NYU Center for Spirituality
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1. The Secret of Your Spirituality

 
Faculty members at New York University have developed a set of six simple statements to measure a person's level of spirituality. Once you have your spirituality "score," you can to compare it to several groups of people who scored themselves as well. Finally, we will describe how we define spirituality, which we hope will be useful to you.

In order to discover the secret of your spirituality, for each of the following 6 questions indicate the extent to which you agree with each statement by selecting one choice from the answers provided below.

You need to record your own scores, so please have a pen and paper available. You must answer all 6 questions in order to get your spirituality score.

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1. It is important to me to spend time in private spiritual thought and meditation.

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2. I try hard to live my life according to my religious beliefs.

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3. Prayers or spiritual thoughts I say when I’m alone are as important as those I say during services or spiritual gatherings.

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4. I enjoy reading about my spirituality and/or my religion.

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5. Spirituality helps to keep my life balanced and steady in the same ways as my citizenship, friendships and other memberships do.

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6. My whole approach to life is based on my spirituality.

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7. What is your total score for the above 6 questions?

Now, subtract the value that you typed in question #7 (your score) from 36 (e.g. 36 - your score). This number is you your Self-Rating Spirituality Score.
Press "Next" to compare your score to the average score of other people who have answered this questionnaire, and to find out how we have defined spirituality.