Sunday, March 1, 2009

Light of Essential Self


In her book, Finding Your Own North Star, Martha Beck asks her readers to answer 25 questions with often, sometimes, rarely, or never. The questions are:
1. My life feels like a great adventure.
2. I feel sure I can solve any problem I encounter.
3. I have fun.
4. I laugh out loud.
5. I am overwhelmed with gratitude.
6 I spend time in comfortable solitude.
7. I am fascinated by things I am learning
8. I feel deeply understood.
9. Things just seem to work out for me.
10. I get so involved in projects I forget to stop.
11. I use my imagination.
12. I do things I loved when I was a kid.
13. People seem to enjoy being around me.
14. I play.
15. I feel perfectly safe.
16. I get excited when it is time to go to work.
17. I feel mentally sharp and alert.
18. I have really cool ideas.
19. I love my body.
20. I'm flooded with love for other people.
21. I do new things, or old things in new ways.
22. I do what I want to, even if it's scary.
23. I'm completely relaxed with other people.
24. I feel intense physical pleasure.
25. I am very pleased with myself in general.

She writes that if you didn't anwer"often" to every one of the questions. you stand to be in closer contact with your essential self.

2 comments:

  1. truly inspirational. I love it! I can answer often to most! How about you?

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  2. this is gorgeous. Everytime I look at it it makes my heart soar.

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