SOUL GROUP VII – CHIROLOGY

QUESTION 1 & 2

FEMALE & MALE

QUESTION 3.1

DATE OF BIRTH

Participants have birthdays that fall within the following date ranges associated with specific Zodiac categories:

Only one astrological sign is not represented in this Group – Gemini

Aries – 6%
Taurus – 13%
Gemini – 0
Cancer – 6%
Leo – 6%
Virgo – 13%
Libra – 9%
Scorpio – 9%
Sagittarius – 13%
Capricorn – 9%
Aquarius – 9%
Pisces – 9%

QUESTION 3.2

BORN ON DAY OF THE WEEK

Participants were born on the following days of the week:

Monday – 6
Tuesday – 2
Wednesday – 4
Thursday – 4
Friday – 7
Saturday – 4
Sunday – 5

QUESTION 4 TIME OF BIRTH

Participants were born on the following times:

31% of participants indicated that they do not know the time of their birth.

Those who do know their time of birth indicated the following times:

00:00
00:05
00:15
01:15
02:55
05:00
06:00
07:00
07:00
08:00
08:05
08:05
08:10
09:00
10:00
10:45
12:00
17:00
18:00
19:20
23:27

The majority of times fall within typical morning or early-evening hours.

Morning and late-morning times account for 33%, making this the most common range among the mentioned times.

Two participants were born at each of the following exact times:

• 7:00 – two participants.

• 8:05 – two participants.

QUESTION 5

PLACE OF BIRTH (COUNTRY AND TOWN)

Participants indicated that they were born in the following places:

Cities/Towns mentioned more than once:
Johannesburg – mentioned 6 times.
Pretoria – mentioned 4 times.
Edenvale – mentioned 2 times.
Cities/Towns mentioned only once:
Kroonstad.
Bloemfontein.
Kokstad.
Brits.
Vanderbijlpark.
Mthatha.
Vryheid.
Kimberley.
Cape Town.
Somerset West.
Uitenhage.
Louis Trichardt.
Cities/towns not in South Africa:
Netherlands – Utrecht.
Island of Madeira – Funchal.
UK – London.
UK – Bideford.
UK – Somerset.
Swaziland – Mbabane.
Kitwe – Zambia.

QUESTION 6

BLOOD TYPE.

Participants indicated that they have the following blood types:

A+: 7 participants.
A-: 3 participants.
B+: 3 participants.
B-: 1 participant.
AB: 1 participant.
O+: 10 participants.
O-: 2 participants.
Don’t know: 4 participants.

QUESTION 7

COLOUR OF EYES

Participants indicated that they have the following eye colours:

Brown – 12 participants.
Blue – 7 participants.
Dark blue grey – 1 participant.
Green – 11 participants.

QUESTION 8

NATURAL COLOUR OF HAIR

Participants indicated that they had the following hair colours:
Brown (all shades) – 19 participants.
Blonde (all shades) – 5 participants.
Black – 3 participants.
Red – 2 participants.
Auburn – 1 participant.
Grey – 1 participant.

QUESTION 9

HEIGHT

The average height of participants in this Group is 1.66m.

QUESTION 10

EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS.

The following is a breakdown of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) levels in South Africa:

Up to Grade 12 corresponds to NQF Level 4, which is the National Senior Certificate (Matric).
Diploma qualifications correspond generally to NQF Level 6 (National Diploma or Advanced Certificate).
Degrees fall in NQF Levels 7 and 8:
- Bachelor’s Degree is Level 7.
- Honours Degree or Postgraduate Diploma is Level 8.
Master’s Degree is NQF Level 9.
Doctorate (PhD) is NQF Level 10.

Other qualifications such as Higher Certificates (NQF Level 5), Advanced Diplomas (NQF Level 7), and various occupational certificates also exist in the framework. The framework includes ten levels that provide a detailed and structured hierarchy of education qualifications in South Africa.

According to the answers provided by the participants the following NQF qualifications are mentioned:
Level – 2 – 1 participant.
Level – 3 – 2 participants.
Level – 4 – 7 participants.
Level – 5 – 5 participants.
Level – 6 – 1 participant.
Level – 7 – 14 participants.
Level – 8 – 3 participants.
Level – 9 – 4 participants.
Level – 10 – 3 participants.

QUESTION 11

WHAT LANGUAGES DO YOU SPEAK?

Participants reported their proficiency in the following languages:

English – 31 mentions.
Afrikaans – 27 mentions.
German — 3 mentions.
Portuguese — 2 mentions.
Hindi — 1 mention.
Gujarati — 1 mention.
French — 1 mention.
Sotho — 1 mention.
Zulu — 1 mention.

QUESTION 12

OCCUPATION

Based on the different occupations indicated by participants the following career categories can be identified:

Please note that some participants indicated that they have more than one occupation. Some occupations can also be categorized in more than one category.

Business / Leadership / Management (12 participants).
Business Owner × 3.
Administration Manager.
Team Leader.
Project Manager.
Manager × 2.
Business Unit Head (Media Strategy).
Director / Head of Corporate Business Development.
Retired Director.
Financial Manager.
Administration / Finance (7 participants).
Admin × 2.
Bookkeeper.
Accountant.
Accounts Administrator.
Account-related roles.
Health & Wellness Practitioners (6 participants).
Radiologist.
Ethno Health Practitioner.
Homeopath.
Nutritionist.
Yoga Teacher.
Master Trainer & Mentor (Fitness / Group Training).
Coaching / Training / Facilitation (4 participants).
Includes professional development, personal growth, and teaching roles.
Workshop Facilitator and Retreat Guide.
Life Coach.
Master Trainer & Mentor (also overlaps with health/fitness).
Forensic Fraud Investigator / Trainer.
Marketing / Events / Media (3 participants).
Event Planner.
Marketing, Public Relations.
Business Unit Head (Media Strategy).
Security / Investigation (1 participant).

Forensic Fraud Investigator / Security Risk Consultant / Surveillance Specialist.
Creative / Craft (1 participant).
Crafter.
Students / Not Currently Employed (3 participants).
Student.
Not employed x 2.

QUESTION 12

OCCUPATION

Please note that some participants indicated that they have more than one occupation. Some occupations can also be categorized in more than one category.

Based on the different occupations indicated by participants the following career categories can be identified:

Business / Leadership / Management (12 participants).
Business Owner × 3.
Administration Manager.
Team Leader.
Project Manager.
Manager × 2.
Business Unit Head (Media Strategy).
Director / Head of Corporate Business Development.
Retired Director.
Financial Manager.
Administration / Finance (7 participants).
Admin × 2.
Bookkeeper.
Accountant.
Accounts Administrator.
Account-related roles.
Health & Wellness Practitioners (6 participants).
Radiologist.
Ethno Health Practitioner.
Homeopath.
Nutritionist.
Yoga Teacher.
Master Trainer & Mentor (Fitness / Group Training).
Coaching / Training / Facilitation (4 participants).
Includes professional development, personal growth, and teaching roles.
Workshop Facilitator and Retreat Guide.
Life Coach.
Master Trainer & Mentor (also overlaps with health/fitness).
Forensic Fraud Investigator / Trainer.
Marketing / Events / Media (3 participants).
Event Planner.
Marketing, Public Relations.
Business Unit Head (Media Strategy).
Security / Investigation (1 participant).

Forensic Fraud Investigator / Security Risk Consultant / Surveillance Specialist.
Creative / Craft (1 participant).
Crafter.
Students / Not Currently Employed (3 participants).
Student.
Not employed x 2.

QUESTION 13

MARITAL STATUS

Participants indicated their marital status as follows:

Married – 11 participants.
Single – 10 participants.
Divorced – 10 participants.
Widow – 1 participant.

QUESTION 14

DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN? 66% of participants indicated that they have children.

QUESTION 15

WHERE DO YOU FIT IN SIBLING WISE?

Participants provided the following answers:

Only child – 2 participants.
Oldest – 17 participants
Middle – 4 participants.
Youngest – 6 participants.
Second of four 3 participants.

QUESTION 16

ACCORDING TO THE FAMILY STRUCTURE YOU WERE BORN INTO, WHAT CULTURE GROUP DO YOU BELONG TO?

The following answers were provided:

White / European / Caucasian – 13 participants.
Includes: White, White South African, White Afrikaner, Caucasian, European, White English speaking, South African-White, etc.
Afrikaner / Afrikaans cultural identity – 8 participants.
Includes: Afrikaner, Afrikaans, Afrikaans-speaking, Boere community, Afrikaans mom/English dad, etc.
Coloured – 2 participants.
African Black – 1 participant.
Minority cultural or national identifiers – 4 participants.
Includes: British, Scottish, Rhodesian, Latin
Uncertain / No specific cultural group – 4 participants.
Includes: Any, None, Don’t know, Not sure.

QUESTION 17

WHAT CULTURE GROUP CAN YOU BEST IDENTIFY WITH?

The following answers were provided:

White / European – 14 participants.
Afrikaans / Afrikaner-specific – 4 participants.
Uncertain / Don’t know / None – 6 participants.
Global / Cosmopolitan / Playful – 3 participants.
Spiritual / Religious / Mixed Ethnic – 5 participants.

QUESTION 18

WHAT IS YOUR RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE?

The following answers were provided:

None / No Religion – 10 participants.
Spiritual – 9 participants.
Christian – 4 participants.
Buddhist – 2 participants.

QUESTION 19

ARE YOU A MEMBER OF A SPECIFIC CHURCH (IF YES STATE WHICH).

The following answers were given:

84% of participants indicated that they are not members of a specific church.

Those who belong to a church provided the following answers:

Renaissance.
Luther Church.
Presbyterian.
Affiliations – Buddhist.
NG Kerk.

QUESTION 20

WHAT HOBBIES DO YOU HAVE?

The following answers were provided:

Reading – 12 participants.
Gardening – 5 participants.
Yoga – 4 participants.
Walking – 3 participants.
Travel – 3 participants.
Scuba diving – 3 participants.
Painting – 3 participants.
DIY – 2 participants.
Dancing – 2 participants.
Horse riding – 2 participants.
Photography – 2 participants.
Art – 2 participants.

Hobbies mentioned only once:

Entertaining, hiking, gym, belly dancing, physical exercise, philosophizing, writing, hand work, bonsai, lead glass work, listening to music, attending lectures, cooking, home décor, singing, embroidery, bridge, extreme sport, running, watching TV, movies, drinking wine, electrical/mechanical learning, superbike riding, pottery, nature walks, garden plants, sewing, studying esoteric topics, tarot, astrology, cycling, vegan cooking, Pilates, gymnastics, kung fu, salsa, body building, swimming coaching, personal training, effective altruism, triathlon, skiing, photos, target shooting, knitting, crocheting, papercrafts, beading.

QUESTION 21

DO YOU OR HAVE YOU EVER COLLECTED ANYTHING?

The following answers were provided:

22% of participants indicated that they have not collected anything.

Those who collect or have collected anything provided the following answers:

Books – 5 participants.
Stones – 4 participants.
Stamps – 3 participants.
Crystals – 3 participants.
Shells – 2 participants.

Items Mentioned Only Once:

Fairies, logs, plants, recipes, Victorian silver, Raphael angels in silver on jars, teaspoons, lanterns, CDs, glass bottles, little frogs, fridge magnets, owls, antique dolls, coins, watches, stilettos/shoes, toy horses, candles, windchimes, dreamcatchers, incense, tarot cards, oracle cards, postcards, interesting toys and trinkets, artworks from one specific source, wine, vintage bottles, tins.

QUESTION 22

DO YOU BELONG TO ANY ORGANISATIONS?

44% of participants indicated that they do not belong to any organizations.

Those who indicated that they belong to organizations provided the following answers:

Stroke Support Group, Bonsai, Weavers Guild, Fisio.
Royal College of Radiologists,
Core Regeneration School – NHA.
Homeopathic Association, Buddhist Group.
Art of Living, Lifeline.
Jozi Real Food.
EAPISA.
SAIH.
Canoeing Club.
Vegan Society.
Gym, Triathlon.
International Association for Fraud Crime Investigating (current vice president for Gauteng branch), Association for Certified Examiners (international), Institute of Risk Management of SA, Institute Certified Fraud Practitioners.

QUESTION 23

DO YOU VOTE IN THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS?

72% participants indicated that they vote in the national elections.

QUESTION 24

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY CHARITY ACTIVITIES?

53% of participants are not involved in any charity activities.

QUESTION 25

WHAT IS YOUR IDEAL JOB?

Participants provided the following answers:

Current job / what I do currently – mentioned 6 times
Helping people / serving others – mentioned 3 times.
Outdoors / nature-related work – mentioned twice.

The following were also mentioned:

Writing (memoir).
Philosophy.
Management.
Don’t know.
Using my intellect.
Technology-related work.
Horse-related work.
Something meaningful.
Training.
Movie and commercial editor.
Architecture / building / designing.
Mediating / conflict resolution.
Business owner.
Yoga teacher part-time.
Arts/spiritual work from home.
Running a guesthouse in nature.
Animal sanctuary.
Business management.
Private equity / venture capitalist / effective altruist.
Working with animals.
Problem-solving without daily operational tasks.
Forensics / surveillance specialist / advisor.

QUESTION 26

ARE YOU WORKING IN OR HAVE YOU EVER HAD YOUR IDEAL JOB?

Participants answered as follows:

66% – Yes
34% – No

QUESTION 27

WHAT IS YOUR STRONGEST SENSE?

Participants answered as follows:

Sight – 14 participants.
Touch – 9 participants.
Hearing – 6 participants.
Smell – 2 participants.
Taste – 1 participant.

Sight, Touch, Hearing, Smell, Taste

14,9,6,2,1

QUESTION 30

WHAT HEALTH ISSUE HAS CHALLENGED YOU PREDOMINANTLY IN YOUR LIFE:

28% of participants indicated that they have not experienced challenges related to their health.

