Truth vs Falsehood
ALSO BY DAVID R. HAWKINS, M.D., PH.D.
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Enslavement by illusion is comfortable;
it is the liberation by Truth that people fear.
Straight and narrow is the path …
Waste no time.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo!
Table of Contents
Author’s Statement
Caveat: A Note to the Reader
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section I What is Truth?
Chapter 1 Historical Perspective
Chapter 2 The Science of Truth
Chapter 3 Truth as Enigma: The Challenge and the Struggle
Chapter 4 The Evolution of Consciousness
Chapter 5 The Essential Structure of Truth
Chapter 6 Manifestation versus Causality: Creation Versus Evolution
Chapter 7 The Physiology of Truth
Chapter 8 Fact versus Fiction: Reality and Illusion
Section II Practical Applications
Chapter 9 Social Structure and Functional Truth
Chapter 10 America
Chapter 11 The Downside of Society
Chapter 12 Problematic Issues
Section III Truth and the World
Chapter 13 Truth: The Pathway to Freedom
Chapter 14 Countries and Politics
Chapter 15 Truth and War
Section IV Higher Consciousness and Truth
Chapter 16 Religion and Truth
Chapter 17 Spiritual Truth
Chapter 18 Summary and Resolution
Appendices
Appendix A Calibration of the Truth of the Chapters
Appendix B Map of the Scale of Consciousness
Appendix C How to Calibrate the Levels of Consciousness
Appendix D Movies
Appendix E Index of Calibration Tables and Illustrations
Appendix F References
About the Author, Biographical and Autobiographical Notes
The work to be presented is the result of a lifetime dedicated to discovering the core and essence of Truth itself and how it can be recognized, expressed, and defined. As a consequence, a means of discerning truth from falsehood was discovered that was shocking in its implications, for it revealed not only the nature of the essence of truth but also that this technique was applicable, without limits, to anything and everything, anywhere in time or space.
Until now, humanity has been like a sailor at sea without a compass by which to discern truth from falsehood. The cost in terms of suffering has been enormous. Compassion for the human condition arises from the realization of the massive consequences of this inherent limitation of the human mind itself. The work herein presented is therefore devoted to overcoming this serious defect whereby falsity has been misidentified as truth.
Research indicated that truth is actually a variable relative to an absolute constant. Its degree of validity is identifiable on a calibratable scale that includes all of life in all its expressions throughout all of history. The accumulated data was overwhelming in its revelations and implications. Researchers using this new tool were like children with their first microscope, excitedly examining everything and anything in the human experience. The mass of accumulated data often revealed rather startling information. It became overwhelmingly apparent that appearance was not in accord with essence, and that the mind is basically naïve and easily deceived. Therefore, readers are forewarned that portions of the material may be disturbing and confrontational to some cherished illusions.
The work has been progressively presented in a sequence of books, video and audio recordings, workshops, and public lectures with audience participation. It has been translated and made available worldwide in more than fourteen languages. In addition, it has been presented to numerous ongoing study groups around the world, and it was peer reviewed prior to publication.
The enormous mass of data has been organized and presented in a sequence in order to facilitate comprehension across a wide spectrum of information. The subject matter is also contextualized to facilitate the awareness of intention. Seeming paradoxes dissolve with reflection, and much of the information is transformative in itself.
As with
Power vs. Force
, reading the material herein results in a progression of the reader’s level of consciousness. Therefore, what at first exposure might seem confrontational, paradoxically, it resolves into greater awareness and an expanded capacity of discernment.
Note that because our current society is overly politicized on almost every aspect of life, it is important to know that the author places value and importance in agreement with clinically derived, calibratable levels of consciousness and their accord with subjectively experienced states of consciousness whose emergence has been described elsewhere (Hawkins, 1995, 2001, 2003).
The research techniques to be described were applied, as they were in previous books, to the manuscript of this volume. The calibrated levels of important statements are cited as they arise, and the level of truth of each chapter is documented (see Appendix A).
Emotional reactions are personally determined by one’s inner positionalities and belief systems. They are not ‘caused’ from without or by exposure to new information. As audiences to presentations of this material have discovered, an initial response dissolves upon reflection into a broader understanding and compassion for oneself and others.
The intention of this presentation is the alleviation of suffering by virtue of replacing falsehood with truth and sharing the knowledge of how to arrive at truth on one’s own, for the pathway to its source resides within. For those who are aligned with truth, the path lights up; for those who refuse it, the path is darkened. All of us are free to choose.
On first reading, Section I may seem difficult or too academic. If so, skip to Section II, and after reading the rest of the book, Section I will be more quickly and easily grasped. People learn by different modalities—some process logically through the intellect before going to details, while others learn by familiarity and then are ready for explanations. Either way ends up at the goal of understanding and comprehension.
The reader will also note a seeming redundancy of certain key concepts. This is a purposeful pedagogical style that facilitates progressive comprehension of critical concepts which are new or unfamiliar at first reading but become obvious with subsequent representations.
Overall, the basic dictum to the information reported is that importance is not based on whether it is pleasing, but on whether it is true or false and to what degree. The reported calibrations are the result of research and are not the author’s opinion. Thus, there is no point in writing querulous letters that usually follow the format of “How come you rated walruses higher than seals,” etc. Like a calculator, the described methodology results in numbers, not subjective bias or opinion.
Extensive references are provided that give background information needed to better understand the reported research findings. The compilation of the manuscript itself took three years, including revisions, corrections, and incorporation of input from review committees and consultants, as well as feedback from a variety of experts. Thus, meticulous effort has been made to present the data with as much accuracy as possible.
