A writer writes from a need to express his inner self to so benefit his readers, whereas an author writes selfishly to benefit himself through the manipulation of his readers. Most so-called writers are really authors, as are most actors, artists, and musicians, however skilled they may be.
In a brilliant, inspirational summary of his work, Diamond outlines the five steps to the liberation from the anguish of human existence.
What if the Zen master meditated holding his wife? Would it be more difficult to go inside himself?
Every event is as Directed, as Guided, as Meant, as Intended.
“…he himself is subject to his birth” –Hamlet, I.iii.78 Especially if we enlarge “birth” to include the nine months before and the year after – the period Michel Odent calls that of Primal Health.
So enthused Alexander Pope, a hunchback, crippled from childhood by spinal tuberculosis, barely four foot six inches tall. Would that every sufferer – and we all suffer – should so sing!
We are excited to announce that Dr. Diamond's classic "Notes on the Spiritual Basis of Therapy" is now available in all eBook formats! In this book Dr. Diamond discusses the true purpose of all therapy: the uplifting of the soul and the activation of the Life Energy.
The true purpose of art is to give us the experience of Belovedness and, by doing so, to allow us then to find it in everything. Once we do so, art has served its purpose and is no longer necessary.
“There is no man who does not anticipate a supersensual utility in the sun and stars, earth and water. These stand and want to render him a peculiar service.” –Emerson
If I could ever examine them, I’m sure I’d find that the auras of “real” actors – those that we really believe – are very large, seemingly ever-expansive.
