David R. Hawkins - Background

David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. is an American author, mystic, spiritual teacher, and psychiatrist in Sedona, Arizona. He is a proponent of using applied kinesiology to calibrate the consciousness level of ideas, things, and people. Hawkins directs the non-profit Institute for Advanced Spiritual Research and operates Veritas Publishing to publish his work. David R. Hawkins - Background. His promoters claim he is unique in that he achieved a very advanced state of spiritual awareness and his scientific and cli ...

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His promoters claim he is unique in that he achieved a very advanced state of spiritual awareness and his scientific and clinical background enables him to explain his spirituality in a clear and comprehensible manner. The stated objectives of Hawkins' research and teaching are to facilitate spiritual understanding and to confirm the reality of spiritual truth in the individual as well as society, focusing on spirtual aspects ...

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Soon after beginning professional life as a psychiatrist, Hawkins fell ill of "a progressive, fatal illness that did not respond to any treatments." The illness was not named by Hawkins, though it has been suggested that it could have been alcoholism. He recounts that, on the brink of death at the age of 38, he gave up and had an enlightenment experience which altered his life completely. He later resumed clinical psychiatry practice in New York where he claims to have built the largest psychiatric practice in New York with 50 therapists and ...

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One of Hawkins claims is that through AK, it is possible to muscle test and determine how in line with truth something is. He calls this "calibration", which runs on his own developed logarithmic scale of 1 (least true as possible) to 1000 (most in line with truth). Hawkins calibrates institutions, religions, books, governments and emotions. Through the use of this technique, he has calibrated the teachings of varous institutions and religions, and even his own work. For example, one of his books calibrated at 999.8, which is .2 away from Jesus Christ, Buddha and Krishna, who are all "1000" (the highest level ...

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Hawkins has worked closely with the New Thought Movement and shares many similar beliefs. He is formally affiliated with the largest New Thought church, Unity Church, and its ministerial education arm, Unity School of Christianity, which offers continuing education credits for attending his lectures. In Truth vs. Falsehood he describes New Thought churches as follows: "The liberal "New Thought" religions emphasize tolerance, acceptance, forgiveness, and compassion towa ...

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Born in Milwaukee on June 3, 1927, David Ramon Hawkins is the son of Ramon Nelson and Alice-Mary (McCutcheon) Hawkins. He grew up in rural Wisconsin. At this time as a paperboy, in winter, he had a near-death experience. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1945-1946, about one to two months of which were during World War II between June and August before Japan surrendered, aboard a minesweeper. After the war he earned a B.S. from Marquette University (1950) and received a medical degree (M.D) from the Medical College of Wisconsin (1953). He trai ...

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One of Hawkins claims is that through AK, it is possible to muscle test and determine how in line with truth something is. He calls this "calibration", which runs on his own developed logarithmic scale of 1 (least true as possible) to 1000 (most in line with truth). Hawkins calibrates institutions, religions, books, governments and emotions. Through the use of this technique, he has calibrated the teachings of varous institutions and religions, and even his own work. For example, one of his books "calibrated" at 999.8, which is .2 away from Jesus Christ, Buddha and Krishna, who are all "1000" (the highest level ...

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David R. Hawkins, David R. Hawkins - Background, David R. Hawkins - Early life and professional development, David R. Hawkins - Professional life, David R. Hawkins - Spiritual teaching, David R. Hawkins - Calibration, David R. Hawkins - Quotes, David R. Hawkins - Books

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