SOUL GROUP XIII – CHIROLOGY

QUESTION 1 & 2

FEMALE AND MALE

QUESTION 3.1

DATE OF BIRTH

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

QUESTION 3.2

BORN ON DAY OF THE WEEK

Participants were born on the following days of the week:

QUESTION 4

TIME OF BIRTH

Participants were born on the following times:

Each of the following times saw two participants born: 8:00, 19:30, and 23:00.

24% of participants do not know the time of their birth.

QUESTION 5

PLACE OF BIRTH (COUNTRY AND TOWN)

Participants indicated that they were born in the following places:

The following towns/cities were mentioned more than once –

Pretoria – 24%
Johannesburg – 19%
Durban – 8%
Krugersdorp – 5%
Pietermaritzburg – 5%

The following cities were only mentioned once –

Piet Retief.
Welkom.
East London.
Middelburg.
Kroonstad.
Bedford.
Vrede.
Rosettenville.
Ventersdorp.
Germiston.
Greytown.

Three participants were not born in South Africa –

Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Windhoek, Namibia.

QUESTION 6

Blood type.

Participants indicated that they have the following blood types:

QUESTION 7

COLOUR OF EYES

Participants indicated that they have the following eye colours:

QUESTION 8

NATURAL COLOUR OF HAIR

Participants indicated that they had the following hair colours:

QUESTION 9

HEIGHT

The average height of participants in this Group is 1.76 m.

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:

Please keep in mind that some participants have more than one qualification.

NQF Level 4 – 24% of participants (High School / Matric / Grade 12 equivalents.)
- Gr 11
- Gr 12 (×5).
- High school diploma.
- Std 8 (with short courses).
NQF Level 5 – 16% of participants (Higher Certificates / Vocational Diplomas / Trade Certificates.)
- SA trade certificate; bls paramedic.
- Teachers Certificate.
- Medical receipt Dip.
- N1-n4: pa, sales agent & other certificates.
- Bookkeeping Diploma.
- N3 National Certificate Motor Mechanic.
NQF Level 6 – 16% of participants (Advanced Diploma / Diploma / Bachelor (Technikon/Polytechnic).
- Dip Business Management.
- BA languages Teaching Dip.
- Dip Nursing.
- Hed Home Economics.
- Diplomas – accounting and HR.
- Undergraduate Bachelor of Arts in Psychology & Communication Science
NQF Level 7 – 30% of participants (Bachelor’s Degrees).
- BA Politics.
- BSc (QS).
- BA town planning.
- BCom.
- B.com Accounting.
- BA Psychology.
- BA Communication.
- BA Humanities.
- BA Fine Arts.
NQF Level 8 – 11% of participants (Honours / Postgraduate Diploma / Specialized Graduate).
BA Hon Education.
B.com Hon Fin Planning.
BA Hons psychology.
Postgraduate Diploma in Adult Education.
NQF Level 9 – 8% of participants (Master’s Degrees)
- M – Counselling Psychology.
- MHT – Pastoral Theology.
- MBA.
NQF Level 10 – 5% of participants (Doctorates)
- PhD Social Sciences.
- Dr natural medicine.

QUESTION 11

WHAT LANGUAGES DO YOU SPEAK?

Participants reported their proficiency in the following languages:

English – 42.5%
Afrikaans – 37.9%
German – 4.6%
Zulu – 3.4%
Xhosa – 2.3%
Dutch – 2.3%
N. Sotho – 2.3%
Portuguese – 1.1%
Italian – 1.1%
Mandarin – 1.1%
Flemish – 1.1%

QUESTION 12

OCCUPATION

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

Some participants indicated that they have more than one occupation.

Management / Administrative Roles – 32%
- Office manager
- Broker manager
- Manager
- Senior brand manager
- Admin manager
- Senior investment manager
- Sales manager
- Chief admin officer
- Franchise manager
- Admin & Operations Manager at a hair salon
- Area Distributor for Novus Fragrances
- Bursar at government primary school
- Database Geologist

Education / Teaching – 15%
- Teacher
- Education specialist
- Psychometrist
- Homeschooling parent

Health / Psychological Services – 9%
- Consultant psychologist
- Health practitioner
- Self-employed healing

Creative / Arts / Media – 9%
- Scriptwriter
- Sculptor
- Goldsmith

Trades / Technical / Engineering – 5%
- Civil Engineering Technician
- Motor Mechanic

Business / Entrepreneurship / Sales – 18%
- Sales rep / cleaning company / freelance estate agent
- B&B owner
- Business owner
- Area Distributor for Novus Fragrances (already counted under management, not double-counted)

Retired / Pensioner / Homemaker – 12%
- Retired
- Pensioner
- Housewife

QUESTION 13

MARITAL STATUS

Participants indicated their marital status as follows:

DIVORCED – 27%

SINGLE – 21%

MARRIED – 42%

WIDOW – 5%

Unmarried – 5%

QUESTION 14

DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN? (IF YES PROVIDE THEIR GENDER AND AGE)

62% of participants indicated that they have children.

