“No Not-Spirit”
For a long time, I have affirmed “There’s no not-God.”
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New e-book now available! “The Way of the Pulse: Drumming with Spirit” by John Diamond, M.D.
The concept of the Pulse is the summation and culmination of Dr. Diamond’s decades of experience in medicine, psychiatry, complementary medicine, the humanities and music.
Poem: Written and read by Dr. Diamond
Dr. Diamond’s poetry contains some of his most profound and personal statements. Teeming with insight, wisdom, and compassion, and infused with a deep spirituality, each of the poems on these recordings is a gem, written with the specific intention of raising the Life Energy of the listener.
“Suzie, My Lifetime’s Bliss”
"But we have this faith – that a lifetime’s bliss will appear any minute, with a smile upon its lips."
“The Artist’s Role”
As there's no not-God, everything is an instance of God
“Thoughts on Epicurus”
The Four-Part Cure of Epicurus (341 BCE – 270 BCE) "Don’t fear god, Don’t worry about death, What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure."
“The Role of the Performer – and How to Achieve It”
Everyone needs to be healed – to be made whole. To be utterly one with the Soul within. And it is, I maintain, the primary role of the performer to find the Soul of the composer and reveal it to the audience, that they may be better able to find their own.
Poem: Written and read by Dr. Diamond
Dr. Diamond’s poetry contains some of his most profound and personal statements. Teeming with insight, wisdom, and compassion, and infused with a deep spirituality, each of the poems on these recordings is a gem, written with the specific intention of raising the Life Energy of the listener.
“Photography: Tripods and Aspiration”
The usual way to steady a camera is to mount it on a tripod or monopod. Another way – less conventional – is to attach to it a cord or strap which is then pulled tight, the other end being held by the foot.
“The Spirit Entering into the Hands”
Wang Wei, Li Po and Tu Fu were the great poets of the Tang dynasty. And Wang Wei is credited with being the originator of what was to become the Sung dynasty school of literati painting.