--Fear, no; but concern about bogus practices and flim-flam artists such as Hawkins, yes. From wiki:
"However, many studies of Applied Kinesiology have failed to show clinical efficacy. For example, muscle testing has not been shown to distinguish a test substance from a placebo under double-blind conditions, and the use of applied kinesiology to evaluate nutrient status has not been shown to be more effective than random guessing. Some scientific studies have shown that applied kinesiology tests are not reproducible.[22][23][24][25][26] A review of several scientific studies have shown that AK-specific procedures and diagnostic tests concluded that "When AK is disentangled from standard orthopedic muscle testing, the few studies evaluating unique AK procedures either refute or cannot support the validity of AK procedures as diagnostic tests. The evidence to date does not support the use of [manual muscle testing] for the diagnosis of organic disease or pre/subclinical conditions."[3] Another concluded that "There is little or no scientific rationale for these methods. Results are not reproducible when subject to rigorous testing and do not correlate with clinical evidence of allergy."[27] - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sandiego108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > its hearsay-- some people are afraid of everything. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" <yifuxero@> > wrote: > > > > --from http://skepdic.com ...on Dr. Hawkins: > > > > "Some of the statements made by this otherwise kind and > intelligent > > man are shocking, i.e., as to kinesiology. With the increased > sales > > of his books and other materials, the concern I have is that this > > nonsense could become an insane tool for wrong. I have witnessed > its > > wrongful and malicious use by those very close to the Dr. His > > followers use it to rank all sorts of things using the Map of > > Consciousness as a reference: people, countries, events, movies, > > music, etc. Before each lecture-performance, he tests the audience > to > > see how on the Map of Consciousness they are as a group, i.e., how > > close to enlightenment and therefore how far from the spiritual- > > dregs. Amazingly, the groups lectured to always start very high on > > this logarithmic scale. After the lecture, he retests the group > > (using his wife as the agent) and they always go up the scale five > to > > ten points. His testing shows that very few humans climb the Map > of > > Consciousness by more than five points in a lifetime. Thus, the > > lectures are a great investment! > > > > - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sandiego108" <sandiego108@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Excellent! Perfect! This is it- Thanks for posting this. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" > > > <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Making the rounds of discussion: > > > > > > > > Subject: relief from the perception of time > > > > > > > > > > > > This is dense, but gorgeous...... > > > > > > > > With incorporation into daily life, a spiritual practice can > take > > > the > > > > form of the continuous surrendering of Volition, which then > > > emerges > > > > into > > > > autonomous witnessing and effortless observation. These > > capacities > > > > will then be > > > > discovered to be qualities of consciousness, and not personal. > > > > Concentrated > > > > spiritual focus is like a 'mind set' by which spiritual > > processing > > > > becomes > > > > prioritized. Eventually, the illusion of a distinct, separate, > > > > personal 'I' that > > > > is 'doing' the processing drops away. The phenomenon is then > > > > witnessed to be > > > > happening spontaneously of its own. A fast track to this > > > > effortless state is > > > > provided by the simple technique of focused relinquishment of > > > > resisting the > > > > perception/experiencing of the passage or duration of time. > This > > > is a > > > > surprisingly simple yet very powerful technique, and the > reward > > is > > > a > > > > sudden > > > > relief from the constant unconscious pressure of 'time', which > > > subtly > > > > contextualizes and colors the experiencing of > > > > worldly life. Breaking the dominance of the illusion of time > is > > > very > > > > doable. It > > > > is then discovered that time is a projection from > consciousness > > > and > > > > only a > > > > belief system out which the ego 'time tracks' the witnessing > of > > > the > > > > emergence of > > > > phenomena. With release from dominance, there is a great sense > of > > > > freedom and > > > > inner joy. > > > > - Dr. David R. Hawkins > > > > > > > > > >