38% of participants indicated that they do not have children.

QUESTION 15

WHERE DO YOU FIT IN SIBLING WISE?

Participants provided the following answers:

Oldest – 37%
Second – 11%
Third – 14%
Fourth of five – 3%
Fifth of six – 3%
Middle – 8%
Youngest – 19%
Only Child – 5%

QUESTION 16

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

The following answers were provided:

White-Afrikaans-speaking South African.
South African.
White.
Afrikaner.
German and Afrikaans.
South Indian heritage.
European.
Immigrant European white.
Irish, South African.
Coloured.
White, Afrikaans/English.
Lebanese family heritage. White South African.
Afrikaners.
White.
White/European.
Roman Catholic.
Afrikaans; white.
Conservative Afrikaans.
Liberated white Afrikaner.
Afrikaans, white.
White Christian.
German descent.
White English.
Afrikaans Christian.
White Afrikaner.
Afrikaner.
White Anglo Saxon Protestant.
White Afrikaner.
Afrikaner, Christian.
English South African
Afrikaans culture.
Italian.
My father was Greek Orthodox, and I was baptised in the Greek Orthodox Church.
European.
Christian, Afrikaans.
Afrikaans.
Afrikaans Christian.

QUESTION 17

WHAT CULTURE GROUP CAN YOU BEST IDENTIFY WITH?

The following answers were provided:

White; Afrikaans-speaking South African.
African.
White.
Not sure.
German; Afrikaans; English; Georgian.
European.
African from Dutch descent.
All.
Irish.
Coloured.
English; white.
White.
Spiritual like-minded.
White.
European.
Young white males.
World culture; human culture.
No preference.
American; European.
European.
British.
White.
Afrikaners.
English South African.
None I do not align with any group.
White Afrikaner.
Afrikaners.
Intellectually elite.
White Afrikaner.
Chinese and India.
English.
Afrikaans culture.
Not really Italian, and not really South-African.
Tibetan Buddhists.
European.
English.
More open to all the last couple of years, but best would be Caucasian.

QUESTION 18

WHAT IS YOUR RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE?

The following answers were provided:

Christian – 20.8%
Spiritual – 14.6%
Non-religious – 10.4%
Catholic – 4.2%
Agnostic – 4.2%
Free-thinking – 4.2%
Buddhist / Buddhism – 4.2%
Orthodox – 2.1%
Dutch Reform – 2.1%
Gnostic Christian Zen Buddhist thinking – 2.1%
No preference – 2.1%
Open – 2.1%

QUESTION 19

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

The following answers were given:

68% of participants indicated that they are not members of a specific church.

Those who belong to a church provided the following answers:

Maryvale Catholic Church.
Liberal Catholic Church.
Orthodox Anglican.
Lebanese Maronite Catholic Church.
Methodist.
Dutch Reformed.
Choose Life Church.
Dutch Reformed.
Spiritualist Church
Choose Life.
Anglican.
Revival Church Centurion.

QUESTION 20

WHAT HOBBIES DO YOU HAVE?

The hobbies most frequently mentioned include the following:

The hobbies mentioned only once include:

Keeping fit, teaching, touch therapies, golf (as a personal hobby in one context), writing poetry, listening to music, making photo albums, creative craft activities, needlework, fashion design, dressmaking, pottery, cooking, beadwork, learning new subjects, watching television series, studying cultures and sociology, aqua exercises, hunting, entertaining, spirituality and self-development, researching spirituality, drawing, singing in a choir, playing piano, camping, cycling, running, gym, psychology as a personal interest, horses and nature, horse-riding, dancing, sewing, pergamano, card making, wedding planning, mosaic, crocheting, forming relationships with birds, socializing, ikebana, art appreciation, searching online (Google exploration), mountain biking, archery, knitting, international affairs, walking, learning Mandarin, listening to audio books, binge-watching series, meditation, motor mechanics as a hobby, making music (instrumental), and stone art.

