There is not so much information about him, and when I Googled his name, “SpiritualWiki” came up instead of Wikipedia. The book is equally useful for all dimensions of human life: physical health, creativity, financial success, emotional healing, vocational fulfillment, relationships, sexuality and spiritual growth. We had mistakenly equated ourselves with the outer phenomena of our hectic life—the body and its experiences, the obligations, the jobs, the titles, the activities, the problems, and the feelings. Once you can let go of the need to be approved and liked, says the author, you become immune to the manipulation of marketing, advertising, and the media. Hawkins entered the field of medicine to alleviate human pain and distress, and his work as a physician was pioneering.

The first half of this book has some incredibly useful advice for learning to let go of anxiety and negativity, but the second half is a bit too new age-y for me.The energy of the vibration, and the thought form with which it is associated, create a readable record. He conferred with foreign governments on international diplomacy and has been instrumental in resolving long–standing conflicts that were major threats to world peace. In contrast, forgiveness, gratitude, and loving-kindness have a much higher energy vibration and much greater power.

Chronic, unrecognized anger and resentment reemerge in our life as depression, which is anger directed against oneself. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you cannot hate. As more feelings and belief systems are surrendered, there eventually comes the awareness, “I am not the mind either, but that which witnesses and experiences the mind, emotions, and body. Being controlled by your emotions, automatic reactions is exhausting, needless to say, unproductive. This quantum physics scam has been repeated successively by other healers and scam artists such as Joe Dispenza (see my criticism of Breaking The Habits, You Are The Placebo).

Associate with people who are using the same or similar motivation and who have the intention to expand their consciousness and to heal. I find this highly offensive coming from someone who tries to portray himself as a scientist and who has actually gone through scientific training. We discover “something that remains constant and the same, no matter what goes on in the external world or with the body, emotions, or mind. The whole book is based on cognitive reframes, belief changes and positive empowerment, which are processes trying to regulate negative emotions. When you become aware that mind is only a tool, you get to use it in the way it serves you, not controls your reactions.