Inner work is like a quiet pilgrimage into the mysterious dark forests of the mind and heart.
Indeed, whenever we experience a spiritual awakening of any kind, we become like lone wolves beginning our quest through the dense vegetation of our inner worlds.
We donโt know the way.
We donโt know the path.
We may feel lost, disoriented, and a little scared.
Yet, something deep within us โ the Soul perhaps โ knows that this is a journey we must undertake in order to find true freedom, healing, belonging, and fulfillment.ย
Like any journey, there are many routes and paths we can take to get us through that subterranean world of our deep psyches and toward our inner Center.
So, which path do you take?
Thatโs where this test can help you out.
Remember: you can return to this test as many times as you want to get an idea of what your needs are, because they can and do change throughout your journey as a spiritual wanderer.
Treat this test as a resource that can help you tune into your inner wolf and what path it wants to traverse next.
You can also see our illuminatingย Inner Work Journal Bundleย if you’d like more in-depth and guided help exploringย allย inner work paths, which has been created with the greatest level of care and integrity.
What result did you get? Let me know below!
I got self love. I haven’t always been critical of myself people have made me like that.
I hope this test helped <3
I am trying to work through the inner child journal, but somehow it does not really ‘click’? Is that what resonate mean? It feels like the progress I had the last few months has come to an end, and I start to get stuck again.
I don’t manage to understand the questions and assignments properly in the journal, as if it just doesn’t get through in my brain. So maybe it’s not the right time/moment.
But i do want to continue with the inner work, to keep the flow of learning and growing moving. It doesn’t have to be fast, or big steps, but maybe trying a different subject or approaching it from a different angle. When I did the inner work test again today, general shadow work came up.
I am not sure where to go from here. Working in different journals at the same time is ok? Or will it be more difficult(overwhelming) to work through?
Which journal would be the best for soul loss?
Could that help me to better connect with my inner child?
I hope you could give me some guidance, again. ๐
Hi Evelien,
Why not try approaching the journal in a non-linear way? You don’t need to work through and explore the questions in order from front to back. Skip around, flip or scroll through it, and see what question calls out to you. If none of them do right now, that’s fine. It’s a sign that you may just need to take a break, and let what you’ve already learned integrate for a period of time.
Also, note that inner child work is a form of shadow work, as the inner child is often buried in the shadows. However, you’re welcome to work on more than one journal at once, just do it slowly. Slowness is the key. There’s no need to rush here, or juggle anything.
For disconnnection from Soul (Soul Loss), the Dark Night of the Soul Journal is the most suited to this work and can be worked through even if you’re not in the Dark Night right now. The Self-Love Journal can also help with opening the heart and therefore supporting you to reconnect with your Soul.
You can find all of our journals here if you haven’t already purchased any: https://shop.lonerwolf.com/product-category/journals/
I hope that helps. :)
Self love. This is coincidental because I’m already learning the healing path to self-love
Coincidental or synchronious? ๏ปฟ๐๏ปฟ Thanks for sharing ๏ปฟ๐๏ปฟ
My answers to this test suggest that you need to strengthen my capacity to show kindness, gentleness, forgiveness, patience, and humor toward yourself. It indicated I not do the inner child test/ funny it was the one I was going to do before this test// I best get to work
Well that’s weird and coincidental?
I have a question. On advice of Matheo, i started with the selflove journal because we need a good foundation. I am almost trough the SL journal. And i’m trying to figure out what would be the next step. The journal test says i still need to work on my self love. Last year(s) i had a really rough time. But the darkest parts are(seem) over. Although, i am still not sure what my life purpose would be and i can still feel myself lost/wondering…I am not sure if the dark night journal would be a good idea or the twin flame solo journal. There are some predictions that say i will meet my twin flame this year. Or next month! Not sure what to believe. But i do know, with or without, i still have more work to do. Just not sure what the best next step would be. I hope you can give me some guidance. Thank you.
Thanks Evelien for sharing. I’d recommend the Inner Child Journal as a good follow-up to the self-love one based on your other two comments. On Finding Purpose and on Finding a Partner, both are outward focused projects and yet both of these start with Knowing Ourselves. That is, knowing ourselves on the surface (our values, our fears, our desires) but also knowing ourselves in a deeper way. That is, what exactly is this “I” or self I’m trying to get to know? Is it a thought? a collection of memories? Physical sensations? or something more?
Once we know who we are, the purpose or even the enjoyment of purposelessness reveals itself, as do the people we’ll draw into our lives. But the outside world is often more engaging and stimulating than the world within with its promises of joy/pleasure/love, which is why that strong inner foundation is so necessary.
I hope that helps.
I love thisโฆ
โSlow down, be quiet, and open your heart. Only then will you be able to truly listen.โ
โก thank you Jamie
I am in the process of creating a website called โheartshapedearth.comโ. A non-profit centred around everything and anything related to the very essence of life.
A heart and mind overflowing with ideas from childrenโs stories to fine art. Itโs hard to slow down and contain it.
Your work has been and continues to be an inspiration. Accelerating my personal growth more than I can express with words. May I be granted permission to use this phrase on our site with credits to LonerWolf?
Thank you and keep up the great work
Absolutely, James! And what a wonderful project โก
Lovely! Thank you.
as the saying goesโฆ
โyou canโt give away what you donโt haveโ
I know I desperately need ALL of them but I definitely want to know where to start.
At first I thought I needed shadow work first and foremost, but then I realized with my therapist that most of the anger and hostility I feel toward myself and the world is strongly rooted in sadness and pain. So I think Iโm going to start someplace else like inner child work as well as going through past trauma with my therapist.
