NerdTests.com Test: A measure of how wise you are!

This is a 'test' of how 'far' you have journeyed on your path towards wisdom. It is of vital importance that you answer each question honestly. The test should only be taken once as your first score identifies most closely with what your heart 'feels' instead of what your mind 'thinks'. Most of all this test, as with all things in life, should be approached as a learning opportunity for self-reflection and awareness. Please enjoy!

Where do you consider to be the most reliable source of learning wisdom?

Through currently practiced religious text(s): Tanakh, Bible, Koran, etc.
Through life experience: trial & error, observation of society, etc.
Through nurture: Family, parents, siblings, lovers, friends, etc.
Through classical mythology: Aesop's fables, etc.
Through philosophical means: Socratic, Confucian, Nietzschean, etc.
Through meditative means.
Through a combination of two or more of the above examples.
Through none of the above. I create my own path.

How frequently do you give of yourself to follow the path towards enlightenment? Answer truthfully!

Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Bi-annually
Annually
Rarely
Never

How long have you pursued wisdom?

All of my adult life and perhaps more.
For over 50 years.
For over 40 years.
For over 30 years.
For over 20 years.
For over 10 years.
I have just begun.
Never

How frequently do you volunteer your time to help others?

Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never

How much of your earnings do you give to charities, places of worship, or similar locations? Be true to yourself when answering!

31% or more
20%-30%
10%-19%
1%-09%
None

Out of the following what or who is/are the most important to you? Be honest!

Family & friends
My career, money, and material wealth.

The universe is best defined by which of the following:

A void.
A vast, complex, & likely infinite atomic structure.
An infinite entity of endless energies of which I am a humble yet meaningful part.
It is all relative to how I perceive it.
The universe is an accident and I'm just trying to survive it!

My worldview is best defined by, (be candid with yourself):

I am here to compete with everything else for sustenance, reproduction, and the compilation of material wealth. Nothing else!
I exist to care for the needs of me & those that I love! Nothing else really concerns me!
I exist to care for the needs of my family and my nation & little more than that!
I exist to care for myself & all of humanity unless they harm me!
I exist to love all living things unless they harm me!
I exist to love all living things unconditionally! Even if they harm me!
I exist to love all living things and am willing to give my mortal existence as a sacrifice if need be to protect them! Even if they harm me!
All things exist as ripples of energy in an eternal pool of love! Of which I am just a humble part in an eternal play!

The ultimate wisdom, (or point of enlightenment) occurs when:

The ego is extinguished & self no longer matters.
Others begin to believe as you do.
One has apathy towards all worldly things.
One has empathy towards all living things.
One claims to have understanding of esoteric knowledge.
Such a thing doesn't exist.

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The truth of wisdom is:

Something we must forever pursue yet never really totally obtain.
Mastered by memorizing a sacred text, then practicing it daily.
That there is no such thing.
the most influential energy in the universe when blended with love.

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