Participants mentioned the following health challenges:

Digestive issues.
Epilepsy.
Osteoarthritis.
Allergies.
Lung related.
Migraine.
Diabetic.
Weight.
Digestion related.
Lower back.
Depression / anxiety.
Mental health.
Insulin resistance, allergies, hormonal issues.
Bladder infections.
I have had allergies since childhood and still suffer from sinus problems on a daily basis. I also have IBS and was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis about 3 years ago which have been very challenging in terms of pain management.
Digestion related.
Nothing really (only occasional headaches, associated with my menstrual cycle).
Depression (Past/No longer).
Stomach, headaches.
Colon endometriosis, tonsils, acne.
High Blood pressure and Restless legs syndrome/ Sleep Aphnea- Sleeping with a CPAP.
Hypothyroidism.
Headaches.

QUESTION 31

WHAT OPERATIONS DID YOU HAVE? – PLEASE STATE AT WHAT AGE FOR EACH.

21% of participants indicated that they never had any operations.

The following were the most frequently mentioned operations:

Tonsils removed – mentioned 20 times.
Hysterectomy – mentioned 9 times.
The following operations were mentioned 4 times.
Appendix removed.
Feet-related operations.
Nose-related operations.
Shoulder-related operations.
Teeth/dental operations.
The following operations were mentioned twice:
Hip replacement.
C-section / Caesar.
Breast-related operations.
Knee surgery.
Abortion / termination.

Those participants who had operations reported the following:

Tonsils, hysterectomy.
Caesar – 33, hysterectomy – 47, breast reduction – 50, removal of melanoma in situ – 56, rotator cuff – left -59, right-58.
Eye related, hysterectomy.
Thyroid, hip replacement.
Tonsils, hysterectomy, shoulder, knee, hernia, mastectomy.
Skin cancer related.
Tonsils at age 36, exploratory op at age 34 (nothing was found).
Tonsils, appendix, hysterectomy, feet related, hip replacement.
Appendix.
Tonsils, chest related, hysterectomy, neck related.
Feet related.
Teeth related, feet related.
Teeth related, hysterectomy.
Tonsils, appendix, shoulder. Feet related.
Tonsils, appendix, teeth related, hysterectomy. Nose related, hand related, digestive related.
Tonsils, nose related.
Nose related, abortion, breast related.
Tonsils.
Plastic surgery (25), Termination (27).
None.
Tonsils (5), Bone transplant in hand (18) , Wisdom teeth removal (19), Removal of abnormal cells in cervix (25), Operation on knee to do something with the cartilage ( 20), Sterilization (35) after having an abortion.
Tonsils (a child) / emergency Caesar.
24 years old = Bladder issues in Urology hospital, 30 years old = C-Section, 34 years = Cysts on my womb area.
Broken right Humerus – age 43 – inserted plate.
Knee surgery after a ski accident (torn ligaments) in 2003 and wrist surgery (broke it in cycling, not sure when… about 2006
Tonsils around 6 years old, breast biopsy around 45 years old, benign
Gall bladder removed. Probably 32 years old.
Tonsillitis (6), Ovarian cystectomy (30).
Tonsils (2,10), endometriosis (34, 38).
Arm amputation at 6, Septum repair at 30, Tonsil removal at 50, Varicose veins removal at 57. Operation on left leg after a house invasion.
Too many to mention.
Tonsils (7), Appendix (10), Hysterectomy (42), Lung biopsy (48).

QUESTION 32

AS A CHILD DID YOU HAVE ANY LEARNING DIFFICULTIES?

94% of participants indicated that they did not have learning difficulties.

QUESTION 33

DID YOU HAVE HAPPY CHILDHOOD YEARS?

Yes – 60%
No – 34%
Mixed – 6%

QUESTION 35

AS A CHILD DID YOU HAVE AN IMAGINARY FRIEND?

Participants answered as follows:

No – 9%
Yes – 91%

QUESTION 36

WHAT SITUATION CAN GENERATE THE EMOTION OF ANGER ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WITH YOU?

The following answers were provided:

Discrimination – mentioned twice.
Being ignored – mentioned 3 times.
Selfishness – mentioned 4 times.
Cruelty / Abuse (children, animals, elderly, humans) – mentioned 5 times.
Unfairness / Injustice / Judgement – mentioned 6 times.

The following were also mentioned:

Hypocrisy.
None.
Untruthfulness.
Inefficiency.
Incompetence.
Laziness.
Lack of self-control.
My child’s father.
People who don’t respect my values.
Telling me what to do.
Rude words / sensitivity to words.
Strong ego.
People hooting on the road.
When someone undermines me.
Tantrums.
Crime.
People who punch down and prey on the weak.
Arrogance.
Ill-discipline.
Being disrespected.

QUESTION 37

WHAT WOULD HAVE A CALMING EFFECT ON YOU – MOST OF THE TIME?

Participants answered as follows:

Actions mentioned more than once:
Nature – mentioned 13 times.
Music – mentioned 10 times.
Animals / Pets – mentioned 4 times.
Talking / Discussing – mentioned 3 times.
Meditation / Meditate – 3 times.
Reading – mentioned twice.
Wine – mentioned twice.
Actions mentioned only once:
Breathing.
Sport.
Shower.
Kind words.
Lovely surroundings.
Alone time.
Exercise.
Deep breathing.
Windchimes.
Training.
Someone apologising.
Watching crime movies/series.
Discussions with Charmaine.
Addressing investigative issues.
A glass of wine with TV.

QUESTION 38

THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE WHAT PREDOMINANTLY CAUSES YOU STRESS?

Participants provided the following answers:

Aspects mentioned more than once:
Relationship-related stress – mentioned 7 times.
Self-related stress – mentioned 4 times.
Work related – mentioned 4 times.
Money / Finance – mentioned 3 times.
The following aspects were also mentioned:
Nothing.
Time / fear of being late.
People in general.
Animals or people being unwell.
Any form of conflict.
People I care about struggling.
Small life irritations.
Uncertainties.
Business issues.
Making mistakes.
Being wrong.
Other people.
Need to be accepted.

QUESTION 39

WHAT DO YOU DO TO RELAX?

Participants provided the following answers:

Items Mentioned More Than Once
Reading – mentioned 10 times.
Nature – mentioned 7 times.
Meditation – mentioned 5 times.
Music – mentioned 4 times.
Movies / Watching TV – mentioned 4 times.
Physical activities – mentioned 4 times.
Bath – mentioned 3 times.

Walking – mentioned twice.

The following were also mentioned:
Socialize.
Spending time alone.
Work.
Thinking.
Cleaning.
Message therapy.
Horse riding.
Watch TV, movies, drink wine.
Riding bikes.
Breathing practices.
Various yoga / Pilates.
Taking medication for fibromyalgia.
Sleep.
Paint.
Staying away from people.
Art.
Cycle.
Research.
Hunting with grandson.
Gardening.
Smoking.

QUESTION 40

WHAT IS YOUR STRONGEST ATTRIBUTE?

Participants provided the following answers:

Attributes mentioned more than once:
Compassion – mentioned 4 times.
Kindness – mentioned 3 times.
Honesty – mentioned twice.
Hard working – mentioned twice.
Loyalty / Loyal – mentioned twice.
Attributes mentioned only once:
Headstrong.
Helpfulness.
Empathy.
Authentic.
Consistency.
Integrity.
Objective, analytical.
Learning from experience.
Talkative.
Persistency.
People person.
Organisation.
Long-term memory.
Stubbornness / Perseverance.
Strong sense of self.
Serving & being of service.
Determination / Consistency / Giving advice / Negotiating difficult situations.
Likeable to people.
Generosity.

QUESTION 41

WHAT IS YOUR WEAKEST ATTRIBUTE?

The following answers were received:

Attributes mentioned more than once:
Impatient – mentioned 5 times.
Self-confidence (low) – mentioned 4 times.
Being judgemental – mentioned twice.
Patience (lack of) – mentioned twice.
The following attributes were also mentioned:
Tend to be domineering / controlling.
Being mean.
Too talkative.
Don’t like change.
Irritation / frustration.
Compassion (as a weakness).
Physical strength.
Crying.
Technology.
Difficulty in delegation / setting boundaries.
Having a temper.
Probably the same quality (on the extreme side).
Sensitivity.
Opinionated.
Working in spare time and not taking time out.
Financially irresponsible and juvenile.
Short temper / fuse; not being able to keep quiet; disrespected.
Take things to heart.

QUESTION 42

WHAT IS YOUR CONCEPT OF GOD?

Participants provided the following answers:

A great presence all around us.
Don’t have one.
A gracious and loving being.
God is the big source of energy we all come from and ehere we all go back to.
He is everywhere and everything.
Not a person but the universe.
A universal energy.
Creator of all that is, powerful, encompassing energy, unconditional universal love.
God is good all the time. He has the best planned for me. He is life. He is in me and I’m in Him.
Everything is God. Everything is within God.
Grander version of me.
Wonderful father. He gives us a choice. God is in us and we in Him.
All-knowing energetic source that is present when I’m desperate.
A higher source.
He is a higher power and feed into him without thoughts.
Someone that I might answer to one day.
A higher loving non-judgemental being.
There is “higher power” but not one God.
The entity that created.
Don’t know.
The Universe.
It is everywhere and in us. Bigger universe. It is not a person. I do not believe in Christianity. I believe we are spirits in a human body and life is a game and a play.
I call it Source or Cosmic Consciousness. We are all connected and part of Source (God). We all have ‘God’ inside of us. ‘God’ does not have human attributes – humans like to assign such attributes to ‘God’ to make sense of the concept. We are all an extension of ‘God’ – therefor we are all connected and one with all of existence. We are ‘God’ and ‘God’ is us.
The energy that surrounds everything.
Creator, protector.
The source of all creation and the designer of all that we are experiencing.
God is so many things, we cannot describe Him as this will contain Him in our way of thinking and thoughts. God is that which is good and healing and peaceful.
Accepting Him as our Saviour, looking after us, ensuring our safety
My rock – especially with the death of my daughter.
Higher power that wants the best for us.

QUESTION 43

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR?

The following answers were received:

Blue – mentioned 9 times.
Green – mentioned 5 times.
Orange – mentioned 3 times.
Purple – mentioned 3 times.
White – mentioned twice.
Red – mentioned twice.
Pink – mentioned twice.
All – mentioned twice.
Beige – mentioned once.
Black – mentioned once.
Yellow – mentioned once.
Turquoise – mentioned once.

QUESTION 44

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD?

Participants provided the following answers:

The following foods were mentioned more than once:
Pizza – mentioned 3 times.
Don’t know – mentioned twice.
Italian – mentioned twice.
Chicken – mentioned twice.
Lamb – mentioned twice.
Foods mentioned only once.
Healthy salads.
Seafood.
Vegetables.
Indian.
No favourite.
Cheese.
Curry.
Artichokes.
Soya.
Dark chocolate.
Pasta.
Anything made of potatoes.
Chocolate.
Potatoes.
Fruit & Risotto.
Watermelon.
Woolies Swiss Roll Dessert.
Fruit & veg.
Roasts.
Cupcakes.

QUESTION 45

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE DRINK?

The following answers were received:

The following drinks were only mentioned once:
Water – mentioned 9 times.
Wine – mentioned 4 times.
Coffee – mentioned 3 times.
Tea – mentioned 4 times.
Drinks mentioned only once:
Chardonnay.
Vodka.
Lassi.
Masala tea chai latte.
Herbal tea.
Milk.
Hunters.
Coke Light.
Cappuccino.
Dom Pedro with Kahlua.
Champagne.
Sparkling water.
Kombucha green tea mixed drink.
Coke.
Whisky.

QUESTION 46

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE TYPE OF MUSIC?

Participants provided the following answers:
Music Types Mentioned More Than Once
Any / Various / A mix (non-specific preference) – mentioned 7 times.
Classical – mentioned 6 times.
Pop / Pop-Rock / Contemporary Pop-Rock – mentioned 3 times
Jazz – mentioned twice.
Music Types Mentioned Only Once
Blues
Johnny Clegg
Emotional
70’s & 80’s
Viby
Rock (stand-alone, e.g., “Classic and rock”)
Spirit music
Classical to gothic (broad range but unique)
House music / Hip hop.
Calming music (Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen, etc.).
Leonard Cohen.

QUESTION 47

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE INTUITION?

The following answers were received:

A connection to the universe putting me in contact with information available to make decisions.
An ability to pick up on “things”: people, situations.
An instinctive feeling.
To know, without knowing how you know to know something only through the heart and soul.
That what i feel is right.
Just knowing.
Knowing.
Sixth sense.
When you know, something is going to happen and it didn’t happen yet and it turns out later that you were right, or when you can see the truth while the person is lying.
A knowingness.
Inner guidance.
The ability to sense the “right way/path/option to make everything as smooth as possible.
A keener sense of awareness.
Being able to tune into the environment around me.
Insight into what is happening around you or what is going to happen.
A gut feeling.
A sense of information coming from below my neck that feels undeniably accurate.
Gut feeling.
Knowing without knowing how you know that.
Getting a strong hunch.
Knowing what I know.
You have a feeling about something or someone. Energy is on or off.
To me it’s like an inner knowing, or feeling or sometimes like a whisper – so I guess it’s connected to the ‘clairs’.
An inner knowing from within or from a previous life.
An idea or prompt to do something.
Knowledge drawn from the subconscious that provides answers to unasked questions.
A sense of knowing.
Understanding issues immediately and avoiding issues/ Considering the known, the feeling of believing/ thinking of what could go wrong.
My guardian Angel.
The ability to be in touch with the Universe and unseen connections.

QUESTION 48

HOW STRONG IS YOUR INTUITION?

Participants provided the following answers:
Very strong – mentioned 11 times.
Strong – mentioned 6 times.
Fairly strong – mentioned 8 times.
Good – mentioned 4 times.
Weak – mentioned twice.
Don’t know – mentioned once.

