Name
Email Address:
University/College and/or Spiritual/Religious
affiliation (if any)
What kind(s) of spiritual practice(s) are you doing now?
Please describe it/them as best as you can.
(I know these things are hard to put into words
sometimes.)
How Often do you experience Deja
Vu?
How Often do you get the feeling that everything is strange, dreamlike, just 'wrong', or somewhat alien?
How often do you get the feeling that someone or something is in the room with you, but when you turn to look,
you don't find anyone there?
-or-
How often do you get the feeling that you are
'not alone' or that you are 'being watched' when you know you are by yourself?
How often do you get the feeling that your body is moving when you know its actually being still?
(This one is most common while falling to sleep)
How Often do you experience 'tingley'
feelings, like pins-and needles, electric-like 'buzzes', or chills running up your spine? (DON'T count chills due
to cold or your foot falling asleep)
Please check the buttons next to
the following items if they are true for you
(Be sure to indicate BOTH your gender and age-
yes, it matters):
I am a male.
I am a female.
I am less than 15 years old.
I am between 15 and 20 years old.
I am between 20 and 30 years old.
I am between 30 and 40 years old.
I am between 40 and 50 years old.
I am between 50 and 60 years old.
I am over 60 years young.
I have seen an infinite space in my mind.
I write poetry.
I keep a diary or journal.
Sometimes my emotions appear so strongly that I am shocked at their intensity.
I have had a Near-Death Experience in which I experienced things I can never really describe.
It seems like I can never stop thinking about sex.
I almost never think about sex unless something happens to make me think about it.
Although I'm glad to be alive, I sometimes look forward to death, and an end to living in the physical reality.
Sometimes I think that there are rules to life that everyone understands except me.
When I lose an argument, I then spend some time thinking about what I should have said.
I often feel anxious or nervous when I first get up in the morning.
When I start talking in a setting I enjoy, I can have a hard time stopping.
I get angry easily, but it never lasts long, and I feel terrible afterward.
I have felt the presence of a spirit or power that I have prayed to.
I have been visited by a spirit or a power that wanted to do me harm.
At least once in my life, I have left my body, and I knew it wasn't a dream.
I have heard voices in my head so strongly that I wasn't sure if they were from outside or not.
Sometimes I smell things that aren't there.
I have a spirit familiar.
I
am left-handed
I often think about suicide.
Sometimes my vision sharpens so that I can see with incredible clarity.
My spirituality is the most important thing in my life.
When I fall in love, it takes me over completely.
Sometimes I'm overwhelmed with a terrible fear of dying.
I have had an epileptic seizure.
I often find myself with words on the tip of my tongue that I just can't get out.
I make little altars around my house.
I own at least two sacred objects.
I was regularly physically or sexually abused as a child.
I have anxiety attacks.
I wake up feeling refreshed and happy to go into my day.
I'm gay.
I have experienced 'love at first sight'.
I have dyslexia.
I can see auras.
Is there anything you think I should know about
you?
IMAGINATION TIME ! (The Fun Part)
THERE ARE TWO EXERCISES you should do, and both of them use the imagination.
You should do them in the right order.
Try to do them at night, too. (important)
If that's not convenient, PRINT THIS
PAGE, take it home with you, make notes and return to this page later.
MAKE YOUR NOTES, NO MATTER HOW SPARSE,
RIGHT AFTER YOU FINISH!
PLEASE ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. Thanks.
Exercise Number one:
The OPEN SPACE MEDITATION.
First, make yourself comfortable. Darken the room.
CLOSE YOUR EYES. Then, just sit and relax for a moment, and listen to the sound of your own breathing.
Then, while still holding a bit of awareness of
your breathing, imagine that you are sitting on a spaceship. On one side of you is a wall, and on the other, there's
a very large window, looking out onto empty space.
Try to imagine that feeling
of space as much as you imagined what it might look like. Try to maintain that sensation, one side only, for a
minute or two.
Next,
REPEAT THE EXERCISE, IMAGINING SPACE ON THE OPPOSITE
SIDE.
Which side was nicer for imagining the space?
Please Tell me what you experienced while you
were doing it. Any thoughts, feelings, sensations, imagery, or anything at all.
Were you able to evoke a sense of space for
yourself?
Exercise Number Two
THE SENSED PRESENCE EXERCISE.
First, make yourself comfortable. Darken the room.
CLOSE YOUR EYES. Then, just sit and relax for a moment, and listen to the sound of your own breathing..
Then, while still holding a bit of awareness of
your breathing, you imagine that someone is standing behind you, and over to one side. Just try to imagine a presence.
DON'T try to guess who it might be, or anything else. Just, simply, imagine a presence.
You know that feeling, when you have a sense that
someone is standing behind you, but when you turn to look, you find your self alone? THAT'S the feeling you imagine.
Imagine that presence in a place where you wouldn't
be able to see them if your eyes were open, (keep them shut).
Then, do the same thing, but on the other side.
Which side was more pleasant for imagining a presence?
Please Tell me what you experienced while you
were doing it. Any thoughts, feelings, sensations, imagery, or anything at all.
Were you able to evoke a sense of a presence
for yourself?
When did you do the exercises?
Is there anything you think I should
know about what you experienced?
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