Spirituality Questionaire

Means Scale

This test is designed to assess the spiritual MEANS 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.I work hard at spiritual excercises to improve myself.
2.It is important for me to attain a deeper insight into spiritual truths.
3.When I pray in a group I experience more fully the sacred than when I pray alone.
4.I experience my spirituality most significantly when I mentally affirm my spiritual beliefs.
5.I renew my spirituality by reading about topics related to the spiritual.
6.I highly value my interactions with others who hold similar spiritual beliefs as I do.
7.I ask spiritual questions in order to better understand my relationship to a higher power.
8.For me, it is important to engage in spiritual activities.
9.When I am engaging in spiritual activities, I usually feel a deep sense of peace and well being.
10.My spirituality does not involve feeling a closeness to a higher power.
11.I try to keep my spiritual beliefs to myself.
12.I prefer spiritual experiences in which I feel very close to a higher presence or power.
13.For me, going to a place of solitude and quiet is a very spiritually renewing activity.
14.Experiencing the power and beauty of a higher presence is an important part of my spiritual life.
15.The joy I feel when I am in touch with the spiritual part of my life is something I cherish.
16.The need for meaning and purpose is one of my strongest spiritual drives.
17.I have had emotional expemiences in which I felt transformed and "reborn" into a new life.
18.I very much believe that being spiritual is not only a private experience, but something that I should share with others.
19.Part of my spiritual practice involves discussions about spirituality with my friends.
20.I do not value prayer as part of my spirituality.
21.I have had spiritual experiences in which I was overcome with a sense of wonder and reverence.
22.For me, an important aspect of being spiritual is to share my beliefs with like-minded individuals.
23.I have experienced a deep sense of awe when being spiritual.
24.For me, an important aspect of being spiritual ls to engage in activities which renew my spirit.
25.My spirituality is part of everything I do throughout the day.
26.I enjoy thinking about spiritual topics.
27.I want people in my life with whom I can share my spiritual beliefs.
28.I am being most spiritual when I behave according to those spiritual rules that guide my life.
29.I believe I am more spiritual when I feel deeply the love of a higher presence.
30.I practice my spirituality when I develop relationships within a community of believers.
31.It is important for me to search for knowledge that will help me understand my mission in life.
32.I have a personal desire to understand spiritual principles.
33.I seldom make time to get in touch with the spiritual side of my life.
34.An important part of my spiritual practice is to think about ways to improve myself spiritually.


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Action Score
Feelings Score
Relating Score
Thoughts Score

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