QUESTION 49

HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED SUICIDE?

63% of participants indicated that they have considered suicide.

QUESTION 50

WHO WAS YOUR ROLE MODEL AS A CHILD?

Participants provided the following answers:

Father – mentioned 8 times.
No one – mentioned 6 times.
Mother – mentioned 4 times.
Don’t know – mentioned 5 times.
Parents – mentioned twice.
Grandmother – mentioned twice.
Responses mentioned only once:
Grade 5 teacher.
Saint Theresa.
Older sister.
Aunt.
Any stable male figure that gave me attention or acceptance.

QUESTION 51

WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL NOW?

The following answers were received:

No one – mentioned 13 times.
Myself – mentioned 4 times.
My daughter – mentioned twice.
Nelson Mandela – mentioned twice.
Mentioned only once:
My son.
Helene Ziller.
Tahiyya Hassim.
Jennifer Hepburn.
Those who stick with their choices.
A friend.
Diana.
Warren Buffet.
Mother.
Victor Hugo.
Rob Hersov.
Andrew William Smith.

QUESTION 52

DO YOU LIKE TO READ?

81% of participants indicated that they like to read.

QUESTION 53

WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER TO READ?

Participants provided the following answers:

Mentioned more than once:
Non-fiction – mentioned 6 times.
Fiction – mentioned 3 times.
Self-help – mentioned 3 times.
Spiritual – mentioned 4 times.
Biographies mentioned 3 times.
Mentioned only once:
Memoirs.
Mystery, detective.
Philosophy, novels.
What is of my interest.
Anything that grabs my fancy – from novels to metaphysics.
Uplifting learning something new.
Manuals to stimulate my mind.
Anything to stimulate the mind.
A large figure in my bank account.
Books on the way the psyche and brain work.
Things with meaning, angel numbers explained, personalities explained.
Mostly spiritual books but for relaxation fantasy or romance.
New Age; true stories or autobiographies.
Educational, non-fiction, in the medical preventative field.
Medical intuition.
Crime/Political issues/Biographies/Legal books/Business development books/Motivational books (Preferably Electronic books).
Fiction, self-awareness.
Magazines and spiritual journals.

QUESTION 54

WHAT IS YOUR CONCEPT OF DEATH?

Participants provided the following answers:

To move to the next level of existence.
Unsure.
When your soul leaves your physical body to return to the whole.
Death is the end of this incarnation of my soul. A passage for my soul to pass through back to the spiritual world. When dying my body changes to another form of energy.
Unavoidable. It comes to all of us.
Moving on.
Moving through the veil.
Transition from earth plane to spirit plane.
People give death too much power and I would like never to see death. Death is like cancer it can be beaten.
The discarding of an old garment.
Don’t know.
It is illegal. It is a choice. If you choose death it will surely come.
I believe in re-incarnation.
It is a continuation on a different level, there is however a fear of the unknown.
A new life waiting.
Not sure.
Crossing over to where we truly belong.
End of life.
To move from the limitations of your body.
I am torn between reincarnation, some sort of energy surviving – transforming and just peace (cease existing).
You leave your body and move to another space.
You will immediately be in peace and right back home. In the stars. Time wont exists.
There is no death, it’s only a transition to another realm – you only leave behind your physical 3D body but your consciousness / soul lives on.
An end to this life, but the soul will continue.
Time on earth in human form comes to an end but continues in spirit in heaven.
Don’t have one. Beyond my intellect to really think beyond the loss of it in the remaining survivors. At best it feels like a transition from one place to another.
When our bodies die and the bond between the soul and body disconnects. We move from one phase to another.
Freedom from the issues of the world.
There is life after death.
Passage to a halfway house before we return for our next life.

QUESTION 55

IF YOU HAD A CHOICE WHAT WOULD BE THE EMOTION THAT YOU WOULD PREDOMINANTLY PREFER TO EXPERIENCE?

Participants provided the following answers:

Wonder.
Calmness.
Joy.
Happiness.
Peacefulness.
Joy.
Excitement.
Calmness.
Peace.
Contentment.
Contentment.
Contentment.
Joy.
Love.
Peacefulness.
Contentment.
Love.
Wonder.
Content.
Content.
Joy.
Love.
Happy and light.
Love.
Harmony & peace.
Peace.
Gratitude.
Peace.
Satisfaction.
Contentment.
Mindfulness.

QUESTION 56

DEFINE THE EMOTION YOU MENTIONED ABOVE.

The following answers were received:

Wonder – to be in awe of what I experience at any given moment.
Calmness – a sense that I am at peace with the world and my life.
Joy – a feeling of pleasure.
Happiness – to become part of the divine love of the universe.
Peace – no one putting pressure on me.
Joy – being happy and content and loving everything.
Possibilities – excitement.
Calmness – non reacting, accepting.
Peace – rested mind.
Contentment – a feeling of acceptance of all and inner peace.
Contentment – being okay and happy with everything in my world.
Happy with the choices I make and the results thereof.
Joy – a heightened, open-hearted, pure state of happiness.
Love – being at peace, living each moment in gratitude, appreciating all around me, a sense of immense wellbeing.
Safe and peaceful – not living in fear of violence in the country.
Contentness – when one feels like one’s life has been purposeful and not a waste of a life.
Love – a warm big feeling in my chest, a sense of peace and contentment and excitement about my life.
Wonder –
Content – at peace with who, where and what you are at that present moment.
Content – to be satisfied.
Joy – looking forward to every experience, learning and adapting, evolving.
Happy and light – not serious and lots of laughing.
Love – To me Love is the strongest emotion known to man, it is our direct link to ‘God’ and to one-another.
Harmony & peace – a constant experience of a life where people treat everyone the way they want to be treated, including animals. No violence toward animals or people; no racism and no hate.
Peace – Not stress about matters out of one’s control.
Gratitude – Being grateful for everything it means to be alive and how amazing every aspect of being alive is. Quite wonderful. Every part of existence is.
Peace – when no matter what happens, you feel inner peace and happiness no matter the outcome – when you do not have to control or worry about something.
Satisfaction – Being successful in everything that I do, Negotiation during difficult situations and reaching amicable solutions/ Putting criminals behind bars/ Ensuring convictions/ Arresting suspects/ Recovering millions of stock on behalf of our clients/ Appreciation shown when you can better the business circumstances of the client/ Not having conflict in my personal life/ Peace and stability.
Contentment – Happy in everything I represent.
Mindfulness – Being in the moment and being fully aware of all your senses & emotions.

QUESTION 58

WHAT CAN AT THIS MOMENT GENERATE THAT EMOTION FOR YOU?

Participants provided the following answers:

Wonder – To see an exceptionally beautiful scene. It can be something in nature, connecting with a person or a special e-mail. Or to experience a special link with a person.
Calmness – When my life is organised and I have regular contact with my loved ones and friends.
Joy – Being happy within self.
Happiness – To go within and become part of the divine love within me, by excluding all fear and thoughts/emotions related to fear.
Peacefulness – Just living.
Joy – Living a happy stress-free time.
Excitement – New possibilities.
Calmness – Meditation.
Peace – Knowing who I am and where I am going.
Contentment – Surrendering.
Contentment – My children.
Contentment – Money.
Joy – The choices I make.
Love – My family and animals.
Peacefulness – Imagery of a peaceful place or being at home with my family.
Contentment – Having a meaningful life.
Love – Thoughts of people I love.
Wonder – Being in nature.
Content – Not working.
Content – Doing something I enjoy or completing a task to my original expectations.
Joy – Interactions with people I care about and find interesting.
Love – Children / friends / Pet.
Happy and light – Time in nature and diving in the sea.
Love – The thought of my beloved animals and family that have passed on.
Harmony & peace – Cycling in nature.
Peace – If I know that my family is cared for and are safe
Gratitude – Getting through the admin and work tasks I have been procrastinating on.
Peace – A meditation, channelling a walk in the park, driving a walk in the park, driving, music.
Satisfaction – Stability/ Success/ Freedom to do what I want.
Contentment – To be allowed to be a grandmother to our boys. The daughter in law would not allow it.
Mindfulness – Solitude.

QUESTION 59

DO YOU LOVE ANIMALS OR PEOPLE MORE?

Participants responded as follows:

People – 28%

Animals – 41%

Both – 31%

QUESTION 60

WHAT WOULD BE THE ONE THING YOU WOULD WANT IN YOUR HEAVEN?

Participants provided the following answers:

Everybody I love.
I don’t identify with the idea of “heaven”.
Unconditional love.
Love.
Music and the opportunity to sing.
Peace.
Freedom.
Understanding.
My husband and music.
Flowers.
Fun and happiness.
My wife.
Warmth.
Nature.
Nothing.
Everyone to be in harmony with each other.
Love and entities I love, a sense of home.
My son.
Everything I ever wanted to have on earth.
Fairness for all people of all races and cultures, Animals that are all vegetarian so I can play with all of them, definitely unicorns, Most NB Peace!!!
Peace.
Peace.
Animals.
Harmony and peace towards all living beings.
Fulfilment.
I have no proof that this isn’t my heaven. This where I am is more than plenty.
No worries or anxiety.
Freedom.
To see my passed loved ones and animals.
Music.

QUESTION 61

UP TO NOW IN YOUR LIFE WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT?

Participants provided the following answers:

To have raised my children alone without emotional of financial support from their father. To start a business out of nothing and employ 16 people. To be comfortable with whom I am.
Preparing for and walking the Portuguese Camino in 2018.
Being flexible.
To have reached the level of spirituality I am at now.
My master’s degree, raising my children.
Doing my own thing my way.
My children.
Establishing and sustaining a successful practice.
Not being so negative anymore and learning how to build relationships with new and old friends, family and my husband.
Having been chosen by a very wise man as one of his teachers of yoga and Vedic wisdom.
Speaking in front of 700 people, my children.
The day I chose God as my saviour.
Unlearning almost everything I learnt as a child about how to live.
My growth from divorce to now.
Being a mom.
Finally getting my BCom hon degree.
Being the only woman to paddle the orange river from source to sea.
Coming top of class in varsity.
Surviving the two thousandths as a child.
The fact that I am still alive at this point.
Children / Marriage / Career.
Surviving postpartum depression and being a mother.
Looking at my life and where I am now, I guess I should have paid more attention to the mundane and have set goals for myself…. but I’ve never been driven to reach monetary success or fame or whatever people call a great achievement, but I have always worked on myself to better myself on a personal and spiritual level and looking back I can see how much I have grown, and I am proud of it.
Making a difference by treating people with kindness.
Building a family business.
The quality of life I have afforded my grandmother in the last chapter of her life.

Still holding on to my sanity.
Becoming an Officer in the SADF, number one on the course/ Becoming a business owner/ A Certified Fraud Examiner/ Being business partner with my daughter.
Having my children.
Doing psychotherapy for 5 years and moving closer to the real me.

QUESTION 62

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE PASSION?

Participants provided the following answers:

To be wildly excited and always interested in knowing more about something.
An overwhelming feeling for living life to the fullest or experiencing something to the fullest.
A powerful emotion.
The feeling that you will give and do everything necessary to achieve whatever you have the passion for.
Something I really want to do.
Intense feeling for something.
Focus.
Boundless enthusiasm for a particular thing.
It is something that drives you beyond limits will and imagination and fills you with fire of excitement and determination and an unquenchable hunger to be better and greater at whatever your passion is.
A feeling of being totally alive.
Something that moves you in wonderous ways to be greater or more.
The one thing you can do every day for the rest of your life without getting tired of it. It usually conjures extremely strong (positive) emotions that propel you towards goals you set out in your life. Passion is the one thing that you are almost guaranteed to succeed at when you choose that as your vocation.
Burning desire.
It is a fire in one that drives you to find the love and joy in what you do and who you are.
Something you do with all the love and enjoyment in your heart. Almost therapeutic. Watch the clouds in the sky.
Bouncing out of bed, eager for the activities of the day ahead.
When every cell in my body is bursting at the thought of what I am passionate about.
Highly emotional connection and reaction to someone/something.
Something you enjoy doing that brings you joy doing it.
Enjoying something so much that you lose track of time.
A deep love for something. Something you crave. Beautiful experiences
To me it is loving something so much you never tire of it, whether it is something you do or a person.
Feeling excited and joy in whatever you choose to do.
Putting a lot of effort into something that one enjoys.
Intense pleasure, experience and pursuit, all consuming, voluntary addiction.
When you taste the desire or the emotion in your throat.
“If you have passion for what you do, you will never work one day in your life”.
Enjoying something in the moment.
Loving what you do.

QUESTION 63

IF YOU HAD TO GIVE EXPRESSION TO YOUR EMOTIONS IN A CREATIVE WAY, HOW WOULD YOU DO IT?

Participants provided the following answers:

Play the piano.
Writing
Dance.
Paint.
Write and sing.
Gardening.
Sing
Sewing, painting, gardening.
Sing and dance.
Drawing.
Singing and dancing.
Don’t know.
Arts and crafts.
Dance.
Paint.
Gardening.
Dance.
Dance.
Not sure – have started painting.
I wouldn’t do anything.
Would like to write a book (autobiography).
Art.
Draw it.
Painting or some art project. Sometimes writing.
Open an animal sanctuary.
Dance.
Make the world wonderful and rich and exciting for those who found it difficult to do so themselves and for those who are weighed down by the burden of being but push on. That is where I would give expression to all my emotions.
Write by hand with a nice pen.
Speak out, turn issues emotions into positive situation.
A little complex, but a joy once you get to break down my defences.
Photography.

QUESTION 64

WHAT HAS LIFE TAUGHT YOU SO FAR?

