Truth vs Falsehood: How to Tell the Difference Paperback – January 1, 2005

Awesome and astonishing are my reactions to this large undertaking, comprehensive and infinite in scope. Truth vs Falsehood goes even farther in describing conciousness and the illusions of appearance and perception than in the previous books. Man's history has been governed by the unconcious ego manifesting as duality and the belief in causality. The science of truth emerged with Power vs Force in 1995, the first book of the trilogy. Those books are stepping stones to the magnificent Truth vs Falsehood. Sections I & IV are an ever expanding & illuminating discourse on truth and higher conciousness which streams effortlessly from Dr. Hawkins. Sections II & III pertain to all the aspects of daily life of society and America & the condition of the World. Included are many illustrations and the guidelines to the muscle testing method and as each chapter is calibrated, the book is self audited. Also, calibrations are listed for art, music, science, over 200 movies, places, politics, philosophies, schools, industries, organizations and events from antiquity to the present. The values of the listed calibrations themselves are not the author's own opinions but are the results of the research. His concepts of truth and conciousness arise from his own inner Knowingness, and kinesiology only served to confirm his realizations. To avoid confusion, all information is presented in context. This book has been eagerly awaited but surpasses all expectations. Yet those new to this subject may be skeptical and taken aback but i am very impressed with how every consideration has been tactfully made to avoid offending the sensitivities of readers. This big research has now been accomplished which eliminates the need for others to do it, however kinesiology can be learned although not mastered in a fortnight. This book can serve as a reference to almost every facet of life except for personal matters and research projects. Truth is no longer elusive and for those open to this subject matter, Enjoy!

The following are my opinions, and thus not subject to lawsuit from Hawkins or his publisher*.My first surprise in  Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior  was to find L. Ron Hubbard's 1950's emotional tone scale (the main Scientology "scale" in use for judging people) slightly re-hashed as a scale of "levels of consciousness". To trust and be hugely taken in by a faulty belief system is devastatingly painful, and the recovery is slow. Now I know how all those ex-Scientologists felt, their lives ruined when their unworkable belief system finally failed them completely. Then there was the glaring error in Hawkins' explanation of his version of the scale being "logarithmic" where he shows "three-hundred to the tenth power" in figures as ten to the three hundredth power.In the spirit of seeking truth, I rationalised these and other things and forged ahead. But the fact is Applied Kinesiology is phenomenal as a diagnostic tool, but Hawkins' version is not really AK and does not work for finding universal truths. This is (in case you also wondered) why, in the sixteen years since Power vs. Force first appeared, the world has not adopted his method for use in science, law enforcement, justice, business, preventing wars, &c. His anecdotal examples of his method solving crimes, finding missing people, and ferreting out information that could prevent a war can all be better attributed to the latent psychic powers of his testing teams. Unfortunately, these are not available to everyone, although investigating muscle testing as a way to access them might be a worthwhile research project.If you find yourself thinking you're a little dense because you don't understand his science, it may be because his use of cutting-edge scientific terms is hardly more than dodgy analogy.Nevertheless, I opened myself trustingly, reasoning that my concept of truth might be entirely faulty. Just be wary that you don't open yourself to be programmed with a bogus belief system of which you will eventually have to labouriously divest yourself.If you must read a Hawkins book, go straight to Truth vs. Falsehood while you still have some discernment left. It will dissuade you on its own, and if you're already hooked on Hawkins, it will de-program you. It seems that his "trilogy" was intended to relieve you of whatever you believed in, and this book is meant to then reprogram you as a neo-con. Between its beginning and last token spiritual chapters you will find something surprisingly like the Pravda ploy, the old marketing trick of naming your product as that which it lacks the most ("Pravda" means "truth" in Russian).He pushes Yay America, the only worthwhile country the world has ever seen, all other countries are inferior and not worth mention except to denegrate and condemn. America is at its greatest only when the Conservative Republicans are in power. And G.W. Bush was one of the noblest, sanest, and most honest Presidents and world saviours the world has ever known; the [physically impossible] official story of the 9/11 attack is "integrous"; and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were the wisest possible courses of action, supposedly to prevent evil low-consciousness Islam from getting nuclear capabilities from Pakistan (which is itself an Islamic country, meaning the evil, sub-animal Muslims already have nuclear weapons of mass destruction). I should think if that were the real reason, it would have made more sense to infiltrate (or invade, if you must) Pakistan and take their nuclear capabilities away from them.Anyone who questions authority or thinks very far outside the conservative Republican box is very mentally ill, according to Hawkins. In fact, the whole thrust of the book is highly judgemental in the way that a psychiatrist-gone-mad would project all of the mental illnesses in the book upon anyone in the world who doesn't share his views.If you believe there was ever an object that moved through the air that was not identified (the definition of "UFO"), guess what, you're wrong. This one "calibration" is unequivocally erroneous (and was thrown into a chart of belief-system calibrations rather than being presented as a true/false, fact-or-fiction type of calibration). Beyond the supposedly delusional belief that "UFOs are real", he questions no further on the subject of intelligent life in the universe, let alone whether any of them might have visited us.There is plenty more of this sort of highly bias-producing selectivity and manipulation of his "data". Glaringly of note is the fact that he actually gives very few calibrations to support his commentary (his opinions). It even begins to appear that his commentary is the real content of the book (and there's lots and lots of it), with an occassional rating number he simply made up himself and called a "calibration". I should think he would make his database of calibrations (if there is one) available to the world in the interests of truth and let it speak for itself.And more glaringly, he completely omits even the slightest mention of the most pressing issues in life that would be truly illuminating and helpful. Probably none of the things you're really "dying to know" will be found in this book. And if you think there might be some truth to world conspiracies, you are a low-consciousness and sick person. He never calibrated whether there are any such conspiracies, but only the derogatory term "conspiracy theory" (again, calibrated as a belief system rather than fact or fiction).He never explains how a "logarithmic" scale of consciousness can be adequately used as a truth scale, nor does he add a column of levels of truth to the scale. Wouldn't a simple zero-to-100-percent scale be better, with 50% being the true/false delineation?He stresses the importance of context (though in his concept of what context is there is no context). And then he doesn't give any clues as to what different contexts his calibrations were made in.As his teachings slowly crumble away from me, leaving me feeling bereft but refreshingly released, I realise he never said anything about enlightenment that hasn't already been said by the true teachers and leading-edge researchers, some of whose works he has read and referenced. The great hope that kept me going was that someone who claims to be fully enlightened and who has had an infallible truth-detector for thirty-five years would have found the very best expression of spirituality that would shed all error and make it all enlighteningly clear in one simple and elegant statement, or book, or even three books. He didn't.Perhaps he had the enlightenment experience, but like many, it left him, or like some, it precipitated a psychotic break, or maybe he is only a fraud who was commissioned by the powers-that-be to attempt, under the banner of "infallible truth", to stem the tide of rising consciousness that can see through them.* Hawkins' publisher is reportedly very litigious and has apparently even used threats to get wikipedia's page on him removed - yet litigiousness calibrates at 140, as does narcissism (all on page 202 in this book). He diagnoses all the most evil people in the world (mostly Muslims) as having a malignant narcissistic messiah complex . . . but it seems like that's what he has. But his isn't malignant and he doesn't advocate killing Americans, only Muslims, so that must make it all right.I rated it five stars because the crisis these books precipitated provided me with a few valuable revelations.

