Sir David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D is a nationally renowned psychiatrist, physician, researcher, and lecturer. He co-authored Orthomolecular Psychiatry with Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling that helped revolutionize psychiatry. His national television appearances include The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, The Barbara
Walters Show, and The Today Show. Winner of the Huxley
Award, knighted by the Sovereign Order of the Hospitaliers of St. John of Jerusalem, nominated for the Templeton Prize and honored in the East with the title “Tae Ryoung Sun Kak Tosa” (Foremost Teacher of the Way to Enlightenment), Dr. Hawkins’ honors are vast. His background is detailed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World and his work has been acclaimed by many world leaders and Nobelists, including Mother Teresa.
Dr. Hawkins has lectured at the University of Argentina; Notre
Dame, Stanford, and Harvard Universities; Westminster Abbey, and the Oxford Forum. In addition, he has been an advisor to Catholic, Protestant, and Buddhist monasteries. He has conferred with foreign governments on international diplomacy and has been instrumental in resolving long-standing conflicts that were major threats to world peace.
He is the author of the best-selling trilogy, “Power vs.
Force” (Published in 17 languages), “The Eye of the I,” and “I: Dr. Hawkins is an internationally known spiritual teacher, author, and speaker on the subject of advanced spiritual states, consciousness research, and the Realization of the Presence of God as Self.
His published works, as well as recorded lectures, have been
widely recognized as unique in that a very advanced state of spiritual awareness occurred in an individual with a scientific and clinical background who was later able to verbalize and explain the unusual phenomenon in a manner that is clear and comprehensible.
The transition from the normal ego state of mind to its
elimination by the Presence is described in the trilogy Power versus Force (1995) which won praise even from Mother Theresa, The Eye of the I (2001), and I: Reality and Subjectivity (2003), which have been translated and are available worldwide in foreign editions. Reviews (such as those on the Internet at amazon.com) have awarded the works with five stars.
The trilogy was preceded by research on the Nature of
Consciousness and published as the doctoral dissertation, Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis and Calibration of the Levels of Consciousness (1995), which correlated the seemingly disparate domains of science and spirituality. This was accomplished by the major discovery of a technique that, for the first time in human history, demonstrated a means to discern truth from falsehood.
The importance of the initial work was given recognition by its
very favorable and extensive review in Brain/Mind Bulletin and at later presentations such as the International Conference on Science and Consciousness. Many presentations were given to a variety of organizations, spiritual conferences, church groups, nuns, and monks, both nationally and in foreign countries, including the Oxford Forum. In the Far East, Dr. Hawkins is a recognized “Teacher of the Way to Enlightenment.” (Tae Ryoung Sun Kak Dosa”)
In response to his observation that much spiritual truth has been
misunderstood over the ages due to lack of explanation, Dr. Hawkins presented monthly seminars provided detailed explanations that are too lengthy to describe in book format. Recordings are available, along with questions and answers that provide additional clarification.
The overall design of this lifetime work is to recontextualize the
human experience in terms of the evolution of consciousness and Inducted into the 2006 American Psychiatric Association 50- year Distinguished Life Fellows honor Inducted into the 2006 Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame Established Devotional Nonduality as a major spiritual pathway and the Science of Consciousness Research Published numerous articles in spiritual periodicals, 1990 - current As appeared on The Today Show, Science, Barbara Walters, the McNeil-Leher News Hour and talk radio shows worldwide Presents lectures and workshops throughout the U.S., along with monthly full-day seminars, 2002 - current Gave annual Landsberg Lecture at the University of California Medical School at San Francisco Listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World Appointed consultant to the Unity School of Religious Studies and post-graduate curriculum, including establishment of the Unity School of Consciousness Studies, 2003 Published research on Science of Consciousness in series of books in 14 languages Establishment of worldwide independent study groups Nobelists and world leaders accorded recognition in support of world value of research and writings: Dr. Linus Pauling; Mother Theresa; Lee Iacocca; Sam Walton; Bill W. (founder of Alcoholics Anonymous); numerous clergy and businessmen (spirit in business). Consultant to government leaders, South Korea, 2000 Received title “Tae Ryoung Sun Kak Dosa” (Teacher of Enlightenment), Seoul, Korea, 2000 Knighted by the Sovereign Order of the Hospitaliers of St. John of Jerusalem by authority of the Priory of King Waldemar the Great. The Order was established in 1070 and arrived in Denmark around 1164. The ceremony was conducted by H. H. Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe on October 7, 2000. He was elected to the Order in October 1996 and was sponsored by Fernando Flores, then an ambassador to the United Nations. The Danish Order then established a branch in the Americas, which supports humanitarian projects in third-world countries. Physicians Recognition Award, American Medical Association, 1992 Elected to Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem (Founded 1077), 1989 Invited to become Commissioner of Mental Health, State of New York, February, 1983 Citation from Medical College of Wisconsin for “Contribution to Medicine” Taught classes on Advaita Published articles with Bill W., cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous Taught classes based on A Course in Miracles Consultant to clergy, cloistered nuns, Episcopal and Catholic dioceses, the Zen Monastery (NYC), and spiritual groups North Nassau Mental Health Center Award for “Dedication to the Alleviation of Human Suffering,” 1978 Huxley Award for “Inestimable Contribution to the Alleviation of Human Suffering,” 1979 Published Orthomolecular Psychiatry with Nobelist Linus Pauling, 1973 Published numerous scientific papers in the American Journal of Psychiatry amongst other fine publications, 1953 - current Founder and Director, The Mental Health Center (largest practice in New York City), 1958 - 1980 Training Psychoanalysis by Prof. Lionel Oversey, M.D., at Columbia University Psychoanalytic Institute Supervising Psychiatrist, New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, 1957 Awarded Fellowship in Psychiatry, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, 1956 Intern, Columbia Hospital, New York School of Psychiatry, 1954 Mosby Book Award for Scholastic Excellence, 1953 Alpha Omega Alpha – National Medical Scholastic Honor Society, 1952
North Nassau Mental Health Center, Inc., 1958
Federation of Mental Health Centers, 1963 North Nassau Clinical Laboratories, 1970 North Nassau Research Division and Laboratories, 1971 An Integrated System for the Care of Schizophrenics, 1971 Academy of Orthomolecular Psychiatry, 1971 Institute for Applied Spiritual Studies, 1980
Schizophrenics Anonymous (Board of Directors; Medical
Advisor) Schizophrenia Foundation of New York State (Incorporator; Director) Schizophrenia Foundation of Long Island (Board of Directors; Medical Advisor) Institute for Scientific Communications (Incorporator; Board of Directors) Journal of Orthomolecular Psychiatry (Editorial Board) Journal of Schizophrenia (Editorial Board) St. George’s Day Activities Center (Medical Advisor) The Attitudinal Healing Center of Long Island (Board of Directors; Medical Advisor) Christ Church Day Activities Center (Medical Advisor) The Masters Gallery of Fine Arts (Co-Director) Mental Health Fairs The Gateposts Halfway House (Medical Advisor) Garfield House (Halfway House) Day Activities Center of Port Washington (Medical Advisor)
Brunswick House (Alcoholism; Psychiatric Consultant) Directors; New York Medical Advisor) Association of Holistic Health Centers Life Support Systems (Board of Directors) Space Form (Ecologic Communities and Low-Energy Housing) Became Director Emeritus of the North Nassau Mental Health Center in 1980 and gave up psychiatric practice to spend full time on spiritual research.
American Medical Association (Life Member)
American Psychiatric Association (Life Member) New York State Medical Society Nassau County Medical Society Nassau Physicians Guild Nassau Academy of Medicine New York Academy of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science New York State Psychiatric Association North Nassau Qualified Mental Health Psychiatrist, Center New York (Director State Emeritus) Department of Mental Health Nassau Psychiatric Society New York State Clinical Directors Association American Association of Psychiatric Administrators Academy of Orthomolecular Psychiatry (Founding President; Chairman of the Board) International Academy of Preventive Medicine American Holistic Health Association The Huxley Institute for Biosocial Research (Board of Directors) Academy of Religion and Mental Health New York State Association of the Professions The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Schizophrenia Foundation of New York State (Board of Directors; Medical Advisor) The Attitudinal Healing Center of Long Island (Board of
Medical Society of the Brunswick Hospital (Director of Psychiatric Research) Attending Staff, Gracie Square Hospital Youth Consultation Services, Episcopal Dioceses, Long Island (Psychiatric Consultant) Editorial Board, Journal of Orthomolecular Psychiatry Editorial Board, Journal of Schizophrenia Editorial Board, (Alcoholism), Journal of Psychotherapy American Schizophrenia Association (Scientific Advisory Board) National Society for Autistic Children (Professional Advisory Board) Long Island Council on Alcoholism The Federation of Mental Health Centers (Co-founder) American Medical Society on Alcoholism Arizona Medical Society Arizona Psychiatric Society Brunswick House (Director of Research, Alcoholism) The National Acupuncture Research Society American Geriatric Society International Council on Applied Nutrition The Academy of Preventive Medicine Canadian Psychiatric Association (Associate Member) American Society for Psychological Research Monroe Institute for Applied Science International Kirlian Research Association National Council on Alcoholism The Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy The Society for the Study of Addictions American Institute for Scientific Communications (Co- founder) International Society for General Semantics Consultant on Alcoholism, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare American Ontoanalytic Association Consultant, New York Foundling Hospital New York Paleontological Society Consultant, Operation Hotline