In the 1970s, he co–founded several psychiatric organizations, including the Editorial Board of the Journal of Schizophrenia and the Attitudinal Healing Center in New York.
His clinical breakthroughs brought appearances on The Today Show, The Barbara Walters Show and The Mcneil/Leher News Hour. In 1973, he co–authored the ground–breaking work, Orthomolecular Psychiatry with Nobel Laureate chemist Linus Pauling, initiating a new field within psychiatry. As Medical Director of the North Nassau Mental Health Center (1956–1980) and Director of Research at Brunswick Hospital (1968–1979) on Long Island, his clinic was the largest practice in the United States, including a suite of twenty–five offices, two thousand outpatients, and several research laboratories. Hawkins entered the field of medicine to alleviate human pain and distress, and his work as a physician was pioneering. He is featured in recent documentary films, magazines, and radio interviews (e.g., Oprah Radio and Institute of Noetic Sciences) for his work in the areas of health, healing, recovery, spirituality in modern life, consciousness research, and meditation.ĭr. He has conferred with foreign governments on international diplomacy and has been instrumental in resolving long–standing conflicts that were major threats to world peace. In addition, he has been an advisor to Catholic, Protestant, and Buddhist monasteries. Hawkins has lectured widely at such places as Westminster Abbey Oxford Forum Universities of Notre Dame, Michigan, Argentina, Fordham and Harvard University of California (SF) Medical School Institute of Noetic Sciences and Agape Spiritual Center (Los Angeles). (1983) and Founder of the Path of Devotional Nonduality (2003), Dr. Hawkins as a teacher of advanced awareness, exemplified in the title "Rae Ryeong Seon Kak Tosa" (Foremost Teacher of the Way to Enlightenment) bestowed upon him in Korea.įounding Director of the Institute for Spiritual Research, Inc. People from all walks of life, nationalities, and spiritual orientations honor Dr. The classical hallmarks of this state are pristine awareness of Ultimate Reality, compassion for all beings, tireless dedication to alleviate suffering, radiant joy, and humor. Hawkins is uniquely qualified to present a spiritual path that is scientifically compelling to modern society. The uniqueness of his contribution to humanity comes from the advanced state of spiritual awareness known as " Enlightenment," "Self–Realization," and "Unio Mystica."Rarely, if ever, has this spiritual state occurred in the life of an accomplished scientist and physician. is a nationally renowned psychiatrist, physician, researcher, spiritual teacher and lecturer. I have concluded that mushrooms must have been involved.īut to be fair to him, his techniques and map of consciousness seem quite good.Sir David R. my favorite so far is him talking about "pointless intellectualizing".given that I haven't seen him make an actual point thus far, this is the height of hypocrisy.Īll he does is rattle off fifty item lists and repeat the same question ten to fifteen times using different wording. he refers to his own points as "glaringly obvious" if you "just think about it" in an effort to deride philosophers who disagree with him. This guy gives the vaguest examples and sits back as if he's said something profound. I honestly hope it gets better because right now, one star is too high.Įdit: So apparently, if multiple books are written on a subject then it must be true (ie near death experiences giving you psychic powers, the debunked theory of auras, This Cat In The Hat). It usual riddled with false claims about auras (debunked) and other New age claptrap. This book would be about half it's actual length if you cut the lists to manageable size and removed the outlandish claims (such as it being able to cure allergies).
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