Participants provided the following answers:

That life happens. No blaming anybody or anything. Everything happens for a reason, and it is up to you to learn your lessons from that.
That life is not (always) fair.
Not to compromise self.
That people and situations in life are just what they are and that you by paying attention to it and making it part of yourself (or not) can make it bad or good for yourself.
If you cannot adapt you sink.
To accept things as they are and be grateful.
It is what it is.
To be more tolerant and less judgemental.
The choices you make selfish or not has a ripple effect that never stops, and we should take more time in making choices, not taking away from other people or life but to add to it. Life at the end of the day is what you imagine it to be and how you create things around you. It’s all about choosing life over death and positive over negative. If you make the wrong choice or let someone else choose for you that are one of the most injustice acts, you can do to yourself. Make your own choices.
Today’s choices affect my tomorrow.
To listen to your feelings and trust that.
It is all about what you choose.
Life reflects back to you whatever you project.
That I’m responsible for my life.
What you put in is what you get out. And we all have hardships it is just how to deal with them that defines who we are.
It gets worse as one gets older.
To take responsibility, feel for the love and make it a priority in your life.
That everything happens for a reason.
That it is not always fair. That nothing is guaranteed to go as planned. Adapt, change, evolve. Have patience with yourself and others. Sometimes accept that the people you care about most are not going to understand you.
I can do anything.
That everyone is on their own journey and some are blind, and some are awake. Family is not only blood, but some people can also feel and be family that is not related.
To really let go of everything you try to control, that is outside of yourself, because believing that we have control over anything outside of ourselves, is an illusion. We have control over our own decisions, and then you also need to take responsibility for your choices in life. Change is inevitable… might as well just flow with it, it makes the journey so much more interesting and less challenging. Like Buddha said, ‘the only constant in life is change’, so allowing change to happen makes life less challenging.
To be kinder than necessary.
A lot.
Live a life that will truly be worthy of a good death and bear the consequences thereof.
There is no rep0lacement for common sense. Nothing is good or bad, thinking makes it so. There will always be enough for your need, seldom for your good.
Doing nothing, brings about nothing/ You have to work for what you want/ Nothing comes for free/ Enjoy what you do. Live life to the fullest.
Always expect the unexpected.
Change is a constant.

QUESTION 65

WHAT ADVICE OR WORDS OF WISDOM WOULD YOU LIKE TO PASS ON TO THOSE YOUNGER THAN YOU?

The following answers were provided:

Experience life ebbs and flows. Invest in your self-growth. If it’s not going to make a difference in 5 years’ time, it’s probably not important enough to lose sleep over it.
To not take life too seriously too young, but to actively pursue happiness and joy – without shirking age-related responsibilities and developmental tasks.
Have alone time to connect with your soul remain true to your soul desires and not compromise self in life or love.
To live with love and not to fear.
Carry on and chill.
Love everybody and enjoy.
Live life authentically.
It is important to have a balance in everything in life including your physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual values.
Just have a positive mental attitude, love, find out what gives you peace as fast as possible and make the right choices.
Life is an interesting journey. As you journey be totally present in whatever you do. Face the challenges with courage and see each challenge as an opportunity for self-growth. What happens on the journey is what is important, not the destination.
Always follow your heart and do what makes you happy.
Be positive, dream big, expect big things and remind yourself of what you want and to choose that and go for it.
Never take yourself too seriously and do more of what you enjoy.
Be authentic, be real, walk your talk – and do all these with empathy and understanding.
Don’t let your thoughts take over your life. Only your thoughts worry you.
Don’t fitter time away on unimportant things as time flies by very fast and use the youthful energy to carve yourself a life that is meaningful to you. Have no regrets.
Take responsibility, feel for the love and make it a priority in your life.
Enjoy life more when you’re young and have less responsibilities – travel!
Don’t believe anything that you are told.
Be curious and keep learning. Trust your gut feeling.
I tell my children they can do anything they put their mind to
Don’t overthink things. Do what makes you happy. Don’t dwell on drama.
Don’t let fear hold you back from what you truly desire in life, follow your heart and not only your logic, believe in yourself, live with passion for yourself, be kind and compassionate to others. Enjoy the journey and make time for everything and everyone you love. Afterall, this lifetime you are living is but a drop in an ocean of your existence.
Treat people and animals the way you want to be treated.
Respect everybody, treat people well, be kind, look after those that need help, because what you do to others will in turn be done to you.
It’s about being strong enough to live whatever life you want on your terms and not about memorizing and mastering a set blue print on who and how to be to have what is deemed a good life. When you are strong enough to bear the burden of your own life’s decisions, then you can do and be whatever you like. Just don’t be bad for the world or leave people less than, and you can do whatever you like.
Do not be afraid to live life, find your passion and chase your dreams for the comfort of a salary.
Enjoy life to the fullest as you will never know what tomorrow holds/ Be unstoppable/ Never give up/ “Life’s a jol”.
Be patient, love deeply, listen and be slow to open your mouth.
Live in the moment and appreciate life.

QUESTION 66

WHAT IS YOUR MOTIVATION TO GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING?

Participants provided the following answers:

To see what the day is going to offer me.
Spending time on creative conceptualisation – for retreats, workshops.
New and different experiences which add to my growth.
To earn money so i can support myself and my son.
To do, to be able to live – while I can still freely move.
To be part of the universe.
Work.
To be grateful for all the benefits, to overcome the challenges and to be happy.
Simple fact of making a choice, new day with new possibilities.
A brand-new opportunity for me to become bigger and better.
To see what is presented.
To make new decisions and to choose an even better life for me and my wife.
To do new things to change my life.
I’m learning to appreciate my day.
The beautiful day.
I have to earn my bread.
A new day, stuff to do -yay.
Earn a living.
To get my son to school on time.
Needing the toilet.
Currently looking for one.
Nothing specific – I have a good life, and I am grateful for it.
My daughter.
I love to watch the first light, sitting outside, drinking my coffee and watch how everything changes from dark to light. It reminds me every day that no matter how dark things seem in your life or in general, the light will always come.
Inspiring others.
Get going on things that need to be done.
To serve and be of service.
I hate that feeling of “having missed out on something “and if I sleep too late, I feel I have missed out.
Passion for what I do- Satisfying my clients with a great success rate & prosecution/ Delivering Superior service/ Taking on new challenges.
Being alive.
Discovering who I am.

QUESTION 67

IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO CHOOSE A SPECIFIC TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD TO LIVE IN WHICH ERA, WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

41% of participants indicated that they prefer living in the present era.

The following answers were also received:

Elizabethan era.
Renaissance.
Pre-historic, north American Indian.
Ancient times.
Nomadic Red Indian (before the white man).
1950’s and 1960’s.
Before industrialization.
Medieval.
Future.
North American Indian.
1950’s.
1950’s.
1900.
Don’t know.
Since I believe in reincarnation, I know I have lived through different eras already – so why dwell on the past. The only thing the past is good for is to learn from it.
I will choose the 80’s in this life.
1970’s.
This one. Right now. Because it has woollies desert in this timeline.
Where we are now, as we daily facing different challenges, IT, politics, crime, managing my own personnel, etc
60’s.

QUESTION 68

CHOOSE THREE ARCHETYPES THAT YOU CAN IDENTIFY WITH.

ONE OF THE THREE SHOULD BE AN INDIVIDUAL FROM THE OPPOSITE SEX.

Not all participants answered this question.

The following answers were received from participants:

The following archetypes were mentioned more than once:
Explorer – mentioned 8 times.
Sage – mentioned 6 times.
Caregiver – mentioned 5 times.
Ruler – mentioned 4 times.
Outlaw – mentioned 3 times.
Innocent – 3 mentioned times
The following were mentioned twice:
Lover, Magician, Goddess, Healer, Rebel, Orphan.
The following were mentioned once:
Creator, artist, musician, Earth Mother, platonic idea, journey, warrior woman, wise one, judge, knight mentor, Hulk, Emmerson, Joan of Arc, wounded child, wise woman, saboteur, seeker, rescuer, Midas/Miser, adventurer, philosopher, priest, Everyman, hero, jetsetter, mystic, mother, destroyer, Samaritan, mediator, individualist, alchemist, angel, and child.

QUESTION 69

WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST COMPLIMENT YOU HAVE RECEIVED IN YOUR LIFE?

The following answers were received:

That people admire me because of all the obstacles I have overcome in my life.
That I have strategic abilities.
Being a wise person and sharing my wisdom.
That I am nobody’s fool.
That I raised my children well.
That I am a good teacher.
“One day I will be able to say – I have dined with Helene van Diemen”.
We value how you look after us, please never retire, emigrate or move away and leave us.
Thank you for making things easier.
A young man who said to me he has never met anyone with so much wisdom in their eyes.
Don’t know.
I love you.
not answered.
that i don’t look as old as I am.
that i am always positive and a lovely person (you so sweet).
that I’m a hard and responsible worker.
my father (who never normally compliments me) told a big group of people how I taught him something amazing as I strategized for a canoeing race and won.
I am proud of you.
Being told by most people that I help that I’m special.
That I was fascinating in spite of the fact that I am a little crazy.
Hmmm I have received different compliments from different people, and I like them all.
People that trust me and verbalise it to me.
I went to see an energy healer that helped me with my back problem. While he worked on me, he said “Wow, you hold so much light – can you feel it? – Darkness must be very attracted to you” And up to that point in my life I never really believed that I held much light – but in that moment I realized why I have been struggling with so many issues and people in my life.
That I make a difference.
How well we raised our children.
My mom (grandmother) complimenting me on the man I am and how I treat women and people, I guess.
That I raised my child well.
A letter from the President of SA for a specific “Undercover project”/ Cum Laude during ACFE course/ Clients thanking us for always being able to resolve their difficulties/ issues.
What beautiful well-mannered children I have.
I am enough.

QUESTION 70

DEFINE A RELATIONSHIP IN GENERAL – THE CONCEPT OF A RELATIONSHIP – FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

Participants provided the following answers:

Being at ease with someone with whom you feel so comfortable that you feel safe enough to grow personally.
Forming a bond with someone
Sharing common beliefs, feelings and working towards achieving similar goals in a personal, professional, and social capacity.
Two people who accept and respect each other just the way they are. Where the one does not try to change the other to be like himself.
Give and take.
Interaction between different parties.
Commitment to positive compromise.
A partnership, equal with mutual trust, respect, honesty, integrity, and affection.
It is a two-way stream of give first and take last. A relationship the result of giving little by little from yourself and receiving little by little of someone else every time and building from what you got from that person in your heart, a space in your life for someone else. It is a silent agreement that you will always take care of each other and love them and always be truthful and understanding and you will always make them feel safe.
Two people who are able to relate to each other.
The meeting of two individuals in a harmonious manner sharing the experience of what is.
It is a sacrifice – of both parties (it must be mutual).
People who bear witness to parts of each other’s life.
Give and take, mutually beneficial, strengths and weaknesses in each complement one another, empowering and growth promoting.
A companion that is with you through all trials and tribulations.
Someone who stands by you through good or bad, gives good advice and is not two-faced. Someone to rely on.
A respectful, non-judgemental, loving, and caring interaction with another person based on no expectations or resentments.
Two people connecting and sharing on a deeper level than strangers.
A profound understanding and connection between two people that love each other for who they are and not for what the other could do for them.
There should be give and take, appreciation as well as challenge.
Connection / give and take.
Trust. Have each other’s backs. To talk allot. Listen allot. No screaming. Open true feelings. Feeling safe and free. Unconditional love.
A companionship with friendship being the main feature. A partner that will accept you for who you are and share your journey.
A happy feeling between two people, trusting, caring, looking out for each other.
Two jagged puzzle pieces coming together and fitting impossibly to make a new whole for as long as possible.
When you feel yourself committed to someone and when you do not feel afraid to share your hopes dreams passions and flaws with that person.
Agreement/ Solving issues in a diplomatic & constructive manner creating a safe, free, and agreeable environment.
Osirus, Adonis, Romulus, Zalmoxis, Inanna.
Comprimize, sacrifice, unconditional love, laughter, humour, and intimacy.
Understanding who you are, loving who you are and making an effort to gain the same understanding and appreciation for a fellow human being.

QUESTION 71

IF YOU DID NOT KNOW HOW OLD YOU ARE HOW OLD WOULD YOU SAY YOU WERE – HOW OLD DO YOU FEEL?

81% participants indicated that they feel younger than their current age.
19% participants indicated that they feel older than their current age.

QUESTION 72

WHY DO YOU FEEL THAT AGE?

The following answers were received:

I know who I am – comfortable in my own skin.
I sold my business interests in my early forties and embarked on a new career which is still unfolding.
The start of a process of discovering myself.
I’m physically quite fit for my age and mentally I have walked a long and difficult road and reached a place of great wisdom.
Knew a lot then and did not suffer as much as now.
Still very active and enjoying life.
I have no idea.
Not as much energy as at 25 years but, wiser than 45/50.
That is the age of a young adult full of life and vitality a new beginning.
I feel like my life is only beginning now – like the past has been a preparation for what I will be in the years to come.
Lots of stress around and in me with my relationship.
I feel the vitality of a 25-year-old – physically. It feels that there is too much inside my head (like I have lived a very long time and remember all) – mentally.
I feel there is much that I still need to learn about life.
That’s just where I feel I fit in, I can’t relate myself to the age I am.
Full of energy and life, able to achieve and do anything.
Feel tired and worn out.
Because I feel young and I feel like I have gained wisdom.
Still feel and look young.
I feel more mature than my friends.
Maybe I want to go ack to that time and do better by my kids?
Not sure
I am young at heart. I do not like adulting
I feel young at heart.
Not young, but not old – Wise, but still learning.
Still so much to do in life and feel fit and healthy.
A friend told me it took me 40 years to turn 30. Feels pretty accurate.
Because I have loved a lot during my lifetimes and I saw kingdoms rise and fall and discovered that you sometimes have to stand alone, before God, we are born alone, and we die alone with God.
Cannot sit and do nothing, getting seriously irritated, so much more to do, want to explore more than I have experienced thus far/ Wanting to be active and alive.
I had the most fun.
Young enough to know that I hopefully have time left to grow and learn, and old enough to appreciate where I’ve come from.

