The Spiritual Self Schema (3-S) Development Program

actors, estimate the percentage of the time last week that you were able
to experience and express your Spiritual nature while you were
engaged in your habitual, automated, patterns of thinking, feeling, and
behaving. An honest and careful assessment will allow you to progress
more rapidly.
Record.
(a) Return again to your Habitual Self-Schema Worksheet and enter the
percentage you just estimated that you were able to experience and
express your Spiritual nature while your identified habitual self-schema
was being accessed last week. Save your completed Habitual Self-
Schema Worksheet to disk and/or print a copy and file it in your 3-S
Journal.
(b) Now go to the Reflections on the 10 "Perfections" Worksheet
provided at the end of this text, and rate the extent to which the selfschema
that was habitually activated during the past week (i.e., prior to
beginning the program) enabled you to experience and express the 10
qualities that are listed on the form (from 0-100%). In Buddhist
traditions these qualities are called the 10 perfections (Pali paramis);
however, they are qualities that are viewed as ideals in most
spiritual/religious traditions. They are provided here as examples of
qualities or characteristics that might be used to describe an individual
pursuing a moral, ethical, or Spiritual path, and to help you keep track
of personal changes you make during your participation in the
program. Use them to examine the compatibility of your habitual selfschema
with your highest ideals, feeling free to add to, or modify, the 10
qualities presented. When you have completed the Worksheet, be sure
to print and/or save a copy, and keep it in your 3-S Journal (or folder).
Step 5: The Self-Schema Check-In: Observing self-schema
activation
In Steps 1 through 4 above, you tried to identify the habitual patterns of
an entire week. Most people find this very difficult. Indeed, the more
one is on "automatic pilot" through life, the more difficult (and the more
necessary), the task of self-monitoring will be. This next step will be
somewhat easier because it will allow you to monitor your habitual
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