Transcending the Levels of Consciousness: Stairway to Enlightenment, D. Hawkins

Book Study on Zoom sponsored by Mitreya Center
and the Bradenton Theosophical Study Group

Beginning May 20, 2024, 2:00-3:30 pm and
then meeting every other Monday. Email Neela Chari
for the zoom link: mitreyacenter@gmail.com

Transcending the Levels of Consciousness:
Stairway to Enlightenment by David Hawkins

Those of us striving on the path toward enlightenment will be informed and inspired by studying together this David R. Hawkins’ masterpiece. The power in our own group-book study on Hawkins’ Transcending the Levels of Consciousness is that we are given a detailed practical guide to understanding the levels of consciousness to be transcended in pursuit of spiritual advancement, enlightenment, or self-improvement. We also learn of the obstacles to overcome to achieve more optimal levels of consciousness. We advance our levels of consciousness because of exposure to this information, opening up avenues to the relief of suffering for ourselves and others.

Dr. Hawkins (1927-2012) from a very young age began experiencing spiritually transforming events and perhaps these were the impetus for him to further explore consciousness by becoming a psychiatrist in 1952.

Those of us who have had some of these experiences ourselves or want to be prepared for them when they do occur will be aided by this book. And of course, a group-book study with discussion allows us to share and help each other in our quests.

Dr. Hawkins has written many books and the first that received national attention was Power Versus Force in 1995, in which he gives us a Map of Consciousness using applied/behavioral kinesiology. Through his research, he and many others confirmed a calibration scale of the relative truth of ideologies, philosophers, and teachers from a range of 1 to 1,000. The level of 1, the lowest, is mere existence. The highest level for a human is 1,000 where we find the great teachers such as Jesus, Buddha, Krishna. These calibrations confirm the classical stages of human inner evolution found in the world’s sacred literature as the actual, measurable energy fields suggested by philosophers, saints, sages and mystics throughout the centuries.

When we do book studies, we have found that different editions of the book may have different paginations which makes it difficult for people to study together. We recommend the copyright 2006 edition. Even if you get this copyright there may be some pagination differences. Try to get your book from Amazon and look for the number of pages in the edition you are purchasing. It would be best if you get the edition with 414 or 416 pages.