The Soul Test
The test was developed as one of the five specific requests Stenka received when he was in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, after feeling a very strong stirring in his soul and a clear inner call.
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Although the author had longtime expertise in developing psychometric tests at that time, he did not have the philosophical, theological, or historical background to carry out this work. Things just happened. We can sustain that the author of the novel and the Soul Test was one of the first beneficiaries of the transformation process. The Soul Test and the method of the Ascending Gears of Consciousness are intended to bring human beings into a tonic of true faith and spiritual growth. The guides can eventually be great facilitators, but not executioners with the power to enforce salvation or damnation. In no way can they stand above the intimate cord of communication that each faithful has with the Divine Spirit and His Grace. On a more personal level, when a parishioner decides to take the guidance of a priest, pastor, imam, rabbi, teacher, elder, when he has a genuine need to free his conscience and receive adequate counsel, he can use the graces that they pour out in a well-conceived sacrament. But they should never use it as a washing of hands and a detachment from true obligations, the most important of which is the duty to grow permanently in faith, love, a sense of justice, devotion, and the search of a life that leads to wellbeing. A wrong approach to confession can even lead to the simplistic easing of the conscience of those who have sinned, skipping cycles of reflection and pain that are necessary to make amends and grow.
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.
The Test comes with a sophisticated lie detector, with invisible questions aimed to detect where there is more resistance to face the truth. Undoubtedly it is best to take the Test associating it to a growth process, self-confronting weaknesses under the tutorship of a missionary and the Ascending Gears of Consciousness. This methodology dissipates the fears caused by visualizing the soul’s depth. The joy of freeing oneself from chains and a sick behavior can be shared.
The Soul Test uses the adjacent columns method reduced by exclusion, which grants more than 94% reliability. There is no doubt that it can be improved over time, but it has a fairly high Cronbach’s alpha coefficient to begin with. This sophisticated instruments quite acceptable today, but with further refinement and electromagnetic complement, it will be highly reliable. In order to see the effects of a positive change and to give way to a civilization without lies, it will be necessary to modify the corresponding legislation and to make these instruments mandatory in many instances.