The Water That Holds Us All — The Living Body examination

Eleven questions. Nine of eleven passes, and you can take it again as often as you like.

What was Elias's complaint to the old woman by the sea?

The sea had stopped giving him any fish at all His family had left him for the city He had given the sea everything and yet felt empty His boat had been destroyed in a storm
How did the old woman correct Elias's view of the sea?

The sea does not take; it only reflects The sea gives only to those who pray The sea is angry and must be appeased The sea takes more from the old than the young
What did the old woman say Elias was, in relation to the water?

Not separate from it, but its dance and its play Its master and rightful owner A visitor who must soon leave it Its victim, and its tired and faithful servant
How did Elias's fishing change at the end of the parable?

He moved to a larger boat and fished much further out He fished to play rather than to take, and the net mended itself He fished twice as long each day to prove his worth He stopped fishing entirely and sold both his boat and his nets
According to this module, what is your role in healing?

You are the healer who must work hardest of all You are a patient who waits for a trained expert to act on you You play no real part in the healing process You are the aperture healing flows through, not the healer
Which two images does the module use for healing moving through you?

A hammer on a nail, and a key turning slowly in a lock Water through a net, and light through stained glass A seed in the soil, and a bird taking flight A train on its tracks, and a ship at anchor
What does the riverbed image say about obstructions such as old beliefs?

The river stops flowing until they are removed The river turns back toward its distant source The river moves around them or wears them away without trying The river must be dredged and cleared by force before it can flow
What does this module say every tradition, from shamanic journeys to Buddhism, mirrors?

That healing requires joining one particular tradition and its teachers That suffering has no end and must be accepted That you are already whole; the work is clearing what hides it That you are broken and must be carefully rebuilt
Where does this module locate the cleared apertures in a person?

Where you keep things hidden, even from yourself Where you have learned to soften, yield and play Where others have praised and admired you Where you are strongest and most rigid
What image does the module use for self-organisation pulling you toward what you are becoming?

A rocket climbing out of the atmosphere A strong magnet pulling iron filings into neat lines An old clock slowly winding down A dissipative structure forming in a test tube
What did Elias do when he dipped his hands in the water?

He laughed for the first time in years He caught a shining golden fish He wept quietly with exhaustion He fell fast asleep on the warm, sandy shore