WHAT’S YOUR SPIF-Q (Spiritual Fitness Quotient)?

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1. Generally, the world’s major religions reflect a belief that humans experience life in a physical body as well as an unseen spiritual presence or body.

True. According to religious scholar William James, a common goal of the world’s religions is to help us feel more at ease with the conflicting needs of our physical and spiritual natures.     

2. The concept of spiritual fitness first appeared in the U.S. in the last 3 years.

False. Spiritual fitness is new language for an ancient concept: righteousness, or right relationship with God and what God has made (including one’s own self).     

3. Spiritual fitness has nothing to do with physical fitness.

True. Although spiritual fitness can help someone manage physical health better, it does not depend on physical fitness.   

4. Achieving practical goals related to career, status, looks, and relationships is linked to spiritual fitness.

True. Delayed gratification is important to achieving any goal and is an aspect of spiritual fitness.     

5. Spiritual fitness is easier to attain than physical fitness.

False. The invisible nature of the human spirit can make spiritual fitness more difficult to attain, and more satisfying as well.     

6. Someone’s behavior in one given situation is a good way to assess his or her spiritual fitness.

False. Spiritual fitness does not ensure appropriate behavior in any given situation. Longer-term behavioral patterns are a better indicator.     

7. There is a close correlation between someone’s spiritual fitness and his or her level of consciousness.

True. Greater conscious awareness of self and relationships is an essential part of spiritual fitness.

8. Spiritual fitness is something you develop privately on your own rather than in a group of people at work, home, school, or a worship center.

False. Relating to others in a group or community is central to achieving spiritual fitness.     

9. Babies and toddlers generally are less spiritually fit than adults.

False. Many great spiritual thinkers, including Jesus, marveled at the spiritual wisdom of small children.     

10.Nature has nothing to teach us about spiritual fitness.

False. Nature is full of lessons about the divine and spirituality, as many spiritual leaders have observed over the past three thousand years.

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