Voyage to Betterment Cast
Sir David R Hawkins MD, PhD
Sir David Ramon Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., was filmed in Voyage to Betterment in 2007.
He died peacefully at home in Sedona, Arizona, on September 19, 2012, at the age of 85. He was born on June 3, 1927, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; he had been a resident of Sedona since 1979.
Dr. Hawkins was renowned as a physician, author, lecturer, and researcher of consciousness. After serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII, he graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1953. For
the next 25 years, he lived in New York, where his pioneering work as a psychiatrist brought major clinical breakthroughs, especially in the treatment of schizophrenia and alcoholism. His research findings were published widely in medical, scientific, and psychoanalytic journals. As Medical Director of the North Nassau Mental Health Center (1956–1980) and Director of Research at Brunswick Hospital (1968–1979) on Long Island, he had the largest practice in New York. Dr. Hawkins also served as a psychiatric advisor to Catholic, Protestant, and Buddhist monasteries. In 1973, he co-authored Orthomolecular Psychiatry with Nobel Laureate chemist Linus Pauling, initiating a new field within psychiatry and leading to appearances on The Today Show, The Barbara Walters Show and The Mcneil/Leher News Hour.
Dr. Hawkins spent the last three decades of his life in Arizona, working to correlate the seemingly disparate domains of science and spirituality. In 1983, he established the Institute for Spiritual Research, a nonprofit organization dedicated to consciousness research. During the 1980s, his lectures at such events as the First National Conference on Addictions and Consciousness (1985) and Whole Life Expo (1986), both held in California, re-contextualized addiction by illuminating the underlying spiritual drive for inner peace and how to cultivate it apart from substances. During the 1990s, he served as the Chief of Staff at Mingus Mountain Estate Residential Treatment Center for adolescent girls in Prescott Valley and was the consulting psychiatrist for several recovery houses in Arizona.
In 1995, at the age of 68, he received a Ph.D. in Health and Human Services. That same year saw the publication of his book, Power vs. Force, translated into 25 languages, with over a million copies sold and evoking praise from such notables as Mother Teresa and Sam Walton. The book presents his trademarked “Map of Consciousness,” now used by health professionals, university professors, government officials, and business executives worldwide. Many other books followed: The Eye of the I: Reality and Subjectivity; Truth vs. Falsehood; Transcending the Levels of Consciousness: The Stairway to Enlightenment; Discovery of the Presence of God: Devotional Nonduality; Reality, Spirituality and Modern Man;
Healing and Recovery, Along the Path to Enlightenment; and Dissolving the Ego, Realizing the Self.
From 1998-2011, Dr. Hawkins traveled widely as a lecturer throughout the U.S. and overseas, speaking to sold-out audiences about the science of consciousness and the reality of advanced spiritual states. He spoke at the Oxford Forum and Westminster Abbey, as well as universities such
as Harvard University, University of Argentina, University of Notre Dame, University of California, and Fordham University. His final lecture, on
“Love,” occurred in September of 2011, attended by 1700 people from around the world. Dr. Hawkins was active to the very end. Just before his passing, he completed a video-recorded dialogue series and finished his twelfth book, Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender.
Dr. Hawkins received numerous recognitions for his scientific and humanitarian contributions, including: The Huxley Award for the "Inestimable Contribution to the Alleviation of Human Suffering," Physicians Recognition Award by the American Medical Association, 50-Year Distinguished Life Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association, the Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame, Who’s Who in the World, and a nomination for the prestigious Templeton Prize that honors progress in Science and Religion. In recognition of his contributions to humanity, Dr. Hawkins was knighted in 1996 by the Sovereign Order of the Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem by authority of the Priory of King Valdemar the Great. In 2000, he was bestowed the title, "Tae Ryoung Sun Kak Tosa" (Teacher of Enlightenment), in Seoul, Korea.
Throughout his life, Dr. Hawkins participated in a wide range of civic and professional endeavors, often in a leadership role. As a physician, he co-founded or served as medical advisor for many organizations, including the Schizophrenia Foundations of New York and Long Island, the Attitudinal Healing Center of Long Island, the New York Association of Holistic Health Centers, and the Academy of Orthomolecular Psychiatry. He was
co-director of the Masters Gallery of Fine Arts. Born with an exceptionally high IQ, he became a member of Mensa International in 1963. As a young doctor, he was attracted to Buddhism and joined the first Zen Institute in the U.S. At the time of his death, he had been a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church for many years. He was the first President of the Country and Western Dance Club of Sedona, a member of the VFW, American Legion, and the Sedona Elks Lodge. He was an archer, carpenter, blacksmith, musician (bagpiper, violinist, pianist), designer of prize-winning 16th-century French Norman architecture, and lover of animals.
