Power vs Force (the book)

[InsideChange]

Has anyone read Power vs Force?  I'm curious to hear what others thought about it.

I kept hearing Anisa talk about it (especially the map of human consciousness), so I picked up a copy and I've just started it.  It's really quite interesting, although I do find I have to really concentrate on it as it's rather dense reading for me. 

I found the whole section about muscle testing fascinating.  And, I took his suggestion of holding the books on your bookshelves over your solar plexus and doing a muscle test to heart and tried it.  Let's just say, my bookcase is about half as full now, and I have eliminated all those books that I felt I should read, but never got around to.  Now I know why!  They weren't in vibration with my highest good!  The universe is so smart!  So, my bookcase is roomier, the weight of having to read those books is over, and the library has a bunch of new donations! 

[ronit]

yes i read the book few years ago , will brush up on it now that you have mentioned it .
I have recently had several sessions with a chiropractor who uses muscle testing a lot.It is so interesting to realize how much quicker then the mind the body is , and probably a lot more accurate too.

[InsideChange]

Exactly!

I'd actually heard about it a few years ago in one of Wayne Dyer's books when he talked about how he was trying to explain to his son how destructive his music was to him even though he didn't know it.  In the situation he described he had his son hold the CD of his music and did the muscle test (he went weak) and then had him do the same thing with a banana (he kept strong).  It's really interesting!

Of course, now that I know for certain that I go weak with certain things (food, music, movies, etc.) I can make an informed choice about my energy.  Before, I may have suspected that Movie X was not a good vibrational fit for me, but now I know for certain.  Needless to say, my Netflix queue has also become significantly smaller!  Although, some things I'm just not ready to give up yet.  

I'm just getting into the part of the book where he discusses each range and its characteristics and its implications.

[ronit]

Could you please describe how you do it to yourself , my chiropractor had me hold up my arm or put my little finger to my thumb .
I will start reading the book  this weekend. this is so much fun . thanks.

[InsideChange]

Could you please describe how you do it to yourself , my chiropractor had me hold up my arm or put my little finger to my thumb .
I will start reading the book  this weekend. this is so much fun . thanks.

LOL!  Guess we have our own little mini book club!   

Ronit:  I personally use the method where you hold your arm out straight in front of you, level with your shoulder with the hairy part up, (I use my left arm) and then push down on the top of the wrist with the first two fingers of the opposite hand.  For important stuff I have someone else test me, but for little stuff I test myself.  I may not even be doing it correctly, but I always seem to get correct answers. 

I found this great section when I was reading today and thought I'd share it.  It was very profound to me, even though I've heard it a bunch of times in other forms it finally hit home today.

Page 239 - Holograms and Perceptions:

It's initially very challenging to understand that attitudes can alter the world one experiences - and that there are numerous valid ways of experiencing it.  But, as in viewing a hologram, what you see depends completely on the position that you view it from. ... Each point of view reflects a position that's defined by the viewer's unique level of consciousness.

I found this fascinating, especially since Bob Doyle keeps impressing upon us that it's not the event itself, it's how you perceive it that changes your vibration and affects your manifesting. 

[ronit]

Thanks Inside change,
Does that mean we don't create our reality only our interpretation of it ?
Like the bottle is both half empty as well as full...

[InsideChange]

Thanks Inside change,
Does that mean we don't create our reality only our interpretation of it ?
Like the bottle is both half empty as well as full...

I'm looking at it more along the lines of if something happens to us, for instance a car accident, its our interpretation of it that creates our reality.  So, in the car accident scenario, if you're really bummed out by your car needing all sorts of repairs and how you'll pay the deductible, or how you'll have to miss work and you'll have all kinds of stuff to take care of when you get back to work, and how you'll have to have a rental for the next three weeks until your car is done, etc., etc. you're creating a negative vibration.  But, if you focus on the fact that this was a result of your previous vibrations and you know that now, and that you're no longer in that place vibrationally that created this event, and that it's amazing that no one was hurt and you're so grateful that you have car insurance and that your deductible is only $x, and it'll be fun to drive a new car for a few weeks, and you get the day off from work to catch up on your reading, and have some quiet time to decompress and go back to work relaxed and ready to go the next day, then you're creating a positive vibration and hence, a more positive universe for yourself.  And, it's a chain reaction, your interpretation of this event will affect your future experiences.  Choosing to have a positive response to it it much more productive ultimately than revelling in the horrificness of it all and letting that be what you send out to the future.

Does that make sense?

[ronit]

perfectly !!!! thanks

[InsideChange]

Okay, so I finally finished the book, and found these tidbits along the way that I'd like to share:

Page 283:

... even a few loving thoughts during the course of the day more than counterbalance all of our negative ones.

Page 278:

While the young are being programmed by specialized TV and computer games that glorify violence, their parents are being brainwashed by adult media.  Kinesiological testing showed that a fairly typical TV show caused test subjects to go weak 113 times during a single episode.  Each of these weakening events suppressed the observer's immune system and reflected an insult to the viewer's central as well as autonomic nervous system.  Invariably accompanying each of these 113 disruptions of the acupuncture system were suppressions of the thymus gland; each insult also resulted in damage to the brain's delicate neurohormonal and neurotransmitter systems.  Each negative input brought the watcher closer to eventual sickness and imminent depression - which is now the world's most prevalent illness.

And, also, the book notes that simply by reading and digesting the information in the book itself, it raises your level of consciousness by an average of 35 points.  Cool, huh?

[ronit]

WOW...in fact i hardly watch the news anymore...
What did you make of his ABC concept on page 49?   it is an effort to explain LOA  don't you think?       

[InsideChange]

WOW...in fact i hardly watch the news anymore...
What did you make of his ABC concept on page 49?   it is an effort to explain LOA  don't you think?       

Yes, it does seem like a scientific explanation of LOA.  I think it's interesting to actually see the diagram.  Doesn't the book give you chills sometimes when you're reading it?  Good chills, that is.

[ronit]

Hi inside ,
Am plodding on ... a lot of it is way over my head...as usual reading 4 books at the same time.........

[InsideChange]

Hi inside ,
Am plodding on ... a lot of it is way over my head...as usual reading 4 books at the same time.........

It really is rather dense.  I really had to slog through the first few chapters, but it does get easier.

LOL! I thought I was the only one who read multiple books at once!    I've got 5 going now.  No, wait, 6 if you count the one I've been working on for the past year or so and have progressed about 2 chapters! 

[ronit]

Hi Ins,
How wonderful.....what is your book about ?
I have had Napoleone Hill's book sitting on my shelf for the past 5 years ... never felt the urge to read it ...somehow the title and the cover are not welcoming......however,Jerry Hicks was greatly influenced by this book (think and grow rich) and at the time it came out it must have been quite a novelty.I think it came out more or less at the same time as the Silva mind control method - i read that !!!!!!
This is fun .

[InsideChange]

Hi ronit!

The one I've been reading for AGES is about Egyptian mummies.  And I thought P vs F was rough!   

I REALLY don't like the Hicks people.  The just really annoy me.  But, I did recently start reading Think and Grow Rich.  It's not as bad as its cover would have you think!   

How was the Silva book?  I just looked it up on bn.com and I remember seeing that cover.  It looks interesting.