As this last step is taken by the Spiritual Will, death is
experienced, but the fierce angu ish lasts for only a few moments. The death
of the ego is the only actual death that one can possibly experience, in
contrast to which the previous deaths of leaving the body were relatively
trivial. The experience of death is terminated by awe at the revelation of the
Ultimate Reality—and then even the awe disappears and the Self transcends
the duality of Existence versus Nonexistence, Allness versus Nothingness,
and Omnipresence versus V oid. The serious student needs to know well in advance that at the very last
doorway (Final Doorway calibr ates at 999), he will be confronted by his
willingness to surrender life itself—or at least that which has been believed
since the beginning of evolution to be the very core of life itself. This final
gateway is very rarely passed, and one reason is the lack of preparation, the
lack of certainty , and a final doubt of major magnitude. In the end, to the true devotee, the pursuit of spiritual reality supersedes
all other considerations. The commitment to become enlightened involves
the decision No matter what . At the final mom ent, the last vestiges of doubt and existential fear may
surface from the depths. At that point, faith in the teachings of the masters
that direct us to “Walk straight ahead, no matter what” arises and proves to
be correct, for the glory of God awaits on the other side of the last great
barrier . OceanofPDF .comGLOSSAR Y
This glossary is a composite of edited excerpts fr om Dr . Hawkins’ s work. Consciousness:  Conscio usness is the unlimited, omnipresent, universal
energy field, carrier wave, and reservoir of all information available in the
universe—and, more importantly , it is the very essence and substrate of the
capacity to know or experience, to perceive or witness. Even more
critically , consciousness is the irreducible, primary quality of all existence
—the formless, invisible field of energy of infinite dimension and
potentiality , independent of time, space, or location, yet all-inclusive and
all-present. Consciousness is an impersonal quality of Divinity expressed as
awareness and is nondualistic and nonlinear . It is like infinite space that is
capable of awareness and is a quality of the Divine Essence. Context:  The total field of observation predicated by a point of view . Context include s any significant facts that qualify the meaning of a
statement or event. Data is meaningless unless its context is defined. To
“take out of context” is to distort the significance of a statemen t by failing
to identify contributory accessory conditions that would qualify the
inference of meaning. Duality:  The world of form character ized by seeming separation of
objects, reflect ed in conceptual dichotomies such as “this/that,”
“here/there,” “then/now ,” or “yours/mine.” This perception of limitation is
produced by the senses because of the restriction implicit in a fixed point of
view . Ego (or self with a small s): The ego is the imaginary doer behind
thought and action. Its presence is firmly believed to be necessary and
essential for survival. The reason is that the ego’s primary quality isperception, and as such, it is limited by the paradigm of suppose d causality . The ego could be called the central processing and planning center; the
integrative, executive, strategic, and tactical focus that orchestrates, copes,
sorts, stores, and retrieves. It can be thought of as a set of entrenched habits
of thought that are the result of entrainment by invisible energy fields that
dominate human consciousness. They become reinforced by repetition and
by the consensus of society . Further reinforcement comes from language itself. To think in language
is a form of self-programming. The use of the pronoun “I” as the subject,
and therefore the implied cause of all actions, is the most serious error and
automatically creates a duality of subject and object. Put another way, the ego is a set of programs in which reason  operates
through a complex, multilayered series of algorithms wherein thought
follows certain  decision trees that are variously weighted by past
experience, indoctrination, and social forces; it is therefore not a self-
created conditio n. The instinctual drive is attached to the progra ms, thereby
causing physiological processes to come into play . Enlightenment:  A state of unusual awareness that replaces ordinary
consciousness. The self is replaced by the Self. The condition is beyond
time or space, is silent, and presents itself as a revelation. The condition