QUESTION 73

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE SADNESS?

The following answers were received:

Disappointment.
A pervasive feeling of being unable to experience joy, of being overwhelmed by life’s challenges.
When i am not in a state of wellbeing.
When your heart is breaking about something and you can’t do anything to change it.
An emotion i cannot get away from – like a pain inside me.
Pity for the self.
Aching longing.
Feelings of loss that are felt deep within the psyche/soul.
Emptiness.
A feeling of helplessness.
Something you perceive to have lost someone.
People who fear stuff is sad for me.
Pain in the body, mostly in the chest.
Sense of heviness, loss of self or others, feeling hopeless and helpless.
Time to reflect back on your path.
When your heart feels like its breaking and the pain is unbearable.
Heavy feeling in my heart pulling my whole body down.
Opposite of happiness.
Deep disappointment or just unhappy.
A knowledge that you caused pain or misfortune to someone, with or without conscious knowledge.
Disappointment.
Still and alone. No words. Not necessarily tears.
A deep sense of unhappiness or sorrow that could be caused by a number of factors. In my own life I have experienced deep sadness through loss, emotional hurt and disappointment.
Not feeling in sync or a situation you can’t control makes you feel helpless & out of control.
Sore heart.
A depressed energetic state within an organism.
That feeling of longing and of not fitting in, a heaviness you carry in your soul.
Feeling down, not wanting to do anything/ Feeling sad because of negative energy & negative people.
Not appreciating life.
Sense of loss for something or someone.

QUESTION 74

HOW DO YOU MANAGE SADNESS WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE IT?

The participants provided the following answers:

I live through it, learn from it, and move on.
Avoidance.
Spend alone time and go within.
I just let it be. I sit or lie and cry and feel I want to take the pain inside me somewhere and unload it, so I don’t have to carry its heaviness inside of me anymore.
Just let it be – it goes away.
Accept the situation, experience the sadness, and then move on.
Allow it, cry if I need to, give it time to run its course.
Withdraw, possibly enjoying when alone.
I go through stages like be a rage ball of fire and then cry till I’m emptied out and then just be silent and go to sleep, or it will just be that I’m silent for about a week. Mentally I will tear myself apart.
I go to a place where I can be alone. I cry for as long as I need to. Then I pick a happy thought and smile and get up and do something that makes me happy, normally go into the garden.
Usually cry until the feeling goes.
I would remind myself that it is a mental condition and remember what I have and remind myself of the choices I made.
I picture it in my body and then tell myself that it’s okay.
I talk about it.
Take time to feel the emotion then leave it behind and walk away from it.
Sleep.
I sit with it and express it.
Isolate.
Doing something, I enjoy.
At first, I drank or numbed it out with sex. Now I try to just wait for it to pass and try to become aware what the cause of the feeling really was.
Get over it.
I want to be heard and then left alone.
I believe that you should feel an emotion, let it out when you do feel it. Crying helps but afterwards to do something uplifting or anything that makes you feel lighter if you can. Although we don’t always feel like doing something uplifting when you are going through the trenches, but it is important not to dwell to deep and “get lost” in it.
Focus on all the things that I am grateful for.
Reflection, alone time.
Sleep a lot until it dissipates or I start to hate the sadness more than I hate getting out of bed and moving on or addressing the cause of the sadness.
Sometimes I do not manage it, but I try to listen to uplifting music and I try to do things and new things.
Avoid energy draining people/ Get up and do something enjoyable.
Count my blessings.
Solitude.

QUESTION 75

WHEN LAST DID YOU CRY FROM THE HEART?

53% of participants indicated that they recently (the past year to current date) cried from the heart.

38% indicated that it was longer than a year since they cried from the heart.

9% indicated that they don’t know.

QUESTION 76

WHY DID YOU CRY IN THAT WAY?

The following answers were received:

Felt alone and rejected.
The sense that I was “losing” him.
A lack of understanding and support from my husband.
My son has nothing, no life and there is nothing I can do to change that.
I had to give my dogs away and knowing I will never have dogs again.
Did not expect my mother to die.
I had to write a letter regarding the murder of my children’s father, withholding my consent to free the murderers who attacked and hurt my two sons badly.
Cleaning a lot of unexpected hurt.
When I allowed someone to make a choice for me.
I was accused of things that were not true by someone in an organisation that I belong to.
Felt the loss of my parents.
Rejection (or the fear of it).
I felt heartbroken.
Because I felt hopeless, helpless and knew it was the very wrong thing for me and yet felt a sense of duty to others which I knew was soul destroying to myself.
Emotional pain – my mom.
Painful emotions got to me that day.
My beautiful dog was poisoned a month ago an i was telling my friend about it.
Work problems
Trying times with my dad.
Because I told a very painful secret to my son, which can be construed in many ways depending on the wisdom of the person hearing it if it got told to someone else.
Was overwhelmed.
I miss my mom who passed.
For the loss of my fur baby.
When I see situations, I can’t help.
My brother-in-law died.
Was watching some movie. Hit me in my feels. Some romantic drama.
For all the loves we missed, for what could have been, for my fears and worries, for what I allowed myself to miss out on, that I did not listen to my inner voice.
Due to the fact that we were so close.
I lost the love of my life.
Realisation that some things cannot be avoided.

QUESTION 77

WHEN LAST DID YOU LAUGH LIKE A CHILD?

69% of participants indicated that they recently (the past year to current date) laughed like a child.
9% indicated that it was longer than a year since they laughed like that.
22% indicated that they cannot remember.

QUESTION 78

WHY DID YOU LAUGH IN THAT WAY?

The following answers were received:

Because of a silly story we shared.
I felt carefree.
A friend shared some hilarious experiences.
I was told a good joke.
I was tired and just felt like it.
At a silly joke.
I laugh easily and found something my friend said to be very funny.
Funny jokes on e-mail.
Don’t know.
My daughter and i do stupid dances in the kitchen.
I let myself go.
My grandson discovering the world.
My daughter tickled and chased me.
Don’t know.
My daughter and I were messing around and playing.
People sharing funny stories.
At something stupid.
Because I felt appreciated and not judged for being the way I am
Great friends with great humour / kindness and love
Because I was tired. I start laughing when I am tired.
My sister said something funny and I’m a very visual person and could ‘see’ it happening.
A funny situation
Group of friends having dinner and having fun.
Talking to my mom (grandmother). She is funny.
Watching a funny movie.
Being around positive people/ Jokers who you can enjoy life with/ People that is not always serious about life, jokes about old Military operations.
Being with someone that is not afraid to laugh at themselves.

QUESTION 79

ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH WHO YOU CURRENTLY ARE – YOUR SELF-CONCEPT?

78% indicated – Yes.
22% indicated – No.

QUESTION 80

PROVIDE REASONS FOR YOUR PREVIOUS ANSWER

The following answers were provided:

I believe that I have used the opportunities in my life to grow and learn, my life hasn’t been easy, but I would not have changed anything because this made me who I am.
I would be happy to spend time with “me” if I were someone else.
An open, honest, caring, nurturing and supportive being.
I have grown in a different light – I don’t feel a victim and useless anymore. I try to find my inner strength in bad times and believe my soul is strong enough to get me through it and that I (my soul) gains wisdom from it.
I cannot change myself.
Lots of nature support.
I have come to a place in my life where I can allow what is.
I’m working all the time on my spiritual.
I am not as healthy as I would like to be and mentally, I am not where i want to be but everyday i get a little closer to being a better me and that is great.
My mind needs to accept that I teach. I’m getting there but I am still resisting. Although i know that it is my life purpose, it was always my biggest fear.
I don’t like being uncertain of where I am going and I am filled with fear.
The process of defining who we are is ongoing. If I am moving in the direction I choose, I am happy.
I have come to know my strengths and accepted my weaknesses. I have learnt what is important to me and how to direct my time and energy. Most importantly I don’t live according to other’s expectations of me anymore.
I have taken a long time to acknowledge that it is okay to have all facets to myself that I can choose what I want to be.
I am who I am.
I am not sure what/who/how I should be at the moment – full of past regrets and unsure of myself and the future.
I love who I have become, I love my life.
I know who I am and where I am – still have a lot of work to go but getting there slowly but surely.
Because I act out who I am and I’m comfortable with who I am
I have good days, however if I do something that doesn’t resonate with various family members, the past is thrown in my face and I get called crazy, paranoid etc.
I choose my path and love it / when I do not, I change direction.
Authentically myself, no one to impress.
I feel that there are more of myself on which I can improve.
I like the fact that I am the best version of myself.
I don’t feel I need to change.
Finally figured out what I was spending time with my mom when she was in hospital near death. Hearing hers and my grandfathers and my life story played out in full gave me the insight into my own nature that had eluded me all my life.
I have learnt the hard way that my opinion matters, and that unfortunately one does not die so easily in the face of adversity and if God does not let you die, he probably still needs you somewhere.
I made a success after being chucked into the gutters by the Government, blessed with children and grandchildren, getting back together with C/ Granted the opportunity to advise other professionals in the industry on the way forward and how to resolve serious issues/conflict, Acting as Security Consultant & Business Advisor to my clients to resolve their issues, as is the case with the EFF, Unions, All Truck Drivers forum, political issues/ challenges and Strategic foresight/ prediction.
I know where I am, I know where I’ve been, and I am excited about where I’m going.

QUESTION 81

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE A DREAM?

The following answers were provided:

The receiving of a message or an answer.
A message from psyche.
Thoughts, images, emotions being revealed on a subconscious level.
Things (experiences/wishes, etc) suppressed in my subconscious that come forward in the form of a dream.
Events that did not physically occurred.
An event from the subconscious mind, a process of every day events in symbols.
My dreams seem to be predictive, and I don’t dream often. Not really sure
A change in the level of consciousness.
When you go to sleep and your mind plays through the events of the day and starts sorting and deleting what you do and do not need or according to what you believe.
Something in one’s subconscious mind that surfaces when one is sleeping.
Where anything is possible – make believe.
Your subconscious trying to tell you what it believes.
A way the subconscious mind conveys messages. Sometimes non-sense, sometimes meaningful. It can also be something you wish for.
It is something you aspire to.
Your subconscious mind in images – becomes reality.
Something that makes one sleep well if it is pleasant or the opposite if unpleasant.
Sometimes significant information, mostly the mind venting images and stories.
A story made up by your imagination.
A vision of something good.
Wishful thinking and trying to change what is.
Another universe.
A story that has meaning. When you sleep your brain can rest and not think. Thus, truth comes as a story. A message…
I would say dreams can be many things, some dreams are your subconscious working through everyday stuff that happens to us, what we feel, see or hear – kind of like helping us to internalise or compartmentalise what is happing. Some dreams can be messages from your ‘higher self’ to give us answers to situations or warnings about things that could happen to us should we stay the current course of our lives. Other dreams could be like premonitions of things to come, not only in our own lives but also collectively.
An old memory of a previous life or symbolic messages.
Something that I aspire to have, do or become.
The mind at work, sorting through all the data it collected below our level of conscious awareness throughout the day.
An inner calling.
Something that you would still want to reach in future.
Just that! A dream.
Messages from our sub-conscience.

QUESTION 82

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE EVIL?

The following answers were provided:

Choosing against good.
The dark side of man.
The malicious intention to cause harm to a person or persons be it in action or spoken word.
I don’t believe in evil or the devil.
Something I don’t want to be.
There is no real evil, it lies in the mind.
I don’t really believe in evil.
Negative, destructive, antisocial actions/behaviour.
It is the opposite of doing good.
Lack of love and wisdom.
The opposite of what is whole ad good.
It is a perception.
The shadow side of each of us.
Hurting other beings (whether human or animal, whether physical, emotional, spiritual) in such a way that they are impacted forever, maimed in either or all of those levels.
Something dark and eerie, barbaric people, ones who kill their own babies.
Someone who is immoral and causes ruin, injury or pain to others.
Lack of love, cold fear.
Negative actions done without any remorse.
Fake friends.
Deliberately causing harm to innocent people (although there are usually reasons people ended up being evil, if you understand their story or brain chemistry).
Bad intentions.
Dark and heavy.
I don’t believe in ‘evil’ per say, we live in a world of duality, and it was created like this by us, our collective souls, so that we could experience, learn and evolve as souls, learning from what we today know as either good or bad experiences. Evil was a concept created by religion/churches to control the masses, to instil fear. No soul will be ‘lost’ because of ‘evil’ deeds or go to ‘hell’. Every soul comes here to have a certain experience, to help other souls evolve as well as your own soul. Are there things in our world that we perceive as evil? Most certainly. Child/animal abuse, murder and rape…. The list goes on. Without ‘evil’ how will we recognise good, or without hate how will we ever know what love feels like. We should ask ourselves why this is happening and what we can do to change things, what are we learning from this. How will your soul ever evolve to a higher consciousness if it does not know pain? Bad things are not necessarily happening to us, but for us, even if we can’t see it when it does.
The absence of good and knowing better.
People who take advantage of others.
Things that revel in causing harm and bringing misery to the world and other beings for no other reason than that is what they must do.
There are some things in life that you simply do not resonate and that makes you experience bad feelings.
Doing the wrong think against your own believe/s and placing others in a difficult position. Lying and being a rumour monger.
Mankind.
Absence of soul.

QUESTION 83

WHY WOULD THE CREATOR CREATE HUMANS?

31% of participants indicated that they don’t know.