Internationally, Dr. Hawkins was the founder of Devotional Nonduality (2003), a spiritual pathway that applies the core truths of the world’s great traditions: kindness and compassion for all of life (including oneself), unconditional love, humility, inquiry into the nature of existence, surrender, and Self-Realization. Since 2002, “Hawkins Study Groups” have autonomously sprung up in many cities around the world, from Los Angeles to
Seoul, from Cape Town to Melbourne; the groups study and practice the principles of his books, such as:
"We change the world not by what we say or do but as a consequence of what we have become."
For a complete library of his books and lectures please visit: www.vertispub.com
He died peacefully at home in Sedona, Arizona, on September 19, 2012, at the age of 85. He was born on June 3, 1927, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; he had been a resident of Sedona since 1979.
Dr. Hawkins was renowned as a physician, author, lecturer, and researcher of consciousness. After serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII, he graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1953. For
the next 25 years, he lived in New York, where his pioneering work as a psychiatrist brought major clinical breakthroughs, especially in the treatment of schizophrenia and alcoholism. His research findings were published widely in medical, scientific, and psychoanalytic journals. As Medical Director of the North Nassau Mental Health Center (1956–1980) and Director of Research at Brunswick Hospital (1968–1979) on Long Island, he had the largest practice in New York. Dr. Hawkins also served as a psychiatric advisor to Catholic, Protestant, and Buddhist monasteries. In 1973, he co-authored Orthomolecular Psychiatry with Nobel Laureate chemist Linus Pauling, initiating a new field within psychiatry and leading to appearances on The Today Show, The Barbara Walters Show and The Mcneil/Leher News Hour.
Dr. Hawkins spent the last three decades of his life in Arizona, working to correlate the seemingly disparate domains of science and spirituality. In 1983, he established the Institute for Spiritual Research, a nonprofit organization dedicated to consciousness research. During the 1980s, his lectures at such events as the First National Conference on Addictions and Consciousness (1985) and Whole Life Expo (1986), both held in California, re-contextualized addiction by illuminating the underlying spiritual drive for inner peace and how to cultivate it apart from substances. During the 1990s, he served as the Chief of Staff at Mingus Mountain Estate Residential Treatment Center for adolescent girls in Prescott Valley and was the consulting psychiatrist for several recovery houses in Arizona.
In 1995, at the age of 68, he received a Ph.D. in Health and Human Services. That same year saw the publication of his book, Power vs. Force, translated into 25 languages, with over a million copies sold and evoking praise from such notables as Mother Teresa and Sam Walton. The book presents his trademarked “Map of Consciousness,” now used by health professionals, university professors, government officials, and business executives worldwide. Many other books followed: The Eye of the I: Reality and Subjectivity; Truth vs. Falsehood; Transcending the Levels of Consciousness: The Stairway to Enlightenment; Discovery of the Presence of God: Devotional Nonduality; Reality, Spirituality and Modern Man;
Healing and Recovery, Along the Path to Enlightenment; and Dissolving the Ego, Realizing the Self.
From 1998-2011, Dr. Hawkins traveled widely as a lecturer throughout the U.S. and overseas, speaking to sold-out audiences about the science of consciousness and the reality of advanced spiritual states. He spoke at the Oxford Forum and Westminster Abbey, as well as universities such
as Harvard University, University of Argentina, University of Notre Dame, University of California, and Fordham University. His final lecture, on
“Love,” occurred in September of 2011, attended by 1700 people from around the world. Dr. Hawkins was active to the very end. Just before his passing, he completed a video-recorded dialogue series and finished his twelfth book, Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender.
Dr. Hawkins received numerous recognitions for his scientific and humanitarian contributions, including: The Huxley Award for the "Inestimable Contribution to the Alleviation of Human Suffering," Physicians Recognition Award by the American Medical Association, 50-Year Distinguished Life Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association, the Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame, Who’s Who in the World, and a nomination for the prestigious Templeton Prize that honors progress in Science and Religion. In recognition of his contributions to humanity, Dr. Hawkins was knighted in 1996 by the Sovereign Order of the Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem by authority of the Priory of King Valdemar the Great. In 2000, he was bestowed the title, "Tae Ryoung Sun Kak Tosa" (Teacher of Enlightenment), in Seoul, Korea.
