As a practicing kinesiologist, I am fascinated by the work of psychiatrist and
fellow kinesiologist, Dr David Hawkins. Dr Hawkins has calibrated the levels of
human consciousness by using a logarithmic scale which goes from 0 – 1000. He
conducted a 20 year research program in which he tested the consciousness
levels of thousands of humans. According to Dr Hawkins Level 200 is the level
of Integrity and Courage. An individual that calibrates at 200, has enough
courage to deal with change and sees life as stimulating and challenging and
will therefore take risks and move forward in life. Such a human being can
therefore start making a contribution to life here on earth. According to Dr
Hawkins’s research (finalised in 1985) only fifteen percent of the human race
calibrated over 200, with 85% therefore calibrating below this critical (level
of integrity) point. Fortunately due to an increasing worldwide spiritual
awareness this latter percentage has now dropped to 78%.
In this book 'Power vs Force the Hidden Determinants of Human Behaviour” Dr
Hawkins also describes the work done by a psychologist, with a female gorilla,
Koko. He managed to teach her sign language. Koko was trustworthy, intelligent,
affectionate and truthful and she calibrated at 250. So we arrive at the
shocking statistic that each one of us will be safer with Koko, the gorilla,
than with 78% of human beings on earth! In the recent tsunami disaster in
Indonesia, Thailand and India hardly any animals were found dead. In the Yala
National Park in Sri Lanka 200 people were killed but not one elephant, leopard
or monkey were found dead. The Director of the park maintains that this is
because animals, just like humans, have a sixth sense but, unlike many humans,
are still acutely attuned to it. Humans have lost this ability to sense
disaster. We are too busy running after wind and many have become slaves to the
dictatorship of a materialistic society. The result is that we are slowly
losing our inborn spiritual abilities because we don’t deem them important
anymore. These abilities are squashed out by our busyness. It is time to return
to the beauty of natural things, the simplicity of life lived in touch with the
rhythms of nature.
During the tsunami catastrophe twelve tourists were riding on eight elephants
in Thailand when the elephants suddenly started to trumpet and then took flight
up the nearby hills, disregarding the commands of their trainer. All twelve
tourists and the trainer were saved from certain death by the elephants that
sensed the impending disaster. If humankind doesn’t make a concerted effort to
change its collective consciousness and emphasis on the wrong desires, the
outcome might be destruction and death of all that is beautiful and uplifting
about our current existence.
The question is where does each of us calibrate on the consciousness scale of
Dr Hawkins? Pride, Anger and Fear all calibrate below 200; the level of Love is
at 500 and Peace calibrates at 600. From recent research results in quantum
theory, we know we live in an interconnected holographic universe. If each
human being were to improve their state of consciousness, for example, jump
from Fear at the level of 100 to Courage and Integrity at 200, the whole human
race would benefit from it. Since this scale is logarithmic, one person at the
level of 500 will counterbalance three quarters of a million people below 200.
Somebody like Mother Theresa who calibrates at 700, far above the level of
peace, cancels out 70 million people below 200!
We therefore have the option to make the choice for a better and more holistic
earth existence. Each one of us can change the consciousness of our human race
today, each one of us can change our current reality into a newer and brighter
tomorrow. We need more VRPs (Very Refreshing People) instead of more VIPs (Very
Important People) in our world today. We need people who leave us richer and
invigorated instead of tired and down – the latter we can call VTPs (Very
Trying People). We need powerful givers instead of crafty grabbers. VRPs
influence the world for the better by their positive words, thoughts and
actions.
Another choice which would lead to the betterment of humankind is the choice to
become genuinely mindful consumers. Researchers at Oxford (studying young
prisoners) have found that adding vitamins and other vital nutrients to young
people’s diets, cuts the crime rates. When these prisoners got more nutritious
food, the serious offences - including violence - fell by a substantial 40%. As
a result of this research and other positive results, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Governor of California, is now campaigning for better and more nutritious food
to the school population of California. He wants to provide fruit, vegetables
and milk to the schools instead of the fast food and fizzy drinks currently
available. The Slow Food Organization, founded in 1986, holds a biennial fair
that is dedicated to quality food produce. The aim of Slow Food Organization is
to counter the standardization of taste (fast food) and defend the right of
consumers around the world to have proper nutrition, choice and information. My
kinesiology learnings have made it clear that most of our packaged and fast
food is detrimental to the human body. It has of little nutritious value and
when testing whether the body should consume such foods, the body will test
negatively (the indicator muscle will simply go weak), thus rejecting the
higher refined and fast foods. The human body does need a variety of foods but
these must be freshly prepared and healthy. The food must also be consumed in
peaceful circumstances, not on the run or at a desk. After eating, the body
must have about ten minutes to be at rest and to digest the food properly. Most
of us rush off, with no regard for the strain and stress we cause the body – no
wonder our general health is below par in this day and age. The smoking of
tobacco also makes the body go weak. Not only will the indicator muscle test
weak when lighting up a cigarette, the body will test weak when the person
being tested is just looking at a picture of somebody that is smoking! Our
bodies have an innate wisdom; we are just not attuned to it. Most of us have
forgotten that our body should be treated as a holy temple where the spark of
the Divine is present.
