“When my mother lay dying”
When my mother lay dying, I should have sung to her
2025-08-15T13:46:00-04:00July 23, 2020|
Poem: Written and read by Dr. Diamond
From Poems of High Life Energy. Dr. Diamond’s poetry contains some of his most profound and personal statements. Teeming with insight, wisdom, & compassion.
“The Basic Teaching of Paracelsus and Blake”
For Paracelsus, the imagination was “the central function of man and the source of all his activities.” Blake, heavily influenced by Paracelsus, went one step beyond, capitalizing imagination which could be of anything. Blake referred to Imagination as variously “the Divine-Humanity,” “The Divine Vision,” “the Divine Arts of Imagination.”
“I want to commune”
I want to commune not primarily with the mystics
Video: Three Types of Yoga
Dr. John Diamond discusses three types of yoga that he considers integral to his work: karma yoga (selfless action), bhakti yoga (devout love), and hatha yoga (raising the life energy) - and the deep principles that
“The Imagination and the Unconscious”
S. Foster Damon writes that for Paracelsus the imagination was “the central function of man and the source of all his activities.”
“What sculptor?”
What sculptor so Admires the wood?
New audio download released! – “Finding JOY: The Example of Musicians”
A talk by John Diamond, M.D. Most professionals have lost the joy in their playing. Exploring this, Dr. Diamond offers insight into one of his basic tasks: helping people recover the joy they knew as children,
“The True Nature of a Crystal”
Sometimes, etymology can be disappointing. I see that our word crystal is from the root KREU, meaning cruel, cold, freezing. Hence cruel and cryogen.
“Is there anywhere a recording?”
Is there anywhere a recording, a transcription, of a composer’s mother’s music?