“Just One Buddha”
There are not six billion Buddha-Natures...
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Video: The 3 Layers of Consciousness
Dr. Diamond eloquently shares his view of human consciousness. It consists of 3 layers: the conscious; the superficial unconscious of love and and hate; and, underneath everything, the Deep Unconscious - of pure love.
“The Only Deep Truth to Paint”
To paint can mean to apply cosmetics, to falsify. "Let her paint an inch thick" - Hamlet about his mother (5.1.184) and "I have heard of your paintings too, well enough. God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another ….. To a nunnery [brothel], go." - Hamlet to Ophelia (3.1.142)
New audio download released! – “Awareness, Aspiration, and the Core of Love”
A talk by John Diamond, M.D. Most people have little awareness of either their inner feelings or the outside world. In this revelatory talk, Dr. Diamond shows how the desire for deep awareness relates to the
“Healing vs. Drugs”
In the psychiatry journals, many advertisements for drugs. But none for Compassion, for Caring – for Healing.
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.
“Helping the Children of Mothers with Schizophrenia”
I remember back in 1960 attending a lecture by a visiting psychiatric dignitary, I believe it was E.J. Anthony. His subject was the children of schizophrenic mothers.
Video: A Healing Church
Dr. Diamond tells of a remarkable, healing church he finds on Cyprus. It is tiny, and acts as a "womb of love," greatly raising the Life Energy of those who enter.
“Would That We Were All Philomators!”
There were seven Cleopatras, the last one – the one of our fantasies – was Cleopatra VII, the last queen of Egypt. The name is Macedonian meaning “Famous in her Father.”
New audio download released! – “Altruistic Creativity: Meeting the Deepest Health Care Need of the Elderly”
Originally presented at a conference of the International Arts Medicine Association, this remarkable presentation is an eloquent manifesto on the healing power of human creativity and its crucial importance for the elderly.