follows dissolution of the ego. Everything is realized to be autonomous
rather than the result of causality . Karma:  In essence, individual karma is an information package
(analogous to a computer chip) that exists within the nonphysica l domain of
consciousness. It contains the code of stored information that is intrinsic to,
and a portion of, the spiritual body or soul. The core represents a
condensation of all past experiences, together with associated nuances of
thought and feeling. The spirit body retains freedom of choice, but the
range of choices has already been patterned. Karma is linear , propagates via the soul, and is inherite d as the
consequence of significant acts of the will. “Karma” really means
accountability—and, as cited in previous spiritual research, every entity is
answerable to the universe. To summarize, as is commonly known, karma
(spiritual fate) is the consequence of decisions of the will and determines
spiritual destiny  after physical death (the celestial levels, hell, purgatory , orthe so-called inner astral planes). Included also is the option of
reincarnation in the human physical domain, which, as shown by
consciousness-calibration resear ch, can only be done by agreement with the
individual will. So all humans have, by agreement, chosen this pathway . In
addition, consciousness research confirms that all persons are born under
the most optimal conditions for spiritual evolution, no matter what the
appearance seems to be. Y ou don’ t get born without your approval. Linear:  Following a logical progression in the manner of Newtonia n
physics and, therefore, solvable  by traditional mathematics through the use
of dif ferential equations. Nonduality:  When the limitation of a fixed locus of perception is
transcended, there is no longer an illusion of separation nor of space and
time as we know  them. On the level of nonduality , there is observing but no
observer , as subject and object are one. You-and-I becomes the One Self
experiencing all as Divine. In nonduality , consciousness experiences itself
as both manifest and unmanifes t, yet there is no experiencer . In this reality ,
the only thing that has a beginning and an ending is the act of perception
itself. Positionality:  The positionalities are structures that set the entire
thinking mechan ism in motion and activate its content. Positio nalities are
programs, not the real Self. The world holds an endless array of positions
that are arbitrary presumpti ons and totally erroneous. Primordial
positionalities are: (1) Ideas have significance and importance;  (2) There is
a dividing line between opposites;  (3) There is a value of authorship—
thoughts are valuable because they are “mine”;  (4) Thinking is necessary
for control, and survival depends on contr ol. All positional ities are
voluntary . Self (capital S): The Self is beyond, yet innate in, all form—timeless,
without beginning or end, changeless, permanent, and immortal. Out of it
arises awareness, consciousness, and an infinite condition of “at home-
ness.” It is the ultimate subjec tivity from which everyone’ s sense of “I”
arises. The Infinite Reality does not even know itself as “I” but as the very
substrate of the capacity for such a statement. It is invisible and all-present. The Self is the Reality of reality , the Oneness and Allness of Identity . It isthe ultimate “I-ness” of consci ousness itself as the manifestation of the
unmanifest. Thus, only , can the indescribable be described. Subjectivity:  Life is lived solely on the level of experience and none
other . All experience is subjective and nonlinear; therefore, even the linear ,
perceptual, sequential delineation of “reality” cannot be experienced except
subjectively . All “truth” is a subjective conclusion. All life in its essence is
nonlinear , nonmeasurable, nondefinable. It is purely subjective. Truth:  Truth is relative and only “true ” in a given context. All truth is
only so within a certain level of consciousness. For instance, to forgive is
commendable, but at a later stage, one sees there is actually nothing to
forgive. There is no “other” to be forgiven. Everyone’ s ego is equally
unreal, including one’ s own. Perception is not reality . Truth arises out of subjectivity and is obvious
and self-revealing. Truth is radical subjectivity . With the collapse of the
illusions of duality , including the supposed “reality” of a separate “self,”
there remains only the state of the Infinite “I,” which is the manifestation of
the Unmanifest as the Self. Truth has no opposites, such as falsity or “off-
ness.”
