The History Of Muscle Testing
Dr. David Hawkins
Consciousness Calibration
In 2014 I picked up a book called Power vs Force by Dr David Hawkins. It changed the course of my life.
Hawkins suggested that there was a ‘scale’ that could be calibrated from 1-1000 to determine the ‘power’ or truth of a specific idea or object. These calibrations could be found by ‘muscle testing’.
The History Of Muscle Testing
In the 1960’s Dr. George Goodheart developed ‘Applied Kinesiology‘. Otherwise known as ‘muscle testing’, Applied Kinesiology determined whether a remedy was beneficial for the human body. If the muscle tested held firm, the substance could be considered ‘good’ for the body. The substance could be considered ‘bad’ if the tested muscle went weak.
Dr. John Diamond took this work further in the 1980s. He found that images, philosophies, music, art etc., could also affect one’s physiology. Dr. Diamond’s work presented a theory that human life force is affected by everything that interacts with it, whether positive or negative.
Dr. David Hawkins
Dr. David Hawkins built on Goodheart and Diamond’s work by discovering that the muscle test is a non-local response from the field of consciousness (or the zero point field if we use scientific language).
Hawkins proposed that kinesiological muscle testing could be used to discern truth from falsehood and determine degrees of truth via one’s power or energy level.
This discovery led Hawkins to calibrate people, theories, philosophies, books, statements, spiritual scripture, organisations, sports… (you name it) over decades of research.
If you are new to the work of Dr David Hawkins, consider reading an overview of the Map of Consciousness. It will assist in making sense of the calibrations.
*Please note that these are NOT my calibrations. Sources are cited at the bottom of the article.
Consciousness Calibrations
Consciousness Calibrations –
Dr David Hawkins used muscle testing to calibrate the degree of truth in people, places, philosophies, spiritual practices etc.
The levels typically calibrate from 0-1000 (although some go higher in higher domains), with 0 being the lowest level of consciousness, and 1000 being the highest that can be contained by the human nervous system.
Examples of various topics and the consciousness calibration levels are below.
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- Statements
- World Religions and Religious Scriptures
- “Religious” or Spiritual Figures
- Philosophers
- Movies
- Countries
- Books
Statements
| Statement | Category | Calibration |
| Life cannot be destroyed, it can only change form | Statement | 1000 |
| Creation and Evolution are one and the same reality | Statement | 1000 |
| Consciousness is the irreducible stratum of all that exists | Statement | 1000 |
| The circumstances of birth and life are karmically perfect | Statement | 998 |
| No one comes to the Father, but by me | Statement | 940 |
| I am myself, heaven and hell | Statement | 700 |
| One’s exact time of death is set at birth | Statement | True |
| One’s consciousness level is set at birth | Statement | True |
| Humans can live on prana energy | Statement | True |
| Chi energy exists | Statement | True |
| Wait three days before burial or cremation | Statement | True |
| Reincarnation is real | Statement | True |
| Stigmata are real phenomenons | Statement | True |
| Free will is an illusion | Statement | True |
| It is possible to come up from lower regions of hell, with the exception of blasphemy | Statement | True |
| Gods will for you is happiness. to be happy is pleasing to god. | Statement | True |
| There are angels in bodies. | Statement | True |
| By our mere existence we are, all is, divine. | Statement | True |
| All things are god | Statement | True |
| The light of God is consciousness | Statement | True |
| It is safe to die | Statement | True |
| Discretion of speech is a higher good than freedom of speech | Statement | True |
| The number of causes for any event is infinite | Statement | True |
| All living things are aware as you walk by | Statement | True |
| Consciousness is the mind of God | Statement | True |
World Religions and Religious Scriptures
| Statement | Category | Calibration |
| Mahayana Buddhism | Religion | 960 |
| Bhagavad-Gita | Holy Scripture | 910 |
| Zen Buddhism | Religion | 890 |
| Hinayana Buddhism | Religion | 890 |
