Life Energy: Using the Meridians to Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Emotions (Paperback)

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This ground breaking material focuses on the psychological aspects of Life Energy. Learn how to assess the level of your Life Energy and determine the specific psychological factors which are interfering with its activation and expression. Here for the first time is a comprehensive explanation of our positive and negative emotions and how they specifically affect us mentally and physically. A complete study of the meridians and the emotions. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Dr. John Diamond graduated from Sydney University Medical School in 1957 and obtained his Diploma in Psychological Medicine in 1962. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry and a Foundation Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists of Great Britain.

After practicing psychiatry in Australia, he came to the United States where he expanded into Complementary Medicine, becoming President of the International Academy of Preventive Medicine. As he became more involved with the concept of Life Energy, he increasingly concentrated on the enhancement of the sufferers Life Energy so as to actuate his own innate Healing Power.

Dr. Diamond, as the Founder of The Institute for Music and Health, has investigated, researched and applied many factors in the musician and his instruments in an attempt to maximize musics therapeutic power. A healer, author, photographer, poet, composer and musician, playing drums, percussion and the didjeridu, he has taught countless musicians and artists, and his knowledge extends to all genres of music, especially classical and jazz.

He now devotes himself to employing music as the therapeutic modality, to achieve overall life enhancement. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: Continuum; 1 edition (September 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557782814
• ISBN-13: 978-1557782816
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #311,884 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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56 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, thought-provoking, inspiring, July 11, 2003

By	Michael Garber "PhD, scholar of songs" (South Salem, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book has been essential for me in developing a concept of the healing force in myself and in everybody -- Life Energy, as the title succinctly puts it -- and how this force can be activated. The specific details about our emotions -- and how they relate to the acupuncture system -- are fascinating. I particularly find helpful and thought-provoking Dr. Diamond's use of etymology (the origins of words) in pinpointing and evoking emotional states. The many photographs and humorous or touching anecdotes -- all these contribute to this highly readable, very therapeutic volume. I find Dr. Diamond's affirmations and the acupuncture points, which are clearly illustrated, wonderfully helpful in creating a daily routine for health and happiness. I have gone on to read many other books by Dr. Diamond, but this one remains basic and essential. I highly reccomend this book.

47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Emotions: Link Between Mind and Body, December 7, 2002

By	Health and Healing "DR" (Ridgefield, CT) - See all my reviews

This book is a revelation! How does qi (chi) flow through the body and what impedes its flow? Dr. Diamond's research reveals that our Life Energy is basically EMOTIONAL with each acupuncture meridian representing a different aspect of our emotional make-up. Positive emotions represent a healthy flow of Life Energy while negative emotions represent an impedence of this flow. How can we transform our lives? By transmuting our emotions. This concept is so simple and its ramifications so profound that it is a wonder that noone has elucidated it with such clarity up until now. I cannot recommend this book highly enough, both for the health-conscious reader and the holistic health care practitioner!

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Acupuncture meridians and the Emotions, June 13, 2003

By	Jane Raffen (USA) - See all my reviews

In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Diamond presents his research findings concerning the links between specific acupuncture meridians and various precisely delineated emotional states. The connection between the acupuncture meridians and the organs of the body has been known about for centuries, and underlies much Chinese, Japanese and Korean traditional healing, and with Dr. Diamond's work connecting the meridians and the emotions we now have a link between the emotions and the physical body. Although it has been accepted that our emotional state can affect our physical well-being, and vice versa, Dr. Diamond's pioneering research is the first to examine this mechanism in detail.

This book should be required reading for anyone practicing, or hoping to practice the healing arts, either through conventional or through complementary medicine.