Nothing is hidden from the field of consciousness. The ultimat e truth is
beyond is-ness, beingness, or any intransitive verb. Any attempt at Self-
definition, such as “I Am That I Am”—or even just “I Am”—is  redundant. The Ultimate Reality is beyond all names. “I” signifies the radical
subjectivity of the state of Realization. It is in itself the comple te statement
of Reality . OceanofPDF .comBIBLIOGRAPHY
Discovery of the Pr esence of God: Devotional Nonduality
Dissolving the Ego, Realizing the Self: Contemplations from the Teachings
of David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. The Eye of the I: Fr om Which Nothing Is Hidden
Healing and Recovery
I: Reality and Subjectivity
Letting Go: The Pathway of Surr ender
Power vs. For ce: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior
Reality , Spirituality and Modern Man
Transcending the Levels of Consciousness: The Stairway to Enlightenment
Truth vs. Falsehood: How to T ell the Differ ence
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Institute for Spiritual Research, Inc., and founder of the Path of Devotional
Nonduality . He was renowned as a pioneering researcher in the field of
consciousness as well as an author , lecturer , clinician, physician, and
scientist. He served as an advisor to Catholic, Protestant, and Buddhist
monasteries; appeared on major network television and radio programs; and
lectured widely at such places as Westminster Abbey , the Oxford Forum,
the University of Notre Dame, and Harvard University . His life was devoted
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        As this last step is taken by the Spiritual Will, death is
experienced, but the fierce angu ish lasts for only a few moments. The death
of the ego is the only actual death that one can possibly experience, in
contrast to which the previous deaths of leaving the body were relatively
trivial. The experience of death is terminated by awe at the revelation of the
Ultimate Reality—and then even the awe disappears and the Self transcends
the duality of Existence versus Nonexistence, Allness versus Nothingness,
and Omnipresence versus V oid. The serious student needs to know well in advance that at the very last
doorway (Final Doorway calibr ates at 999), he will be confronted by his
willingness to surrender life itself—or at least that which has been believed
since the beginning of evolution to be the very core of life itself. This final
gateway is very rarely passed, and one reason is the lack of preparation, the
lack of certainty, and a final doubt of major magnitude. In the end, to the true devotee, the pursuit of spiritual reality supersedes
all other considerations. The commitment to become enlightened involves
the decision No matter what. At the final mom ent, the last vestiges of doubt and existential fear may
surface from the depths. At that point, faith in the teachings of the masters
that direct us to “Walk straight ahead, no matter what” arises and proves to
be correct, for the glory of God awaits on the other side of the last great
barrier. OceanofPDF. comGLOSSAR Y
This glossary is a composite of edited excerpts fr om Dr. Hawkins’ s work. Consciousness:  Conscio usness is the unlimited, omnipresent, universal
energy field, carrier wave, and reservoir of all information available in the
universe—and, more importantly, it is the very essence and substrate of the
capacity to know or experience, to perceive or witness. Even more
critically, consciousness is the irreducible, primary quality of all existence
—the formless, invisible field of energy of infinite dimension and
potentiality, independent of time, space, or location, yet all-inclusive and
all-present. Consciousness is an impersonal quality of Divinity expressed as
awareness and is nondualistic and nonlinear. It is like infinite space that is
capable of awareness and is a quality of the Divine Essence. Context:  The total field of observation predicated by a point of view. Context include s any significant facts that qualify the meaning of a
statement or event. Data is meaningless unless its context is defined. To
“take out of context” is to distort the significance of a statemen t by failing
to identify contributory accessory conditions that would qualify the
inference of meaning. Duality:  The world of form character ized by seeming separation of
objects, reflect ed in conceptual dichotomies such as “this/that,”
“here/there,” “then/now,” or “yours/mine. ” This perception of limitation is
produced by the senses because of the restriction implicit in a fixed point of
view. Ego (or self with a small s): The ego is the imaginary doer behind
thought and action. Its presence is firmly believed to be necessary and
essential for survival. The reason is that the ego’s primary quality isperception, and as such, it is limited by the paradigm of suppose d causality. The ego could be called the central processing and planning center; the
integrative, executive, strategic, and tactical focus that orchestrates, copes,
sorts, stores, and retrieves. It can be thought of as a set of entrenched habits
of thought that are the result of entrainment by invisible energy fields that
dominate human consciousness. They become reinforced by repetition and
by the consensus of society. Further reinforcement comes from language itself. To think in language
is a form of self-programming. The use of the pronoun “I” as the subject,
and therefore the implied cause of all actions, is the most serious error and
automatically creates a duality of subject and object. Put another way, the ego is a set of programs in which reason  operates
through a complex, multilayered series of algorithms wherein thought
follows certain  decision trees that are variously weighted by past
experience, indoctrination, and social forces; it is therefore not a self-
created conditio n. The instinctual drive is attached to the progra ms, thereby
causing physiological processes to come into play. Enlightenment:  A state of unusual awareness that replaces ordinary
