JOHN DIAMOND (1934-2021)
It is with great sadness we announce Dr. Diamond's passing at the age of 86. He died peacefully on April 25th, his beloved wife Susan at his side.
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New audio download released! – “God The Feeling”
What is God and how can we find it? God is not a thing, but a feeling - in fact what Dr. Diamond calls The Feeling.
Read More »New audio download released! – “Tariki and Jiriki: Other Power or Self Power?”
The dualism between Tariki – Other Power – and jiriki – self power is central to Dr. Diamond’s work, and indeed is one of the fundamental questions of philosophy. In essence, are our lives basically determined or are our actions the result of free will?
Read More »New audio download released! – “Jubilation: An Introduction”
Jubilation is a special way of singing, using only vowels, that greatly raises the Life Energy. It can be done by anybody regardless of musical skill and is original to Dr. Diamond’s work.
Read More »New audio download released! – “The Metaphysician”
A metaphysician is a healer who works in a different, higher modality than a physician, the prefix meta deriving from the Greek for “beyond."
Read More »New audio download released! – “Amida Buddha, Invocation, and Affirmation”
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.
New audio download released! – “Three Aspects of Nutrition”
Three short seminars on food and nutrition that showcase some of Dr. Diamond’s most important work in this area.
Read More »New audio download released! – “Emerson and the Revelation of the Soul”
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.
New audio download released! – “Musical Mentoring”
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.
New audio download released! – “The Muse and the Ego: A Local Habitation and a Name”
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.
