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Under his scientific kinesiological system (testing muscle reactions to good and bad stimuli), Hawkins rates human traits on a numeric scale. Most of us (85%) are below 200 because we focus on survival and are preoccupied with negative thoughts and feelings. Those that are in the 200-500 range are increasingly humanitarian in orientation. Descartes, Freud, Einstein were rated at 499 - how they were measured, I can't say right off). Hawkins says currenly that only "twelve persons on the planet" calibrate at 700 or above. Only the rarest individuals in history have reached the fully enlightened spot (e.g., Jesus, Buddha, Krishna) where time is timeless and dimensionless, and existence is continuous and beyond duality, and where divinity is experienced within.

In this hierarchical scale, power increases and force recedes. Power is whole, positive and wholesome. Force is partial, selfish, negative energy and unhealthy. Hawkins pulls everything into his system. His theory he believes is verified by quantum physics (non-linear causality). It explains highly successful business people, artists, sports figures. Everything we do generates an energy field and creates a personal record, and "the ripples we create return to us" (karma). Hawkins believes his system reveals the evolution of consciousness and this will lead to the salvation of humankind.

Hawkins has a story to tell and he does a good job at weaving it all together. No doubt there's much to be said about the power of positive thinking. If this helps people, that's a good thing. He references various 12 step programs as kindred to his own. For doubters, there's not much room for discussion when he asserts that the three dimensional universe is conventional, whereas the universe has "higher dimensional realities." With that perspective, whatever is said from the conventional paradigm is dismissed (or can be placed low on his scale) because there's always this higher truth. There's a beauty in faith and also a danger.