How Religious/Spiritual Are You?

1. Do you help all beings? Do you forgive all beings whatever has to be forgiven?

I help everyone and forgive everyone. Most of the time

I rarely help and forgive

I hate some people. I can't forgive.

I don't believe in helping without a reason

I forgive none. I help none.

God can be attained when you develop pure divine love to ALL, forgive ALL (whatever needs to be forgiven), Help ALL (whatever help is needed) and Desire NONE.
say YES to divine pure love
say YES to loving ALL.
say YES to forgive ALL whatever needs to be forgiven
say YES to helping all - whatever help is needed
say YES to action without desires, without expecting results
say YES to action in the name of your favorite God, the Holy Spirit
say YES to YOUR innermost fire of LOVE and accept the HUGE flow of LOVE that IS possible to flow through ALL OF YOU
PRACTICE all above positive affirmations in all possible situations of life and as a positive result you will see progress in your process of LEARNING to LOVE and practice that ever increasing purity of love in all new upcoming and existing situations of YOUR life.
The more you progress in dissolving your very own karma- the more help will become apparent to ALL OF YOU - FROM GOD !!!

Explanation

God can be attained when you develop pure divine love to ALL, forgive ALL (whatever needs to be forgiven), Help ALL (whatever help is needed) and Desire NONE.
say YES to divine pure love
say YES to loving ALL.
say YES to forgive ALL whatever needs to be forgiven
say YES to helping all - whatever help is needed
say YES to action without desires, without expecting results
say YES to action in the name of your favorite God, the Holy Spirit
say YES to YOUR innermost fire of LOVE and accept the HUGE flow of LOVE that IS possible to flow through ALL OF YOU
PRACTICE all above positive affirmations in all possible situations of life and as a positive result you will see progress in your process of LEARNING to LOVE and practice that ever increasing purity of love in all new upcoming and existing situations of YOUR life.
The more you progress in dissolving your very own karma- the more help will become apparent to ALL OF YOU - FROM GOD !!!

2. I eat fresh salads/fruits everyday. I drink plenty of 5-10 glasses of Water daily. I eat fresh home cooked food. I rarely go to fast food/restaurants. I eat healthy home cooked food offered to God first.

Yes, (Always Or Most of the time)

I eat junk, fast food

Never

Rarely

None of the above

Eat healthy food always to purify body, mind and intellect.

Explanation

Eat healthy food always to purify body, mind and intellect.

3. What things do you possess or own?

I possess a lot of things.

I possess my money, my house, my car

I possess nothing

I am rich or very rich

None of the above

When you stay detached from the objects of desire, there is no pride, no jealousy and you realize you possess nothing. Perform actions as a sacrifice to the Almighty God. Perform your duties disinterestedly without expecting results. When one can completely withdraw the senses from sense objects, as a tortoise withdraws its limbs into the shell for protection, then the intellect of such a person is considered steady.

Explanation

When you stay detached from the objects of desire, there is no pride, no jealousy and you realize you possess nothing. Perform actions as a sacrifice to the Almighty God. Perform your duties disinterestedly without expecting results. When one can completely withdraw the senses from sense objects, as a tortoise withdraws its limbs into the shell for protection, then the intellect of such a person is considered steady.

4. Do you see non-dual God in every being, every non being? Do you respect and see the Spiritual teacher as God? Do you respect Prophet as God?

Yes, I see non-dual God in every being, every non being.

Rarely, I see non-dual God in every being, every non being.

Never, I do not see God in most/all of the beings.

Very little, I see non-dual God in being, every non being.

None of the above

He who sees God in everything and everything in God, him shall God never forsake, nor shall he lose God. The Saint who realises the unity of life and who worships God in all beings, lives in God always. He is the perfect saint who, taught by the likeness within himself, sees the same Self everywhere, whether the outer form be pleasurable or painful. When the mind is firmly fixed on the non-dual One and the conception of duality is put down, then he sees this
universe as a dream through his union with the fourth stage.

The Prophet/Self Realized Soul is Father(the creator/manifestor); the Prophet/Self Realized Soul is Holy Spirit(the preserver); the Prophet is the Son(the transformer of the universe); the Prophet alone is the Supreme Brahman, The Absolute. To Him, the great Enlightened Self Realized Souls and Prophets chosen and sent by the Godhead, I offer my salutation.

Explanation

He who sees God in everything and everything in God, him shall God never forsake, nor shall he lose God. The Saint who realises the unity of life and who worships God in all beings, lives in God always. He is the perfect saint who, taught by the likeness within himself, sees the same Self everywhere, whether the outer form be pleasurable or painful. When the mind is firmly fixed on the non-dual One and the conception of duality is put down, then he sees this
universe as a dream through his union with the fourth stage.