Throughout his life, Dr. Hawkins participated in a wide range of civic and professional endeavors, often in a leadership role. As a physician, he co-founded or served as medical advisor for many organizations, including the Schizophrenia Foundations of New York and Long Island, the Attitudinal Healing Center of Long Island, the New York Association of Holistic Health Centers, and the Academy of Orthomolecular Psychiatry. He was
co-director of the Masters Gallery of Fine Arts. Born with an exceptionally high IQ, he became a member of Mensa International in 1963. As a young doctor, he was attracted to Buddhism and joined the first Zen Institute in the U.S. At the time of his death, he had been a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church for many years. He was the first President of the Country and Western Dance Club of Sedona, a member of the VFW, American Legion, and the Sedona Elks Lodge. He was an archer, carpenter, blacksmith, musician (bagpiper, violinist, pianist), designer of prize-winning 16th-century French Norman architecture, and lover of animals.
Internationally, Dr. Hawkins was the founder of Devotional Nonduality (2003), a spiritual pathway that applies the core truths of the world’s great traditions: kindness and compassion for all of life (including oneself), unconditional love, humility, inquiry into the nature of existence, surrender, and Self-Realization. Since 2002, “Hawkins Study Groups” have autonomously sprung up in many cities around the world, from Los Angeles to
Seoul, from Cape Town to Melbourne; the groups study and practice the principles of his books, such as:
"We change the world not by what we say or do but as a consequence of what we have become."
For a complete library of his books and lectures please visit: www.vertispub.com
Deleted Scene - David R Hawkins MD on Dictators Deleted Scene - Neal Barnard MD on food choice on environment
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Dr Neal Barnard MD
Neal Barnard, M.D., is a clinical researcher, author, and health advocate. He has been the principal investigator or coinvestigator on several clinical trials investigating the effects of diet on health. He was a coinvestigator on a study, conducted in conjunction with Georgetown University, of the effect of dietary interventions in type 2 diabetes, and was the principal investigator of a study on dietary interventions in diabetes, funded by the National Institutes of Health and conducted under the auspices of the George Washington University School of Medicine, in association with the University of Toronto. Dr. Barnard
was also the principal investigator of a study assessing the effects of dietary interventions on remenstrual and menstrual symptoms and of a study on weight loss in postmenopausal women.
He is the author of dozens of publications in scientific and medical journals as well as numerous nutrition books for lay readers and is frequently called on by news programs to discuss issues related to nutrition, research issues, and other controversial areas in modern medicine. He is a frequent lecturer at scientific and lay conferences and has made presentations for the American Public Health Association, the World Bank, the National Library of Medicine, the Franklin Institute, the American Medical Writers Association, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, and many state dietetic associations.
Dr. Barnard grew up in Fargo, N.D. He received his M.D. degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and completed his residency at the same institution. He practiced at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York before returning to Washington to found the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) in 1985. PCRM has since grown into a nationwide group of physicians and lay supporters that promotes preventive medicine and addresses controversies in modern medicine. As president of PCRM, Dr. Barnard has been instrumental in efforts to reform federal dietary guidelines. Dr. Barnard is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, a Life Member of the American Medical Association, and a member of the American Diabetes Association. Learn more about Dr Barnard at www.pcrm.org
was also the principal investigator of a study assessing the effects of dietary interventions on remenstrual and menstrual symptoms and of a study on weight loss in postmenopausal women.
He is the author of dozens of publications in scientific and medical journals as well as numerous nutrition books for lay readers and is frequently called on by news programs to discuss issues related to nutrition, research issues, and other controversial areas in modern medicine. He is a frequent lecturer at scientific and lay conferences and has made presentations for the American Public Health Association, the World Bank, the National Library of Medicine, the Franklin Institute, the American Medical Writers Association, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, and many state dietetic associations.
Dr. Barnard grew up in Fargo, N.D. He received his M.D. degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and completed his residency at the same institution. He practiced at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York before returning to Washington to found the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) in 1985. PCRM has since grown into a nationwide group of physicians and lay supporters that promotes preventive medicine and addresses controversies in modern medicine. As president of PCRM, Dr. Barnard has been instrumental in efforts to reform federal dietary guidelines. Dr. Barnard is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, a Life Member of the American Medical Association, and a member of the American Diabetes Association. Learn more about Dr Barnard at www.pcrm.org
Dr T Colin Campbell
T. Colin Campbell is an American biochemist who specializes in the effects of nutrition on long-term health. He is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University. The author of over 300 research papers, and the co-author of the China Diet Study (2004),
one of America's best-selling books about nutrition.
Campbell was one of the lead scientists in the 1980s of the China Oxford Cornell Study on diet and disease, set up in 1983 by Cornell University, the University of Oxford, and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine to explore the relationship between nutrition and cancer, heart and metabolic diseases. The study was described by The New York Times as "the Grand Prix of epidemiology. Learn more about the T Colin Campbell Foundation at www.tcolincampbell.org
one of America's best-selling books about nutrition.
