• Make a gift of your life and lift all mankind by being kind, considerate, forgiving, and compassionate at all times,
  in all places, and under all conditions, with everyone as well as yourself. This is the greatest gift anyone can
  give. The Eye of the I From Which Nothing is Hidden, chapter 17, S. 333, 2001, S. 257, revised edition 2002

• For significant spiritual growth, only one simple tool is required. Merely select any simple spiritual principle that is appealing and then proceed with its application, without exception, to every area of life, both within and without. For example, one could choose any one of the following: kindness, compassion, forgiveness, understanding, non-
  critical acceptance, unconditional loving, commitment to seeing the innocence of life, etc.
  Whatever principle is chosen then has to be applied to everyone, including oneself, without exception, and with ab-
  solute persistence. This process will bring about spiritual purification as the obstacles to these spiritual principles
  are brought up for examination. The accomplishment of the spiritual goal will require changes of perception which
  will, in turn, require growth of understanding and reconceptualization.
  The Eye of the I From Which Nothing is Hidden, S. 224, 2001

• Questions: How should one handle the seeming conflict between the illusion called "ego", the world and spiritual work?
  Answer: The source of joy of spiritual endeavor stems from the work itself and is not dependent on outcomes or the
  achievement of goals. Each movement forward has an inner delight. There is, for instance, an inner pleasure that
  accompanies progress. The replacement of resentment with peaceful acceptance is its own reward. There is a pro-
  gressive alteration in one's view of self and others. When this happens, one's own life story can then be recontex-
  tualized from a more compassionate understanding. I. Reality and Subjectivity, chapter 4, S. 53, 2003

• Question: Of what value are breathing exercises?
  Answer: These are especially useful upon the realization that one is 'stuck' on a lower level and too much energy
  has accumulated in the lower chakras. To utilize breathing exercises, it is necessary to have some simple
  understanding of the etheric body and the chakra energy system.
  I. Reality and Subjectivity, S. 235-236, 2003

• Question: The existence of the spiritual energy system and breathing techniques may sound foreign to Westerners.
  Are they really of practical value to the aspirant?
  Answer: Yes, and generally, they are beneficial. There are also specific problems where breathing exercises can be very useful.
  I. Reality and Subjectivity, S. 237-239, 2003

• Question: You have taught some people spiritual "first aid". How does that work?
  Answer: To terminate an upset, do the following:
  1. "Thump the thymus." The thymus gland is located behind the upper breastbone. Thump that area with a closed hand and say, at the same time, "Ha-ha-ha" rhythmically three times, and then, after a pause, do it three more times. Smile while doing that and picture something or someone that you love. That could be a divine figure or even one's favorite pet. (*) This method was originally taught by Dr. John Diamond.²
  2. Then breathe spiritual energy from the base of the spine up to the crown chakra. On each inhalation, picture
     it as Light. It flows from the base of the spine to the crown of the head. Even a few breaths done in this way
     will cause a very noticeable effect.
  3. While doing the breathing, think or sound the syllable, "Om," as you proceed with the above.³
  4. Picture someone you love [LoC 500+].
  5. While involved in this process, find within yourself the willingness in your heart to surrender anything and everything to God and recommit your devotion [LoC 555] above all else.

1. Negativity is based on an energetic force (animal origin) that can be overcome only by power, which is solely of Divine origin. Therefore, it is operationally necessary to request and invoke God's help by whatever means available.
2. Disidentify with the body/emotions/mind as 'me'. Be truthful and admit that they are yours but not you. While this may seem artificial, strange, foreign, and unnatural in the beginning, the basic reality is that it is a truth of higher order, which makes it a very powerful and formidable tool. The mind will try to deny this reality as well as truth (that is what it is 'supposed to do') because Truth is intuited as its nemesis.