The Prophet/Self Realized Soul is Father(the creator/manifestor); the Prophet/Self Realized Soul is Holy Spirit(the preserver); the Prophet is the Son(the transformer of the universe); the Prophet alone is the Supreme Brahman, The Absolute. To Him, the great Enlightened Self Realized Souls and Prophets chosen and sent by the Godhead, I offer my salutation.

5. Can you stay focussed in meditation? Do you have the Self control to withdraw from objects that attract?

I rarely meditate

I have lot of focus in meditation and self control

I can't stay focussed in meditation

I do not meditate

None of the above

Meditation and self control helps in detachment from material, people and nature. Self control and meditation helps in right discrimination which gives eternal peace.

Meditating on the Divine, having faith in the Divine, concentrating on the Divine and losing themselves in the Divine, their sins dissolved in wisdom. He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure or depressed by pain. He finds happiness in his own Self, and enjoys eternal bliss.

Explanation

Meditation and self control helps in detachment from material, people and nature. Self control and meditation helps in right discrimination which gives eternal peace.

Meditating on the Divine, having faith in the Divine, concentrating on the Divine and losing themselves in the Divine, their sins dissolved in wisdom. He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure or depressed by pain. He finds happiness in his own Self, and enjoys eternal bliss.

6. I pray to God atleast 3 times everyday

Always, Most of the time

I pray to God when I need something

I pray to God when I am in trouble

Rarely

None of the above

Prayer helps in spiritual purification of body, mind and intellect.

Explanation

Prayer helps in spiritual purification of body, mind and intellect.

7. I love all beings unconditionally

Always, Most of the time

I love myself, my family, my friends only

Sometimes

Rarely

None of the above

1) Un-conditional love to all beings without any bias, discrimination or prejudice.
2) Surmount the desires, attachment and material possessions. Give up all desires and wander free from hankering, false ego and possessiveness.
3) Selfless service for the welfare of the world and perform duty as service/sacrifice performed to the Lord.
4) Sees inaction in action and action in inaction. The desires have become selfless by being roasted in the fire of Self-knowledge.
5) One who has abandoned selfish attachment to the fruits of work and remains ever content and dependent on no one but God
6) He who is satisfied with gain which comes by the will of the God, who is free from duality and does not envy, who is steady both in success and failure and engaged in work as service to Lord.
7) The person whose mind is pure, whose mind and senses are under control, and who sees one and the same God in all beings
8) Complete control over the lower self, the mind and senses is tranquil in heat and cold, in pleasure and pain, and in honor and dishonor, and remains ever steadfast with the supreme God Self.
9) Impartial toward companions, friends, enemies, neutrals, arbiters, haters, relatives, saints, and sinners.
10) One feels infinite bliss that is perceivable only through the intellect and is beyond the reach of the senses. The person who meditates on the God is content to serve the God and rests satisfied with the God; there remains nothing more for him to accomplish.

May all the beings in all the worlds be happy;
Peace, peace and peace be everywhere.

Explanation

1) Un-conditional love to all beings without any bias, discrimination or prejudice.
2) Surmount the desires, attachment and material possessions. Give up all desires and wander free from hankering, false ego and possessiveness.
3) Selfless service for the welfare of the world and perform duty as service/sacrifice performed to the Lord.
4) Sees inaction in action and action in inaction. The desires have become selfless by being roasted in the fire of Self-knowledge.
5) One who has abandoned selfish attachment to the fruits of work and remains ever content and dependent on no one but God
6) He who is satisfied with gain which comes by the will of the God, who is free from duality and does not envy, who is steady both in success and failure and engaged in work as service to Lord.
7) The person whose mind is pure, whose mind and senses are under control, and who sees one and the same God in all beings
8) Complete control over the lower self, the mind and senses is tranquil in heat and cold, in pleasure and pain, and in honor and dishonor, and remains ever steadfast with the supreme God Self.
9) Impartial toward companions, friends, enemies, neutrals, arbiters, haters, relatives, saints, and sinners.
10) One feels infinite bliss that is perceivable only through the intellect and is beyond the reach of the senses. The person who meditates on the God is content to serve the God and rests satisfied with the God; there remains nothing more for him to accomplish.

May all the beings in all the worlds be happy;
Peace, peace and peace be everywhere.

8. Are you an egoistic person?

Yes, I have tons of ego, jealousy

I have lot of ego, jealousy

I am very egoistic

I am somewhat egoistic

I am Ego-less. There is no "I".

It is only the ignorant man who, misled by personal egotism, says: `I am the doer.’ Action is the product of the qualities inherent in Nature. First control your senses and then slay desire, for it is full of sin, and is the destroyer of knowledge and of wisdom. He who is without attachment, free, his mind centered in wisdom, his actions, being done as a sacrifice, leave no trace behind. All bonds of a philanthropic person who is free from attachment, whose mind is fixed in Self-knowledge, and who does work as a service to the Lord dissolves away.

