Richard Moss received his B.A. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1968 and his M.D. from New York Medical College in 1972. In 1977, he left the practice of medicine after experiencing “a spontaneous state of illumination” that left him with the ability to sense human body-energy fields. After a year of introspection, he drew the conclusion that human suffering and conflict comes from two basic forms of ignorance: (1) The unquestioned identification with thinking, especially our judgments and beliefs; and (2) The inability to engage threatening feeling in an aware, vulnerable, and creative way.
Since then he has shared these insights with individuals and groups, inviting people to live fully and creatively by engaging in a “radical aliveness” that releases the vitality and intelligence found in their deepest being.
Dr. Moss was a friend of Brugh Joy, who was a close confidant of Wolff after the death of Gertrude, Wolff’s second wife. The correspondence here ranges from 1977 to 1980, and is primarily focused on visits of one or both of these physicians with Wolff. (7 pages)
