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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #138994 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 456 pages

About the Author
David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Institute for Advanced Spiritual Research, is an internationally known author, spiritual teacher, and authority within the fields of consciousness research and spirituality. His published works and recorded lectures have been widely recognized as unique in that a very advanced state of spiritual awareness occurred in an individual with a scientific and clinical background who was later able to explain the unusual phenomenon in a clear and comprehensible manner.

Dr. Hawkins writes and teaches from the unique perspective of an experienced clinician, scientist, and mystic. He has been knighted and honored worldwide with many titles. In the Far East, he is a recognized "Teacher of the Way to Enlightenment." ("Tae Ryoung Sun Kak Dosa") Dr. Hawkins has lectured at well-known universities worldwide and to spiritual groups from Westminster Abbey and Notre Dame to Catholic, Protestant, and Buddhist monasteries. His life is devoted to the spiritual evolution of mankind.

Customer Reviews

A lot of ego's will be kicking and screaming
It seems that most people that do not agree with this book are ideologs, specifically liberals. I am not on here to blast liberalism and support conservativism, i try to stay away from politics. I don't believe Hawkins supports conservativism just because it calibrates in the 400's and disagrees with libaralism (cal. 200-300's). He actually says to do what ever calibrates over 200. Conservatism is based on logic and reason, and most liberal views are based on emotions. This makes sense given the calibrations of each ideology. If you are a truth seeker, then you will just accept the calibrations and move on. I know this is the last thing the ego is willing to accept. Once you transcend the ego, all of these numbers will not matter to you any way.

A most important read for our time!
I'm a fan of Dr. Hawkins previous works, including video/audio works, but took a chance on this one, even though it had some negative reviews. I believe this is one of his most important works and one of the most important books in our society today. Dr. Hawkins reviews a significant amount of practical aspects of day-to-day living and helps shine the light of consciousness on these important daily living areas. I believe, having worked through the book, I understand why some of the reviews are a bit negative because some of the conscious calibrations are "higher" for some potential controversial topics...my understanding is that Dr. Hawkins is not attempting to say, "this is good and that is bad"...but if you view this is his intent you may get a bit defensive. I found his book helpful, open, and very meaningful for me.

Helpful book, but not the way Dr. Hawkins may have intended.
I've read most of Dr. Hawkins' books and recommend them highly. The trilogy of "Power vs Force", "The Eye of the I", and "I" are enormously valuable.

This book shouldn't be missed either because it presents us with such a vast amount of kinesiological data. With such a wealth of material, any flaws in this system are almost certain to pop up, and so they do. After reading this book it will be very hard to maintain a blind trust in the results of muscle testing. Perhaps that's what Dr. Hawkins intended (whether he realized it consciously or not)?

Dr. Hawkins' books are still extremely valuable reading, even if the muscle testing technique has been shown in this book to be less than 100% dependable. Maybe this book is telling us that Dr. Hawkins' technique still needs further refinement?

It is, at least, obvious that personal bias colors the results. And knowing a little bit about a subject under testing (such as U.S. politics) is demonstrably worse than knowing nothing at all.