Quotes from D. Hawkins' first book Power vs. Force, Hay House, February 2002

• In overview, we can see that from time immemorial, man has tried to make sense of the enormous complexity and fre-
  quent unpredictability of human behaviour. A multitude of systems have been constructed to try to make sense of that
  which is incomprehensible comprehensible. To 'make sense' has ordinarily meant to be able to be definable in terms
  that are linear: logical and rational. But the process, and therefore the experience, of life itself is organic – that is to
  say, nonlinear by definition. This is the source of man's inescapable intellectual frustration. Page unknown

• Attractors create context. In essence this means that one's motive which arises from the principles that one is com-
  mitted to, determines ones capacity to understand and therefore, gives significance to ones actions. Page unknown

• With regards to politics, the difference between a statesmen and a politician is clear: Statesmen invoke the nobility
  that resides within all men and unifies them through what can best be termed 'the heart.' Although the intellect is easi-
  ly fooled, the heart recognizes the truth. Where the intellect is limited, the heart is unlimited; where the intellect is intri-
  gued by the temporary, the heart is only concerned with the permanent. Politicians, operating out of expediency, rule
  by force after gaining their position through the force of persuasion. [...] politicians exploit people to serve their own
  ambitions. [...] Force is limited, whereas power is unlimited. Page unknown

• The difference between treating and healing is that in the former the context remains the same, whereas in the later
  the clinical response is elicited by a change in context, so as to bring about an absolute removal of the cause of the
  condition rather than the recovery from its symptoms. Page unknown

• It was apparent that all of mankind is actually motivated by inner love, but has simply become unaware; most people
  live their lives as though they're sleepers unawakened to the perception of who they really are.
  Power vs. Force. The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, S. 14, Hay House, February 2002

• [...] just being ordinary in and of itself is and expression of divinity; the truth of one's real self can be discovered through
  the pathway of everyday life. S. 20

• I sought now to be ordinary because just being ordinary in and of itself is an expression of divinity; the truth of one's
  real self can be discovered through the pathway of everyday life. The commonplace and God aren't distinct. S. 20

• [Love] doesn't fluctuate – it's source isn't dependent on external factors. Loving is a state of being. It is a way of re-
  lating to the world which is forgiving, nurturing and supportive. Love is not intellectual and does not proceed from
  the mind; love emanates from the heart. It has the capacity to lift others and accomplish great feats because of its pu-
  rity of motive. S. 90

• Love takes no position and thus is global, rising above the separation of positionality. [...] Love is therefore inclusive
  and expands the sense of self progressively. Love focuses on the goodness of Life in all its expressions and aug-
  ments that which is positive. It dissolves negativity by re-contextualizing it rather than by attacking it.
  Power vs. Force. The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, chapter 4 Levels of Human Consciousness, S. 90-91, Hay House, February 2002

• The universe always favors power. Moreover, the universe does not forget. […] We shall eventually have to accept responsibility for every thought, word, and deed we generate, and will re-experience exactly the same suffering we've caused. We do create our own heaven or hell. Chapter 9, S. 184

• The notion that there's a "knower" and a "known" is in itself dualistic, in that it implies a separation between subject and object (which again can only be inferred by the artificial adoption of a point of observation). The Maker of all things
  in Heaven and on Earth, of all things visible and unvisible, stands beyond both, and is one with both. Existence is there-
  fore merely a statement that awareness is aware of its awareness and of its expressions as consciousness.
  Anyone who's aware that he exists already has access to its highest formulations and beyond. There is, ultimately, nei-
  ther duality nor nonduality, there is only awareness. Only awareness itself can state that it's beyond all concepts
  such as "is" or "is not". That must be so because "is" can be conceived only by consciousness itself.
  Awareness itself is beyond even consciousness. Therefore it may be said that the Absolute is unknowable exactly
  because it's beyond knowing, or beyond the reach of consciousness itself. [...] Such a state can have no meaning with
  anyone without the experience of that context. S. 232-233

• All of the Great Teachers throughout the history of our species have merely taught one thing, over and over, in whatever lan-
  guage, at whatever time. All have said, simply: Give up weak attractors for strong attractors. Chapter 8 "The Source of Power"

• What we think of good or bad is merely subjective, what the universe "thinks" about it may be something entirely else. Never ask a question unless you are prepared for the answer; the facts may be quite different from what you currently believe. S. 117

• Success comes as the automatic consequence of aligning one’s life with high-power energy patterns. S. 206

• The achievements of pure reason are the great landmarks of cultural history. They've made man the master of his
  external environment; and to some degree, on the physical plane, of his internal environment. But reason has its limits,
  in more ways than one: The intellectual brilliance of the 400's level, so dazzling and enviable to those in the 300's,
  quickly pales for those who have transcended it. From a higher perspective, it's all too clear how tedious and trivial rea-
  son's infatuation with itself can become. Reason is the mirror of the mind's vanity; ultimately, there are few things more boring
  to observe than selfadmiration. Rationality, the great liberator that's freed us from the demands of our lower natures,
  is also a stern warden, denying our escape to the planes above and beyond intellect. For those entrained at the level
  of the 400's, reason itself becomes a cap, a ceiling in spiritual evolution. S. 258

• We think that we live by forces we control, but in fact we are governed by power from unrevealed sources, power
  over which we have no control. Foreword

• Any attempt to impose standards of would-be absolute Good and Evil is, in fact, one of the greatest moral pitfalls.
  S. 278

• [A] confused society that’s lost the capacity for discernment necessary to protect its own consciousness can hardly
  hope to protect its young. An individual’s level of consciousness is determined by the principles to which one is committed. S. 279

• I saw that there are no 'events' or 'things' and that nothing actually 'happens', because past, present, and future are
  merely an artifact of perception, as is the illusion of a separate 'I' subject to birth and death. As the limited, false self
  dissolved into the universal Self of its true origin, there was an ineffable sense of having returned home, a state of
  absolute peace and relief from all suffering. For it is only the illusion of individuality that is the origin of all suffering;
  when one realizes that one is the universe, complete and at one with all that is, forever without end, then no further
  suffering is possible. S. 297

• Shame is perilously proximate to death, which may be chosen out of shame as conscious suicide or more subtly elec-
  ted by failure to take steps to prolong life. Death by avoidable accident is common here. We all have some awareness
  of the pain of "losing face", becoming discredited, or feeling like a "nonperson". In shame we hang our heads and sink
  away, wishing we were invisible. Chapter 4

• Guilt, so commonly used in our society to manipulate and punish, manifests itself in a variety of expressions, such as
  remorse, self-recrimination, masochism, and the whole gamut of symptoms of victimhood. Unconscious Guilt results
  in psychosomatic disease, accident-proneness, and suicidal behaviors [...]. Guilt-domination results in a preoccupation
  with "sin", an unforgiving emotional attitude frequently exploited by religious demagogues, who use it for coercion and
  control. Chapter 4

• Grief: This is the level of sadness, loss and dependency. Most of us have experienced it for periods of time, but those
  who remain at this level live a life of constant regret and depression [...]. Part of the syndrome of Grief is the notion of
  the irreplaceability of what's been lost or that which it symbolized. There is a generalization from the particular so that
  the loss of a loved one is equated with the loss of love itself [...]. Although grief is the cemetery of life, it still has more
  energy to it than Apathy does. Thus when a traumatized, apathetic patient begins to cry, we know they're getting better.
  Once they start to cry, they will eat again. Chapter 4