Video: How Matrophilial Is It?
All that matters in a work of art, if it is really to help us, is how how matrophilial it is: how much does it bring us closer to our mother's love?
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“Fascination and the Soul”
Our word fascination comes from the same root that gave us basket: a binding together, an interweaving, a oneness of the fibers, a union, a fusion – yoga. Today the word is debased, has lost its essential magic; we even proclaim we are fascinated by TV ads! But it is not so. We are not fascinated – only attracted, drawn, to them (from the Latin trahere, to draw). Attracted to, but not bound to, one with. Merely superficial, momentary, evanescent, with little deep or lasting worth.
New audio download released! – “The Right Livelihood”
A talk based around the Buddhist conception of the Right Livelihood, one aspect of the Eightfold Path. What really makes a livelihood Right?
“The Role of the Artist”
The role of the Artist is to render Spirit...
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.
“Singing the Undulations”
Arthur Waley writes that Roger Fry, the art critic, "thought verse ought to be printed in lines that undulated in a way to reinforce the rhythms." In essence, that’s what I try to do with my “compositions” – merely singing the undulations of the poet’s rhythms.
“Aspire to the Spirit World”
Aspire to the Spirit World...
“My Paintings Have No Story”
“Every picture tells a story.” D. T. Suzuki wrote of “The Zen Doctrine of No-Mind,” achieved through meditation. Yen Hui, the favorite pupil of Confucius, spoke of “sit and forget everything.” That is, meditating with no-mind.
“To Live on the Pulse”
To sing, to play, to dance, on the Pulse, you must believe that there is a Spirit World.
New audio download released! – “Correcting Birthing Trauma: A Prime Goal of Medicine”
Birthing trauma is the name Dr. Diamond gives to the universal physical and psychological impact of the human birth process, the evolutionary consequence of too large a fetal head passing through too small a maternal pelvis.