Quotes from Power vs. Force

“The only way to enhance one’s power in the world is by increasing one’s integrity, understanding, and capacity for compassion.”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“Power serves others, whereas force is self-serving. True statesmen serve the people;10 politicians exploit people to serve their own ambitions. Statesmen sacrifice themselves to serve others; politicians sacrifice others to serve themselves.”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“Facts are accumulated by effort, but truth reveals itself effortlessly.4”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“All of us have available at all times a computer far more advanced than the most elaborate artificial intelligence machine—the human mind itself.”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“the body can discern, to the finest degree, the difference between that which is supportive of life and that which is not.”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“A menudo, solo estamos dispuestos a cambiar cuando tocamos fondo, cuando llegamos al final de un curso de acción y contemplamos la derrota de un sistema de creencias fútil. La luz no puede entrar en una caja cerrada; el lado positivo de una catástrofe puede ser que nos abramos a un nivel superior de conciencia. Si vemos la vida como un maestro, se convierte exactamente en eso. Pero, a menos que seamos humildes y transformemos las lecciones en puertas hacia el crecimiento y el desarrollo, las dolorosas lecciones de vida que nos damos a nosotros mismos se desperdician.”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“Why is true success so relatively effortless? It might be likened to the magnetic field created by an electric current running through a wire. The higher the power of the current, the greater the magnetic field that it generates. And the magnetic field itself then influences everything in its presence. There are very few at the top. The world of the mediocre, however, is one of intense competition, and the bottom of the pyramid is crowded. Charismatic winners are sought out; losers have to strive to be accepted. People who are loving, kind, and thoughtful of others have more friends than they can count; success in every area of life is a reflex to those who are aligned with successful patterns. And the capacity to be able to discern the difference between the strong patterns of success and the weak patterns leading to failure is now available to each of us.”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“Love as depicted in the mass media is not what this level implies. On the contrary, what the world generally refers to as love is an intense emotionality combining physical attraction, possessiveness, control, addiction, eroticism, and novelty. It is usually evanescent and fluctuating, waxing and waning with varying conditions. When frustrated, this emotion often reveals an underlying anger and dependency that it had masked. That love can turn to hate is a common concept, but what is being spoken about rather than love is an addictive sentimentality and attachment. Hate stems from Pride, not Love.”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“Totalitarian systems are notably devoid of humor at every level. Laughter, which brings acceptance and freedom, is a threat to their rule through force and intimidation. It is hard to oppress people who have a good sense of humor. Beware the humorless, whether in a person, institution, or belief system; it is always accompanied by an impulse to control and dominate, even if its proclaimed objective is to create prosperity or peace.”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“If top performer are imbued with the belief that their excellence isn’t a personal accomplishment, but a gift belonging to all of mankind as a demonstration of man’s potential, they’ll go strong and remain so through any event.
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We celebrate the champion because we recognize that he has overcome personal ambition through sacrifice and dedication to higher principles.
The great become legendary when they teach by example. It isn’t what they have, nor what they do, but what they have become that inspires all of mankind, and that’s what we honor in them.
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The Olympic spirit resides within the hearth of every man and woman. Great athletes can, by example, awaken awareness of that principle in all people.
These heroes and their spokesmen have a potentially powerful influence on all of mankind, literally the power to lift the world on their shoulders. The nurturing of excellence and recognition of its value is the responsibility of all men, because the quest for excellence in any area of human endeavor inspires us all toward the actualization of every form of man’s yet unrealized greatness.”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“Man thinks he lives by virtue of the forces he can control, but in fact, he is governed by power from unrevealed sources, power over which he has no control. Because power is effortless, it goes unseen and unsuspected. Force is experienced through the senses; power can be recognized only through inner awareness.”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“Reason is the mirror of the mind’s vanity; ultimately, there are few things more boring to observe than self-admiration. Rationality, the great liberator that has freed us from the demands of our lower natures, is also a stern warden, denying our escape to the planes above and beyond intellect.”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“la verdad de nuestro propio ser real puede descubrirse en el sendero de la vida cotidiana. Lo común y Dios no son cosas distintas».”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“«uno no es más espiritual tomando ciertos alimentos o evitando otros. Uno se convierte en un ser que expresa espiritualidad cuando vive en este mundo, lo acepta y no lo juzga».”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“If, as has been said, man learned to lie an hour after he learned to talk, then a phenomenon such as the one we’re discussing would be the genesis of the most fundamental change in human knowledge since the beginning of society; the transformations it would wreak—in fields from communications to ethics, in our most basic concepts, in every detail of daily existence—would be so profound that it is difficult to even conceive what life would be like in a subsequent new era of truth. The world as we know it would be irrevocably changed, right down to its very roots.”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“Function (Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 2nd ed., 1971). It takes two people to perform a kinesiological test. Choose a friend or a family member for testing. We’ll call him or her your subject. Have the subject stand erect, right arm relaxed at his side, left arm held out parallel to the floor, elbow straight. (You may use the other arm if you wish.) Face your subject and place your left hand on his right shoulder to steady him. Then place your right hand on the subject’s extended left arm just above the wrist. Tell the subject you are going to try to push his arm down as he resists with all his strength. Now push down on his arm fairly quickly, firmly, and evenly. The idea is to push just hard enough to test the spring and bounce in the arm, but not so hard that the muscle becomes fatigued. It is not a question of who is stronger, but of whether the muscle can “lock” the shoulder joint against the push. Assuming there is no physical problem with the muscle and the subject is in a normal, relaxed state of mind, receiving no extraneous stimuli (for this reason it is important that the tester not smile or otherwise interact with the subject), the muscle will “test strong”—the arm will remain locked. If the test is repeated in the presence of a negative stimulus (for instance, artificial sweetener), “although you are pushing down no harder than before, the muscle will not be able to resist the pressure and the subject’s arm will fall to his side.”4”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“El coraje implica estar dispuesto a probar cosas nuevas, a lidiar con los cambios y los desafíos de la vida. En”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“la igualdad no excluye la diversidad. La aceptación incluye en lugar de rechazar.”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“Living things all react to what is life-supportive and what is not; this is the fundamental mechanism of survival. Inherent in all life forms is the capacity to detect change and react correctively—thus, trees become smaller at higher elevations as the oxygen in the atmosphere becomes scarcer. Human protoplasm is far more sensitive than that of a tree.”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“critical point analysis.11 (Critical point analysis is a technique derived from the fact that in any highly complex system there is a specific, critical point at which the smallest input will result in the greatest change. For instance, the great gears of a windmill can be halted by lightly touching the right escape mechanism, and it is possible to paralyze a giant locomotive if you know exactly where to put your finger.)”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“Pequeños errores en la formulación de las preguntas llevan a grandes fallos en las respuestas.”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“La información es inútil hasta que sabemos qué significa. Para”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“las verdaderas respuestas siempre se caracterizan por la simplicidad. La”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“La ley básica del universo es la ley de economía. El universo no desperdicia ni un solo quark; todo sirve a un propósito y encaja en un equilibrio; no”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“ningún sistema nos ha permitido distinguir entre las soluciones poderosas y efectivas y las débiles e ineficaces. Nuestros”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

“in language that is “realized” and inspirational to all walks of life — religious and non-religious, all races, all ages, all nationalities, all personal backgrounds. The”
― David R. Hawkins, quote from Power vs. Force

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