David R. Hawkins - The Wisdom of Dr. David R. Hawkins: Classic Teachings on Spiritual Truth and Enlightenment

ALSO BY DAVID R. HAWKINS, M.D., PH.D.

BOOKS

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

Discovery of the Presence of God: Devotional Nonduality

The Ego Is Not the Real You:
Wisdom to Transcend the Mind and Realize the Self

The Eye of the I: From Which Nothing Is Hidden

Healing and Recovery

I: Reality and Subjectivity

Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender

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

Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior

Reality, Spirituality and Modern Man

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

Transcending the Levels of Consciousness: The Stairway to Enlightenment

Truth vs. Falsehood: How to Tell the Difference

AUDIO PROGRAMS

How to Surrender to God

Live Life as a Prayer

The Map of Consciousness Explained

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Excerpts from Healing and Recovery (2009) are used with permission from the author and publisher.

An excerpt from Discovery of the Presence of God: Devotional Nonduality (2007), Chapter 7: The Razors Edge, p. 133 is used with permission from the author and publisher.

Excerpts from The Map of Consciousness Explained: A Proven Energy Scale to Actualize Your Ultimate Potential (2020), Preface, p. xivxv, are used with permission from the author and publisher.

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David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., affectionately called Doc by his spiritual students, died peacefully at his home in Sedona, Arizona, on September 19, 2012, at the age of 85. Even up to the last breath, he gave his all to help others. He left a body of work that includes over 15 books and hundreds of hours of audio-visual programs.

Those of us who had the great fortune to hear Dr. Hawkins speak in person will never forget what it was like. People from all walks of life, even from faraway countries, attended the sold-out monthly seminars he offered. We heard the material he presented, yet we experienced something deeper than words. The information was delivered via a carrier wave of Love, silent and all-pervading. Historically, this nonverbal transmission has been called the Grace of the Teacher. Through his oral teachings, he conveyed profound truths in a personable way that awakened the inner Self of the listener.

A transformative effect occurs also through his writing. The late spiritual and self-help author, Wayne Dyer, called Dr. Hawkinss book Power vs. Force perhaps the most important and significant book Ive read in the past 10 years. Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta wrote this to him after reading his manuscript for Power vs. Force: Continue to use your beautiful gift of writing to the full. Legendary musician Nipsey Hussle, shortly before his untimely death, said to an interviewer: The most powerful book Ive read in the last ten years is called Power vs. Force.

Power vs. Force, Dr. Hawkinss first spiritual book, has sold more than a million copies and has been translated into more than 25 languages. He had wanted to publish it anonymously, for he said it came through him rather than from him. Of its significance, he observed: The karma of mankind changed with the writing of that book.

That book was followed by Eye of the I: From Which Nothing Is Hidden and I: Reality and Subjectivity. These three books, he said, are the foundational trilogy of his teachings. From there, he wrote many more books to apply his teachings to all areas of life, from physical healing to overcoming addiction, to success and happiness. In 2019, a primer of his work, The Map of Consciousness Explained, was published to illumine the many facets of his key discovery, The Map of Consciousness.

Surprisingly, Dr. Hawkins did not begin his spiritual writing until he was 65. This in itself is an encouragement to us, the readers, to trust his teaching that our lives contain hidden potentials waiting to be actualized when the time is right. In fact, the book you hold in your hand may be the catalyst needed to actualize a potential within you. He explains:

That is the value of the presence of a Teacher whose energy field is like a catalyst. The high energy field of the Self is already present in the student. It does not have to be acquired but only activated, which is a consequence of positive karmic potentiality. Discovery of the Presence of God: Devotional Nonduality (2007), : The Razors Edge, p. 133.

This book is a unique and wonderful resource of teachings from Dr. Hawkins. It has been adapted from one of Dr. Hawkinss classic audio programs, and it gives readers the ambience of his oral conveyance. You might imagine that you are sitting there in his audiencelistening and watching, laughing and receiving.

His wife, Susan Hawkins, who was always on stage with him as his lovemate, co-researcher, and right arm, gave this account of his lectures:

When I was on stage with him, I saw how he would say things in a powerful way and suddenly peoples faces would light upthey got it! It was so fulfilling to see that response and to know that someones life was changed. For Dave, it was never about himselfhe cared only about the message and its impact on others. He had a contagious sense of humor; it was impossible not to laugh whenever he was laughing. He didnt care about appearances or getting approval from others, because he knew who and what he was.