Find Your People — The Luminous Self examination

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

What does the module say finding people with deep feeling capacity provides?

A reliable way to avoid ever feeling overwhelmed again An audience that will consistently admire your sensitivity Professional treatment for the intensity of your emotions Relief from having to explain or defend your emotional nature
What self-compassion instruction does the module give for moments of overwhelm?

Treat yourself with the compassion you naturally extend to others Ask others to supply the compassion you cannot give, under ordinary, day-to-day conditions Remind yourself that others have it far worse Wait until the overwhelm passes before being kind to yourself
How does the module describe today's ecological, social and political crises?

Fundamentally failures of feeling and of attunement The result of too much emotion present in public life Problems that feeling people should simply stay out of Mainly failures of technology, policy and planning
What does integrating your deep feeling contribute beyond personal healing?

Replacing the need for professional therapists in the community Allowing others to rely on you entirely for their own feelings, under ordinary, day-to-day conditions Modelling emotional intelligence for a culture that forgot how to feel Proving to critics that sensitivity was never really a problem
How does the module define creative intensity?

A mild form of hypomania that can occasionally be useful A burst of anxious energy that appears before a deadline Sustained generative energy that creates new forms and ideas An inherited talent for one particular art form or craft, from a purely surface-level view
Which feature does the module give to distinguish creative flow from hypomania?

In creative flow you can stop when needed and keep your judgment In creative flow you feel superhuman and entirely unstoppable In creative flow you need no sleep at all for several days In creative flow ideas arrive more slowly and more steadily
What does the module say about actual bipolar patterns?

They can be resolved simply by honouring one's creative rhythms They are the same as creative intensity, only at a higher level They are real and need treatment, but are not creative intensity They do not exist and are always misread creative intensity
Which image does the module use for medicating creative intensity as if it were hypomania?

Pruning a tree down to its roots Using a sledgehammer to hang a picture Putting out a candle with a fire hose Using chemotherapy to treat vitality
After an intense creative burst, energy falls and you need more sleep. How does the module read this?

As burnout that shows the burst itself was unhealthy As an integration phase of consolidation As the crash that always follows a hypomanic episode As a sign that creative capacity is starting to run out
What happens during a rest cycle, in the module's account?

Nothing of value happens and the time is simply lost for good Creative energy is dormant, not dead, and seeds are being planted Creative capacity is lost and must be rebuilt from nothing The mind should be kept busy so that energy does not stagnate
What is the key distinction between natural creative rhythms and mood disorder?

Creative rhythms are faster; mood swings are much slower and longer Creative rhythms fit the work and life; mood swings occur regardless Creative rhythms are unpredictable; mood swings follow a set schedule Creative rhythms involve no rest at all; mood swings involve rest