Explanation

It is only the ignorant man who, misled by personal egotism, says: `I am the doer.’ Action is the product of the qualities inherent in Nature. First control your senses and then slay desire, for it is full of sin, and is the destroyer of knowledge and of wisdom. He who is without attachment, free, his mind centered in wisdom, his actions, being done as a sacrifice, leave no trace behind. All bonds of a philanthropic person who is free from attachment, whose mind is fixed in Self-knowledge, and who does work as a service to the Lord dissolves away.

9. Are you detached from the objects that attract you?

I am always detached from objects most of the time

I am attached to objects most of the time

Somewhat detached

I am extremely attached to objects

None of the above

The work of the nature is to create Attraction and desire which creates anger, delusion, memory loss and aversion which corrupts the senses, mind and reason. When you withdraw your senses from the objects on nature, attraction and desire goes away. When you stay detached from the objects of desire, there is no pride, no jealousy and you realize you possess nothing.

Explanation

The work of the nature is to create Attraction and desire which creates anger, delusion, memory loss and aversion which corrupts the senses, mind and reason. When you withdraw your senses from the objects on nature, attraction and desire goes away. When you stay detached from the objects of desire, there is no pride, no jealousy and you realize you possess nothing.

10. Do you perform your work and everything as service to Almighty Lord?

I work everything as service to Almighty Lord and/orI work for the welfare of the society/ beings/world

I work for my promotion

I work for my happiness

I work for my pleasure

None of the above

Perform actions as a sacrifice to the Almighty God. Perform your duties disinterestedly without expecting results. Always perform your duty efficiently and without any selfish attachment to the results because by doing work without attachment one attains the Supreme Being. Controlling the senses helps in slaying the desire and helps attaining wisdom. Beyond senses is mind, beyond mind is intellect, beyond intellect is GOD.

Explanation

Perform actions as a sacrifice to the Almighty God. Perform your duties disinterestedly without expecting results. Always perform your duty efficiently and without any selfish attachment to the results because by doing work without attachment one attains the Supreme Being. Controlling the senses helps in slaying the desire and helps attaining wisdom. Beyond senses is mind, beyond mind is intellect, beyond intellect is GOD.

11. Do you have desires?

I have lot of desires

I have unfulfilled desires most of the time

I have material desires - money, power, fame

I have desires filled with lust

I have no desires

When there is no desire, there is no anger or fear. Right action is the one focused on the divine, without expecting fruits from your action. There is no motive with the right action. Just the focus on the divine. Renounce the results of both the good and evil.
One who has abandoned selfish attachment to the fruits of work and remains ever content and dependent on no one but God, such a person though engaged in activity does nothing at all.

Explanation

When there is no desire, there is no anger or fear. Right action is the one focused on the divine, without expecting fruits from your action. There is no motive with the right action. Just the focus on the divine. Renounce the results of both the good and evil.
One who has abandoned selfish attachment to the fruits of work and remains ever content and dependent on no one but God, such a person though engaged in activity does nothing at all.

12. I wake up early morning (4 AM - 6 AM). I take cold water bath early morning

I never wake up early morning. I always take warm water bath.

I sleep late and wake up late and take cold water bath

I sleep most of the time and take warm water bath

I wake up early morning and take cold water bath (always Or most of the time)

None of the above

Cold water bath helps in spiritual purification of body, mind and intellect.

Explanation

Cold water bath helps in spiritual purification of body, mind and intellect.

13. I fast once a week with Or without water, fresh juices/ liquids.

I fast once a week (with Or without liquids) all the time or most of the time

I rarely drink water or fresh fruit juices

Sometime, I fast once a week on liquids

I do not fast, I like to eat more than what I need

None of the above

Fasting helps in physical and spiritual purification of body, mind and intellect. You can fast with or without liquids depending on your comfort.

Explanation

Fasting helps in physical and spiritual purification of body, mind and intellect. You can fast with or without liquids depending on your comfort.

14. What is right action?

I see inaction in action - I am not the doer!

I control my destiny

I am the doer

I am attached to my actions

None of the above

He who can see inaction in action, and action in inaction, is the wisest among men. He is a saint, even though he still acts. He who is satisfied with gain which comes by the will of the God, who is free from duality and does not envy, who is steady both in success and failure, although engaged in work such a Person is not bound by work.

Explanation

He who can see inaction in action, and action in inaction, is the wisest among men. He is a saint, even though he still acts. He who is satisfied with gain which comes by the will of the God, who is free from duality and does not envy, who is steady both in success and failure, although engaged in work such a Person is not bound by work.