Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior (Power vs. Force, #1)

by David R. Hawkins

There is actually nothing “out there,” other than consciousness itself. The habitual tendency to believe otherwise is a fundamental illusion, a vanity of the human mind, which tends always to view its transitory subject as “mine.”

To transcend the limitations of the mind, it is necessary to dethrone it from its tyranny as sole arbiter of reality.

The mind does not even experience the world, but only sensory reports of it.

Even brilliant thoughts and deepest feelings are only experiences; ultimately, we have but one function: to experience experiencing.

Eventually, we may arrive at the insight that all our thoughts are merely borrowed from the great database of consciousness and were never really our own to begin with.

As an example, our studies of the so-called “poor” have made it evident that “poorness” is not just a financial condition, but that the really “poor” are poor in all areas of life: poor in friendships, poor in verbal skills, poor in education, poor in social amenities, poor in resources, poor in health, and poor in overall level of happiness.

Consciousness itself is not determined by content;

One characteristic of the experience of pure consciousness is a perception of timelessness (or timelessness of perception).

Life is the expression of consciousness in the observable or experiential world of form.

The awareness of consciousness within form is common; the awareness of pure consciousness, beyond form, is exceptional.

The Psychology of Consciousness,

Does God Play Dice?: The Mathematics of Chaos.

Looking Glass Universe,

Turbulent Mirror,

We have frequently pointed out that man is unable to observe or recognize an event until there is a prior context and language for naming the event. This inability, called paradigm blindness, is the direct consequence of a limitation of context.

convergence.

a universal dictum is that one is powerless until one tells the truth.

A common experience observed in therapy groups and clinics is that drug abusers do not recover if they continue to listen to heavy metal rock music;

indicated that not a single cocaine abuser who continued to listen to this kind of violent and negative music recovered.8

To seek enlightenment is to seek entrainment to the most powerful attractor patterns.

that holding in mind the image of an advanced spiritual teacher made every subject go strong, irrespective of their personal beliefs.

have typically asserted that they were mere channels of a higher power from without, and took no credit for personal initiative or achievement of their own state,

truth is whatever is subjectively convincing at one’s current level of perception.