The Soul Test
Its development was one of the five specific requests that Stenka received while he was in the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, after experiencing a very deep stirring in his soul and a very clear inner calling. Although the author was already, at that time, an expert in the development of psychometric tests, he did not have the philosophical, theological, or historical preparation required to carry out this work. Things gradually unfolded. We can affirm that the author of the novel and of the Test del Alma was one of the first beneficiaries of the process of transformation.
The Soul Test, which according to the petition presents the results in a rotating cylinder marked by the colors of the soul, is nothing more than a Consciousness Examination with an external and objective speaker. Its results are highly confidential and come with a code that only the assessed person knows. Only if he wanted, he can share his results with a guide.
The applicant needs not to write down his name before the evaluation and confrontation with his deep conscience. He may use a nick name and answer with truth. The questions are designed in a sequence that defeats narcissistic and self-defense barriers of every person’s ego. There is background music that helps answer more truthfully. A person cannot suddenly open up to himself and overcome the fear of seeing the cobwebs that flood his inner self. But the test yields results that include the areas where the truth has been evaded.
There is no doubt that it is better to take the Test by associating it with a process of growth and self-confrontation of one’s weaknesses, under the guidance of a missionary and the method of Engranajes Ascendentes de Consciencia. When this methodology is followed, the fears that arise from seeing the depths of the soul are dispelled, and one can share in the joy that comes from being freed from chains and from unhealthy behavior.
The Test del Alma uses the method of adjacent columns reduced by exclusion, which gives it a reliability of more than 94%. There is no doubt that, with the passage of time, it can be improved, but as a starting point it has a fairly high Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. The sophistication of this instrument, which today is quite acceptable, will reach a very high level of reliability as it continues to be refined and eventually incorporates an electromagnetic complement. In order for the effects of positive change to become visible and to give way to a civilization without lies, it will be necessary to modify the corresponding legislation and make the use of these instruments mandatory in many instances.
This entire questionnaire is associated with, and operates on the basis of, multiple-choice answers, which must be selected by those being evaluated and by all those who adhere to the process, after prior emotional preparation, training in truth, and learning to lose the fear of knowing oneself. It also involves being willing to receive self-criticism that will allow them to confront their own strengths and weaknesses. By increasing self-knowledge, they will be able to make room for later learning, when each person is touched by that magical force that moves those who recognize themselves as imperfect to change, and who, with humility, accept the call to set out on a path of growth.
On the other hand, this Test makes it possible to issue a kind of yellow card to those narcissists who, unable to see their own mistakes and having their lack of awareness about the true state of their soul fed by the forces of pride, vanity, and lack of self-criticism, come to consider themselves virtuous and unfailing. According to their creed, they may even believe themselves to be in a position to transcend to some kind of heaven, without the need to make changes, refinements, or to open themselves to receiving the Grace of God. The results of the Test are very clear and unpredictable, since the answers cannot be guided, as the instrument has a built-in lie detector.
The correction algorithm of the Test is a highly sophisticated mathematical program, well designed and deeply thought out so that the results may be highly reliable. Only the evaluated person will be able to access them and, if they wish, they may share them with their spiritual director, with their trusted missionary, with their therapist, or they may reflect on them individually.