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

What is it that observes and is aware of all of the subjective and objective phenomena of life?

It is consciousness itself that is both awareness and the source of experiencing.  Both are purely subjective. Consciousness itself is not determined by content; thoughts flowing through consciousness are like fish swimming in the ocean.  The ocean’s  existence is independent of the fish; the content of the sea does not define the nature of the water.  Like a colorless ray, consciousness illuminates the object witnessed – thus its traditional depiction throughout world literature is with “light.”

Identification solely with the content of consciousness accounts for the experience of self as limited. In contrast, to identify with consciousness itself is to know that one’s actual self is unlimited.  When circumscribed self-identifications have been surmounted so that the sense of self is identified as consciousness itself, the condition is called, “enlightened.”

Power vs Force, Ch. 21, pg. 272-273

At this level of awareness, a major transformation takes place, with the understanding that one is oneself the source and creator of the experience of one’s life.  Taking such responsibility is distinctive of this degree of evolution, characterized by the capacity to live harmoniously with the forces of life.

All people at levels below 200 tend to be powerless and see themselves as victims, at the mercy of life.  This stems from the belief that the source of one’s happiness or the cause of one’s problems is “out there.” An enormous jump – taking back one’s own power — is completed at this level, with the realization that the source of happiness is within oneself.  At this more evolved stage, nothing so-called “out there” has the capacity to make one happy, and love is not something that is given or taken away by another, but is created from within.

Acceptance is not to be confused with passivity, which is a symptom of apathy.  This form of Acceptance allows engagement in life on life’s own terms, without trying to make it conform to an agenda.  With Acceptance, there is emotional calm and perception is widened as denial is transcended. One now sees things without distortion or misinterpretation; the context of experience is expanded so that one is capable of “seeing the whole picture.”  Acceptance has to do essentially with balance, proportion, and appropriateness.

Power vs Force, Ch. 4, pg. 109

 

The Grace of God is available to all. Historically, the ‘Grace of the Sage’ is available to the committed spiritual seeker.  The strength of the ego can be formidable, and without the assistance of the power of higher spiritual beings, the ego cannot of itself transcend itself.  Fortunately, the power of the consciousness of every great teacher or avatar who has ever lived still remains and is available.  To focus on a teacher or their teachings by meditation makes the power of that teacher available to the seeker.  It is the will of every truly enlightened sage that every spiritual seeker succeeds, and not just the members of some specific or exclusive group.  Just as the individual seeker of spiritual advancement benefits all mankind, thus also does the enlightenment of the Teachers benefit the seeker.  That power and energy is available to call upon.  There are no requirements or obligations.

I: Reality and Subjectivity: Ch. 6, pg. 109-110

Isn’t success making a lot of money? Isn’t that the common presumption?

Success may or may not be accompanied by making a lot of money. To those who are successful, it doesn’t really matter that much. Have we ever realized that when we were completely and totally satisfied and happy with our successes, how much money we made was almost irrelevant? We need enough to pay our bills and provide for a reasonable standard of living for ourselves. But there isn’t that need to make a lot of money, which is actually compensation for lack of success.

If making a lot of money is what motivates us, then we don’t have the key to success. Money is really a substitute for the satisfaction that truly successful people get out of every job or operation that has gone well for them. Many of my greatest and happiest successes actually brought me no financial profit at all. When success is something within, it doesn’t require anything “out there.”

…In true success there is no time delay. The reward is instantaneous, so that the entire process is a rewarding one. Success is feeling good about what we do. We know those feelings of peace and contentment when we go to bed having completed a project where we know we did our best. Nothing has actually even happened “out there.” The boss hasn’t gotten the report yet. The family hasn’t seen what we’ve done. The neighbors haven’t found out. Yet, like having a garden well planted, when we go to bed at night, we know it’s just a matter of time before the flowers and vegetables emerge. The garden is automatic once it’s been suitably planted. Watching it grow is merely in addition to the satisfaction; it is not its source.

Success is for You: Ch. 6, pg. 73 and pg. 81

A higher vibration, such as love, has a healing effect on a lower vibration, such as that in … fear. This love is the mechanism of reassurance, and very often we can quiet another person’s fears by our mere physical presence, and by the loving energy that we project to them and with which we surround them. It is not what we say, but the very fact of our presence that has the healing effect.

We can learn another one of the laws of consciousness:  Fear is healed by love. 

…High levels of consciousness are in themselves capable of healing, transforming, and enlightening others. The value of the surrendering mechanism is that, by letting go of the blocks to love, our capacity to love increases progressively, and loving energy has the capacity to heal ourselves as well as others.

We might picture love to be like the sunlight and negative thoughts like the clouds. Whereas our higher, greater Self is like the sun, all the negative thoughts, doubts, fears, anger, and resentments that we hold dim the light of the sun and, finally, the light comes through only weakly. It was Jesus Christ who said that we all, with faith, potentially have the power to heal. The saint, or person of high consciousness, is by definition one who has removed the clouds of negativity and radiates the full healing power of the sun.   …As we consistently let go of resisting our fears and allow them to be surrendered, the energy that was tied up in the fear is relinquished and now becomes available to shine forth as the energy of love.

Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender, Ch. 6, pg. 93-95