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Dr David Hawkins	Shoshana	Friday, February 6, 2009
Question: Hello Brother! Thank you so much for your service to us. I am in great need of finding good catholic (even christian) critique of Dr David Hawkins. I do research for my spiritual director and this famed psychiatrist has taken a foothold at our local catholic spiritual center by someone teaching one of his books: Force vs Power. I have had another occasion of writing to the center and the bishop about the different new age occultic material being there. And now, again it pops up with the teaching of Hawkins. But I cannot find good catholic resources on the internet about him. Good critique that can be submitted to the Bishop. I only have my gut feeling and after reading his babble, it is disconcerting for sure. But I am not an authority that would accepted by either the center or the bishop. Could you help me? This doctor has published many, many books and regards himself as God. I believe this is very dangerous and his teachings are based on Course in Miracles. Thank you for your time and many blessings in your ministry. I have written before and you have provided great wise answers. And I have followed through... Shoshana
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Shoshana: If this psychiatrist's teachings and methods are based in any way on the Course in Miracles then he should be rejects out-of-hand. That should be enough for the bishop to disapprove his materials. I do not have the time to do a formal review, but a quick search on him seems to reveal that he uses applied kinesiology. This is based on non-existent energy flows in the body. It is hogwash and this fella, who is suppose to be a scientist should know better. While I cannot review this book of his I did find a review of the book from http://www.spiritualteachers.org/david_hawkins.htm It did not take long to doubt Hawkins' claim that "the truths reported in this book [Power Vs. Force] were scientifically derived and objectively organized." David Hawkins cloaks Power Vs. Force in a veneer of mis-applied scientific jargon and presents highly speculative theories as facts. It is hard to imagine that a person, who once wrote journaled scientific papers, is now stating that subjects experienced "desynchronization of the cerebral hemispheres" as if this were a recognized medical condition. He references Karl Pribram as having shown the brain acts "holographically," while, in truth, Pribram's is one of several theories. Hawkins makes vague references to nonlinear dynamics, chaos theory, and attractor patterns in support of his theory of consciousness. He displays a knack for obscuring the obvious by attempting to appear scientific: labeling an emotional upset as "turbulence that occurs in the attractor fields of consciousness." Power Vs. Force is filled with attempts to be scientific that wind up worthy of ridicule rather than respect. Dr. Hawkins refers to the "absolute replicability of test results," yet makes no mention that kinesiology has never been verified by double-blind studies, as evidenced by reports from the National Institutes of Health. The ideas Dr. Hawkins teachings are derived from Chinese cosmologies and other philosophies that are hostile and incompatible to Christianity. As a former practitioner and teacher of applied kinesiology I have first hand knowledge of the fraudulence of this theory and technique, as well as occult connections that oftentimes go along with it. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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Dr David Hawkins

Shoshana

Friday, February 6, 2009

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Hello Brother!

Thank you so much for your service to us. I am in great need of finding good catholic (even christian) critique of Dr David Hawkins. I do research for my spiritual director and this famed psychiatrist has taken a foothold at our local catholic spiritual center by someone teaching one of his books: Force vs Power.

I have had another occasion of writing to the center and the bishop about the different new age occultic material being there. And now, again it pops up with the teaching of Hawkins. But I cannot find good catholic resources on the internet about him. Good critique that can be submitted to the Bishop. I only have my gut feeling and after reading his babble, it is disconcerting for sure. But I am not an authority that would accepted by either the center or the bishop.

Could you help me? This doctor has published many, many books and regards himself as God. I believe this is very dangerous and his teachings are based on Course in Miracles.

Thank you for your time and many blessings in your ministry. I have written before and you have provided great wise answers. And I have followed through...

Shoshana

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Shoshana:

If this psychiatrist's teachings and methods are based in any way on the Course in Miracles then he should be rejects out-of-hand. That should be enough for the bishop to disapprove his materials.

I do not have the time to do a formal review, but a quick search on him seems to reveal that he uses applied kinesiology. This is based on non-existent energy flows in the body. It is hogwash and this fella, who is suppose to be a scientist should know better.

While I cannot review this book of his I did find a review of the book from http://www.spiritualteachers.org/david_hawkins.htm

It did not take long to doubt Hawkins' claim that "the truths reported in this book [Power Vs. Force] were scientifically derived and objectively organized." David Hawkins cloaks Power Vs. Force in a veneer of mis-applied scientific jargon and presents highly speculative theories as facts. It is hard to imagine that a person, who once wrote journaled scientific papers, is now stating that subjects experienced "desynchronization of the cerebral hemispheres" as if this were a recognized medical condition. He references Karl Pribram as having shown the brain acts "holographically," while, in truth, Pribram's is one of several theories. Hawkins makes vague references to nonlinear dynamics, chaos theory, and attractor patterns in support of his theory of consciousness. He displays a knack for obscuring the obvious by attempting to appear scientific: labeling an emotional upset as "turbulence that occurs in the attractor fields of consciousness." Power Vs. Force is filled with attempts to be scientific that wind up worthy of ridicule rather than respect.
Dr. Hawkins refers to the "absolute replicability of test results," yet makes no mention that kinesiology has never been verified by double-blind studies, as evidenced by reports from the National Institutes of Health.

The ideas Dr. Hawkins teachings are derived from Chinese cosmologies and other philosophies that are hostile and incompatible to Christianity.

As a former practitioner and teacher of applied kinesiology I have first hand knowledge of the fraudulence of this theory and technique, as well as occult connections that oftentimes go along with it.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.