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The Bright Way Readiness Quiz

Our journey together will ask some things of you. It will ask straightforward questions to spark and guide you. More deeply, it will ask you to look inside and act on this Great Work. In the state of body-mind-spirit wisdom we’ve cultivated so far, please ask yourself these questions:

Am I ready to lay aside old ways of seeing and doing things in order to try out this new path wholeheartedly, at least temporarily?

Am I ready to sit in the unknown and allow the known to come forward in its own time, without rushing it?

Am I ready to tolerate some possible confusion, even frustration, as this new way of seeing and doing things takes shape?

If I am used to relying on my intuition, am I ready to welcome the practical onto my journey?

If I am used to being practical, am I ready to start reconnecting with my intuition?

If I become stuck, am I ready to reach out for help? (Remember your list of allies from the Bright Way Activity on page 18.)

If you answered yes to most or all of these questions, then you stand to get a lot out of our journey together. Learning new things and changing old habits can feel scary and uncomfortable. These feelings are actually auspicious signs showing that you’re growing, not simply retreading familiar ground. If you can embrace the above attitudes before we start, the shock of the new won’t be as severe and you’ll enjoy our trip far more.

If you answered no to any of these questions, I encourage you to come along anyway! Which of the questions can you say yes to? Every journey starts from somewhere. Welcome to this new way of life, and thank you for giving it a try.

Let Hildegard of Bingen be your ally going forward: “Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap.”