From to Practice: Weaving the Tapestry of Life

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

What troubled Amara at the start of her parable?

No one in the village wanted to buy her tapestries any more She could not find good thread anywhere in the village She thought her work was mere craft, not the healing the elders saw She had lost the use of her hands and could no longer weave at all
Why did the healers ask Amara to weave for the sick old woman?

They believed creation itself might stir something in her spirit They hoped to distract the worried village for a while from its fears They needed a warm blanket for the old woman's bed They wanted to sell the tapestry to pay for medicine
How did Amara agree to the commission?

Secretly, without telling any of the healers what she planned Eagerly, certain that she could heal Only after being paid in advance Reluctantly, thinking it was just another commission
What strange thing did Amara notice while she worked?

The loom broke each time she sat down to begin the work again The threads seemed to move on their own and shifted as she hummed The colours faded steadily as she wove each new row The old woman kept appearing to her in vivid dreams
What did the old woman do when she touched the finished tapestry?

She asked for a second, larger tapestry She began to laugh, as she had not in years She wept quietly and turned away from it She fell into a long and very deep sleep
What did Amara learn from the experience?

That healing belongs only to trained healers That she should be charging far more for her work than she had been The act of creation itself held power beyond her understanding That weaving is dangerous and ought to stop
How did Amara's work change after the old woman recovered?

She wove much faster to keep up with demand She wove only for rich and powerful patrons She stopped weaving altogether for a time She wove not just for beauty but for healing
Which quote opens this module?

Carl Jung, on looking inward and so awakening Haldane, on a universe stranger than we are able to imagine Rumi, urging us to serve our spirit and be a light-bearer Alan Watts, on not taking yourself too seriously
What does the module's haiku say hums unseen in life's tapestry?

Healing Silence Ambition Sorrow
The module's title moves from story to what?

Diagnosis Practice Doctrine Theory
Which idea from the Story Medicine part does Amara's tale best illustrate?

Healing belongs only to medicine, herbs and trained healers Healing depends entirely on the patient's own willpower Healing requires strict discipline and carefully followed rules and routines Healing flows through someone engaged in creation, not through effort