Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

*Do you say “I Love You” to your partner in order to hear it said in return?
*Do you do good deeds for others because you feel obligated to do so?
*Do you resent or have envy for others who are successful or happy or “in love”?
*Do you feel smarter than some of your friends and associates?
*Do you feel more successful than others in your neighborhood?
*Do you attribute selfish motives to the actions of others (especially your enemies)?
*Do you react melodramatically to challenge or crisis?
*Do you judge the Truth of others’ statements as either “wrong” or “right”?
*Do you feel that criminals should be “fairly punished”, and does it make you happy to
learn they have received those “just rewards”?
*Do you feel bitter about things that have happened to you in the past?
*Do you have a pessimistic (a.k.a. “realistic”) opinion about the future?
*Do you avoid making eye-contact with or smiling at strangers?
*Do you pass by homeless people &/or beggars without acknowledging them?
*Do you laugh or smile while listening to someone gossip about another person?
*Do you only “half-listen” when another is sharing their problems with you?
*Do you feel good when your country’s military is reported to have “won a battle” or
“neutralized (i.e. killed) an enemy combatant”?
*Do you feel thankful that you and those who believe like you are going to “make it to
Heaven” after you die, even though that means that millions of others will not?
*Do you laugh when you see someone trip or stumble or otherwise embarrass
themselves?
If you answered affirmatively to any of these questions, it does not make you a person
who is “bad” or “mean” or “cold”. And yet, the degree to which you answered “Yes” to
any of these questions is indeed the degree to which callousness is holding you back from
living a life of Power and Meaning and Joy.
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