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Title: Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior
ISBN: 1561709336
Author:
David R. Hawkins
Publicate Date: 2002-04
Publish: 2002-04
List Price: $14.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: The "science" in the book is not science BUT the book is well worth the read...
I bought this book many months ago and was so turned off by the "Kinesiology" bit that I stopped reading after the first 2 chapters and put the book down until recently. That was a mistake. Unfortunately, one must skip the first couple of chapters or turn off their skeptical, analytic, reasonable faculties to tolerate what is described therin (essentially that your arm muscle knows objective truth via the collective unconscious). The rest of the book I think is a wonder and inspiring. Yes there are contradictions (my favorite being that he says that the "tiny island" of the UK and Churchill are examples of "Power" defeating the "Force" of Hitler's "largest army on earth." Almost in the same sentence he refers to Ghandi as an example of a "90 pound man" that singlehandedly defeated the "largest empire on earth" using Power to defeat their force. Apparently, he misses the irony of Churchill hating Ghandi and the UK oppositing Nazi Germany also clinging desperately to colonial power in India). Nonetheless, the book contains many universal truths on the nature of reality and spiritual development. I found it inspiring and energizing. Yes there is some moralizing and some knowier-then-though attitude to it but overall it offers a very positive message for human and spiritual develpment and I highly recommend it (if you can ignore or turn a blind eye to kinesiology).
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2: Practical Explanation of the Truth
This book was recommended to me time and time again, before I sat down and finally read it. I was thrilled to have another angle to the truths I was studying in many other areas.
I found Chapter 4 the most powerful and useful in my own personal life. I actually created a card in my wallet with all of the levels of consciousness written out so that I could see where I was on any given day. The utilization of this card has helped me see my way through many life challenges, and help to get me back up to the level of love and joy. The rest is still a work in progress, but I am thankful to have Hawkin's guidance to show me the way. If you want to understand human behavior, this book is a must read!
Andrea Samadi, author of The Secret for Teens Revealed: How Parents, Teachers, and Teenagers Can Inspire Leadership and Transform Lives
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3: Power vs. Force
I highly recommend Power vs. Force, which very simply explains the power of levels of consciousness. I quote David Hawkins a number of times in my book, Managing Thought: How Do Your Thoughts Rule Your World?, and with Hawkins' permission, excerpted a table from his book on powerful vs. weak thought patterns. This book was of significant influence for me on my own path to self-awareness. There were a number of aha!s for me as I read this book. For example, up until reading this book, I approached my work and my own self-cultivation by looking for what was wrong and then working on making it right, even under the guise of continuous improvement. As a result, I missed out on the joy of my life, my work, and my expansiveness. When I learned from this book that the difference in power between a so-called bad thought and a so-called good thought was so enormous as to be beyond my comprehension, I realized how just a few powerful, constructive, loving thoughts a day could far outweigh all of my weak, non-constructive, and fearful thoughts. I realized that I could effortlessly transform my thinking and my reality by focusing on the powerful thoughts I choose to have and not the weak thoughts I don't want to have. Another aha! was that thoughts are neither good or bad--they are simply a function of viewpoint. And a very freeing lesson for me was the learning that by raising my level of consciousness, I make a difference.
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4: insightfulness
this book is great for anyone who truly wants to understand the behind the scenes forces that influence our lives and our society
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5: Borrow from the Library
Like most of the other reviews, my opinion is mixed. Besides some of the obvious contradictions others have mentioned, there was one that really jumped out at me in the early part of the book: If people's energy really affects other people's, shouldn't you take one of the people (the tester) out of the equation and standardize things so there's no experiementer bias? Scientific method requires eliminating the bias of the researcher.
I did enjoy the book, although I'd read enough about muscle testing elsewhere and been the subject of it.
I did, indeed, borrow the book from the library and am glad I saved my money. I appreciate Dawkins' research, but his preachiness was tiresome and bordered on the dogmatic. His absolute assurance that this was THE method and that he could PROVE it, violated that most basic of scientific method tenets--you don't prove anything; you show correlation.
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