Spirituality Questionaire

Ends Scale

This test is designed to assess the spiritual ENDS that you may use to be spiritual.

Please read each statement and decide to what degree the statement is true of you personally. For each statement, please select the number which BEST describes you. If you are uncertain how to answer an item, your first inclination is best.

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1.An objective in my being spiritual is to fulfill my divine mission in life.
2.In being spiritual I want to feel less fearful of death.
3.I seek help from my spirituality when struggling with difficult decisions.
4.In being spiritual I want to experience the sacredness in all living things.
5.A primary purpose in my being spiritual is to become a better person.
6.One goal for me in being spiritual is to incorporate the spiritual dimension in my relationships with others.
7.A primary goal for me in being spiritual is to manifest the divinity within me.
8.One goal in my being spiritual is to integrate moral values into my daily life.
9.One benifit I seek in being spiritual is to find the strength to do what's right.
10.Being spiritual does not help me attain what I really want.
11.One goal for me in being spiritual is to feel less guilty.
12.One thing I want to obtain in being spiritual is happiness and fulfullment.
13.An important reward I seek in being spiritual is to overcome pain, suffering and death through salvation.
14.One benefit I seek in being spiritual is to feel more positive about myself.
15.By being spiritual I want to avoid the confusion of not knowing what's important in life.
16.I strive to be spiritual in order to find comfort in times of need.
17.I strive to be spiritual in order to understand the purpose of my existence in the divine order for things.
18.A benifit I seek in being spiritual is to secure mental & physical health.
19.One benefit I seek in being spiritual is the knowledge that my physical body is not all there is to my existence.
20.My spiritual beliefs do not empower me.
21.An objective for me in being spiritual is to fill the emptiness of life.
22.One benefit I seek in my being spiritual is to be less fearful of an afterlife.
23.One thing I seek in being spiritual is to sort out what is really valuable in life from what is not.
24.By being spiritual I want to feel less helpless.
25.One thing I want to achieve in being spiritual is peace of mind.
26.One benefit in my being spiritual is that a higher power will help me with my problems.
27.In being spiritual I want to feel deeply and unconditionally loved by Something/Someone greater than I.
28.One thing I want to find in being spiritual is meaning and purpose in life.
29.A goal in my being spiritual is to experience a union with the ultimate, divine reality.
30.By being spiritual, I do not seek to increase my self-esteem.
31.One purpose in my being spiritual is to manage undesirable impulses and behaviors.
32.One reason for me to be spiritual is to make the world a better place for my having been here.
33.In being spiritual I want to overcome the difficulties of life.
34.A goal in my being spiritual is to feel more in control of my life.
35.One motive in my being spiritual is to gain relief and protection from suffering.
36.A benefit I seek in being spiritual is to achieve a sense of unity with all of nature.


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Unseen Growth Score

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