14
Mar
2008
Power vs Force
The full name of this book is Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behaviour by author David R. Hawkins. Hawkins uses dowsing to investigate consciousness, the basics of what he comes up with is the idea that consciousness can exist on a scale, which he measures at 0 to 1000 on an exponential curve, 0 is a state of shame and 1000 is a state of enlightenment where Jesus and the Buddha are measured to be. Anything can be dowsed on this scale, a person, an idea, a group, a work of art and so on.
Lower down on the scale Hawkins terms as force, for example the British army are hardly an enlightened group so they calibrate at around 200 on the scale, the calibrate at a level where they can exert force and influence on the world. However Ghandi measures at 700, which don’t forget is exponentially higher, so a single man just with the power of his ideas about peace can defeat the brute force of the British army’s guns. Even more interestingly, Hawkins puts the tipping point for the scale at 200 where a measurement of consciousness changes from fear to courage, he states that recently the human race from just under 200 to just over. This means the humans in general are currently tipping toward greater spiritual growth.
There is a bit of a problem with dowsing, and that is it only works as much as you believe it’s going to work, I’ve seen some incredible things done with muscle testing, which is a form of dowsing where one person asks a question and tests the strength of somebody else’s muscle, strong meaning affirmative, weak meaning negative. I used to show this to people all the time but noticed it became much less effective bearing on how stupid I thought I would look by getting it wrong, I’ve also tried to use a pendulum without consistent, measurable results. However I have been treated by kinesiologists, which is a type of muscle testing, and successfully cured of some allergies by testing for what was causing an allergic reaction, eliminating it from my environment and later using various therapies to remove my response to it, which has greatly impressed me. I believe it’s a very valid technique but I do wonder how much your own biases can be projected onto results because of that.
Power vs. Force makes for some interesting reading, even if the text itself feels very dry and academic. Myself and a friend had a lot of fun measuring where each of our chakras calibrated on the scale and then placing our intent on releasing the lowest calibrating energy while holding the Tapas pose, we raised each as high as we could. Blind tests on this proved unimpressive for us, but I’ve seen enough to believe the technique is valid overall.
