David R. Hawkins
Psychiatrist and spiritual teacher
David R. Hawkins was a physician, psychiatrist and spiritual teacher. He wrote Power vs. Force, which sets out his Map of Consciousness.
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American Born 1927 in Milwaukee, United States Died 2012
About David R. Hawkins
David R. Hawkins (1927 to 2012) trained as a physician and worked as a psychiatrist and researcher. In 1973 he co-wrote Orthomolecular Psychiatry with the Nobel laureate chemist Linus Pauling, and in 1980 he gave up his psychiatric practice to focus on spiritual research. He led the Institute for Spiritual Research, Inc. from its start in 1983, and he founded the Path of Devotional Nonduality in 2003. Power vs. Force, published in 1995, presents his Map of Consciousness, a scheme of levels of awareness, and has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. He lectured widely, including at Harvard and Westminster Abbey, and his awards included the Huxley Award.