Quiz to Test Your Level of Enlightenment

Subject: Enlightenment Quiz

We’ve finally discovered a method to measure how truly spiritual you are. As with all Truth, it is incredibly simple. Just take the test below and add up your score. You could be an Avatar (and as the old saying goes: “An Avatar is better than no tar at all.”)

Enlightenment Quiz

1. Yin and ………
A) Yout
B) Tonic
C) Yenta
D) Yang

2. A Zen koan is ……..
A) A Jewish Buddhist
B) All of the above
C) None of the above
D) None of the above

3. Just before total God-realization I would see…….
A) A blue pearl
B) Nothing
C) Everything
D) How would I know?

4. Lao-Tsu is…….
A) Shrimp with fried rice
B) The Atman Brothers
C) A Japanese word for sneeze
D) One of the above

5) Jivatman and Atman merge to become…….
A) Jivatmanatman
B) The Atman Brothers
C) Jivatman & Atman Inc.
D) Mr. & Mrs. Atman

6) The word or words which best describes the relationship of God,
Guru, and Self is:
A) Oneness
B) Twoness
C) Penpalness
D) Just good friends

7) Which of the following is not a name of the Lord?
A) Jehova
B) Elohim
C) Yahweh
D) Charlton Heston

8) If you swap a Swami with a Yogi you get…….
A) A Swogi
B) A Salami
C) Yogurt
D) Heartburn

9) Carlos Castaneda is:
A) A flamenco dancer
B) A resort near San Juan
C) The 2nd baseman for the LA Dodgers
D) The guitarist for Santana

10) Om Mani Padme Om means:
A) O Manny, pardon my home
B) Money talks, nobody walks in
C) If u cn rd ths msg u cn gt a gd jb
D) Sanskrit for, Never having to say you’re sorry

11) The sound of one hand clapping is:
A) Very quiet
B) Similar to smiling with one lip
C) A Zen record shop
D) Like the “p” in swimming

12) Linguine is to fettucine as kundalini is to:
A) Eenie meenie
B) Halloweenie
C) Harry Houdini
D) Pepto Bismol (this is a silly answer)

13) The Tao Te Ching is:
A) The new premier of China
B) A new record by Cheech and Chong
C) I Ching’s older brother
D) A massage parlor in Beijing

14) You arrive at a party and your host says, “Far out, I want to
take the responsibility for creating space in your universe so you
can experience your experience.” He means:
A) “Have a good time”
B) “Don’t eat the Swedish meatballs”
C) “I just completed EST training”
D) Nothing anyone would understand

15) If three devotees can meditate for a total of nine hours, how
many devotees would it take to mow the lawn?

16) If three devotees can mow the lawn in one hour, how many stoned
devotees would it take to meditate until nobody cared?

17) If shakti was rising toward the fourth chakra at a rate of 3.5
pranayamas per second, and at the same time an energy force was
traveling in the opposite direction at a rate of 4.8 pranayamas per
second, what time would it be in Chicago if we woke up in Los
Angeles?

True-False

_______Ramakrishna is a cereal made with rice and maple flavoring.

_______Satori is better than nirvana and samadhi except on
weekends and holidays.
_______Sufi dancing is like square dancing only rounder.
_______The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a novel by Harold Robbins.

Score

0-5 points: You are hopelessly attached to the wheel of life and
death. Try again next incarnation!
6-10 points: You are largely unconscious and stuck in worldly
pleasures.
10-15 points: You are so-so on the enlightenment scale. Keep reading
“What is Englightenment?”.
15-20 points: You are a very conscious being; with a little good
karma you could go a long way.
20-25 points: You are very close to God

(taken off Emma Bragdon’s website: http://www.emmabragdon.com)
[where to find the answer key? AH – that is the TRUE test…..]