| Sufism | Religion | 700 |
| Midrash | Religious Scripture | 665 |
| Judaism | Religion | 555 |
| Orthodox Judaism | Religion | 545 |
| Gnostic Christianity | Religion | 515 |
| Tantric Buddhism | Religion | 515 |
| Dzogchen Rinpoche | Buddhist Tradition | 510 |
| Gnosis | Religious Teachings | 503 |
| Taoism | Religion | 500 |
| Tibetan Buddhism | Religion | 490 |
| Shinto | Japanese Religion | 350 |
| Eckankar | Religious Movement | 230 |
| Falun Gong | Religious Movement | 195 |
| Wicca | Heathen Religion | 155 |
| Raelism | UFO-Religion | 130 |
“Religious” or Spiritual Figures
| Statement | Category/ Description | Calibration |
| God | The Creator | Infinity |
| Archangels | Spiritual Beings | 50,000 – 500,000 |
| Jesus | The Son of God | 1000 |
| Buddha | Religion | 1000 |
| Ahura Mazda | Name for god in Zoroastrianism | 1000 |
| Krishna | Indian God | 1000 |
| Om | Name of God | 975 |
| Huang Po | Zen Buddhist Master | 960 |
| Moses | Religious Figure | 910 |
| Apostle John | Christian Apostle of Jesus | 910 |
| Mahatma Gandhi | Indian Hindu Sage | 760 |
| Rabbi Moses de Leon | Jewish Rabbi | 720 |
| Mother Teresa | Indian Catholic Missionary | 710 |
| Father Pio | Italian Catholic Monk | 585 |
| Pope John Paul II | Head of Catholic Church 1920-2005 | 570 |
Philosophers
| Statement | Category | Calibration |
| Plotinus | Greek Philosopher | 730 |
| Sri Adi Sankaracharya | Hindu philosopher and mystic | 710 |
| Chuang Tzu | Chinese Philosopher | 890 |
| Socrates | Greek Philosopher | 540 |
| Eric Hoffer | Philosopher | 505 |
| Pierre Teilhard de Chardin | French Philosopher | 500 |
| Ken Wilber | Philosopher | 490 |
| Rudolf Steiner | Philosopher | 475 |
| Euripides | Philosopher | 470 |
| George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel | German Philosopher | 470 |
| Blaise Pascal | French Philosopher | 465 |
| Bertrand Russell | Philosopher | 465 |
| Immanuel Kant | Philosopher | 460 |
| George Boole | Philosopher | 460 |
| Galileo Galilei | Italian Philosopher | 455 |
| Marcus Aurelius | Philosopher | 445 |
| Niccolò Machiavelli | Philosopher | 440 |
| Epictetus | Greek Philosopher | 430 |
| Ayn Rand | Russian Philosopher | 400 |
| Karl Marx | German Philosopher | 130 |
Movies
| Movie | Category | Calibration |
| Dickens Christmas Carol | Movie | 499 |
| Winged Migration | Movie | 495 |
| Ray | Movie | 475 |
| Ben Hur | Movie, 1959 | 475 |
| The Colour Purple | Movie, 1985 | 475 |
| Forrest Gump | Movie, 1994 | 475 |
| Fantasia | Movie, 1940 | 475 |
| Gandhi | Movie, 1982 | 455 |
| What the Bleep Do We (K)now!? | Movie, documentary, 2004 | 455 |
| A Man for All Seasons | Movie | 455 |
| Wizard of OZ, The | Movie, 1939 | 450 |
| Sound of Music | Movie | 425 |
| Singin’ in the Rain | Movie | 415 |
| Lion King | Movie | 415 |
| Rain Man | Movie | 410 |
| A Beautiful Mind | Movie | 375 |
| Gigi | Movie | 375 |
| Dances with Wolves | Movie | 375 |
| Cleopatra | Movie | 365 |
| Murder on the Orient Express | Movie | 365 |
| Oliver! | Movie | 365 |
| Mash | Movie | 360 |
| Sleepless in Seattle | Movie | 350 |
| Willie Wonka | Movie | 345 |
| Maltese Falcon | Movie | 325 |
| Graduate | Movie | 325 |
| Rebel Without a Cause | Movie | 310 |
| River’s Edge | Movie | 310 |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Movie | 310 |
| Love Story | Movie | 310 |
| Breakfast Club | Movie | 300 |
| Sting | Movie | 295 |
| On the Waterfront | Movie | 295 |
| FahrenHYPE 9/11 | Movie | 290 |
| Braveheart | Movie | 275 |
| You’ve Got Mail | Movie | 275 |
| Lord of the Flies | Movie | 270 |
| Wild Bunch | Movie | 270 |
| Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid | Movie | 270 |
| Rocky | Movie | 265 |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Movie | 265 |
| Crocodile Dundee | Movie | 265 |
| Gold Rush | Movie | 260 |
| It Happened One Night | Movie | 255 |
| Ghostbusters | Movie | 235 |
| A Fish Called Wanda | Movie | 230 |
| Dr. Strangelove | Movie | 225 |
| Kramer vs. Kramer | Movie | 205 |
| LA Confidential | Movie | 205 |
| Rocky Horror Picture Show | Movie | 205 |
| Third Man | Movie | 200 |
| Apartment | Movie | 200 |
| Tom Jones | Movie | 195 |
| Passion of Christ | Movie, 1937, edited movie (cutting out violent scenes) calibrates at 395 | 190 |
| Santa Clause 2 | Movie | 190 |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | Movie | 185 |
| Barbarella | Movie | 185 |