Campbell was one of the lead scientists in the 1980s of the China Oxford Cornell Study on diet and disease, set up in 1983 by Cornell University, the University of Oxford, and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine to explore the relationship between nutrition and cancer, heart and metabolic diseases. The study was described by The New York Times as "the Grand Prix of epidemiology. Learn more about the T Colin Campbell Foundation at www.tcolincampbell.org
Larry Steel
Larry is the founder of B.O.S (Biocomputer Operating System) a system of healing that uses Clinical Kinesiology to to zero in on root issues that are influencing an illness or imbalance. In essence this system removes blocks in order to allow the body to heal itself. Learn more about Larry at www.steelhealthcentre.com
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Lori Wilson
Lori Wilson is a social worker, author, weekly radio show host and Medical
Intuitive. Her medical intution is so accurate that she had a 9 month waiting list of clients willing to pay $500 for an hour session. There was just not enough time to help everyone so she founded Inner Access 101, and began to train hundreds of therapist in Medical Intuition. Learn more about Lori at www.inneraccess101.com |
Super Atherton Atherton & Larry rough uncut clip
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Atherton Drenth
Atherton Drenth is an intuitive holistic energy practitioner with a busy
practice in Guelph Ontario. She incorporates a variety of modalities into her practice including B.O.S, TBM, Medical Intuition & Clinical Kinesiology. There is usually a several month long waiting list to see Atherton. Learn more about Atherton at www.athertondrenth.ca |
Bobby Rock
Bobby Rock is 200 lb Body Builder and Personal Trainer. He is a world renowned
drummer and created the Zen of Drumming. He speaks regularly on the benefits of a plant based diet and is living testimony that a vegan diet can sustain any body type. Learn more about Bobby at www.bobbyrock.com |
Rabbi Loring Frank
All the great religions of the world are based on common spiritual principals.
By focusing on the truth of the common principals we unite. In this way, whether someone is Christian, Jewish or Buddhist makes little difference. Rabbi Lorring Frank lives a serene life in Miami Beach, rides a motorcycle with the plate "Rabbiker". He is warm and friendly and sports a great smile and deep tan. In his words:"Now, I don't profess to be an Orthodox rabbi or a Conservative rabbi or even a Reform rabbi; I'm more of a community-type rabbi. I'm out in the community for all people." |
Sandy Wright, HMC, DHC
Sandy Wright is a homeopathic practitioner and advanced Naet Practitioner. She was one of the participants to take the 30 Day Challenge in Voyage to Betterment but she also provided NAET treatments to the other participants. NAET treatments assist in removing food intolerances and allowing the body to make the best use of the nutrients in food. To learn more about Sandy: www.wrighthealthcenter.com
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Judi Bechard
From Judi: www.theclearingexperience.com
During my 13 years of living with chronic pain, I continued searching for and found a solution in energy medicine. I applied it regularly and in 90 days my headaches were gone. Within another 90 days, the eyeglasses were no longer required. Sitting beside an eye surgeon on an airplane, after hearing my story his response was, “I don’t understand how that is possible.”, to which I replied, “Well, seeing is believing.” A reality beyond your current life experience doesn’t make it impossible |
Yogi Amrit Desai
Yogi Amrit Desai brought Hatha Yoga to America in 1960. He soon had thousands
attending his sessions every week. He was the founder of the Kripalu Yoga Institute in Massachussets. He has led a controversial life and now in his 80's continues to teach Yoga |
Dr Kam Yuen, DC
Kam Yuen was the most respected Kung Fu Shaolin Master in North America when he was hired to train David Carradine for his role as Caine, in Kung Fu. Yuen was also a chiropractor and went on to develop a method of healing based on his extensive education and Shaolin training called the Yuen Method.
Film Introduction by Andrew Facca Voyage to Betterment Music Video with Brenda McMorrow
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Andrew Facca
Andrew Facca is the writer, producer and director of Voyage to Betterment. He coached the group in Voyage to Betterment into achieving physical improvements beyond what some of their medical doctors advised was even possible. For more on Andrew go to www.andrewfacca.com
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Brenda McMorrow
The original music of Devotional Chant Artist Brenda McMorrow is a big part of the soundtrack of Voyage to Betterment. She is a featured artist of White Swan
Records and tours around the world playing in live events. She plays regularly with world renowned artists including Robert Menengoni of Barenaked Ladies who is also featured in the Voyage to Betterment Music Video above. For more on Brenda and her music go to: www.brendamcmorrow.com |
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