Final Exam for the Introduction to Meditation Program
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1. What center is NOT a part of the Conscious mind?
A. The Movement Center
B. The Present Time in Memory
C. The Body Awareness Center
D. The Egoic Center
E. The Preconscious Center
2. If you were learning to ride a bicycle, you would likely activate
A. The Body Awareness Center
B. The Preconscious
C. The Movement Center
D. The Astral Body
3. If you had on your headphones and were listening to your favorite music, you would be activating
A. The Egoic Center
B. The Mental Center
C. The Sensory Center
D. The Preconscious
4. Which is NOT a function of the Mental Center
A. Silent verbal command
B. Analogical or inferential reasoning
C. Analytical or rational thinking
D. Accessing memory
5. Which is NOT a layer of the Egoic Center
A. I statements that make up its sense of self
B. Creation of defensive structures
C. Core beliefs about self and world
D. Desires expressed as dreams and fantasies
E. Automatic, reflexive behavior and emotional reactions
F. Ability to make long term commitments
6. Which is NOT true of the ego?
A. It is overshadowed by conscience and the Self
B. It is primarily concerned with survival
C. Is has input from the present time experience of the senses, the deep body sensations, feelings, and reason
D. It is identified with its unique life experience
E. It regards others’ desires and needs more important than its own
7. What is NOT a correct statement about the Preconscious?
A. It is a portal through which the Conscious mind can access the contents of memory
B. It provides meaning to life experience
C. It is a portal into the unconscious mind through which one hears hallucinatory voices
D. It is stimulated when events of great significance occur
8. Which meditation would you do to awaken the waking state of awareness?
A. Sensory acuity exercise
B. Sitting and moving meditation
C. Body scan meditation
D. Physical Vipassana
9. Which type of content would NOT be typical of the awareness of thoughts meditation?
A. Comparisons with others
B. Commentary on a current issue
C. Critical analysis
D. Dream-like reveries
E. Body commands
10. Which type of meditation would you use to focus your attention on the ego?
A. I AM statement Vipassana
B. Emotional Vipassana
C. Mental Vipassana
D. Physical Vipassana
11. Which is NOT a band of the Subconscious mind?
A. The Persona
B. The Personal Unconscious
C. The Causal Body
D. The Astral Body
E. The Creative Intelligence of the Chakras
12. Which is NOT a part of the temporal track of the Personal Unconscious?
A. The present time in Memory
B. The Life Narrative going back to the first conscious memory
C. The unconscious zone of the mind going back to birth
D. The unconscious zone of the mind prior to birth going back to conception
E. The Preconscious
F. The experience of eternity, where you get glimpses of your Soul’s experience before you were born
13. Chakras are centers of psychic integration that synthesize human functioning. Which of these activities would NOT be typical of the chakras?
A. Secretion of hormones by a gland
B. Imaginal, creative, and intuitive modes of thinking
C. Perceptual and contextual filters
D. Operation of innate creative intelligence
14. If you were designing a new product to market a product to sell, which of your chakras would be most active?
A. The Solar Plexus Chakra
B. The Throat Chakra
C. The Heart Chakra
D. The Forehead Chakra
15. If God inspired you to utter prophesy, which of your chakras would be most active?
A. The Brain Chakra
B. The Forehead Chakra
C. The Heart Chakra
D. The Throat Chakra
16. If you were writing a non-fiction book, which of your chakras would be most active?
A. The Navel Chakra
B. The Forehead Chakra
C. The Throat Chakra
D. The Heart Chakra
17. If you were concerned about passing values, knowledge, and life skills to your children, which of your chakras would be most active?
A. The Throat Chakra
B. The Brain Chakra
C. The Solar Plexus Chakra
D. The Navel Chakra
18. If you receiving intuitive guidance in meditation, which of your chakras would be most active?
A. The Brain Chakra
B. The Forehead Chakra
C. The Throat Chakra
D. The Heart Chakra
19. Where would find the attentional principle in the chakras?
A. At the Medulla Center
B. At the Forehead Chakra
C. At the Pineal Center
D. At the Pituitary Center
20. Where would you find the current that connects with the spirit in the chakras?
A. At the Medulla Center
B. At the Trans-Cerebral Center
C. At the Pineal Center
D. At the Pituitary Center
21. What is NOT a center you would find in the Metaconscious mind?
A. The Toruses of Purpose
B. The Etheric Body
C. The Conscience
D. The Personal Intuition
22. When you are actively functioning in your daily life, what state of identity directs you from the core of your personality?
