Lucien Stryk says of Zen: "to use the fewest … strokes of the brush to express their feelings."
In that case, my paintings – now – are certainly Zen: very few strokes, so many only one.
But, to go further: what feeling to express?
As I am danced by the spirit of the music playing,
Dr. Jim Cairns (1914-2003) The remarkable series of interviews which Dr. Diamond undertook with Australian politician Jim Cairns in 1968 have had lasting significance. Described by one of Cairns' biographers as "pioneering,"1 and another
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
Whatever one does affects everyone else, and whatever is done to one affects everyone else.
A talk by John Diamond, M.D. An exploration of the perfection of the universe, and of our lives, as viewed through several spiritual traditions and figures: Buddhism (focusing on Shinran and Dogen), Taoism, Shankara, and Shakti.
How much
do you feel
your other
is feeling?
They were only together a short time when she became pregnant. Here they are six years later with a boy of whom they are both so proud – and very deservedly so.
However two years after his birth they separated and only recently have returned. Both with recriminations.
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
In my meditation this morning, this was given to me:
It was Magical
to be with my mother
as she passed over.
Magical:
the Awareness
of the Supernatural Power
that ever bound us
– and ever will.
To heal is to help the sufferer establish links between the physical world that he knows and the Spirit World he has yet to Know.
