David R. Hawkins M.D. Ph.D - The Ego Is Not the Real You: Wisdom to Transcend the Mind and Realize the Self

Books

Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior

The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing Is Hidden

I: Reality and Subjectivity

Truth vs. Falsehood: How to Tell the Difference

Transcending the Levels of Consciousness: The Stairway to Enlightenment

Discovery of the Presence of God: Devotional Nonduality

Reality, Spirituality and Modern Man

Healing and Recovery

Along the Path to Enlightenment

Dissolving the Ego, Realizing the Self

Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender

Success Is for You: Using Heart-Centered Principles for Lasting Abundance and Fulfillment

Book of Slides: The Complete Collection Presented at the 20022011 Lectures with Clarifications

The Map of Consciousness Explained: A Proven Energy Scale to Actualize Your Ultimate Potential

Audio Programs

The Map of Consciousness Explained

How to Surrender to God

Live Life as a Prayer

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Gloria in Excelsis Deo!

Note: References to the Map of Consciousness and the concept of calibration are explained in detail in Dr. Hawkinss book Power vs. Force.

Spiritual processing is like positioning
oneself in the wind.

David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D.

Have you ever seen a tree in autumn with half its leaves gone and then a powerful gust of wind blows through and all the remaining leaves drop instantly to the ground? This book can be that powerful wind for you. Like the tree thats already dropped many of its leaves, you are ready to let go of a lot of old ways of thinking and limiting patterns of anxiety, grief, guilt, shame, and anger.

Let this book be the force that clears away the rest of the leaves that youre hanging on to without even realizing theyre therethe false promises of the ego, those hard-to-see attachments and false beliefs that prevent you from realizing that you are one with All. As we know by watching the seasons, a tree has to go through the winters letting go before it can yield the springtimes blossoms.

Are you willing to let go of seeing yourself as the ego believes you to be? Are you willing to go further, to know that the ego itself is an illusion? Dr. Hawkins tells us that even the idea of the separate self as a seeker of Truth is an illusion: It is a hindrance to consider that there is a personal self or an I or an ego that is doing the striving or seeking, or that will become enlightened. It is much easier to realize there is no such thing as the ego or an I identity that is doing any seeking; instead, it is an impersonal aspect of consciousness that is doing the exploring and seeking.

This process is a shift from who we are to what we are. I learned this from Dr. Hawkins in a funny way. One day he made up a nickname for me, Fran-Fran, and this instigated a series of knock-knock jokes between us:

Doc: Fran-Fran.

Fran: Doc-Doc.

Doc: Knock-knock.

Fran: Whos there?

Doc: Its not a who but a what.

We then broke into laughter. Do you see how brilliant he was at using humor to crack open old habits of perception? Even as he connected to me as a person, a who, his humor cut through the illusion of personhood. He said, You are not a who but a what. The ego personality is fixated on being a successful who in the world, such as I am this... Ive done that... I own this... I believe in that... Dr. Hawkins recommends that, instead of focusing on who we are, we ask ourselves in continual contemplation, What am I?

As we surrender who we think we are, we come to the what, the Source of existence itself. Letting go of identities and personas, beliefs and attachments, and even letting go of ourselves as seekers, what is left?

I remember a moment when I was with him and it dawned on me: Im not a professor, though I work as one. Im not a devotee, though I serve as one. Im not a woman, though I live as one. Im not a me, though I function as one. The what replaces who. Love dissolves every who we try to hang on to. The river loses its name when it flows into the sea.

In this book, key teachings from Dr. Hawkinss body of work have been selected to guide us in this process of Self-realization. Any one of the teachings, if applied directly, reveals the Truth. Any leg of the elephant leads to the elephant, as Dr. Hawkins says.

As we read the book, Dr. Hawkins recommends that we seek to know rather than know about. Know implies subjective experience; know about means to accumulate facts.

And he also recommends this inner prayer:

Ask to be the servant of the Lord, a vehicle of Divine Love, a channel of Gods Will. Ask for direction and divine assistance and surrender all personal will through devotion. Dedicate ones life to the service of God. Choose love and peace above all other options. Commit to the goal of unconditional love and compassion for all life in all its expressions and surrender all judgment to God. The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing Is Hidden (2002), Chapter 13: Explanations, p. 265.

If we can give up the illusion of this little me, Dr. Hawkins promises that unsurpassable joy will be ours: There is absolutely nothing in ordinary human experience to compare with the joy of the Presence of the Love of God. No sacrifice is too great nor effort too much in order to realize that Presence. He verifies this promise with the certitude thats possible only from having, himself, surrendered everything on the altar of the Ultimate.

This book is small in size, but it can have a massive impact on your life. It will take you through the process of a total transformation of consciousnessif you choose to apply its teachings deeply within yourself.