Autobiography of a Yogi
A spirituality classic from 1946 by Paramahansa Yogananda.
Spirituality
Yogananda's story of meeting Babaji
Request: Yogananda and others report meeting Babaji and getting lessons from him. Yet we have Doc calibrating Babaji as false. Is Babaji a spirit that never had a physical body?
“pain is the background of all [your] pleasures”
Request: Maharaj’ words on page 36 in “I’m That.”
spiritualized ego "white knighting"
Assumes a posture of "standing for truth" even as it a derides the morality and courage of its chosen target.
fundamentalism about Doc and his teachings
Including "no one may teach what Dr. Hawkins taught" and "David didn't authorize [fill in the blank]," this conceit supposes Doc's work and consciousness calibration ended with his passing.
rejection of falsehood
The basis for integrity and an essential quality for spiritual ascendancy.
rejection of truth
Can't maintain non-integrity without it.
article: handling the spiritualized ego
The spiritualized ego does not want you to forgive yourself for anything, ever, for therein lies its power over you. Nor does it permit acceptance of your fallible, human nature which is prone to making mistakes in the trial-and-error "school of life."
blissing out
"the state of bliss precludes ordinary activity" -- Transcending the Levels of Consciousness, Hawkins.
Let me see this with love, O Lord!
Priority request: A way to recontextualize. The shift in reality is immediate and profound.
Healing and Recovery, by David R. Hawkins
"These holistic lectures were first presented to a variety of recovery organizations and clinicians from diverse backgrounds. The emphasis is on recovery in its fullest sense - mental, physical, psychological and spiritual" -- amazon.
Fear, by Thich Nhat Hanh
Priority request: This is a book I want to get my friend for his birthday. My friend has bad anxiety and I think this would help him. He is only mildly interested in spirituality, so I don't think he would like Doc's work, but I read Fear a wild ago and found it really helpful.
Love and Be Free: The Basis for a New Society
"we have to have the courage to face our own deep wounds that cause us to bring negativity into our love connections," by Sri Prem Baba, 2018. Priority request.
statement: I am not the mind
A contemplation to take one all the way to the Final Door.
Fran Grace
Prominent Hawkins student and professor of religious studies.