“Underneath We Are All One”
We are only individual in what doesn't Really Matter. For underneath our superficialities, we are all One with the Deep Unconscious of Pure Love.
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Video: Early Experiences in Music Healing
Dr. Diamond recalls his early experiences in using music for healing. From the "Music for Healing" series of informal talks by John Diamond, M.D. See more videos by Dr Diamond on his YouTube channel.
“The Wonder Drug”
Many years ago, I worked in the back wards of a psychiatric hospital. These housed the high-security, dangerous, quasi-murderous patients, and the wards were kept locked. The inmates were often there with court certificates because they had beaten people up, and far worse. Before I worked on those wards, the doctors went in only when a flag was raised by the nurses to signal that it was safe. I decided that if it was safe enough for the nurses, it must be the same for the doctors. So I started going in frequently.
“Sustained by Blake’s Vision”
With so many unhappy couples I am sustained by Blake’s Vision, as described to his friend and patron Thomas Butts...
Video: Finding the Mother’s Soul
Dr. Diamond reveals the key to the lessening of the anguish of the human condition: finding your mother's love. One in the "Mothers and Mothering" series of videos. See more videos by Dr Diamond on his YouTube
“Performance and Truth”
"Looke upon the rainebow, and praise him that made it, very beautifull it is in the brightnesse thereof. It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most high have bended it." — Ecclesiasticus xliii: 11–12
At one time, for a period of several months, I had almost no inclination to write anything: general essays, research findings, or even my so-called poetry. I initially thought that this was some form of blockage, then I realized that it was but the next stage in a process that had become apparent over the previous few years, which included the giving up of my “composing”—and especially of my seminars and lectures. At this time, when I received a speaking invitation my immediate thought was how to get out of it. It was not performance anxiety—I have never experienced that—but rather the absence of the desire to perform. And this I regarded not as a problem but a virtue, not as an impediment but a breakthrough.
“Finding the Deep Unconscious”
I believe – fervently – that there is within each of us a Deep Unconscious of Pure, Pure Love, beneath the usual superficial unconscious of admixed love and fear.
Video: Harry Edwards and the Spiritualization of Everyday Life
In this free video, Dr. Diamond discusses the great spiritual healer, Harry Edwards (1893-1976), who lived in a state of Cantillation (high Life Energy).
“My First Patient”
My first patient, a married woman in her mid-thirties, was an inpatient in a neurosurgery ward. She had been suffering from severe headaches for many years. The neurosurgeon, though academically brilliant, seemed to have an unsympathetic
“A Different System of Aesthetic Criticism”
I believe that the purpose of all artistic endeavors, and, for that matter, every activity, should be to enhance Life Energy: to encourage the Embracing of Life – enthusiastically, passionately, wholeheartedly and gratefully.