“Alexander Pope and Determinism”
Every event is as Directed, as Guided, as Meant, as Intended.
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“Helping the Child from His Earliest Years”
“…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.
“Hope and the Sufferer”
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!
New ebook now available! – “Notes on the Spiritual Basis of Therapy” by John Diamond, M.D.
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.
Audio Lecture: The Ultimate Unnecessity of Art
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.
“Anticipating the Supersensual Experience”
“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
“Real Actors”
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.
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.
“The Start of Shaktism”
In the Hindu religion, Shakti (energy, power) is Divine Power personified as a feminine principle.
New audio download released! – “The First-Love Instrument”
The relationship between a musician and his first instrument has a special significance, like that of a first love. However, so often that love is lost because of the demands of training and rigors of the profession.