A. Being
B. The spirit
C. The Self
D. The ego
23. If you were rehearsing for a play, what function of your Metaconscious mind would be dominant?
A. Your Intellect
B. Your Personal Intuition
C. Your Persona
D. Your Conscience
24. If you made a long-term commitment to another person in a relationship, what aspect of your Metaconscious mind would be dominant?
A. The Concrete Mind
B. The Etheric Body
C. The Conscience
D. The Desire Body
25. If you were carrying out the steps of a plan, doing scheduling, and ensuring all details were handled, what aspect of your Metaconscious mind would be dominant?
A. The Intellect
B. The Concrete Mind
C. The Persona
D. The Conscience
26. If you were trying to unravel a moral dilemma, what aspect of your Metaconscious mind would be dominant?
A. Volition
B. The Concrete Mind
C. The Desire Body
D. The Conscience
27. What would be a typical meditation you would do on the Desire Body?
A. Meditation on attraction for a goal object
B. Meditation on your learned social skills
C. Meditation on your values
D. Meditation on a concept you learned in a book
E. Polling each aspect of your personality
28. What would be a typical meditation you would do on your Conscience?
A. Meditation on attraction for a goal object
B. Meditation on your learned social skills
C. Meditation on your values
D. Meditation on a concept you learned in a book
E. Polling each aspect of your personality
29. What would be a typical meditation you would do on your Personal Intuition?
A. Meditation on attraction for a goal object
B. Meditation on your learned social skills
C. Meditation on your values
D. Meditation on a concept you learned in a book
E. Polling each aspect of your personality
30. What is NOT a form of Introspection that you would do at the level of the Conscience?
A. Behavioral Introspection
B. Physical Introspection
C. Emotional Introspection
D. Cognitive Introspection
31. Which is NOT a Centering Technique?
A. Reposing in Being
B. Reflection and Disidentification
C. Tratakam on the Seven Chakras
D. Pratyahara
E. Moving from Center
32. You would have experiences of God and the spiritual Planes in which band of the mind?
A. Subconscious mind
B. Superconscious mind
C. Conscious mind
D. Metaconscious mind
33. Which is NOT true of meditation in the Superconscious mind?
A. It confers self-transcendence
B. You primarily gain insight into your personality
C. You encounter archetypes of the collective consciousness
D. You journey through the bands of the Great Continuum of Consciousness
34. Which of these essences is NOT an integrative center?
A. The ego
B. The Self
C. A nucleus of identity
D. Being
E. The Soul
35. When meditating on a vehicle of consciousness, and you were monitoring colors, shapes, sounds, patterns, tastes, smells, and tactile sensations, what factor would you be contemplating?
A. Understanding
B. Content
C. Quality
D. Energy
E. Activity
36. Which one of these reflected centers of the Soul would be found in the Subconscious mind?
A. The Swastika center
B. The Anandamayakosa
C. The Subtle Vehicle of Consciousness
D. The vehicle of the Biophysical Universe
37. On what Plane would you encounter the Anandamayakosa?
A. The Biophysical Universe
B. The Psychic Realm
C. The highest Subplane of the Subtle Realm
D. The Lower Subtle Realm
38. If you began your meditation upon the essential body of the Soul, and you were meditating on the Soul’s innate virtue, creativity, and manifestation of its intention, you would be meditating on which of its centers?
A. Base of the Spine Center
B. Solar Plexus Center
C. Point between the Eyebrows Center
D. Brain Center
39. If you were meditating on the essential body of the Soul in which center would you find the triune stream of Love, Wisdom, and Power?
A. Base of the Spine Center
B. Solar Plexus Center
C. Point between the Eyebrows Center
D. Brain Center
E. Trans-Cerebral Center
40. If you were going to meditate upon the Soul in its own nature, which center of the Soul’s essential body would you find it?
A. Navel Center
B. Heart Center
C. Point between the Eyebrows Center
D. Brain Center
E. Trans-Cerebral Center
41. If you were in meditation, and you were experiencing the AUM vibration and the bliss of the Soul within the Soul’s essential vehicle, what center might you be contacting?
