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Part 1: Situational Wisdom

___ 1. Give yourself 10 points for each of the following books that you have at least one copy of:

Bible.
Torah.
Talmud.
Koran.
Dhammapada.
Bhagavad-gita.
Tao Te Ching.
I Ching.

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___ 2. All of the books above were written in languages other than English. Give yourself one point for each different translation you have of the books (maximum: 10 points). For example, if you have 3 translations of the Bible and 2 translations of the Koran, give yourself 5 points.

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___ 3. Give yourself one point for each 10 lines or verses that you can recite from memory from the above books (maximum: 10 points).

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___ 4. Give yourself one point for each time you have attended a house of worship belonging to a religion different from the one in which you were raised (maximum: 10 points).

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___ 5. Give yourself 10 points if you spend at least 30 minutes most days in meditation or prayer.

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___ 6. Give yourself 1 point for each visit you have made in the last year to a natural setting with no purpose other than just being there (maximum 10 points).

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___ 7. Give yourself 1 point for each time in the last month when you touched another person—no matter how briefly—in a consoling, sympathetic manner (maximum 10 points).

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___ 8. Give yourself 1 point for each evening in the past month when you did not watch television (maximum 10 points).

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___ 9. Give yourself 1 point for each time in the past month when you thought about the life of the organism you were eating (maximum 10 points).

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___ 10. Give yourself 1 point for each hour you feel you could sit profitably in a closed room containing nothing except the chair in which you sit (maximum 10 points).

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