Can spiritual truth be verified?

David R. Hawkins, MD, PhD grew his psychiatric treatment center into one of the largest in New York City. But after experiencing his second profound spiritual epiphany, Dr. Hawkins opted to retire from a long, celebrated career as a clinical psychiatrist. He purposefully went into a period of seclusion and reflection which lasted several years. During this time, he meditated and prayed daily. He also explored the field of kinesiology, which he often calls “muscle testing.”

According to Dr. Hawkins, kinesiology can be used to verify the truthfulness of any statement that is presented in a simple, declarative sentence. The specific techniques used in muscle testing, as well as its limitations, are thoroughly detailed in his books and demonstrated in his videos. Dr. Hawkins is adamant in his belief that the human mind is totally incapable of distinguishing truth from falsehood. Thus kinesiology, when properly used, is a gift that can provide helpful guidance in one’s spiritual journey.

In our quest for truth, the ego often urges us to take meaningless, time consuming detours. By determining the truthfulness of our spiritual beliefs, our journey can progress more swiftly and smoothly. As one Master Teacher points out, delay does not matter in eternity, but it is tragic in time!

Through kinesiology, Dr. Hawkins has personally verified that the following declarations are true:

• God is infinite beyond time and space, without beginning or end.
• God is omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient.
• God is the source of consciousness, awareness, and knowingness.
• God is the sole source of the energy of life.
• God is the source of creation and evolution, which are one and the same.
• God is the source and presence of peace, love, stillness, and beauty.
• God transcends all universes, yet is the sole source of all that exists.
• God is the ultimate context of which the universe and all existence is the content.
• God is not within the province of the intellect or the provable.
• God is the source and essence of enlightenment.
• The human experience of the presence of God is the same in all ages, all cultures, and all localities.
• The essence of God does not include human frailties such as favoritism, duality, judgmentalism, wrath, righteous anger, resentment, vanity, revenge, jealousy, vulnerability, retaliation, or the desire to control.
• The variability of the depictions of Divinity reflects the variability of human perception and projections of the ego.
• That which is devoid of content is the equivalent of Innocence.
• Truth is verifiable only by identity with it and not by knowing about it.
• When the obstacles of human thoughts and emotions—and the ego structures from which they stem—are transcended, the Self as God Immanent shines forth of its own accord, just as the sun shines forth when the clouds are removed.

These truths certainly provide the spiritual seeker much food for thought. In my next posting, I’ll share more insightful lessons taught by Dr. Hawkins. Until then, allow your divine Light to shine forth on all whom you meet. And as they find peace, so too will you!

John