A. Heart Center
B. Throat Center
C. Point between the Eyebrows Center
D. Brain Center
E. Medulla Center
42. If you were experiencing a stream of living force flowing in a network of fine channels, you would likely be contacting what center of the essential vehicle of the Soul in meditation?
A. The Navel Center
B. The Throat Center
C. Point between the Eyebrows Center
D. Brain Center
E. The Trans-Cerebral Center
43. If you were receiving intuitive guidance about your present life, what Chord of Jnana Yoga might you be accessing?
A. One
B. Three
C. Four
D. Six
44. If you were contemplating a spiritual idea and its relationship to its opposite quality, what Chord of Jnana Yoga might you be accessing?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Five
D. Six
45. If you were solving a problem for your science class, which Chord of Jnana Yoga might you be accessing?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
46. What is NOT a topic you for which you would use the Little Sun Method?
A. You are trying to gather ideas for a paper you are going to write
B. You want to get some inner direction for improving your finances
C. You want to find a solution for a problem you are doing in geometry
D. You want to gain some insights into how you can improve communication in your relationship
47. What is NOT a method for Receptive Meditation?
A. Dialog with an archetype that represents the Soul
B. Cord of Remembrance Technique, where you remember the nature of the Soul and ask it questions
C. Have someone channel your Higher Self or Soul to you
D. Bring your attention up to the Soul and ask it questions directly
E. Have someone guide you up to the Higher Self, and then, you ask it questions
48. What is NOT true about the Cord of Remembrance?
A. It connects your ego to God
B. It connects your brain with your Higher Self
C. It is also called the Antakarana
D. It allows you to remember the nature of your Soul, and ask it questions
E. Practicing this technique helps you gain understanding and insight
49. You command that what you desire will be manifest. This is an example of
A. Affirmation
B. Invocation
C. Fiat
D. Autohypnosis
50. You call upon a form of God in which you believe, and you ask this form of the Divine to manifest what you desire. This is a type of
A. Invocation
B. Autohypnosis
C. Affirmation
D. Soul Creation
51. You repeat a phrase over and over again, pushing it progressively deeper into your Subconscious mind. You would be practicing
A. Autohypnosis
B. Affirmation
C. Faith
D. Soul Creation
52. You believe that the Laws of Mind exist to serve you, and everything you desire can be manifested without fail. You are demonstrating
A. Fiat
B. Affirmation
C. Faith
D. Soul Creation
53. You work to remove limiting beliefs and bad habits in your Subconscious mind. You are using
A. Visualization
B. Affirmation
C. Autohypnosis
D. Fiat
The remainder of the items on this test will be drawn from the addendum articles. Please make sure you read them!
54. The mantra that you breathe to get you in touch with your Soul is
A. Han Sa
B. So Ham
C. AUM
D. Ah Hah
55. The mantra that you use to stay awake in meditation is
A. Han Sa
B. So Ham
C. AUM
D. Ah Hah
56. Which is NOT an example of Practical Meditation?
A. Visualization
B. Goal Setting
C. Relaxing into the Self
D. Relationship Sensitivity
E. Drama
57. What would likely interfere with your meditation?
A. Sitting up straight in an upright posture
B. Eating a large meal right before you meditate
C. Doing hatha yoga before you meditate
D. Meditating when you are most alert
58. If your objective for meditation was sensory enhancement and greater self-awareness, which types of meditation might you choose?
A. Jnana Yoga meditation (chords five through seven)
B. Contemplation of the centers of the astral body and the vehicle of consciousness in the Psychic Realm
C. Vipassana, mindfulness, and Zen
D. Contemplation of the spirit, Nada Yoga
59. If instead, your meditation objective was achievement of your personal dreams, which types of meditation might you use?
A. Self-hypnosis, affirmation, prayer, self-discipline, and study
B. Introspection, monitoring thoughts, words, and deeds, and prayer
C. Relaxing into the Self, Watching the Breath, Hatha Yoga
D. Chanting, ecstatic breathing, Kundalini Yoga
60. If your objective was to gain personal insight and self-understanding, which types of meditation might you use?
A. Contemplation of the will, study of martial arts, and pursuit of a life passion
B. Relaxing into the Self, Watching the Breath, Hatha Yoga
C. Reflection and Disidentification, Jnana Yoga techniques of Chord One to Four, contemplation of each vehicle of consciousness
D. Vipassana, mindfulness, and Zen
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