Dharma Finder
25 questions distilled from Schmachtenberger's Dharma Inquiry · 4 sections
A deep inquiry into your capacities, values, propensities, and shadows — designed to surface what you're actually here to do, as opposed to what you've been conditioned to pursue.
ASSESSMENT TYPE: Purpose / dharma mapping | QUESTIONS: 25 | SECTIONS: 4 | SOURCE: Daniel Schmachtenberger's Dharma Inquiry | URL: tonygreenberg.com/dharma-finder
If you had no financial constraints, what would you spend your time doing?
What would you do even if you knew you would fail?
What activities make you lose track of time completely?
If you could only do one type of work for the rest of your life, what would it be?
What problems do you find yourself thinking about even when no one asked you to?
What injustice in the world makes you most angry?
What kind of impact do you most want to have on others?
What would you want written on your tombstone?
What causes would you sacrifice significant personal comfort for?
What does a life well-lived look like to you?
What do people consistently come to you for help with?
What skills did you develop so naturally that you forgot others find them hard?
What were you doing the last time someone said 'you're really good at this'?
What type of problems do you solve better than most people you know?
What would your closest friends say is your greatest gift?
What are you doing right now primarily for money, status, or approval — not because it lights you up?
What have you been avoiding that you know you're meant to do?
What would you stop doing immediately if you weren't afraid of what others would think?
What part of your work feels like performance rather than expression?
Where are you deceiving yourself? Where are you not living in alignment with your own values — and what would change if you stopped?