“Does the Stone Feel?”
Does the stone feel the sculptor’s blows?
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“I Am a Psyche-atrist”
In Medicine I am an alienist. And in Psychiatry – and psychiatrists were called alienists – I am still an alienist.
“Seeking the Buddhahood of the Subject”
Saicho (766-822), the Japanese founder of the Tendai school, taught of the Buddhahood of all phenomena. Whenever I photograph, I seek the Buddhahood of the subject, whatever it may appear to be.
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.
“Be As the Mother Lullabying”
The potential for recorded music to be healing is so much greater with loudspeakers than with headphones, for with headphones the air does not dance. Better still is music live, for then you can relate to the performer.
Video: The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living
Dr. Diamond discusses the importance of examining oneself and one's life, especially in terms of then going on to help others. See more videos by Dr Diamond on his YouTube channel.
“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!
“The Perfect Gift”
For his departing student, the Buddhist Master painted a perfect circle.
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.
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