The following answers were provided:

For humans to experience and live what they know on a subconscious level, consciously.
To experience himself (his creation) through them.
Did he/she?
To give souls the opportunity to grow spiritually and evolve by learning lessons in their earthly incarnations.
To express himself through them.
So that god can experience himself through us.
To express “itself” through us.
What else. Would they ask the same question of themselves. The human is a mind in a body and i believe the mind (the true potential) is “godlike”.
Because he/she/it could. Maybe to experience creation in a specific way. Maybe we (energy) created ourselves.
To experience a physical world and density, things like eating sex and free choice. To learn and grow through these earthly experiences.
Don’t believe in a creator.
Because the Creator is an idiot.
To learn lessons and experience all emotions.
The Creator is love and in order to Be love, humans were created to reflect love back to the Creator. The Creator experience life through us. We are an extension of the creator, therefor creators ourselves. Or maybe the Creator just had an idea ‘he’ wanted to test out….
To learn kindness.
To look after his creation.
Each organism seems to have a different experience of this planet and being alive. Humans are just one more “package” through which to experience the world and being alive. To my mind. What I manifest as will inform what experiences I have access to while on this plain, is my uninformed guess.
God knows, I think he made a terrible mistake. We are the one creature that, should we go extinct, earth will not suffer. If the bees die, all the trees, the earth is in trouble.
Sometimes believe just to irritate other. Taking on challenges in his name.
To procreate and look after our earth and everything in it.
To learn, to grow, to love, to experience and to appreciate.

QUESTION 84

HOW WOULD YOU KNOW YOU HAVE DIED?

The following answers were received:

I would experience perfect peace.
I would not know because there would be no thinking and feeling processes.
Don’t know.
I believe I will feel indescribable and unlimited peace.
I would be somewhere else than on earth.
Don’t know.
Depending on the circumstances, I am pretty sure I will know because my guides will inform me.
No longer have physical limitations.
When you give up.
No pain – physical and emotional. No breathing. No thoughts. A feeling of being weightless and unattached.
Don’t know.
When you are in hell while you are alive.
I would not have a physical body anymore.
I will see my family members and animals who have passed before me.
I would be at peace and not on earth with fear.
At peace with everything.
I would not initially, then i would feel free and light and have a sense to move away from my body.
I would be dead.
I would be relieved of the limitations of the human body.
Sometimes I am not sure…
No idea how to explain it – but I’d know.
I will feel home.
I once had an experience during an Ayahuasca ceremony where I just drifted away and all I could feel was an immense peace and love around me, no fear, no pain. I would imagine that is what you will feel when you die. You will just know.
When I enter the tunnel of light.
My loved ones would be sad about me not being with them anymore.
I wouldn’t. I don’t think.
Now idea, I suppose you will experience a sense of lightness no pain in your body and no body and not being confined by the laws of nature like gravity.
You won’t.
I would be with my daughter and pets.
When I no longer feel joy and pain.

QUESTION 85

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE TIME?

The following answers were received:

Living through experiences.
Something created by man to track his movement through life.
A continuous link between past, present and future.
I don’t know if it really exists. It rather feels as if everything in the universe moves in cycles – not along a straight line from the past to the future.
Events that occur relatively to each other.
Eternal.
An illusion created by man.
A concept experienced on the earth plane, but can be manipulated. Does not exist in the spiritual world.
It is the space we live in.
The distance between two events.
In accordance with the natural cycle of sun + moon + revolving those.
It is a perception (not chronologically) by definition.
Something to do with space and motion (scientific).
Time is a constraint that we have imprisoned ourselves within.
Passing of ages.
Something that drags when one is younger and goes by much too fast as one gets older.
Man made.
Man-made system to bring order to chaos.
Magical.
I have a logical brain, so I believe time moves inevitably forward.
Too complicated to put into words.
Time on earth dictates who and where what needs to happen and it creates anxiety, time for me will not exist once you are dead.
The time construct was created when this dualistic existence was created. It was created so that we do not remember our divine nature, being able to have multiple experiences as multiple beings, working our way back to being part of cosmic consciousness. Time is an illusion, because everything is happening simultaneously. But I think if time wasn’t an illusion in this reality, it would have fried our 3d brains anyway…
Man made illusions.
Precious, going by far too quickly.
Movement and a motion. The measure and conceptualization thereof.
Being what you are given to live your life, and you better use it effectively and make the most of it.
Not enough of it.
Not as a continuum, but as way for us to understand where we’ve been.

QUESTION 86

NAME THE DIFFERENT WAYS (THE PURPOSE) MONEY CAN BE USED.

The following answers were received:

To create opportunities to improve lives.
To fulfil physiological, safety and aesthetic needs | for enjoyment of life (travel, etc) | for self-actualization needs (study, etc) | for charity
Contributing to less privileged individuals physical and emotional well-being in a personal and social environment.
To survive, to buy yourself things you like, to help other less privileged human beings. Some use it to bribe, to pay their way out of bad situations they got themselves into etc.
To care for myself and others.
Selfish or unselfish for good causes.
Energy exchange, relieving stress.
In exchange for goods or services, donations, gifts, to accumulate to give perception of security.
Monney is a current. I think of money as water, it is a constant flow of life. Money can be used for anything but at the end it will always be a device to create more life.
To make our lives more comfortable. Give us a sense of security.to bring comfort to others. To make others happy. To improve situations for oneself and others.
Not answered.
Money is like an electrical current; it must flow to have power. Once you flip the swich off, it will stop the current = currency? It is the one physical source of life.
To create the lives, we want to live. To give us experiences.
To create and destroy – can be used for anything humans determine it is required for.
Money should not exist.
Freedom and independence from the daily drudgery and one can then have the luxury to do what is meaningful and help others or donate to charities.
Educational tool, symbolically and to purchase stuff.
To buy things, to reward others, to pay people for services/goods, to reward oneself.
For pleasure/entertainment and survival.
Greed and corruption. Help others. Enjoy life.
For Freedom /Fun / fulfil wishes and dreams / help others.
Looking after family, food, home, health. Some experiences are expensive; thus, we need to save to travel or dive… Helping those in need when you have enough. Money can also be negative; you can’t buy happiness. It can give people power and greed. I do not care about money. I just want to feel fine and safe.
Money is a form of energy exchange. It can be used to do ‘good’, like helping others, taking care of yourself and of course it can be applied to do ‘bad’ as well. Money is neither good nor bad in itself, since it is just energy, but it is how it is used that make people say things like “money is the root of all evil” or “money is power” and make people believe they should not own any money if they want to reach enlightenment. It is our believe around money or our personal relationship with money that will determine how much you have of it. Lots of people always say things like “I wish I had a lot of money to ….” Never realising you can have anything you love, but do we love money?? No, we love what money can do for us…
It’s a medium of exchange of goods and services. Just numbers man gave meaning to.
Helping less fortunate to live a more comfortable life, travelling, enjoying life.
to gain power over those who lack both money and power; a tool to unlock the experiences one wants; a way to manipulate and enslave those who covet and desire it more than their aptitude allows them to generate; as a proxy for value and intellect and virility and worth to others.
To help others, to buy comforts and ultimately money is the ability to store “possibilities” for you can use it to create certain outcomes.
Survival, not as other people who must have it to see themselves as then being better.
To help others and animals.
To heal, to hurt, to avoid, to comfort, to protect, to live, to die, to learn, to buy.

QUESTION 87

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE “GOD’S WILL”?

The following answers were received:

God’s will manifest in my choices.
I’m not sure that i believe in this concept.
To give human beings the opportunity to live and experience consciously.
“God’s will” God, of whom each of our souls is a part, wills us to experience who we really are (a part of him) through our life experiences.
That i must do the best for myself, but that it should also be for the greater good and not hurt anyone.
The laws of the universe.
It is what it is.
The opposite of free will. Where the person makes decisions depending on choices in life. “god’s will”= pre-ordained and no free will of individuals.
God’s will is for us to live life in abundance and in riches not just the riches of money and things, but in the riches of relationships, values, love, peace, your heart’s desires. I think if the bible had one sentence it would say “choose life”.
The way things are meant to be.
A will that comes from a higher place and not from the ego/brain.
I’m god’s will. You are god’s will. Everything is god’s will.
The energy that is predominantly amongst all the thoughts and feelings we emanate.
My authenticism.
Your destiny, a lesson you have to learn or something you need to go through.
God’s plan for humanity.
Universal power.
Don’t believe in God.
Clinically insane.
Since I haven’t made up my mind if he/she exists I have no idea
Letting go.
I don’t believe in it. But for people who does, I would say that it means, they are not in control of their decisions, but God are, and also that they sometimes don’t need to take responsibility…. Because it was God’s will.
When stuff happen, you have no control over.
Be kind and care for others.
A lazy thinker “get out of jail free card” for abdicating their moral and ethical and human responsibility to themselves and their fellow man.
When you surrender to circumstances where no matter what you feel say or do, you do not control the outcome.
Uncertain.
His divine intent for us and the universe and everything in it.
That we learn, grow and be the best possible version of who we are.

QUESTION 88

WHAT ARE ANGELS?

The following answers were received:

Beings around us to guide and protect us.
Divine beings who make contact with humans.
High vibrational beings either in spirit form or physical form.
Souls who have gone back to the spiritual world after human bodies have died.
Entities around us.
Evolved beings helping and protecting all living forms.
Divine energy.
Angelic beings from the spirit world who are able to assist humans if requested.
The bible say that they are messengers from God so angels can be anything that gives you a clear message.
Spirit/energy. Can be the spirit of a relative who has passed from this earth or someone from a previous life. I don’t believe they have wings.
Enlightened beings who serve from another vibration.
Heavenly beings carrying the message of God. Different kinds of angels e.g. For protection.
Some kind of energy that vibrates at a higher frequency.
Other beings.
My companions they keep me company and protect me and guide me.
Gentle, kind and selfless beings.
Loving entities, guides.
Spirits/higher powers that guide us if listened to.
People who are nice.
Haven’t met one (except at varsity one night when I experienced a number of presences walking around me protecting me, but don’t know if it was a delusion).
Guardians.
Spiritual beings that can help and guide the living.
The angelic order is part of the “first step” of creation, outside or before the time construct. They are beings of service of love.
Higher vibrational beings.
God’s assistants.
Early descriptions by men and women of human beings they experienced as other worldly for whatever reason. It was their minds attempt to explain the unexplainable human beings in their lives who may have affected them and the world around them in a way that was too much for the mind to understand or explain to itself. Hence Angels, Vampires, Werewolves, Superheroes etc. I think.
Souls who care so much about people that they still want a link with people although we are on different sides of understanding. They must be very compassionate beings.
Those coming into your life, bettering your life approach/ outlook.
Unseen helpers.
The ‘little voice’ of reason. Almost invisible presence of joy.

QUESTION 89

DO YOU THINK THEY EXIST?

94% of participants indicated that they believe angels exist.

QUESTION 90

IF THEY DO WHAT IS THEIR PURPOSE?

The following answers were received:

Godly creatures to guide and protect us.
To act as messengers of the divine.
To guide and protect us.
To assist souls who are still in a human life with spiritual growth.
To help balance energy between people.
To help.
To help if help is asked.
To assist humans if so permitted to do so by humans.
To give us messages and to keep us safe.
To guide the individual.
To help maintain balance and peace in the world.
Messengers guardians.
Just another expression of life energy.
To assist us.
Keep close to you.
To show that life can be sweet and give courage when one needs it.
To support and guide.
To guide us.
Don’t know.
Protect you.
To guide, but you have to ask them and call them.
They each have a different purpose, but in a nutshell, they are there to guide, protect and love, not only humans, but all of existence. Since Angels exist outside of the time construct, they ‘remember’ who and what we truly are and therefor they can guide us, so we too can remember our true divine nature.
To guide us, whether we are aware of it or not.
To guide and protect us.
whatever they feel like. Is my guess.
They choose a purpose, mostly it would be to assist and encourage, bring wisdom, share love.
Bettering the lives of other, by sharing their experience/s and their knowledge.
To guide and comfort us.
Protect us from ourselves, reminding that us that we are amazing beings.

QUESTION 91

HAVE YOU EVER BENEFITED FROM THEIR ACTIONS? (EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER)

19% of participants indicated that they have not benefited from the actions of angels.

The following answers were received:

Feeling safe with no specific reason to do so. But experiencing a “presence”.
I cannot recall that i have, but i know people who would attest to this.
Yes, physically protected in a moment of time.
Not sure.
Yes. They keep me safe, provide energy to make life bearable.
I presume they help me.
I have certain requests granted – only when i have asked.
Yes. My car was physically moved out of the way of an accident on the highway from Pretoria.
Yes. An angel kept my husband safe.
Yes. Whenever I fall, I feel like I am being lifted so that I do not hurt myself badly. When I have been in my deepest depression, i have always felt a presence.
I have been saved from some tight shaves – on the road.
Yes, I’m still alive.
I have during times of extremes called on various angels for assistance and believe i have received it.
Often, they protected me when I had a car accident and also when my dad was bitten by a dog – seen them both times.
Yes, when they lead to people who have compassion.
Yes, I connect with my guidance system daily using my body to get the correct information.
Could be placebo effect, so still can’t really answer.
Yes often.
Yes, my mom talks to me and gives me messages.
Although I cannot see Angels, I know they are there. I have felt them with me when I went through difficult times and even during everyday life events.
Prevented a fatal accident, not being hurt or killed when mugged.
Yes. Absolutely.
Yes, when we were attacked by six men in our house.
Yes, chance in approach towards life and individuals.
Yes, comfort through loss and protection.
Yes, I received the strength to deal with (almost) unbearable loss and rejection.

QUESTION 92

IF YOU WERE PROVIDED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LUNCH WITH AN IMPORTANT INDIVIDUAL (STILL ALIVE), WHO WOULD IT BE?

The following answers were provided:

Individuals mentioned more than once.
Nelson Mandela – mentioned 4 times.
Desmond Tutu – mentioned 2 times.
Individuals mentioned only once.