• As a practical exercise, before leaving the house, review how one would like oneself to be and decide to act that way.
  • In so doing, note the response of others to one's being friendly, considerate, gracious, or loving.
  • Decline seduction and temptation by that which is tawdry and sensational.
  • Surrender the dubious pleasure of 'getting even' or 'getting the best of a deal' in emotional interchanges.
  • As a pleasant exercise, consciously and purposely allow other people to 'win' and thus discover one's own inner greatness and generosity.

• Some spiritual practices may also lead to altered states of consciousness or autosuggestive states that are misiden-
  tified as spiritual. While mantras and certain repetitious practices have some value, depending on their calibrated
  level of truth, as well as the intention behind them, they can also become substitute for the progressive realizations
  that underline and substantiate true spiritual advance. The true state is reflected in what one has become rather
  than what one believes or does. Thus occult practices or magical manipulations and gymnastics are better bypas-
  sed in favor of true, substantial spiritual growth. Progress is facilitated by the willingness to surrender ambition to
  God. Transcending Levels of Consciousness. The Stairway to Enlightenment, section V "Overview", S. 317-318, 2006

• Spiritual processing is like positioning oneself in the wind or in a water current.
  Discovery of the Presence of God. Devotional Nonduality, S. 65, 2007

• There is an inherent limitation to repetitious mantras in that they too often result in a semi-auto hypnotic,
  altered state of consciousness that actually becomes an obstruction to the sought-for state of realization.
  Discovery of the Presence of God. Devotional Nonduality, S. 82, 2007

• The major genuine spiritual practices include
  • individual and group worship and prayer, including music, incense, creative arts, and dance, as well as
    symbols, postures, and mudras. [...]

• With incorporation into daily life, a spiritual practice can take the form of the continuous surrendering of
  Volition, which then emerges into autonomous witnessing and effortless observation.
  These capacities will then be discovered to be qualities of consciousness, and not personal.
  Concentrated spiritual focus is like a 'mind set' by which spiritual processing becomes prioritized. Eventually,
  the illusion of a distinct, separate, personal 'I' that is 'doing' the processing drops away. The phenomenon
  is then witnessed to be happening spontaneously of its own.
  Reality, Spirituality, and Modern Man, chapter 19 "Practicum", S. 355, 2008

• A fast track to this effortless state is provided by the simple technique of focused relinquishment of resisting the
  perception/experiencing of the passage or duration of time. This is a surprisingly simple yet very powerful tech-
  nique, and the reward is a sudden relief from the constant unconscious pressure of 'time', which subtly contex-
  tualizes and colors the experiencing of worldly life. Breaking the dominance of the illusion of time is very
  doable. It is then discovered that time is a projection from consciousness and only a belief system out which
  the ego 'time tracks' the witnessing of the emergence of phenomena. With release from dominance, there is a
  great sense of freedom and inner joy.
  Reality, Spirituality, and Modern Man, chapter 19 "Practicum", S. 355-356, 2008

• To safely do spiritual work and avoid crises, it is necessary to reaffirm, look within, and discover one's own
  innocence. It really is not safe to do spiritual work unless one has a glimpse of that innate naive innocence
  and keeps one eye on it at all times, because that innocence is the gateway back to the Truth so one does
  not get lost in the swamp. Healing and Recovery, S. 166, 2009

• What is searching for higher truth is not a personal "I" but an aspect of conscious-
  ness itself, which expresses as inspiration, devotion, dedication, and perseverance
  – all of which are aspects of the spiritual will. Therefore, the source of the search
  for the Self is the Self itself actualizing the necessary processes by virtue of its own qualities, which are facilitated
  by Grace. Along the Path to Enlightenment. 365 Reflections from David R. Hawkins, edited by Scott Jeffrey, Reflection of
  April 19th, January 2011