This book is NOT for the trivial readers or for someone who do NOT believe there are superpowers within ourselves...This book is written by an old soul level 7....well, if you don't know what this means... you probably will find a hard time reading through the book...

This book helped me to escape from a very very crafty cult meditation practice that I got involved with which was formerly called Maum Meditation lead by leaders Woo Myung and his wife An Seu Seung Nim. This book talked about obvious things like how spiritual truth is something that cannot be exclusively owned because it is the substrate for all of existence and is The Mind itself. This book directly lead to having a full realization of the Buddha nature and helped me overcome a lot of negativity that I had stored from doing an intensive meditation practice of negation for 3 years. I found the social and political commentary to be transformative and I now look at human society with a ray of positive energy. I am truly grateful for this books teachings! David Hawkins is a reliable author to read when on the spiritual journey of human life

I'm a fan of Dr. Hawkins previous works, including video/audio works, but took a chance on this one, even though it had some negative reviews. I believe this is one of his most important works and one of the most important books in our society today. Dr. Hawkins reviews a significant amount of practical aspects of day-to-day living and helps shine the light of consciousness on these important daily living areas. I believe, having worked through the book, I understand why some of the reviews are a bit negative because some of the conscious calibrations are "higher" for some potential controversial topics...my understanding is that Dr. Hawkins is not attempting to say, "this is good and that is bad"...but if you view this is his intent you may get a bit defensive. I found his book helpful, open, and very meaningful for me.

Mind blowing, life is literally changing

Ho già preso altri due libri della serie dell'autore. il contenuto è utilissimo e illuminante per chi è interessato all'argomento. Nelle foto si vede la differenza tra la stessa pagina del libro "Thruth vs Falsehood" e due degli altri libri.Putroppo questa edizione è graficamente illeggibile: carattere 8, stampato in inchiostro grigio oppure un nero sbiadito su carta patinata. Per leggerlo ci vuole la lente di ingrandimento e la luce scialitica da sala operatoria. Una edizione solo per i più motivati?

This is the most mind opening and far reaching book I've ever read. This is something rare. This stuff has never been revealed before. Exposure to the central concept is alone enough to blow you away. Then there's the results...Actually stunning

It is an interesting read but it feels like another version of the author's Power vs Force work with more data and examples. Consequently, I found the first two thirds of the book a little less interesting, but the last third was more enjoyable. To get a taste of the author's work I would recommend Power vs Force in preference to this work.

In this book Dr Hawkins compiles many years of calibrations across numerous topics from movies, politics, universities, countries, crime, authors, stages of evolutionary life and much more. The depth and breadth is incredible, and Im very grateful to the diligent work of the author in providing these calibrations. I find myself referring to the book quite often - usually to look up a new movie to watch, book to read or to check the calibration of something under discussion at the dinner table (I have the Kindle version for quick reference!) If you are new to kinesiology or the Map of Conscious there is an introduction as with all Hawkins books. This certainly wasnt the first Hawkins book I read, but anyone who does read Hawkins will eventually find themselves wanting this book for a reliable set of calibrations that can very much change your opinions on the world (the dropping of the atomic bomb calibrating in the 400s made a big impact on me and how I think about things now).