consciousness. The self is replaced by the Self. The condition is beyond
time or space, is silent, and presents itself as a revelation. The condition
follows dissolution of the ego. Everything is realized to be autonomous
rather than the result of causality. Karma:  In essence, individual karma is an information package
(analogous to a computer chip) that exists within the nonphysica l domain of
consciousness. It contains the code of stored information that is intrinsic to,
and a portion of, the spiritual body or soul. The core represents a
condensation of all past experiences, together with associated nuances of
thought and feeling. The spirit body retains freedom of choice, but the
range of choices has already been patterned. Karma is linear, propagates via the soul, and is inherite d as the
consequence of significant acts of the will. “Karma” really means
accountability—and, as cited in previous spiritual research, every entity is
answerable to the universe. To summarize, as is commonly known, karma
(spiritual fate) is the consequence of decisions of the will and determines
spiritual destiny  after physical death (the celestial levels, hell, purgatory, orthe so-called inner astral planes). Included also is the option of
reincarnation in the human physical domain, which, as shown by
consciousness-calibration resear ch, can only be done by agreement with the
individual will. So all humans have, by agreement, chosen this pathway. In
addition, consciousness research confirms that all persons are born under
the most optimal conditions for spiritual evolution, no matter what the
appearance seems to be. Y ou don’ t get born without your approval. Linear:  Following a logical progression in the manner of Newtonia n
physics and, therefore, solvable  by traditional mathematics through the use
of dif ferential equations. Nonduality:  When the limitation of a fixed locus of perception is
transcended, there is no longer an illusion of separation nor of space and
time as we know  them. On the level of nonduality, there is observing but no
observer, as subject and object are one. You-and-I becomes the One Self
experiencing all as Divine. In nonduality, consciousness experiences itself
as both manifest and unmanifes t, yet there is no experiencer. In this reality,
the only thing that has a beginning and an ending is the act of perception
itself. Positionality:  The positionalities are structures that set the entire
thinking mechan ism in motion and activate its content. Positio nalities are
programs, not the real Self. The world holds an endless array of positions
that are arbitrary presumpti ons and totally erroneous. Primordial
positionalities are: (1) Ideas have significance and importance;  (2) There is
a dividing line between opposites;  (3) There is a value of authorship—
thoughts are valuable because they are “mine”;  (4) Thinking is necessary
for control, and survival depends on contr ol. All positional ities are
voluntary. Self (capital S): The Self is beyond, yet innate in, all form—timeless,
without beginning or end, changeless, permanent, and immortal. Out of it
arises awareness, consciousness, and an infinite condition of “at home-
ness. ” It is the ultimate subjec tivity from which everyone’ s sense of “I”
arises. The Infinite Reality does not even know itself as “I” but as the very
substrate of the capacity for such a statement. It is invisible and all-present. The Self is the Reality of reality, the Oneness and Allness of Identity. It isthe ultimate “I-ness” of consci ousness itself as the manifestation of the
unmanifest. Thus, only, can the indescribable be described. Subjectivity:  Life is lived solely on the level of experience and none
other. All experience is subjective and nonlinear; therefore, even the linear,
perceptual, sequential delineation of “reality” cannot be experienced except
subjectively. All “truth” is a subjective conclusion. All life in its essence is
nonlinear, nonmeasurable, nondefinable. It is purely subjective. Truth:  Truth is relative and only “true ” in a given context. All truth is
only so within a certain level of consciousness. For instance, to forgive is
commendable, but at a later stage, one sees there is actually nothing to
forgive. There is no “other” to be forgiven. Everyone’ s ego is equally
unreal, including one’ s own. Perception is not reality. Truth arises out of subjectivity and is obvious
and self-revealing. Truth is radical subjectivity. With the collapse of the
illusions of duality, including the supposed “reality” of a separate “self,”
there remains only the state of the Infinite “I,” which is the manifestation of
the Unmanifest as the Self. Truth has no opposites, such as falsity or “off-
ness. ”
Nothing is hidden from the field of consciousness. The ultimat e truth is
beyond is-ness, beingness, or any intransitive verb. Any attempt at Self-
definition, such as “I Am That I Am”—or even just “I Am”—is  redundant. The Ultimate Reality is beyond all names. “I” signifies the radical
subjectivity of the state of Realization. It is in itself the comple te statement
of Reality.
The fierce anguish lasts for only a few moments, and is terminated by awe at the revelation of the Ultimate Reality.
What is the experience of death, according to the passage?
The pursuit of spiritual reality supersedes all other considerations.
What is the ultimate goal of the spiritual pursuit, according to the passage?
The ego is the imaginary doer behind thought and action, and it is not a self-created condition.
What is the ego, according to the passage?
Truth is relative and only true within a certain level of consciousness; it arises out of subjectivity and is obvious and self-revealing.
What is the ultimate truth, according to the passage?
The self is replaced by the Self, and the state of realization is beyond time or space.
What is the relationship between the self and the ultimate reality, according to the passage?