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Summary: still relevant
Comment: This brief little book explains Doctor John Diamond's "Behavioral Kinesiology" and presents the muscle testing protocols used by David Hawkins, MD, PhD, as the basis for his work "Power Versus Force." Useful for people interested in applied kinesiology.
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Summary: Good intro to the principals of muscle testing
Comment: After having read some of the works by David Hawkins MD & seeing J. Diamonds name several times mentioned, I wanted to see what Diamonds work was about. The information in the book was interesting & also brings up questions about muscle testing (at least for me) in terms of how the results can be different, depending on era or age group. In particular, if you read about music categories i.e.: rock and roll as tested in Diamond's book as opposed to what Hawkins work states there are inconsistencies. I don't know if those are based upon generational consciousness levels or if opinion plays a role in the results. Overall I would recommend it for people who want background knowledge on this subject matter. If you want more detail then Hawkins, D. is an interesting read. Again, if you read some of the results in Hawkin's book you would really question the validity of this process.
The main reason I purchased this book was for a science project that my daughter did on muscle testing. It was a pretty good resource for that.
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Summary: A great help for your health....
Comment: This is a very well illustrated book and very helpful in finding health issues as well as environmental issues that may be affecting one's health. The chiropractor I go to uses some of these techniques and he has been more helpful to me than most of the MD's. I would recommend this to newbies as well as to experienced users.
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Summary: Your Body Doesn't Lie
Comment: I did not read the whole book. I just skimmed through it because I purchased it for someone else. However, what I did read was very informative so I would recommend it to anyone interested in their health.
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Summary: A word to the sane (would give zero stars if I could)
Comment: The world is divided into various types of people with regards to applied kinesiology:The sceptical: Any sceptic worth their salt who spends five minutes investigating this field will become a non-believer. I have nothing to say to you.
The avid believer: You can't argue with a sick mind. I have nothing to say to you.
The con-artist: Anyone who perpetuates the myth for personal gain. I have nothing to say to you.
The flexible: Those who may have an opinion (either way) but are still open to persuasion - all I can say to you is; do a bit of surfing for applied kinesiology first and try including the words "scam" or "sceptic". When I first heard about it I thought it was a joke until a friend of mine actually paid good money for a session. Then I heard about applied kinesiology by proxy and I was incredulous that anybody, even the homeopathic faction, could take that seriously. The bottom line is this: It doesn't work. Don't waste your money on a book sold by someone who is either a con artist or a gullible fool.
My favourite quote by a chiropractor (often advocates of A.K.):
"You see, that is why we never do double-blind testing anymore. It never works!"
This book perpetuates the bad thinking, lack of rigorous investigation and downright lies that enables opportunistic money making out of those who are quite often ill or unhappy.
By the way, I am not querying things like white sugar being bad for you or cows milk causing allergies in some people, but you don't need to buy this book to find out those kind of things.
