Category: Thoughts & quotes from Sir David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. & Susan Hawkins

At the higher levels, the ego is seen to be an illusion, without any innate reality.  The understanding of the ego is therefore useful knowledge that is to be discarded later.  To attempt to do so, however, before one can dissolve it through spiritual comprehension would lead to a fictitious stance because the mind readily incorporates all learned material and subtly tries to thrive in a new disguised form…

To offset the vanity of what has been learned, one focuses instead with humility on what is yet to be learned.

The ego is clever. It substitutes spiritual pride for personal pride.  It goes right on,  undaunted. It takes personal credit for spiritual comprehension instead of realizing that the capacity for understanding itself is a spiritual gift from God.

I: Reality and Subjectivity, Ch. 19, pg. 329-330, Veritas Publishing 2003

Ignorance does not yield to attack, but it dissipates in the light, and nothing dissolves dishonesty faster than the simple act of revealing the truth. The only way to enhance one’s power in the world is by increasing one’s integrity, understanding, and capacity for compassion. If the diverse populations of mankind can be brought to this realization, the survival of human society and the happiness of its members are more secure.

The initial effect of taking responsibility for the truth of one’s life is to raise lower energy field levels to 200, the critical level at which power first appears, and the stepping-stone to all of the higher levels. The Courage to face truth leads eventually to Acceptance, where greater power arises at the level of 350. Here, then, there is sufficient energy to solve the majority of man’s social problems. This, in turn, leads to the yet greater power available at 500, the level of Love. Knowing our own and everyone else’s human foibles gives rise to forgiveness, and thence to compassion.

Compassion is the doorway to Grace, to the final realization of who we are and why we are here, and the ultimate source of all existence.

Power vs Force, Ch. 23, Pg. 305

We honor that which we esteem in others as well as ourselves.  Out of this, one honors one’s own humanity and that of others and ends up honoring all of life in all its expressions by resignation to Divine Will. With surrender of the ego, the spirit becomes aware of the sanctity of existence. Out of self-honor arise chivalry (cal. 465) and respect for countrymen as well as heritage and appreciation for the valor of true responsibility. From self respect arises respect for the rights of others as well as responsibility for personal accountability. Honor is far beyond pride and is, at its very core, humble, thankful, and grateful, out of which one senses the divinity of Creation and the Knowingness, which is expressed by the exclamation, “Gloria in Excelsis Deo!”

Reality, Spirituality and Modern Man: Ch. 11, pg. 224

The mind, with its thoughts, is driven by feelings. Each feeling is the cumulative derivative of many thousands of thoughts. Because most people throughout their lives repress, suppress, and try to escape from their feelings, the suppressed energy accumulates and seeks expression through psychosomatic distress, bodily disorders, emotional illnesses, and disordered behavior in interpersonal relationships. The accumulated feelings block spiritual growth and awareness, as well as success in many areas of life.

The benefits of this technique can, therefore, be described on various levels: (One area is:)

Consciousness/Awareness/Spirituality

This is an area that opens up by continuous use of the mechanism of surrender. The letting go of negative emotions means that the person experiences ever-increasing happiness, contentment, peace, and joy. There is an expansion of awareness, progressive realization, and experiencing of the real inner Self. The teachings of the Great Masters unfold from within as one’s own personal experience. The progressive letting go of limitations allows the realization at last of one’s true identity. Letting go is one of the most efficacious tools by which to reach spiritual goals.

Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender: Preface, pg. xxii,xxiv

So, we all serve all of life through all of our spiritual endeavors. Everything that we surrender to God, for the good of all, every advance, every forgiveness that we personally do, every time we let go of feeling sad and unhappy, and every negativity we let go benefits all of mankind. Consequently, anybody who is in spiritual endeavor is of service to man at all times, just by their intention.

..meditation then is really changing the context of one’s life. That one’s life becomes a meditation, in that it’s lived in form, but in the context of the awareness that divinity is the Unmanifest out of which the manifest is arising and you’re merely witnessing creation unfolding in the world of form as it appears to perception.

Beyond Illusion: Exploring Perception, Ego, and Meditation on the Path to Truth: Ch. 4, Pg. 114