• [S]it with your arms slightly raised and hands held out, not to receive as in Eastern traditions, but on the contrary,
  to radiate out that which you would give to the world and humanity. Sitting quietly with hands held out as if to
  bless the world, you become a channel of God and radiate out unconditional love. You give all that you are infi-
  nitely capable of giving. You are an antenna of radiance. You begin with a prayer, something like what St. Francis
  of Assisi [LoC 580] said, 'As your servant, o Lord, I give what you have given me.' As you do this you awaken to
  what the world is crying for and automatically you radiate that and you suddenly realize who you are. It is all non verbal. It may take years to get it. It is simple and direct like a laser. You become a radical laser beam. You keep
  doing that and that which humanity needs will reveal itself to you, and that which humanity is, will reveal itself to
  you and eventually that which is the Real Self will shine forth in an absolute Harmonious Perfection. The mind is
  stilled. Teddy and Otis Carnie, Synopsis and Study Guide to Power vs. Force. An Anatomy of Consciousness, Part III,
  "Realization of the Presence of God", Veritas Publishing, Sedona, Arizona, 8. June 1996

• Question: You mention chakra breathing as something basic we can do to increase our awareness level.
  Answer: Not only the exercise, but the intention behind it, tends to precipitate advancement of spiritual consciousness. Your intent to reach a higher level of understanding is in itself powerful. When you take time to [do these exercises], you're saying to God, "I’m trying to get to you, help me." You align with God. Interview with David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., presented by the US American magazine Holistic Networker, host Gina Mazza Hillier, Tony Cecala, 13. August 2005

• What is the simplest thing that one can do? I think one should just sit and hold out one's hands like this [outstretched, palms up]. Not to receive, as many spiritual teachers would say ("this is to receive the energy of God", etc.). On the contrary: to sit like this and radiate out into the world that, which you will for the world; very revealing. Just sit quietly some place, hold out one's hands thusly and express nonverbally, what it is that you wish for the world and for huma-
  nity. You just keep doing that, and that which humanity needs will reveal itself to you. And then that which intrinsi-
  cally humanity is, reveals itself to you. And eventually that which is the real Self shines forth in all its radiance and
  splendor and magnificence and stillness in which you see, all things expressing their own essence in an absolute harmonious perfection. [...] And it is also healing to the world. So that motivation to heal the suffering of the world assuming this position automatically begins to reveal to yourself in a nonverbal way which jumps the intellect.
  Video presentation demonstrating muscle testing Power vs. Force, Volume Series I, DVD 2 of 2, 11. November 1995

• The way to train your mind. […] when you're riding in the car as a passenger you pick a slot in the window through which you look. You look at the window right here. Now everything is passing. You're not tracking it. This way your vision is caught by the subject of your interest. You're constantly going from this to that. That's the way your mind is working all day. This catches it for a while. Now you’re going to practice something where you look through the window and your project is to keep your eye on this place on the window no matter what goes through. Now stuff goes through. The difference is you're not attached to it. You're detached. You can't pull back from the mind as long as you're attached to it and its emotional payoff. […]
  You are just fixed, like, the other analogy I use for it is like the prow of a ship. You see the prow of the ship is consistent, no matter what the wave, no matter how high the wave, no matter what the wind. It's called one-pointedness of mind. So that one-pointedness of mind is a fixity of attention.
  Sedona Seminar Causality: The Ego's Foundation, DVD 1 of 3, January 2002

• Om [...] Om [...] is something else and the sound of Om is inherent in all sound and can be heard by anybody who attunes to it and can be heard within your own mind and it's the sound of the universe. Om [...] Om [...] is there at all times. [...] Om is there at all times. Amen. Sedona Seminar Realizing the Root of Consciousness: Meditative and Contemplative Techniques, beginning of DVD 2 of 3, 8. June 2002

• There comes a time when it means to do whatever practice you are doing without exception, all the time. […] The love for God pulls you, it isn’t that you are driving it, it is now you are being pulled by your own destiny. By one's own karmic commitment let us say you have chosen the ultimate destiny, and now that begins to pull you and attract you. Sedona Seminar Devotion: The Way to God Through the Heart, DVD 2 of 3, minute 0:34:00-0:45:00, 27. September 2002

