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Spiritual Self-Assessment

This self-assessment was developed to encourage the deepening of spiritual practice.

Spirituality is different from religion. Spirituality is one's experience of self as essentially spirit, as a spiritual being with a body.

In contrast, religion is institution developed to assist people in experiencing spirituality. Many people experience spirituality and religion together, and many do not. Some people are spiritually wounded by their experience with religion.

Be generous with yourself in completing this questionaire. Practice the principle of gratefuness for yourelf and your place in life. Rate yourself: 1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = sometimes, 4 = often, 5 = usually.

I practice self-care.
I eat well, sleep well, exercise, stretch and play regularly. I avoid addictive substances and activities such as caffeine, alcohol, recreational drugs, and gambling.

I tell the truth to myself and others.
I continually become more skillful in knowing and telling my truth. I also know that my ability to know and speak my truth expands as I learn and develop. I experience freedom to be more of myself as I tell the truth.

I practice mindfulness.
I have a daily practice of mindfulness, meditation, or prayer. This practice is becoming continual throughout my day. Wisdom and spiritual guidance comes to me in my mindful receptivity. My inner wisdom leads me on a path toward increasing lightness, expansiveness, and joy.

I allow myself to experience the emotional pain of the human condition.
Rather than avoiding, denying, or medicating, I allow myself to feel all of my feelings. I use my emotional reactions to inform me of where I have a wound or a scar. I practice releasing my attachments to events, things, and people of the past. I heal my emotional and psychological wounds.

I am open to learning.
I am open to learning about spiritual traditions that are unfamiliar. I am losing interest in making judgements, and gaining zest for my experience of childlike curiosity. I see all of my experiences in life as opportunities to learn.

I experience oneness, rather than separation.
I am part of the tapestry of human society on this planet and share a kinship with all peoples. I see myself part of the fabric of all beings and respect other beings. I may experience aloneness but not loneliness.

I generously share my abundance of time, talent, and money.
I am a contributor and a resource for others because I value and enjoy my contributing. I find that giving seems to increase my abundance rather than depleting it.

I am grateful.
Even when I experience pain, I seek and find meaning and substance, so that I am grateful. I give thanks each day.

I participate in spiritual community on an ongoing basis.
This participation is some form of religious organization or not. It may be simply a group of people who relate in a spiritual way by practicing loving behaviors.

I chop wood and carry water.
I enjoy what I do, even the simple things that I do. I don't exert much effort at managing my time, or trying to squeeze activities and accomplishments into my day. Rather I try to squeeze maximum enjoyment from even the simple things.

I am aware of my life-mission.
My presence on the planet has a purpose, and I have the words to describe my purpose.

My history is not my destiny.
I am continually finding new ways to shed my cultural conditioning. I experience my true Self as inherently spiritual. I seek to develop all of my attributes and use them in the appropriate time and place.

Total:_____ Date: __________

Many people find that a minister or spiritual mentor can assist them in deepening their spiritual experience.

Copyright 1996, by Marty Crouch. This assessment is intended to be used and shared.

 

Last Update December 29, 2006