The Map of Consciousness Explained

The first time I saw my husband’s Map of Consciousness, it was on a chalkboard in the hallway at home. I asked him, “What’s that?” He said, “Oh, that’s the Map of Consciousness.” He explained to me that he’d created it to help people understand the world. “Each level of consciousness has its own view of life, view of God, view of self, emotion, and process. On a single chart, you see the entire world. It shows a path out of the pits of despair all the way to the state of Enlightenment.” As soon as David explained the Map to me, I saw how it could bring hope to humanity. For decades he had worked as a psychiatrist with all kinds of people who were suffering, even cases of extreme mental illness.

He knew the importance in psychiatry of giving someone a tool to inspire them to come out of their despair. He created the Map as a tool for learning and inspiration. I said, “You’ve got to share this with people!” He told me he wasn’t sure he wanted to go out into the public, so I spoke the words I knew he couldn’t refute: “David, this Map would really help people!” After that, he published his first book about the Map, Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior. Little did I know that we’d spend the next 20 years traveling the world, sharing the Map of Consciousness. When I was onstage with him, I witnessed how he would say things in a powerful way and suddenly people’s faces would light up they got it! It was so fulfilling to see that response and to know that someone’s life was changed.

For Dave, it was never about himself he cared only about the message and its impact on others. He had a contagious sense of humor; it was impossible not to laugh whenever he was laughing. He didn’t care about appearances or getting approval from others, because he knew who and what he was.