Dominique Botha, Paulo Coelho, Milan Kundera, Cyril Ramaphosa, Deepak Chopra, the Dalai Lama, David Cameron, Eckhart Tolle, the respondent’s wife, Oprah, Jamie Oliver, Bono of U2, Barack Obama, Garret Mitchell, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, the respondent’s brother, Richard Branson, Caitlin Clark, Rob Hersov, and SARK.

QUESTION 93

IF YOU WERE PROVIDED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LUNCH WITH AN IMPORTANT INDIVIDUAL (FROM THE PAST), WHO WOULD IT BE?

Individuals mentioned more than once:
Mother Teresa – mentioned 5 times.
Jesus – mentioned 4 times.
The following individuals were mentioned twice:
Joan of Arc.
Nelson Mandela.
Father.
Mother.
Grandfather.
Lady Diana.
The following individuals were mentioned only once:

Cleopatra, Leonardo da Vinci, William Kentridge, Bernard Shaw, John Lennon, Genghis Khan, Winston Churchill, Nikola Tesla, one of the Ascended Masters, and the response indicating “no one.”

QUESTION 94

WHAT WAS YOUR SADDEST EXPERIENCE?

The following answers were received:

My divorce.
When my parents divorced when I was 12.
Not being able to be alone and bring closure in a previous family home.
To realize that my son can do nothing and will never have any life, despite all the efforts I put in throughout the years to help him have some kind of life.
My husband’s illness and death.
My father’s death.
Watching my son being rejected by a friend.
Death of my teacher/mentor a friend.
Rejection.
When my father forgot to pick me up from school.
When my children emigrated to America.
Every single “what if” moment. I hate it (but to my own detriment I do not do much about it).
Ending a relationship.
Losing my child.
Passing of my aunt.
The unexpected death of my dad.
Losing tony the love of my life in a car accident.
Diagnosed with depression.
Death of a loved one.
There isn’t enough space on this page. I suppose coming to realise the pain I caused others with, my last suicide attempt.
Ending a long-standing relationship.
My Moms death.
The loss of my fur-baby and my parents.
When my dog died.
When my daughter was involved in a very bad accident.
My mom being in hospital recently and she lost her phone, so I didn’t speak to her for about three days. I was out of town working. Seeing her after those three days and how alone and scared she felt not being able to get hold of me broke my heart.
When I had to put my dog down and she was waiting for me to take her to the vet.
My end of my Military/ Undercover career due to a racist decision.
Losing my child.
Realising that I was not ‘enough’.

QUESTION 95

IF YOU WERE TO BE GRANTED ONE NON-HUMAN ABILITY, WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER TO RECEIVE?

38% of participants indicated that flying would be their choice.

The following answers were also received:

To time travel.
To be able to read people’s minds.
Magic.
To be able to give my son another brain.
To pee in public.
To be able to control the minds of others.
Wisdom from the highest realm.
To tell (not predict) the future when I choose to.
To not have to worry about how to make money. To be sure of financial security regardless of how I spend my time.
Leave the planet earth when I need to escape the horror of our country or even fly myself to another country and be accepted (without passports).
To fly like an eagle.
The gift of seeing loved ones who have passed.
Ability to read thoughts.
Invisibility.
Teleportation or to fly.
The power to change situations.
Alchemy. But true alchemy.
I would like to be a fairy, to make peoples dreams come true.
AI.
All ability is human.

QUESTION 96

WHAT IS THE PERSONALITY TRAIT THAT YOU ADMIRE MOST IN OTHERS?

The following answers were received:

Personality traits mentioned more than once:
Honesty – mentioned 5 times.
Kindness – mentioned 4 times.
Personality traits mentioned twice:
Integrity.
Humility.
Confidence.
Sincerity.
Compassion.
Personality traits mentioned only once:

Calmness and patience under all circumstances, serenity, self-acceptance and the ability to speak in public, genuineness, tenacity and grit, emotional expression, tactful social skills, the ability to think smartly, generosity, reliability, being a good listener without judgment, friendliness, the courage to be one’s full self despite consequences (especially in women), grace, fairness, and the response indicating uncertainty (“not sure”).

QUESTION 97

UNDER WHICH CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD YOU CONSIDER ENDING THE LIFE OF ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL?

The following answers were received:

When they suffer and can no longer live a purposeful life
I would never consider that – but if i would, it would be the life of someone who hurts a child / child.
When the individual is experiencing extreme pain and wants his/her life to be ended.
When he/she suffers unbearable pain (physically or mentally).
Suffering.
Severe suffering.
If they threatened me or my children’s lives.
Pain and suffering.
To save the life of another.
Never.
Protecting myself or the people I love.
Self-defence and euthanasia.
Extreme pain and knowing that they were in the process of dying a very slow painful death.
Suffering and pain.
If someone for no reason causes unnecessarily harm to other humans or animals.
Immense suffering and pain.
Harm to my child or my mom.
If they attempted to end my life.
If he was in unbearable pain and wanted to die.
I wouldn’t.
If my child is in danger and I have to do it to save her life.
To protect someone, I love. I will give my own life for those I love.
If they purposely do harm towards someone or an animal that I care about.
If they were in severe pain and terminally ill, with their consent and assistance from medical professionals.
If they are evil or chose to hurt and take the lives of civilians (People who had not willingly made the same life choice). Their lives are forfeit from the time they make that choice.
When he is suffering, when he is causing others to suffer.
When endangering the life’s of other.
If they were burning in front of me and ask me to. Even then I would ask God for help. Actually, I don’t know if I could.
If they are brain-dead or in unbearable pain.

QUESTION 98

DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO CLONING? (EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER)

78% of participants have expressed objections to cloning.

The following answers were received:

Yes. It takes the wonder out of life.
“yes” if it were used for purposes other than medical.
Yes. From a human perspective since plants and animals can be cloned. Human beings are unique and part of a whole and I believe not meant to be recreated in the form of cloning.
No. People do many things that are not proven yet to be for the good of humankind, but i have no control over it and just let it be.
Yes. There are enough people on earth.
Yes. It is not natural.
Yes. I don’t think it is how things are supposed to work.
Yes. I believe it is unethical and that the implications of the cloning are not able to be ………. In the long term.
Don’t know.
Yes. Variety is life. Why two of the same? I love the idea that in nature no two blades of grass, leaves, etc ever were, are or ever will be the same.
Yes. It becomes a mass production with no individuality of creation.
No. I have my own clone (twin brother), so it is not that novel of an idea for me. I am still an individual (so is he). Every possible thing ever conceived by man started with a thought and then an action. This is a pattern copied from how God did things. We clone everything (everything), money, chairs, food -everything – so why not humans. People are possibly scared of the consequence of what the character or personality will be, and so forth. Personality can be changed every day by everybody and most probably is changed very often. Character is the only true measure of who you are. And every day there are millions of characters born. Why not make some?
No. People will always do something if they can.
Yes. I believe science is interfering too much with nature.
Yes. We are not God.
Yes. We have enough humans in the world; we are not becoming extinct.
Not sure.
No – it Is proof of scientific advancement.
Yes, I don’t want two of me because then there would be competition.
I think it is a fuck-up waiting to happen.
Yes. Does someone that was cloned have a soul? The soul or consciousness is not something we can replicate.
Not really, don’t know much about it.
Yes, too much can go wrong.
It freaks me out, but I have no objections. I just don’t know what’s in there since I highly doubt you can clone a soul. So then what is inhabiting the clone. What does it tell itself its reason for being is? I am too dumb to get to anywhere useful.
Yes, earth can barely cope with us, how can it cope with more? When we start to muddle with things we usually stuff it up somehow.
No, as I believe that we should be able to clone certain people who are beneficial to society.
Yes, it is disgusting and not from God.
No, depending on what it will be used for.

QUESTION 99

WHAT DO YOU CURRENTLY SEE AS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO YOU HAPPINESS?

To become sick and be physically and/or financially dependent on the care of other people.
At the moment, specifically, the fact that we have financial issues (covid-related) and it is difficult to ignore the fact that it has an impact on our immediate future (my husband and i are both 65+)
Being in an environment that is toxic and surrounded by negative people.
My ego mind.
My children ignoring me.
No ocean.
Nothing.
If something were to happen to render me physically or mentally dependent on other people.
Losing the ones I love.
My fears and anxieties.
Myself – if I forget who I am and what I have chosen.
Lack of money and health.
My lack of self-belief.
Feelings of not being good enough.
Financial instability.
Work.
Society.
The plans that the rich have with COVID19
I don’t see any threat.
If my daughter is taken away from me.
My own mind. Our minds are conditioned in a certain way since childhood, and breaking those patterns of behaviour can be very difficult in adulthood.
People that just don’t care about others, animals and the planet.
Something bad happening to my family or business.
lack of the resources I need to launch the next chapter of my life.
Unhappy thoughts.
Outside forces who drain your energy.
A third party.
Becoming self-absorbed.

QUESTION 100

DEFINE MAGIC

The following answers were received:

A good experience which I cannot explain.
Unexpected interventions.
Having supernatural powers.
Something that makes you very happy.
Unexpected occurrences.
The inviable.
Inexplicable positive incidence that defies logic.
Performing acts/rituals using supernatural powers/energies.
Magic is another word for dream come true.
Creating things out of nothing.
Belongs to another type of vibrational energy- much lighter than ours.
Magic is nothing but the ability to not show how things are done.
Scientific realities that we haven’t figured out yet.
Magic is something that brigs wonder.
Something out of the ordinary.
A fantasy land.
The universe.
Special and mysterious powers that exist around us.
Something that I can’t do and don’t understand.
Anything unexpected that makes your life better.
I love it – but too complicated to define.
Fairies, mermaids, entire galaxy and stars.
To me, magic can be something as simple as things working out for you in a way you never imagined and then it feels like magic. Or it can be actually practising magic like in energy work through spells or rituals and you see the results from that. Magic can also be seeing or feeling non 3D beings.
A different vibrational level of things happening.
Something happening without any logical explanation.
Any effect or reaction that can be caused non chemically or mechanically I consider to be magic.
Magic is magic, when things come together in a grater and bigger way you ever experienced or thought the outcome could be.
Something unexpected happening.
Inside your own mind that makes you think it is magic.
Knowing without understanding.

QUESTION 101

IF YOU WERE GIVEN THE CHOICE TO WORK WITH CHILDREN OR INDIVIDUALS OLDER THAN 70 WHAT WOULD YOUR CHOICE BE?

56% of participants indicated children.
19% of participants indicated older individuals.
16% of participants indicated – both.
9% of participants indicated – neither.

QUESTION 102

DEFINE A PRAYER?

The following answers were received:

My conversation with God.
Meditation, inward thinking.
A communication between an individual and his/her God.
Talking to God (connecting with God).
Energy that changes – communication with higher elements.
A dialog with the universe.
Gratitude for what is, and for what will be.
Either a request for help, expression of gratitude or ritual of making contact with God on a regular basis.
It is a declaration of your believes.
A loving feeling of connectedness with the creator.
A request for help or thanksgiving to God.
A conversation with yourself. It always ends up that what you are praying about was inside of you the entire time. You remind yourself of what God has put in you.
A wish.
A communication with someone not on your plane.
Talking to God and the angels.
Something that gives one hope when one needs it.
Asking or thanking the universe for something special.
A secret wish to a higher power.
Someone who puts their hands together and mumbles to themselves.
A heartfelt wish.
Discussion with the universe.
Talking to angels.
Personally, I feel a prayer is just a form of communication with Source and/or any of the other beings like Angels, giving gratitude or asking for guidance.
Speaking to your higher self.
Talking to God.
A cementing and crystalizing of an idea or intent or wish to ones higher subconscious self.
Connection to who you truly are.
Requesting/ Seeking guidance and convey appreciation for what I do have and enjoy.
A conversation with your true self, the angels and God.

QUESTION 103

DO YOU PRAY – EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER – WHY DO YOU OR DON’T YOU?

75% of participants indicated that they do pray.

Participants provided the following answers:

Yes. It is my time spent with God.
No. I lost my belief in its power as a child.
Yes. When I’m thankful and when I need guidance
No. I do however connect with God by going within and becoming one with the love in the universe.
Yes. It puts me in a different energy field – I can then concentrate on what I say.
Yes. Tho thank for all the blessings.
Yes – for the best outcome under the circumstances for individuals or myself.
Yes. I ask for assistance and also to express Esp related to my healing work.
Yes. I thank gods for all I have and for my life that I can live and then i thank god for what I am about to receive and then name all the things I would like to happen in my life.
Yes. I believe all prayers are answered provided it is done with the right intent and with love.
No. Don’t know how to.
Yes. I remind myself constantly of what god has put inside of me and I remind myself of the choice I made. I do not thank God though. I am a very grateful person.
Yes. I pray when I’m scared. It is a natural reaction for me.
Yes. I pray when i ask for guidance, give thanks for what i have.
Yes. It is part of my meditation.
No. I’m having an issue with faith at the moment.
Yes. I connect and discuss. I also share my gratitude regularly with the spiritual world.
No.
No because I’m not insane.
No, but I occasionally ask for inspiration from various sources just to experiment on the type of dreams I have.
Yes.
I do not pray. I talk or call angels.
Yes, I do pray but it is not a daily ritual for me. I will pray whenever I do perform a ritual of sorts or in general like when I feel like giving thanks or ask for guidance on a situation.
I say prayers of gratitude, more affirmations.
Yes, to thank God and ask him for protection.
Yes, when I am desperate. My version of prayer, now that I think about it is born of desperation and hopelessness that some situations bring. Then I beg which ever entity is listening for a break. But only then.
Yes, I pray because I see myself as a part of God, not as God himself and I need to give honour to that which is my maker.
Yes, as I believe in the Lord, that he will give guidance.
Yes, I cannot get through my day otherwise.
Yes, I chat with my true self, the angels and God all the time.

