Are You a Servant of the Truth?
Questionnaire for self-research according to the OIDA-therapy
While answering these questions please consult your inner voice
1 Do you avoid the sufferings of others caused by you to the maximum degree?
2. Do you accept that others may disagree with you without thinking them inferior to you?
3. Do you love the truth?
4. Do you prefer the truth all the time?
5. Are you ready to accept painful truth and apply it as best as you can?
6. Do you accept that every person has a right of choice even if you feel their choice is wrong?
7. Do you agree it is a waste of your time to be busy with issues unrelated to the truth?
8. Do you think that someone should be allowed to do service to humanity, regardless of his birth or family background?
9. Do you tell others about the greatest discoveries of your life?
10 Do you love to share your meal with others?
11. Do you make efforts to understand the truth?
12. Do you think everyone has his own truth?
13. Do you think that God is capable of listening to your prayers or perceive your meditations with his transcendental senses?
14. Would you dedicate your time to helping others even if you lose money doing so?
15. Important truth-less important realities, absolute truth -relative truth. Do you accept that one must consult a spiritual master or wise teacher to know where the priorities lie?
16. Do you consider truth to be relative?
17. Do you love to speak with others about the meaning of life?
18. Do you listen carefully when someone objects to your view to enlarge your own understanding?
19. Do you give your time to listen when someone you know wants to speak about his or her problems with you?
20. Do you give your help for free if you see someone is in need of your knowledge or ability?
21. Would you agree if someone wants to copyright and sell something which is of great need for others who cannot afford to buy it?
22. Do you agree that all things and all people belong to their origin or creator?
23. Do you like to give voluntary service for a common cause?
24. Do you think the world is being governed by someone/thing other than the official rulers?
25. Would you be ready to train yourself in purity to become a better leader of others?
26. Do you agree that those who cause unnecessary pain to other living entities can not be good leaders of others?
27. Are you vegetarian?
28. Do you agree that intoxicated people are dangerous, lose their common sense and cannot be trusted with important responsibilities?
29. Are you strict with not taking alcohol or other intoxicating drugs?
30. Do you agree that gambling is a vice that can even destroy families?
31. Are you aware that gambling is a disease and therefore abstain from doing it?
32. Do you agree that single parents can not give to a child what a united family can give?
33. Do you think having children without caring for them is unacceptable?
34. Do you reject lies in your personal dealings?
35. Do you feel pleasure seeing a sunrise?
36 Do you give others the benefit of the doubt?
37. Do you accept a person to be always innocent unless his guilt is proven?
38. Can you forgive someone for his offense when he begs for it?
39. Do you prefer to serve others, rather then being served by them?
40. Have you accepted guidance when you felt it was right but your mind proposed the opposite?
Evaluation of your answers:
-Less than 10 yes: What a disgrace is this life, that somebody can become as cynical as you. Our recommendation: read a lot of Holy Scriptures and do not forget, that serving the truth is actually a privilege
-Between 10 and 20 yes: You must have been really mistreated when you were young. Go to the forest, watch the sky at night, pray to the truth that you may get some taste for it.
-20 and 30 yes: You are in the awakening stage. But do not be so sure about anything. Search for help and you will find. The servant is the most fortunate of all.
-30 and 40 yes: You could be a spiritual revolutionary. It is really hopeful that there are people like you. Share your understanding with as many as you can, and you will even get better results in your life.