Gerald Gersham Jampolsky (February 11, 1925 – December 29, 2020)[1] was an American doctor and esoteric author who focused primarily on mental healing. His main message was: “Love heals best”. He was an internationally recognized expert in the fields of psychiatry, health, business and education.[2]
Career
editJampolsky studied and graduated from Stanford Medical School and then worked as a psychiatrist at the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco.
In 1974, he met Swami "Baba" Muktananda, who, as Jampolsky says, allowed him to experience previously unknown states of consciousness and brought him closer to god again. Jampolsky describes this encounter as a turning point in his life, which until then had been characterized by professional success but also by the divorce of his long-standing marriage and severe alcohol problems.
In 1975, he founded the Center for Attitudinal Healing in Tiburon, California, where children and young people with disabilities or difficult-to-cure illnesses are helped to find peace of mind and, if possible, healing. The facility was based on the idea that people from all cultural backgrounds who are dealing with illnesses, disasters or challenges in their lives should find support and be offered help. Following this model, more than 130 centers or active groups were founded around the world.[3] In 1978, Jampolsky initiated the international project “Children as Teachers for peace”, which was intended to give children the opportunity to express their own ideas for shaping the future of humanity.[2]
Journalistic activity and academic work
editJampolsky wrote further books, devoted himself to his patients at the center, traveled to the centers for subjective healing and gave lectures or seminars. His teachings mostly related to things that could be felt or understood by all people. He was concerned with overcoming fear, mistrust and other self-limiting attitudes that he attributed to the human ego. As a counter-strategy, he advocated a self-determined turn towards spiritual growth in a loving relationship with god and his fellow creatures. The Cologne soul singer Ayọ dedicated a song entitled “Teach love” to him out of enthusiasm for his book "Teach only love" German title: Was heilt, ist die Liebe: Schritte zum inneren Frieden published in 1983.
Personal life
editJampolsky was married to psychologist Diane V. Cirincione. They published several books together.[2]
Works
edit- Love is letting go of fear – Celestial Arts, Berkeley 1979
- Teach only love. The twelve principles of attitudinal healing – Bantam, Toronto 1983
- Goodbye to guilt: Releasing fear through forgiveness – Random House, 1985
- Forgiveness, the greatest healer of all – Beyond Words Pub., Hillsboro 1999
- Simple thoughts that can change your life – Celestial Arts, Berkeley 2001, with Diane Cirincione
References
edit- ^ "Gerald Jampolsky Obituary (1925 - 2020) - Sausalito, CA - San Francisco Chronicle". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ a b c "Home". AH International. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ "Gerald Jampolsky, MD". WebMD. Retrieved 2024-11-14.