is always in Paradise.”

He was an emissary of the