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Aries 1. friend asks you to do them favor that is real imposition on you. You respond by saying: a. OK. (You'll do it because you are afraid they'll get mad or stop liking you if you don't.) b. What Are you crazy You should know better than to ask me to do something like that. c. wish could help you, but really don't have time right now. Have you tried...? 2. Your sense of self-discipline: a. Isn't important to me. There are other people around to look after that kind of stuff. b. Is sadly lacking. need to get more organized, but there is so much going on all the. time. c. Is very strong. Sometimes people criticize me for being so disciplined. 3. You are very generous: a. Thank-you. I'm glad you noticed. But some people don't realize this about me. b. Yes, can be generous, but then resent it afterwards. c. guess that is one good thing about me after all. d. think I'm too generous too much of soft touch. don't think about myself enough. e. Where it is wise to do so and doesn't cater to the weaknesses of others, give without reserve. 4. You are addicted to: a. Lots of things, and feel worried and guilty about it. wish could change but don't know how. b. Lots of things. Oh well... c. Only those things that will benefit myself and others in the long run. They are less of an addiction than discipline. 5. When people try to make me feel guilty... a. laugh. know that they are trying to get something out of me but usually either ignore them or end up turning the tables and getting something out of them! b. get mad. How dare they try to penetrate my armor! c. am such sucker. It is really easy to get what you want from me or make me feel bad by trying to make me feel guilty. It is hard for me to know if they are right about me or not. d.Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes can see them coming mile away and that trick doesn't work on me. At other times don't even realize I've been manipulated until after I've responded in the way that they want. e. understand what they are doing. feel compassion for them because they don't know how to get their needs met in healthy way. If can help them learn new way of behaving am glad to do so. Otherwise simply step graciously out of the way of the trap that they have tried to set. 6. think the information on this site... a. is unsettling. don't really know why, but don't like some of the things that it has to say. b. isn't very good. can see lot of holes in its logic. c. is inspiring and uplifting. really like it. d. will help lot of people. e. is fascinating. I'd like to be in third stage but don't know how it would be possible. f. is OK. guess could take it or leave it. 7. Visualizing infinity a. Everyone knows that the human mind cannot truly conceive of infinity. b....is literally quite easy for me. can see it clearly in my mind. c. There isn't any real point to doing that is there? d. ...is not very easy for me to do but with practice can make some headway. 8. When there is big crisis my first instinct is to... a. Look after those in my care or turn to the person who is supposed to look after me. b. Find safe place to hide. c. Find safe place to hide. can feel myself shutting down. d. Lose it. e. Panic and try to look after others. What happens to me doesn't matter. f. Get ready to attack the threat. g. Take my cues from the situation. See the bigger picture and do whatever is needed while staying in touch with myself. h. Turn to the spiritual help that is always there for me. 9. My life a. ...is really quite ordinary and average. can't say have any reason to complain. b. ...is really quite ordinary and average. Most people do have pretty rough life really and guess mine is no exception. But there is no reason to make big deal about it. If you keep going you can get things to turn out OK. Keep your head down and your ears clean. c. ...is driving me crazy with the amount of crisis am experiencing right now. When will it all be over. It seems like it is just one thing after another. d. ...is an exciting adventure. Might be cliché but it is true. don't mind being happy cliché. 10. Happiness a. ...comes and goes, everyone knows that. No reason to be unhappy with your lot in life though. b. Is anyone really happy? c. ...seems to always be an illusive dream for me. d. ...is something am working hard to one day achieve. I'll never give up on trying to get what want out of life. e. ...is something am working hard to one day achieve. keep working on myself and my emotions. am determined to solve life's spiritual riddle. f. ...is my natural state of being. don't really think about it. g. ...is my natural state of being. Whatever may be happening on the surface of life have deep core of basic contentment. feel I've solved many of the riddles of life. 11. When things get rough... a. ...I often feel like just can't take it anymore. Sometimes want to completely throw in the towel and give up on life and myself. My life right now seems so difficult and then it gets even worse!?. It feels so hopeless sometimes. b. ...I know can make it through. Beneath it all have deep sense of satisfaction in life. Even when things look rough know there is reason for everything that happens and trust in the outcome of my life's experience. All of life positive or negative is grand adventure that find fascinating to watch and feel honored to experience. c. ...I just take break from it all. read book, go to bar, talk to my friends. have my ways of escaping. just try to forget all about it. There's really nothing else you can do except wait for the storm to be over. Then life gets back to normal. d. ...I'm strong enough to handle most of the difficulties in life. Things never really get that rough. do whatever needs to be done and then relax and leave the rest to work itself out. Somehow life always tends to work out in my favor more often sooner than later. 12. My parents: a. Have always been happily married. b. Had their relationships struggles but are now happily married (to one another or to other people). c. Aren't very happy but they stay together. d. did not have two parents. e. Have split up. They are still not very happy people. f. Have split up. One is happy, one is not. g. Have split up. Single or married, they are both happy people. 13. The family grew up in: a. Was pretty normal and stable. guess should be thankful. b. Was pretty normal and stable. wonder what happened to me? c. Was mess. d. Was mess but we managed anyway. e. Was mess and am now doing all can to heal myself as result. f. Was mess, but I've come long way since then and can look back on all of my experiences with gratitude. love my family but know when to keep my distance if necessary. g. Had its problems, but in the long run things have worked out well. h. Was absolutely amazing. am so thankful to have been born into that family and realize how lucky was to grow up in such special environment. 14. My father: a. Was weak, ineffective or absent. b. Was/is someone whom really looked up to and admired. wanted to be as great as he was. c. Was great person. looked up to him but know that he also admired me and accepted me as am. d. Was an abusive tyrant and hated him. will always be better than him. e. Was an abusive tyrant who frightened me. still have many fears in life that my relationship with him has left me with. 15. My mother: a. Was/is treated pretty badly by my father but still gave to me in an unlimited way. She was saint. b. Was victim and it made me cringe. c. Was kind and caring person. d. Was largely absent. e. Had/has real understanding of emotions. She is very insightful. f. Was cruel and domineering. score your quiz |