| Bowling for Columbine | Movie | 185 |
| Twin Towers, The | Movie | 180 |
| Beverly Hills Cop | Movie | 180 |
| Godzilla | Movie | 180 |
| Schindler’s List | Movie | 180 |
| Jaws | Movie | 180 |
| Fahrenheit 9/11 | Movie | 180 |
| TV Nation | Movie | 180 |
| Matrix, The | Movie | 165 |
| Godfather, Part II | Movie | 155 |
| Carnal Knowledge | Movie | 155 |
| Deer Hunter | Movie | 155 |
| Exorcist | Movie | 140 |
| Sex, Lies and Videotape | Movie | 140 |
| Fatal Attraction | Movie | 140 |
| Birth of a Nation, The | Movie | 140 |
| Thelma and Louise | Movie | 140 |
| Cat in the Hat | Movie | 130 |
| Terminator | Movie | 125 |
| It’s Alive | Movie | 125 |
| Wait Until Dark | Movie | 110 |
| Good Fellas | Movie | 100 |
| Falling Down | Movie | 90 |
| Halloween | Movie | 85 |
| Omen, The | Movie | 85 |
| In Cold Blood | Movie | 80 |
| Psycho | Movie | 80 |
| A Clockwork Orange | Movie | 70 |
| Apocalypse Now | Movie | 65 |
| Rosemary’s Baby | Movie | 60 |
| Shining | Movie | 55 |
| Silence of the lambs | Movie | 45 |
| Pulp Fiction | Movie | 25 |
Countries
| Country | Category | Calibration |
| England | Country, 2005 | 420 |
| Canada | Country, 2005 | 415 |
| Great Britan | Country, 2005 | 410 |
| Australia | Country, 2005 | 410 |
| Hawaii | Country, 2005 | 405 |
| Netherlands | Country, 2005 | 405 |
| Singapore | Country, 2005 | 405 |
| Germany | Country, 2005 | 400 |
| Hong Kong | Country, 2005 | 400 |
| South Korea | Country, 2005 | 400 |
| Switzerland | Country, 2005 | 400 |
| China | Country, 2007 | 385 |
| Sweden | Country, 2005 | 385 |
| Italy | Country, 2005 | 380 |
| India | Country, 2005 | 355 |
| Japan | Country, 2005 | 355 |
| Scandinavia | Country, 2005 | 350 |
| France | Country, 2005 | 310 |
| China | Country, 2005 | 305 |
| Spain | Country, 2005 | 300 |
| Egypt | Country, 2005 | 300 |
| Morocco | Country, 2005 | 245 |
| Turkey | Country, 2005 | 245 |
| Nepal | Country, 2005 | 204 |
| Russia | Country, 2005 | 201 |
| Liberia | Country, 2005 | 200 |
| South Africa | Country, 2005 | 195 |
| Poland | Country, 2005 | 195 |
| Kuwait | Country, 2005 | 190 |
| Iran | Country, 2005 | 190 |
| Israel | Country, 2005 | 190 |
| Philippines | Country, 2005 | 190 |
| Niger | Country, 2005 | 185 |
| Pakistan | Country, 2005 | 185 |
| Palestine | Country, 2005 | 185 |
| U.A.E. | Country, 2005 | 180 |
| Saudi Arabia | Country, 2005 | 175 |
| North korea | Country, 2005 | 175 |
| Middle east | Country, 2005 | 170 |
| Sri Lanka | Country, 2005 | 165 |
| Ukraine | Country, 2005 | 140 |
| Pakistan | Country, 2005 | 140 |
| Iraq | Country, 2005 | 125 |
| Madagascar | Country, 2005 | 125 |
| Namibia | Country, 2005 | 100 |
| Somalia | Country, 2005 | 100 |
| Libya | Country, 2005 | 95 |
| Yemen | Country, 2005 | 90 |
| Chad | Country, 2005 | 90 |
| Algeria | Country, 2005 | 90 |
| Gabon | Country, 2005 | 90 |
| Afghanistan | Country, 2005 | 85 |
| Tanzania | Country, 2005 | 80 |
| Congo | Country, 2005 | 75 |
| Uganda | Country, 2005 | 70 |
| Botswana | Country, 2005 | 65 |
| Haiti | Country, 2005 | 55 |
| Zimbabwe | Country, 2005 | 50 |
| Angola | Country, 2005 | 50 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Country, 2005 | 40 |
| Kenya | Country, 2005 | 40 |
Books
| Statement | Author | Calibration |
| I, Reality and Subjectivity | Dr David Hawkins | 999 |
| The Eye of The I | Dr David Hawkins | 980 |
| Transcending the Levels of Consciousness | Dr David Hawkins | 965 |
| Truth vs Falsehood | Dr David Hawkins | 935 |
| New Testament | Holy Scripture, King James Translation | 790 |
| Lotus Sutra | Holy Scripture | 780 |
| Heart Sutra | Holy Scripture | 780 |
| Koran | Holy Scripture of Islam | 720 |
| Cloud of Unknowing | Mystic Scripture | 705 |
| Rigveda | Hindu Holy Scripture | 705 |
| Midrash | Religious Scripture of Judaism | 665 |
| Mishna | Religious Scripture of Judaism | 665 |
| Vijnana Bhairava | Hindu Scripture | 635 |
| Kabbala | Scripture | 605 |
| Tibetan Book of the Dead | Padmasambhava | 575 |
| The Practice of the Presence of God | Brother Lawrence | 575 |
| The Book of Kells | Holy Scripture | 570 |
| Tora | Holy Scripture of Judaism | 550 |
| Book or Mormon | Book | 510 |
| The Universe in a Nutshell | Stephen Hawking | 499 |
| I Ching | Philosophy of Ancient China | 430 |
| The Book of Knowledge: The Keys to Enoch | Prof.Dr.J.J.Hurtak | 265 |
| Book of Revelation | Last Book of the New Testament | 70 |
Sources