QUESTION 104

ARE OUR LIVES PREDETERMINED? (EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER)

38% of participants believe that our lives are predetermined.

The following answers were provided:

No. We get the opportunity to make choices on a daily basis. This determines your life.
I have difficulty in answering this question because i don’t have much interest in philosophy or science. What i do know I’ve garnered from the three natal charts I’ve had done over time – and I cannot ignore the similarities and how they play out in my life. So, I would not agree that my life is pre-determined; I would rather say that the position of the planets at my time of birth (which I know for a fact was 07:00 on a Sunday) has endowed me with certain abilities, and I can choose how I exercise these.
Yes. Our soul chooses to experience life – in different forms and growth according to the choices we make which contribute to the evolvement of our higher being.
Yes, I believe my soul chose this life (incarnation)for me to experience who I really am (a part of God) through my life experiences.
No. We continuously make choices.
Yes. According to my intuition.
Not sure about this one.
No. I believe quite a lot is predetermined, but there is still an element of free choice, so it is not cast in stone.
No. Life is about choice.
Yes. Some things are – like where we are born. Our parents, place of birth, what our life purpose is and when we will die.
No. I think we co-create with God as we go.
No. The end result will be determined by the choices you make all your life. Everything you have (even there where you are reading this) and are, is because of a decision or choice that you made in the past. Everything we choose makes the way for our future.
No. We determine them as we go along.
Don’t know.
Yes. I believe we have journeys in life, and we need to achieve certain things.
Don’t know.
Yes. Depending on your soul age and what it is you need to learn or teach.
No.
Up to a point – depending on specific choices we make.
No, because I have the ability to think for myself.
Don’t know.
I don’t think they are, I think we make our own choices.
Yes, you are here till you learn your lessons.
I believe that our Soul came here with a specific mission/purpose or a specific learning experience, but once you are in a 3D avatar, you have free will, but somehow, I think we always end up doing anyway what the Soul wanted for us, even if the paths we take might lead us through detours.
I think so.
Yes, God has a plan for each of us.
No. Because why would they be. What would the point of manifesting on this plain be if we were here to walk a predetermined path? Where would the learning and new experiences come from?
Yes and no, we sometimes choose life lessons before we come to earth, but our lives here are also determined by our thoughts we choose.
Yes, the Lord has decided our faith when we were born.
Yes, we were born for a reason to live out our journey.
Yes, we are all on a journey of becoming our authentic selves. The little details are not important; it is what we do with our circumstances that matters.

QUESTION 105

WHAT IN YOUR OPINION IS THE GREATEST WORK OF ART?

25% of participants indicated that they regarded nature to be the greatest work of art.

Answers received are:

Bernini’s ecstasy of Saint Teresa.
The humanin all its splendour. The ability to create something from nothing be it music, sculpture, painting and so on.
If by the divine, the way the whole universe is connected. If by a human being, the Mona Lisa painting by da Vinci.
The creation.
The Mona Lisa.
The human body.
Michael Angelo’s statue of David.
A sunset/sunrise. Michael Angelo’s ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
The Sistine Chapel paintings.
The human body.
Roman architecture.
The landscape around us.
Any of the seven natural wonders of the world.
My son’s drawings.
Anything that wasn’t done by man.
The human brain.
I love great architecture.
Not much, I think nature is a work of art. Man made art will be the art in cathedrals.
Beautiful birds.
Art can’t be ranked in a linear hierarchical way I don’t believe. So, there isn’t one. The art will either speak to you, or it won’t.
How the human or animal body works, the brain.
Don’t know.
Creation of the Universe.
The ocean.

QUESTION 106

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE SIN?

The following answers were received:

The choice against good
Any transgression which harms another human or civilization
Violating an individual’s principles
I do not believe in sin.
Something you do that has a negative impact on others.
Wrong doing
What goes against nature?
Acting in such a way as to cause harm to others or indulge in antisocial behaviour.
When you miss the mark. The mark is your choice in life. All the other things that people say is sin, like smoking and drinking and so on, is all just the ripple effect.
Man doing things that will have negative consequences for them.
Anything against God.
Stupidity.
Something we do to intentionally hurt others.
It is an individual belief system.
Something against your belief system.
A deliberate transgression of a religious or moral law.
Fear.
Actions that fall into the “wrong” category in life.
An excuse for doing bad things.
Don’t really believe in the concept.
Harming others.
Doing something that will hurt someone.
I feel when I’m doing something that is not in alignment with who I am on a soul level, it is wrong, and I feel it immediately inside myself with that little voice that says, “it’s not right what you are doing now”.
Missing the point or not knowing better.
Going against God’s commandments.
Anything that leaves another living thing or the world less than when you found them or it is a sin.
When you know to do better and you don’t.
Harming others/ Being negative towards other, not being objective and giving them a decent chance in life.
Everything that goes against God.
Absence of reason.

QUESTION 107

CONSIDERING ALL SYMBOLS KNOWN TO YOU, WHAT SYMBOL WOULD YOU REGARD AS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT? (EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER)

The following answers were provided:

The yin/yang sign. A little bit of good in all bad and a little bit of bad in all good.
The moon as a symbol of the feminine.
Totems. Land and air totems have played a significant role in guiding me.
The heart chakra symbol. It brings you closer to love and happiness.
Infinity sign. It signifies holiness.
The cross.
The swastika.
Cross. Used in Christianity and other religions and cults as having great significance.
Infinity curve. It represents life, abundance, and the number 8.
Peace sign.
The infinity sign.
The x (multiplication) – that is what god wants from us. We must choose this.
Infinity sign. It seems to represent life and the assurance thereof.
The circle. It goes in without ever connecting, meaning going within and never ending.
Heart – can express all types of love and create a strong reaction.
The letter F.
Balance symbol figure 8 turned on its side.
Don’t know what this means.
Fire. I have a strong and warm personality.
The pentacle – it represents harmony of the elements, Air, Earth, Fire, Water and Spirit, all connected as one. Each one of us are made up of these elements. The circle symbolises protection and unity of all the above-mentioned elements. It can be worn as a talisman.
Heart – love will make everything ok.
None. Symbolism is not a big feature in my life since I don’t have a traditional tribe I belong to.
The reiki symbol of Cho Ku rei – as it represents peace and protection.
Air, as we cannot do without air.
I don’t necessarily believe in symbols.
Not sure.

QUESTION 108

SHOULD INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF RAPING CHILDREN RECEIVE THE DEATH PENALTY?

Participants indicated –

Yes – 43%.
No – 48%.
9% provided no definite yes or no answer.

The following motivations for answers were provided:

No, brain scans and serious help.
I can think of better punishment for someone that rapes. Death seems an easy way out.
I can’t judge if I don’t know the details, but unfortunately most will do it again, not sure what to say. I don’t really believe in death penalty but also don’t see a purpose for those committing hate crimes and do evil.
No, but they should be jailed for life.
Yes. If truly guilty of the act.
No, but they must be punished in a way to understand what they did – something like being physically wounded, cut off their balls or sew up their vaginas.

QUESTION 109

SHOULD EUTHANASIA BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO ARE TERMINALLY ILL AND SUFFER UNBEARABLE PAIN?

97% of participants indicated that euthanasia should be available to those who are terminally ill and suffer unbearable pain.

QUESTION 110

DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE CONCEPT OF HELL WHERE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CONDEMNED TO SUFFER FOREVER?

91% of participants indicated that they do not believe in the concept of hell where individuals will be condemned to suffer forever.

QUESTION 111

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR PASSION IS – IF YES PLEASE STATE?

17% of participants indicated that they do not know what their passions are.

Those that know what their passions are provided the following answers:

Working with groups of women to uplift them and to expand personality development.
My love for life, learning and experiencing new and different things and sharing this with people.
Yes, to do good.
Connecting people.
Yes. Working with healing to help people and animals
Yes. Helping people moving on in life.
Yes. Motorcycles.
Children and horses.
Love, life, nature, animals, sport.
I have lots of passions (they all involve beautiful things).
Experiences.
I like many things, but I can’t say that I have found my passion yet…
Caring.
To help people.
To serve and to be of service – truly.
My happiness and my work.
Learning more about who I am every day.

QUESTION 112

HAVE YOU HAD A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE?

Participants indicated as follows:

Yes – 25%

No – 75%

QUESTION 113

WHEN YOU FEEL DEPRESSED WHAT DO YOU USUALLY DO?

28% of participants indicated that they eat when they feel depressed.

The following answers were received:

Anything to escape from my thoughts.
Eat or sleep.
Exercise.
Whatever I need to while waiting for it to lift.
Don’t get depressed, but would eat when stressed.
Cry and sleep.
Cry .
Go quiet and withdraw.
Don’t feel depressed.
Sleep, cry or read.
Withdraw.
Keep busy.
Sleep.
Cry.
Cry, drink, isolate.
Sleep.
Sometimes, sleep, eat or cry. Sometimes go walk or sit in nature.
Go for a walk.
Don’t eat, sleep.
Initially when I start to feel depressed I do have a tendency to eat, but then I caught myself doing it, and almost forces myself to do something that I find uplifting and soon I will feel better.
Think about all the good in my life and transfer my focus to that.
Reflect on everything.
Sleep, sleep and sleep some more. The solution will come when I am tired of sleeping.
Eat and sleep.
Pray.
Bake cake.

QUESTION 114

HOW DO YOU USUALLY EXPRESS EXTREME ANGER?

63% of participants indicated that they verbalize their anger in some way.

The following answers were also provided:

I become icy cold and withdraw.
Withdraw.
Depends on the circumstances – speaking loudly (generally i don’t shout any longer).
Silence.
Cry and scream.
Internalize it.
Don’t know.
Yelling, shouting or a death stare.
Depends how badly I lose it. Could be swearing or just taking a time out.
Raise my voice.
I fight then flight.
I sometimes raise my voice if I am angry during a conversation with someone. When I am alone, I will swear or even scream into my pillow (I have neighbours) and then listen to heavy music until I feel better. But I usually try to calm myself down by deep breathing.
Write about it.
Discuss the issue with people involved.
Scream into a pillow until the moment passes. Play out whatever violent fantasy pops up in my mind a few times until I am satiated. Then let it go.
I swear.
A dead stare and sometimes verbal outburst.
I don’t experience extreme anger.
Silence.

QUESTION 115

HOW DO YOU USUALLY EXPRESS EXTREME JOY?

44% of participants indicated that laughter is the way they usually express extreme joy.

The following answers were provided:

Verbalise it.
I would say that I don’t express extreme joy: it is something I experience inward.
Being cheerful.
Laughing and hugging.
Depends on the circumstances – speaking loudly.
Verbalise it.
Clap hands and dance.
Cry.
Revered silence and smiling.
Laugh and cry.
Don’t know.
Jumping up and down and smiling.
Get energetic and animated.
Scream, shout and laugh.
Don’t know.
Smiling.
I laugh and hug people.
I laugh and have happy tears.
Laughing out loud and sometimes doing something silly…
Don’t know.
Hug the person responsible or closest to me.
Gratitude to myself for the experience and chat to my mom.
I laugh and say – yes, yes, yes.
Have not experienced it.
Dancing.

QUESTION 116

HOW DO YOU MANAGE CONFLICT IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS?

The following answers were received:

By addressing the issue and come to a compromise.
Discussing it with the person in question.
Communication.
Accept that the other person thinks differently than you and make peace with it.
Talk and explain.
Discuss.
I will try to argue a point, but if the other person is not willing to listen (in my perception), I will withdraw until such time as we can communicate properly.
Talk and discuss.
Outbursts.
Talk to reach a compromise.
Avoid and ignore.
Silence.
I express my views.
Avoid.
State my side and withdraw.
Become passive at work or aggressive when not at work.
Talk and cry.
Silence.
Avoid confrontation/fighting, try to sort out asap.
Don’t know.
I am learning various communication and self-love tools.
Discuss the issue.
I try and talk it out.
I listen to the other person, try and put myself in that person’s shoes and try to be accommodating within reason of course. To me communication in a relationship is very important.
I try and see both points of views and let it be, we are different and unique. I try not to judge and see another’s point of view.
Discuss with partner.
Very kindly and patiently and try very deliberately to guard against causing harm as we figure a solution out. Mindful of my nature.
I hate conflict and avoid it.
Dead silence- Remember my and C’s divorce- My dead silence which irritated the living daylights out of her.
What I have tried does not work – talk.
Talk about it once tempers have calmed.

QUESTION 117

IN WHAT AREA OF YOUR LIFE DO YOU EXPERIENCE MOST OF YOUR STRESS?

The following answers were received:

Areas of stress mentioned more than once:
Financial related – mentioned 6 times.
Family – mentioned 5 times.
Work – mentioned 4 times.
Areas of stress mentioned only once:

Professional life, a son’s disability, family and staff, not having enough time, physical stress, stress in all areas of life, school, finding a reason to live, looking at the world where people do not care, a mother’s rapid decline and old age, and personal life.

QUESTION 118

WHAT IS THE EMOTION THAT YOU CURRENTLY PREDOMINANTLY EXPERIENCE?

16% of participants indicated that happiness is the emotion that they currently experience.

The following answers were received:

Fear.
A low-level anxiety, interspersed with feelings of excitement at future possibilities.
Emotional pain.
Don’t really honestly feel – I can recognise contentment – am only recently more aware of ‘feeling’ certain emotions and honouring them.
Frustration.
Frustration/irritation.
Loneliness.
Confusion.
Entrapment.
Joy/excitement.
Fear.
A sense of self-worth.
Extreme sadness.
Neutral.
Irritation.
Either excitement or tiredness.
Stress.
Mostly at peace and happy. I have dips now and then. Sometimes anxious.
I am still grieving, so probably sadness.
Contentment with what is, is meant to be.
Calmness.
Heartbroken detachment and dissociation from people.
Frustration.
Fulfilment.
Sadness and detachment.
Joy.