Power vs. Force

By David R. Hawkins, MD, PhD

Finished Reading on November 14, 2004.

Part 2-of-2 parts

Artificial intelligence supercomputers has allowed the application of the theories of nonlinear dynamics to be applied to the study of brain function.

... from time immemorial, man has tried to make sense of the enormous complexity and frequent unpredictability of human behavior.

Map of Consciousness – pages 68 and 69

Levels of Human Consciousness – a logarithmic progression

... even a small increase represents a major advance in power and the rate of increase in power as we move up is enormous.

The individual at the level of Acceptance isn’t interested in determining right or wrong, but instead is dedicated to resolving issues and finding out what to do about problems.

At this level of development, the capacity to discern essence becomes predominant, the core of an issue becomes the center of focus. It is accompanied by a measurable release of endorphins in the brain.
Social Distribution of Consciousness Levels - ... 85% of the human race calibrates below the critical level of 200. Only 4% of the world’s population calibrates at an energy field of 500 or above; only 0.4% reach 540; and a level of consciousness calibrating at 600 or above is reached by only 1 in 10 million.

Everyday Critical Point Analysis - ... identifying attractor patterns. ... one may calibrate what level needs to be reached by the various departments to succeed.

In this interconnected universe, every improvement we make in our private world improves the world at large for everyone making it a collective level where power arises from meaning.

To make a thing happen requires motivation. Motivation is derived from meaning. Therefore, the visible and invisible worlds are linked together.

The visible world is created from the invisible world and is therefore influenced by the future. The capacity of the invisible concept to materialize is based on the power of the original concept itself.

We might say that the right brain “gets the pattern” and the left brain “makes it visible”.

Individuals of great power throughout human history have been those who have totally aligned themselves with powerful attractors and attributed the source of the power to something greater than themselves.

Power Patterns in Human Attitudes – charts on pages 146 and 147

... power originates from the mind, whereas force is rooted in the material world.

Churchill stood for power, Hitler for force. When the two meet, power always eventually succeeds; in the long run, if it’s deeply founded in the will of the people, power is immune to force.

Where the intellect is limited, the heart is unlimited.

One characteristic of truth is that is needs no defense, it’s self-evident.

... the differences between businesses that have failed and businesses that have succeeded is marked by excellent predictive accuracy.

Support the solution instead of attacking the supposed causes.

Successful solutions are based on the powerful principle that resolution occurs by fostering the positive, not by attacking the negative.

One characteristic of genius is the capacity for great intensity.

The Database of Consciousness – a vast, hidden database of human awareness, which is characterized by powerful, universal organizing patterns. Such a database, comprised of all of the information ever available to human consciousness, implies stunning inherent capabilities; it’s far more than just a giant storehouse of information awaiting a retrieval process.

The great promise of the database is its capacity to “know” virtually anything the moment it’s “asked”, for it’s able to tap in to all that has ever been experienced anywhere in time.

A question can’t be asked unless there’s already the potentiality of the answer. The reason for this is that the question and answer are exactly symmetrical; that is, there can be no “up” without a “down”.

... choice is not only possible, but inevitable.

While the young are being programmed by specialized TV and computer games that glorify violence, their parents are being brainwashed by adult media.

An individual’s level of consciousness is determined by the principles to which one is committed.

Truth isn’t functional unless it is meaningful, and meaning, like value, relies on a unique perceptual field. Facts and data may be convincing on one level and irrelevant at another.

Functional validity of information received also varies with the intellectual level and capacity for abstraction of the recipient.