“Revealing the Tathata”
Every photographic subject, however allegedly non-sentient, has its Spirit, its Thusness – what the Buddhists call Tathata.
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Video: Movement and the Breath Cycle
"There is one part of the breath cycle that is right for every movement." Dr. Diamond discusses a fundamental aspect of breathing and movement, and its application to fitness training, tennis, and movement in general. See
“Georg Groddeck and the Tao”
The great physician and psychoanalyst Georg Groddeck believed that in his unconscious was the patient's desire for disease – as well as for health. And he also believed that in his own unconscious was his desire for the patient's health to then actuate the patient's desire.
But what of the Tao – or whatever Groddeck would have called It? I'm sure, him being as he declared “wild,” he did so believe, but chose to not say lest he be deemed “too wild.”
“A Tree’s Power Revealed in Winter”
In the tenth century, Li Cheng wrote in his On the Secrets of Landscape Painting that “the winter trees are resigned and deathlike.”
Video: Helping Children Through Their Parents’ Divorce
Dr. Diamond discusses one approach to helping a child through their parents' divorce, and also the best possible attitude the parents can have in order to help their children during this time. See more videos by
“I Have a Toilet Displayed on My Verandah”
The term found object was applied to Dada art, in particular Marcel Duchamp’s urinal (actually possibly “made” by Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven).
As a tribute to him – to the Baroness, I have a toilet displayed on my verandah deck. Every day I find it – no, it finds me and I return the finding.
Which comes first – the find or the being found?
I look around in my living room. Books – so many, all with titles, a Butsudan, rocks, pebbles, shells – so many. Four couches with cushions, lamps, bits of wire, pottery, paintings, a tapestry, twigs, a card proclaiming “Music” in Chinese, a Japanese lantern ……
“Every Photo an Arcadia”
Every photograph should be, in a sense, a picture of Arcadia – “an area of central Greece whose inhabitants legendarily enjoyed their music and dancing undisturbed by war and toil."
Video: Believing an Evil Act to Be Right
Dr. Diamond discusses the phenomenon of brain misprocessing, and how in severe cases it can lead criminal minds to believe that what they are doing is right. See more videos by Dr Diamond on his YouTube channel.
“To Beat – or to Caress”
Let’s look at three words:
Beat: to strike, to punish by hitting or whipping, to break by repeated blows, to defeat.
From the root BHAV, to strike – hence also baton and buttock!!
Mold: to give shape to, to guide.
From the root MED, to take appropriate measures.
Caress: a gentle touch, tenderness.
From the root KA, to like – hence also charity and cherish.
Video: How I Began Composing Therapeutic Songs
Dr. Diamond discusses how he developed his unique approach to the creation of healing songs. From the "Music for Healing" series of informal talks. See more videos by Dr Diamond on his YouTube channel.