--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" <maskedzebra@...> wrote: > > Directions: Answer True or False or Can't Decide (CD). 1 point for T; -1 > point for F; 0 for CD > > 1. I seek a truth beyond merely my own subjective comfort.
T and F. Depends upon the nature of the circumstance, the context, how invested I am in putting energy into it. But generally I welcome the opportunity to discover truth in all things, truth being something powerful, right, transformative and positive. > > I . I like to know what is right, not just that I am right. True, without a doubt I am a great fan of "right". > > 3. I force myself to look at different points of view other than my own, in > order to test out the truth of my own point of view. T and F. It is not always necessary to 'force' this, it is something I welcome, the opportunity to measure my sense of truth against that of others. More revelation, more chances to be transported outside oneself. > > 4. My conscience is a friendly personal faculty for me. I trust it. T. Absolutely and completely. It is a gift, a sense of knowingness that goes beyond myself. It is God-given. > > 5. I have known what it means to have sacrificed myself in my love for > another person. T. And also for other creatures, four-footed as well as two. Sacrifice not being debilitating or sapping. Sacrifice being beautifully hard, challenging, burning but ultimately purifying. You come out clean afterwards. > > 6. It is meaningful for me, the connection between humility and a certain > kind of (secular) grace. Not sure. Humility is not so familiar for me. I can be humbled by circumstance, driven downward and inward. Humiliated even. But the connection to grace is not clear to me. > > 7. I think sometimes it is appropriate and desirable to contemplate the fact > that I must die someday. T. I obsess on it at times. Morbidly, fearfully and sometimes more objectively. 'Desirable' not sure, necessary - absolutely. Life and death intertwined, both present simultaneously at times. > > 8. I have known that it can be liberating to discover I was wrong about > something--something which went directly to my sense of how confident I was > that I was right. Grudgingly T. Not good yet at admitting I was/am wrong. Not great at apologizing, getting better. > > 9. I find that my first person perspective is not rigidly fixed, that life, > experience, persons, can bring about adjustment and adaptation and even > change in my first person perspective. T and F. Certain things I hold quite staunchly as fixed - certain values, ideas, principals but I can and have adapted, over time. I have changed but I feel there have been absolutes for me in my perspective and I can not conceive of these certain things changing. > > 10. When I post something on FFL, I believe that I am doing something that in > the end is positive. T and F. Depends. Sometimes I just want to counteract something that needs counteracting. To think it results in positivity is to give myself perhaps more credit than I deserve. But I do not seek to increase negativity at FFL, not at all. I do not ever intend to encourage ignorance or cruelty here or anywhere else. > > 11. I judge myself to be an honest person, and I am confident if there is > some kind of judgment at the end of my life, this estimation of myself will > hold true. Not sure. I hope I am honest, I attempt to be honest but I am also self-serving. But the final judgement, if there is one, by something or someone, is beyond my estimation. I do not live to accumulate brownie points, I just live. If it ends up good enough in the end, then wonderful, I would love to think that could be so. > > 12. I like being the person that I am. T. I love it. > > 13. I know the sensation of being sincere and innocent in my experience of > myself and in my actions. T. Sincere most definitely. Innocent? Hmmm, if one feels innocent then how innocent can one really be? > > 14. It feels good to try to be fair and impartial in my judgments of an issue. T. Yes, yes, yes. > > 15. If I appeared in a novel as myself, I would like this character. Not sure, but people seem to like me so maybe if I could step outside I would like me too. > > 16. I think some persons are more objective and accurate in their approach to > interpersonal relationships than others. T. > > 17. I feel I could send myself up ironically if I had to. T. Happy to do so at any time. > > 18. I think I see my faults and my weaknesses as well as anyone else sees > them (in me). I don't think I am the best one to judge this. I am, after all, coming from a very subjective place! I would not presume to say this is the case. So I would have to give myself a False on this. > > 19. I like thinking about the strongest way of presenting the argument of an > adversary of mine. Not sure about the meaning of this. Can you say this more clearly? > > 20. I have suffered in my life, but some of that suffering has been very > meaningful to me. True, true and true. > > SCORING: 11+ means your subjectivity has a strong component of objectivity. > A minus score would indicate something contrary to this. > > NOTE: This quiz obviously reflects the subjective bias of its maker. If you > can design a quiz which you believe removes such a bias, please post it. >
