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

In acceptance, we enjoy the experience of harmony.  We feel as though events are flowing.  We feel secure.  We can be of service to others without a feeling of self-sacrifice.  There is the feeling:  “I’m okay,” You’re okay,” and “It’s okay.” It’s a feeling of belonging, connectedness, fullness, loving, understanding, and the feeling of being understood.  It is a feeling of caring, warmth, and self-worth.  Because of the security of this state, we can allow ourselves to be soft, mellow and natural.  There is a joy, and we feel “in tune” and relaxed.  There is the feeling that it’s all right just to be ourselves.

…There are many pathways that carry us to the state of Acceptance, and this is the gateway which leads eventually to the next highest states, described as the consciousness levels of love and peace. To many people who have been surrendering for periods of time, this ultimate objective progressively supersedes all others.  To dwell in states of unconditional love and imperturbable peace becomes the inner aim, more important than any other achievement.

Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender, pg. 165-167

The perceptual world is formed out of familiar forms and images held together by belief systems and energized by emotions.  Whether the object or situation is loved or hated, feared or admired, seen as ugly or beautiful, depends on the observer.  Such qualities do not exist in the world.  Adjectives have no actual existence or reality.

As consciousness evolves to higher levels, the world changes in appearance and behavior.  As consciousness reaches the levels which calibrate in the high 500’s, the beauty and perfection of the world shine forth with divine Radiance as the core of its existence.  All apparent form and separateness begin to disappear, and everything is seen to be connected and continuous with everything else.  One is then the witness to the endless miracle of timeless creation.  Everything is viewed whole, perfect and complete. With the realization of self-identity, everything is seen to be absolutely perfect in its expression of divine essence.  Imperfection exists only in the mind’s thoughts.  No imperfection exists in the world as it is.

The Eye of the “I”: From Which Nothing is Hidden, 2001, Ch. 12, pg. 191-192

In my view, the purpose of human life is to serve God, to serve humanity, and to serve yourself; to be a channel of God’s will for the good of all of mankind, as well as your own evolution.  After all, you are part of mankind, so don’t leave yourself out.

It isn’t you versus mankind; you are part of mankind.  So, in serving mankind, you serve yourself as well.  The purpose of human life, then if that’s what it is, is then the fulfillment of one’s destiny – and you fulfill that by service to yourself, God, and fellow man.  Love now becomes a quality instead of an emotion.  You see people think of love: “Oh Babe, you can’t see how I love you.” Love is a way of defining one’s own reality.  It’s equality. It’s because of lovingness that you step over the black beetle because you appreciate the gift of life – because love is valuable.  Love of quality, the essence, and the good.  And all of this, as we said earlier, affects how you see and experience the world.

from: In the World But Not of It, pg. 66

As you advance spiritually, it brings a value to everyone, to every human being.  Because of the collective unconsciousness, every single person who improves helps to elevate the level of consciousness.  And as that elevates, the incidence of war, suffering, ignorance, savaging, and disease diminish.  When you advance yourself, you’re helping everybody appreciate that every step forward benefits everyone.  One’s spiritual dedication and work is a gift to life and the love of mankind.  It’s nice to know that what you think you’re doing only for yourself is actually benefiting everyone around you.  To be kind to just one living being benefits everyone.

The Wisdom of Dr. David R. Hawkins: Classic Teachings on Spiritual Truth and Enlightenment, Pg. 198

Value, from the ego’s viewpoint, is an emotionalized mentalization, and Reality does not require mentalization.  With humility, one can honestly state and witness that everything merely “is as it is,” independent of projected worth.  Its intrinsic “value” is that it “is”; that is, existence is complete within itself and is not needful of projected nominalization as “special.”  When the Divine Essence of All of Creation shines forth without obstruction, then the ego/mind goes silent in awe.

Daily Reflections from Dr. David R. Hawkins, Pg. 152