A talk by John Diamond, M.D.
In a talk that will be of profound interest to anyone who practices meditation, Dr. Diamond explores the primary teaching of the thirteenth-century Buddhist master Shinran: that if one just once invokes the name of Amida Buddha, the Buddha of light and compassion, with pure faith, one is instantly transported to the Free Land – heaven on earth.
A talk by John Diamond, M.D.
In this important talk Dr. Diamond’s develops his model of the Self. Previously the model had two elements: the Muse, the deepest part of the self, which is pure love; and the ego, which translates the Muse’s message into everyday life. To this duality he adds a third component, the Soul, drawing extensively on the work of the 19th century American Transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.
A talk by John Diamond, M.D.
Dr. Diamond’s approach to using music for holistic health is different from regular music therapy. While music therapy is concerned with the alleviating of particular symptoms through music, Dr. Diamond’s approach is focused solely on raising the Life Energy of the person. His approach is also quite different from conventional music-teaching with its emphasis on the left-brained and technical.
A talk by John Diamond, M.D.
This talk develops Dr. Diamond’s model of the Muse and the Ego. The Muse is the deepest part of our self that transmits a message of pure, perfect love. The purpose of the ego is to translate the pure message of the Muse into reality; but in doing so, it always distorts it.
A seminar by John Diamond, M.D.
A seminar presenting some of Dr. Diamond’s remarkable findings on color and its relationship to Life Energy. The central focus is the color green, which generally causes a weakness in the thyroid meridian, despite (or perhaps because of) its ubiquity in nature. Various ways to overcome this are demonstrated, including the use of colored glasses and listening to cantillatory music (i.e.,
A talk by John Diamond, M.D.
By working with an amateur recorder player and encouraging her to approach her music-making as “aspirational play,” Dr. Diamond is able to help her overcome her deep suffering. There is no need to deal directly with the patient’s psychological problems: these can be easily transcended when music is used in this manner.
A talk by John Diamond, M.D.
We tend to worry too much and that is because, as Dr. Diamond shows, at an unconscious level, most of us feel we need to. The underlying problem relates to the thyroid (triple-heater) acupuncture meridian and is specifically connected with the emotion of loneliness: having problems, we hold onto the past and somehow this makes us feel less lonely.
A talk by John Diamond, M.D.
Most professionals have lost the joy in their playing. Exploring this, Dr. Diamond offers insight into one of his basic tasks: helping people recover the joy they knew as children, including the joy of music, to then find the JOY that lies beyond.
A seminar by John Diamond, M.D.
A wide-ranging seminar which presents a number of common Life Energy problems associated in some way with the concept of time. Topics range from the specific to the very general and include: traumatic anniversaries; the “Post Virginal Syndrome”; the three-week love cycle; sequential thinking; living in the moment; the Safety Net syndrome; nostalgia; and fear of death.