Also, happy 2023 LonerWolf! I think this is my second or third year with you and Iโm happy to be around for another. Maybe this year will be the one where I actually put the advice in your articles to practice lol.
Thank you for sharing and for your vulnerability, Celtice! It’s not easy work at all going into our buried wounds and traumas, so I think you’re doing the very best you can. Many people aren’t even willing to go within a mile of their pain, so the fact that you’re open to this work speaks wonders of your courage.
And I’m so happy you’re here walking this path with us Celtice, it’s so lovely to put a face to your name! Much love and many blessings for 2023 โก
In 1976 my first husband committed suicide he had also left a note. He would have killed me as well but I was not there. I started therapy that year my therapist made me burn his letter. she gave me this to read it was on my mirror for years but moving it got lost I was cleaning out boxes a few days ago & came across it
MY DECLARATION OF SELF-ESTEEM
I AM ME
IN ALL THE WORLD THERE IS NO ONE EXACTLY LIKE ME. THERE ARE PERSONS WHO HAVE PARTS LIKE ME ,BUT NO ONE ADDS UP EXACTLY LIKE ME
THEREFORE, EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF ME IS AUTHENTICALLY MINE BECAUSE I ALONE CHOOSE IT
I OWN EVERYTHING ABOUT ME — MY BODY, INCLUDING EVERYTHING IT DOES; MY MIND WHICH TAKES IN ALL OF IT’S THOUGHTS AND IDEAS; MY EYES INCLUDING THE IMAGES THEY VIEW; MY FEELINGS WHATEVER THEY MAY BE; ANGER, JOY, FRUSTRATION LOVE, DISAPPOINTMENT EXCITEMENT; MY MOUTH AND ALL THE WORDS THAT COME OUT OF IT, POLITE SWEET OR CRUEL; MY VOICE GENTLE OR LOUD AND ALL MY ACTIONS, EITHER TO MYSELF OR OTHERS
I OWN MY FANTASIES, DREAMS, MY HOPES, MY FEARS
I OWN ALL MY MOMENTS OF GLORY AS WELL AS MY FAILURES AND MISTAKES
BECAUSE I OWN ALL OF ME, I CAN GET TO KNOW MYSELF INTIMATELY.
BY DOING SO (I CAN LOVE MYSELF) AND BE ACQUAINTED WITH MYSELF, MY WHOLE BEING. I CAN MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME, MY TOTALITY ‘TO WORK’
(FUNCTION) IN MY BEST INTEREST
I REALIZE THERE ARE PARTS OF ME WHICH ARE STILL UNKOWN AND THAT PUZZLE ME
BUT IF I CAN BE LOVING AND TRUE TO MYSELF (AND NOT MANIPULATIVE, RATIONALIZING) I CAN LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS TO THE PUZZLES AND GREY AREAS OF MY BEING, SO THAT I MAY FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ME.
HOW I FEEL, LOOK, AND SOUND, WHATEVER I DO OR SAY, WHATEVER I THINK AT ANYTIME IS ME. THIS IS REAL, AND STATES WHERE “I AM” AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT IN TIME
WHEN I GO BACK LATER AND CHECK ABOUT HOW I FELT, LOOKED, WHAT I THOUGHT OR SAID ,SOME PIECES MAY NOT “FIT” ME, MAY NOT PLEASE ME EITHER
I CAN GET RID OF THOSE PARTS WHICH ARE “NOT” THE AUTHENTIC ME,
KEEP THAT WHICH ARE THE REAL ME, AND CREATE A MORE APPROPRIATE
REPLACEMENT FOR THE PARTS OF ME I DISCARDED
I CAN
SEE, HEAR, FEEL, THINK SAY AND ACT
I HAVE THE MEANS TO SURVIVE,TO BE PRODUCTIVE, TO ESTABLISH REAL, INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER HUMAN BEINGS, AND TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF MY OWN WORLD AND THINGS EXTERNAL TO ME.
I AM ME, UNIQUE IN THE WHOLE WORLD
I AM ME AND I AM “OK”
I love that poem/passage. I had a couple teachers in school who had it on a poster in their classrooms. I never really grasped the full meaning until I was much older, though.
Self love was my calling.
The foundation of our very existence.
I have tried to build a life on a weak foundation. Emphasis on the word try.
It is in my 40โs that am I becoming more aware.
Awareness that I am the evolving yet un-evolved self.
One tiny expression of all that is.
Oscillating back-and-forth via the vagus nerve, both emitting and receiving.
Hidden from view yet omni-present.
Life happening for us from the inside out.
An earth-heart-mind coherence.
I begin to see, and accept, self love as the joy and wonder in the every day.
Whichever path I choose, self-love and appreciation is undeniably something to become passionate about.
To see, appreciate and love all that is the self is to see and appreciate all that is. Quite astonishing really.
Thank you for your guidance to bring me back to centre.
What I adore about self-love is that it is at the very root of all forms of healing and inner work โ and it brings to mind these cliche words: “Home is where the heart is.” The heart is the doorway to the soul, the anchor, and the true home within all forms of inner journeying, expansion, and healing. May you find true rootedness in the heart James. Thank you for sharing here โก
Bless you and thank you.
Beautiful, I’m glad I’ve tried it. Self-love was the result for me
Self-love is the foundation of all forms of inner work, so it’s awesome that you got this as your result Cris :)
Very nice quiz! I am currently doing shadow work…it is super hard.
@Lala
Oh yes! Probably the hardest work in the world. So do take it slowly and be gentle with yourself โก