“Still Songbirds Sixty Years On”

When I grew up, the trams in Sydney were double-ended, the unoccupied driver’s compartment at the rear. One morning three of us medical students – Kurt Wolf, older, worldly-wise, Morrie Rosenberg and me – were in a car behind a tram with a view of the rear compartment. In it we could see a couple – also medical students we knew. And were they ever billing and cooing!

2025-08-15T13:46:03-04:00April 19, 2020|

“The Perfect Gift”

For his departing student, the Buddhist Master painted a perfect circle.

2025-08-15T13:46:04-04:00April 16, 2020|

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. They focus on themes central to Dr. Diamond’s work: health, healing, philosophy, the Arts, love and much more. Beautifully read by Dr. Diamond himself, these uplifting recordings are highly recommended for either regular listening or for incorporating into meditative activity.

2025-08-15T13:46:04-04:00April 14, 2020|

New audio download released! “Music as Fun”

A seminar by John Diamond, M.D. One of the biggest problems affecting the Life Energy of music is that the fun has been taken out of it. Working with a group of musicians, both professionals and

2025-08-15T13:46:04-04:00April 9, 2020|

“The Purpose of Art”

The purpose of Art should not be to shock, to confuse – but to reassure.

2025-08-15T13:46:04-04:00April 9, 2020|

Video: Photography – Finding the Soul

Dr. Diamond discusses the importance of looking deeper, into the Soul - the Buddha-nature - of whatever you are photographing, even the supposedly "inanimate." One of the Photography for Healing video series. See more videos by

2025-08-15T13:46:04-04:00April 7, 2020|

“The Performer, His Audience, and the Maternal Instinct”

Music as the Maternal Instinct. A mother doesn't lullaby to get love – but to give.

Musicians, in contrast, are yearning to get – from the audience as the mother. Their music a cry for love. Listen to Beethoven – he is desperately seeking, not giving. They all are.

2025-08-15T13:46:04-04:00April 5, 2020|

“Their Muses to Actuate Ours”

What if we listeners knew, that the reason to listen to music is for us to be inspired to make it?

2025-08-15T13:46:04-04:00April 2, 2020|

Lilt: “My Song Is Love Unknown”

Dr. Diamond has composed a large number of special therapeutic songs which he calls lilts. Like his original artwork and photography, his lilts are created with the specific intention of raising the Life Energy of the

2025-08-15T13:46:04-04:00March 31, 2020|
Go to Top