• Find a quiet place. Determine to be quiet and undisturbed for 10 or 15 minutes. Unplug or turn off phones, inform the family you will be unavailable for a time.
  Let go of any heaviness – take a few deep full breaths. Easily breathe in and easily breathe out. Imagine dropping your cares, your concerns, just letting them go. Tell yourself you can pick them up later
  if you wish and that for now you are setting them aside.
  Sit comfortably with your arms raised slightly, palms turned up.
  Intend to be a channel for the Infinite Field of Consciousness.
  Imagine being the bulb through which the Light or a radiant flame shines.
  Consider a light; it does nothing about being a light.
  Consider a flame; it does nothing about being a flame.
  Neither thing 'tries' to shine.
  Neither intends to shine brightly or fully – instead they are themselves.
  So allow yourself to be a channel for unconditional love, in the same way a flame is a channel or a light radiates.
  Be like the light or the flame and extend perfectly without reservation, to all.
  First accept and then allow the Love through.
  "It is the heart that is at one with God, not the mind. To discover one's own heart is to discover God."
  Sedona Seminar Vision, 3 DVD set, 25. February 2005

• Spiritual work is like a sweater. You can grab a threat, a piece anywhere and you unravel the whole sweater.
  Sedona Seminar Alignment, DVD 3 of 3, minute 21:05, 16. April 2005

• [Paraphrased] Beware of the lure of hedonism. To release from the enslavement of the senses requires serious spiritual training [as suggested by the Buddha].
  Prescott Seminar Freedom. Morality and Ethics, 3 DVD set, 8. November 2008

• 69a. Have pets.
  69b. Have a garden spot.
  93. Watch TV's animal channel.
  100. Speak sanely to yourself in the mirror.
  Prescott Seminar Peace [LoC 565] 3 DVD set, 8. August 2009

• 88a. Walk the labyrinth.⁴
  88b. Paint mandalas.
  89. Do the Rosary.
  90. Spin the prayer wheel.
  Prescott Seminar Peace [LoC 565] 3 DVD set,
  8. August 2009

The Eye of the I – Englische Version

• Love for God, S. 36
• Surrender, S. 66
• Spiritual Commitment, S. 67
• Watching the Mind (Fields of Realization), S. 100-105
• General Meditation, S. 121-123, S. 135
• Introspection, S. 131
• Contemplation, S. 133
• "Busy World" Spiritual Practice, S. 164
• "What for?" Meditation, S. 165
• Shortcut to Enlightenment, S. 177
• Tools to Lessen the Ego, S. 180, S. 292
• Simplicity, S. 224, S. 285
• Spiritual Purification, S. 225
• Intention of Kindness, S. 228
• Basic Meditation Instruction, S. 245
• Self-Inquiry, S. 194, S. 247
• Stop Judging, S. 247
• Intention, S. 252
• Helpful to the World, S. 257
• Progressive Fields of Realization, S. 301

I. Reality and Subjectivity – Englische Version

• The Steps of Enlightenment, S. XXVI
• Advanced Seeker, S. 22
• Contemplation (Peripheral and Central, S. 27-31
• Transcending the Attachment to Thinkingness, S. 44 und 48
• Sudden Enlightenment, S. 94
• Renunciation, S. 121
• Surrendering Desire, S. 190
• Death-bed Certainty Principle, S. 201
• Breathing Techniques, S. 235
• Spiritual Commitment, S. 299
• Spiritual First Aid, S. 378
• Awareness of the super ego, S. 381
• Focus on Subjectivity, S. 398

• Discovery of the Presence of God. Devotional Nonduality, chapter 4, Spiritual Practices, S. 73
  "Spiritual Practice", S. 247-248

• Reality, Spirituality, and Modern Man, chapter Practicum, 2008