This Short Set Of Questions Will Help You Discover Your Emotional Pain-Body

Eckart Tolle once spoke of an emotional pain-body. Apprehension, self-hate, remorse, rage, envy, and other negative emotions are a representation of the pain-body. All emotional pains suffered during your life fall within the pain-body.

In many people, the pain-body is either dormant or active. Some events may trigger it to wake up or go back to sleep. A great way to measure the activity of your pain-body currently, take the following quiz:

Answers: 1 = virtually never, 2 =sometimes, 3 = frequently, 4 = almost always.

The Pain-Body Quiz:

1. I can be mad for no reason
2. I harbor resentment against others
3. I am easily angered
4. I feel serious remorse
5. I am impatient with other people
6. I become depressed without any reason
7. People make me anxious
8. I am overcome by self-pity
9. I am often overcome by my emotions
10. I have negative ideas about myself
11. I have envy for others
12. I am easily offended by others
13. Small, insignificant things trigger intensive emotions in me
14. I am often overcome by my emotions unexpectedly
15. I am not happy
16. I am able to control my emotions well
17. I can forget about old offenses
18. When I realize that an emotions overcomes me, I am able to consciously suppress it
19. I am able to contemplate my emotions like an outsider
20. I do not identify with my emotions, I simply allow them to happen
21. When I am suffering emotionally, I do not escape, I make efforts to consciously face the emotion concerned
22. I am able to focus my attention on the present, instead of re-living old emotions

If you scored between 15 and 30, your pain-body is weaker than most people. You may consider it in a resting state.

If you scored between 31-45, your pain-body is normal. You have tranquil periods and at times get fired up.

If you scored 46-60, you possess a very strong pain body, activating itself easily and taking control of your life.