Being a mindful consumer also entails listening to good and beneficial music.
When you play rock music to the body and test its response, the body will test
weak; it rejects the beat, disharmony and loudness of this type of music. (Dr
Hawkins reported on a study done on 100 cocaine addicts undergoing treatment.
None of the patients who continued to listen to heavy metal rock music during
treatment recovered.) By contrast the body tests positive when classical music
is played to it. Good music is a channel for all of us to be in touch with our
basic spirituality; inspirational music raises our consciousness and puts us in
touch with the elevated spheres. Its rhythm and melodies speak to our souls and
bring peace and serenity.
Another modern device that detrimentally influences our consciousness, is the
watching of television. Dr Hawkins has tested subjects while they were watching
a fairly typical television show. Test subjects went weak 113 times during a
single episode! These weak responses show that the thymus gland is suppressed,
so the immune system is compromised and does not work properly. This negative
input from the TV can bring the watcher closer to eventual sickness and
depression. Rather take a walk in nature than flopping down in front of the TV
after work!
Connection with nature and time spend in nature is a sure antidote to modern
illnesses. If we can start living with open eyes again and appreciate the
beauty of the Creation around us we will change the future of humankind. By
making sure that more of us have ever-increasing experiences of appreciation
and joy, we will increase the well-being of humankind and influence our future
positively. This message comes directly from the Hathors, an intergalactic
ascended spiritual civilization (see reference below). They ask that we
re–enter the appreciative state more often. This is done best by living in the
moment and noticing all the marvellous wonders around us. It is a well-known
fact that creative artists, such as composers, live very long and productive
lives, often into their eighties and nineties because they create and surround
themselves continually with beauty. This alignment with and appreciation of
beauty results in longevity and vigour for a whole lifetime.
In conclusion, the most significant statistic in this experimental study done
by Dr Hawkins was, that for the first time in the history of humankind, after
thousands of years on earth, we, as collective humans, succeeded in calibrating
above 200. In 1995 the collective consciousness of the five billion inhabitants
of the earth jumped to 207. So the world wars, the search for justice and
fairness, the recognition of human rights in the 20th century have led us to a
higher moral and spiritual state. Let us continue on this path laid before us
and keep the ball rolling. By searching for and recognizing beauty we will
experience more joy; by becoming beautiful people ourselves we can assist in
this new leap to higher consciousness. By seeking more peace and stillness in
our daily lives we will start seeing more small and large miracles happen
effortlessly and with perfect synchronicity every day. A forest is not made out
of trees; it is the spaces between the trees that make up the forest. We should
slow down, put more quiet sacred spaces in every day, make time to worship (our
brains are wired for that), make time to meditate and pray and put emphasis on
the important aspects of life, of our health and well being. Just as plants
search out the light of the sun to grow fully, so we as the human race need the
light of the Divine Spirit to lead our souls on the path to perfection.
Let us live with open eyes and may the beauty of nature and life exalt us. Let
each one of us make a choice for peace and love, let our lives reflect a
consciousness state that is good and beneficial to create a benign and
beautiful future for our descendants. In the words of the Hathors: 'Live more
fully, laugh more heartily, forgive more completely. You are the masters of
your destiny. Be happy.”
REFERENCES:
Diamond, J. 1979. Your body doesn’t lie.
Hawkins, D.R. 2002. Power vs Force – The Hidden Determinants of Human
Behaviour.
Hawkins, D.R. 1995. Doctoral thesis: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis and
Calibration of the Levels of Human Consciousness.
Dr David Hawkins site can be found at : www.veritaspub.com
Tom Kenyon and the Hathors – Message June 2004. See
www.tomkenyon.com
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This article was published in the Odyssey, October/November issue 2005.
