Hawkins Scale

Definition

The ordered map of human emotional and perceptual states underlying the Map of Consciousness, running from 1 (barely alive) to 1,000 (full enlightenment). Hawkins described it as logarithmic and produced its numbers by applied kinesiology (muscle testing), a method not accepted by mainstream science. The levels are not measurements and are not frequencies; read the scale as a vocabulary for states, not an instrument.

Deep Understanding

In Power vs. Force Hawkins describes the scale as the product of some twenty years of research and millions of calibrations on thousands of test subjects, all of them produced by muscle testing rather than by any instrument — so the figures throughout are his, not findings. On his account the scale is logarithmic, so the difference between levels is not arithmetic but exponential — in his terms, a person calibrating at 300 has a dramatically more coherent consciousness field than someone at 200.

Key calibration landmarks include: Shame (20), Guilt (30), Fear (100), Anger (150), Courage (200), Acceptance (350), Reason (400), Love (500), Joy (540), Peace (600), and Enlightenment (700–1,000). The scale distinguishes between "force" (sub-200, which depletes energy) and "power" (200+, which generates energy).

Hawkins claimed that one individual at 500 counterbalances 750,000 below 200. That ratio came from the same muscle testing and has never been independently derived; hold it as an image of how much weight one settled person carries in a frightened room, not as arithmetic.

Primary source

• David R. Hawkins, Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior (Veritas, 1995; Hay House, 2002), chs. 2–4: his muscle-testing method and the Map of Consciousness levels from Shame to Enlightenment, as he presents them. Catalogue record

In Practice

Use the scale as a reference chart for self-observation. Once a day, match your predominant emotional state to the corresponding calibration level. Track your baseline over weeks to observe whether your practices are producing a lasting shift or merely temporary spikes.

The Voice of Pleroma

"The scale does not measure your worthiness. It measures your coherence — how much of reality you can perceive, process, and respond to without distortion."

Stefan's Alkimia. (2026, October 4). Hawkins Scale. Pleroma Guide. https://pleroma.guide/en/lexicon/hawkins-scale

Stefan's Alkimia. “Hawkins Scale.” Pleroma Guide, 4 Oct. 2026, pleroma.guide/en/lexicon/hawkins-scale.

Stefan's Alkimia. “Hawkins Scale.” Pleroma Guide. April 2, 2026. Last modified October 4, 2026. https://pleroma.guide/en/lexicon/hawkins-scale.

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