The Game of Life

Map of Consciousness
by David Hawkins

Levels of Consciousness

Consciousness is the creative Source of all that exists. In the words of Religious Science founder Ernest Holmes,

“We need to know with scientific certainty that there is a Consciousness and a Power in the Universe that responds to us—definitively, directly, and dynamically. Each individual must arrive at a place in his own consciousness where this contact is so immediate and so dynamic that if every other living soul denied it, he would still know.” 

Spiritual teacher David Hawkins shares the Map of Consciousness in his groundbreaking book, “Power vs. Force.” According to Hawkins,

“The world you see is a reflection of your level of consciousness…The higher you go on the Map, the more universal and inclusive your perspective becomes. At Love, there is no ‘them’—only ONE.”

  • 'You’ is the universe looking at itself from billions of points of view.

    ~Alan Watts

  • “You are not a part of the universe—you are the universe experiencing itself.”

    ~Ra, “The Law of ONE”

  • “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”

    ~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

  • “If you want to understand the secrets of the universe, think about energy, frequency, and vibration.”

    ~Nikola Tesla

  • “Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another. We are that energy.”

    ~Albert Einstein

  • “Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.”

    ~Ernest Holmes

  • “Most people consider life a battle, but it is a game… one which cannot be played successfully without the knowledge of spiritual law.”

    ~Florence Shinn, “The Game of Life and How to Play It”

  • “Try to become the sky. Walk out of your house like a shepherd, listening to your deeper consciousness.”

    ~Rumi

  • “The atoms that make up my body were forged in the interiors of stars—we are the universe, conscious of itself.”

    ~Carl Sagan

  • “Consciousness is not a state—it is the background of all states.”

    ~Sri Ramana Maharshi

  • "The kingdom of God is within you."

    ~Jesus

  • “Each level of consciousness represents a different way of viewing the world—a different set of values, emotions, and perceptions.”

    ~David Hawkins

  • “Consciousness is the intelligent organizing principle behind the arising of form.”

    ~Eckhart Tolle

  • “Consciousness is the ground of all being. It is not in the body—the body is in consciousness.”

    ~Deepak Chopra

  • “The first condition of progress is removal of ego. Second is growth of consciousness.”

    ~Sri Aurobindo

  • "The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness."

    ~Thich Nhat Hanh

  • “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”

    ~Albert Einstein

  • "Your consciousness is not actually yours—it is the consciousness of man."

    ~Krishnamurti

  • “Consciousness is not something we have—it is what we are.”

    ~Rupert Spira

  • “The greatest challenge facing humanity is not technology, war, or poverty — it is a transformation in consciousness.”

    ~Jean Gebser

  • "As a river has a source, so the river of consciousness has a source; it descends from Cosmic Consciousness—the consciousness of God beyond all creation."

    ~Paramahansa Yogananda

  • “We are a way for the cosmos to know itself. Consciousness is the universe becoming aware.”

    ~Carl Sagan

  • “Consciousness means you are aware of what you are doing, what you are thinking, what you are feeling—and out of that awareness comes transformation.”

    ~Osho

  • “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate.”

    ~Carl Jung

  • "Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life."

    ~Siddhartha Buddha