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:

Items collected most frequently include:

Stones / Rocks / Crystals / Gemstones / Minerals – 22%

Books – 11%

Trading Cards (incl. Magic, fantasy cards) – 8%

Marbles – 8%

Participants indicated that they collect the following:

Soap.
Books.
Giraffes.
Stones; yellow and red copper vases.
Music; reading material; fantasy trading cards; travel guides and magazines.
Magic gathering card collecting.
Spoons; erasers, tins.
Gatherer.
Marbles.
Toy cars; scalectrix, train sets, rocks and minerals.
Trading cards; marbles.
Semi-precious stones.
Memories.
Small kitchen tools; perfume bottles, jewellery.
Angel figures.
Stamps, shells, crystals.
Stamps when I was small but merely for their visual inspiration. My father worked internationally, and his business received mail from all over the world. The stamps was my monthly excitement to cut out and loosen up and put in a filings system according to themes. I collect all kinds of rocks and driftwood as inspiration.
Stamps, stones from places visited, plants.
Yes, crystals, books.
Tournament badges from bowls, books.
Ornamental bunnies.
Stamps and pets.
As a child, used to collect stamps and stickers, pretty stationery, Troll dolls, diaper babies, Forest Families. I do like having a library of books around me – purchased loads as an adult.
Gemstones, information, and I adored paper dolls when I was a child. I had quite a collection.
Wool.
Motor Mechanics, Camping, Fishing, Travelling.

QUESTION 22

DO YOU BELONG TO ANY ORGANISATIONS?

54% of participants indicated that they do not belong to any organizations.

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

CCBC; Exploration Society; ward 45 committee, SKR body corporate.
Writer’s Guild of SA; Amnesty International.
ROTARY.
SAICA; IIA; LINKEDIN.
Institute of Charted Secretaries and Accountants; Running Club.
Ocker Moller Institute for Human Development.
HPCSA.
Egyptian society; Movie club.
Business women’s association, SAAFOST – food science and technology.
The professional psychological societies/organizations required for employment and registration purposes.
Coaching and Mentoring South Africa (COMESA).
Bip Association (BARD).
Association of Arts Pretoria.
National Healers Association.
Edenvale bowling club, Free Market Foundation.
Wine tasting clubs and golf club.
Model Cars, Vintage Junk.

QUESTION 23

DO YOU VOTE IN THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS?

81% participants indicated that they vote in the national elections.

QUESTION 24

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY CHARITY ACTIVITIES?

43% of participants indicated they are involved charity activities.

QUESTION 25

WHAT IS YOUR IDEAL JOB?

The following answers were provided by participants:

Don’t know.
Assisting other people and doing projects anything other than office bound.
What i do now.
Making photo albums for people.
Teaching people and actually anything where people and creating are involved.
An innovative, high-powered and self-supervised position where I’m able to travel internationally, have a flexible schedule, work with people and change lives for the better.
Marketing.
Expat mining support.
Performer/healer of some sort.
Not sure, one providing a lot of flexibility, freedom and not being micro managed, not too technical but something that can allow me to be creative.
Not sure, one that i can do and enjoy which allows me to be able to spend time with my kids when i want to and be able to do stuff for myself, like run and ride etc.
Something where i counsel people.
Being creative, iodisation, finding solutions to chaos/problems, painting, writing, assisting people to find who they really are within.
Flexi time, not office bound.
Playing professional golf and traveling the world meeting different cultures and people.
Coaching and writing fantasy novels.
Writing spiritual books, travelling the world, giving talks, painting beautiful oil or pastel paintings and having time to dance, do yoga and walk on the beach.
Where there is no politics, dishonesty and where everybody has the right to say what they feel, and taken seriously.
Equine assisted leadership training. Perhaps motivational speaking. Adventure camps. Dunno.
Being creative and organizing.
Archaeologist.
A job that has a variety and allows me to use my own initiative.
Housewife.
Healing and helping people.
I don’t seek an ideal job. I was put on earth to create beauty and that is my vocation.
Game ranger.
Healing related.
Consulting and selling, market research.
Pretty much the one I’m currently in, bar the salary.
To help.
Earning lots of money with no staff involved.
What I’m doing now – petroleum industry.
Have no idea anymore.
Not currently but I have a long history of working with Hospice and LifeLine.
Anything where I’m challenged and can be creative.
Handyman @ home.
Working in nature with plants and animals or helping children with emotional/spiritual growth.

QUESTION 26

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

Participants answered as follows:

43% – Yes

57% – No

QUESTION 27

WHAT IS YOUR STRONGEST SENSE?

Participants answered as follows:

TOUCH- 38%

SIGHT- 35%

SMELL – 11%

HEARING – 8%

TASTE – 5%

DON’T KNOW – 3%

QUESTION 28

ARE YOU RIGHT OR LEFT-HANDED?

95% of participants in this Group are right-handed.

QUESTION 29

ARE YOU COLOUR BLIND?

None of the participants in this Group are colour blind.

QUESTION 30

WHAT HEALTH ISSUE HAS CHALLENGED YOU PREDOMINANTLY IN YOUR LIFE?

14% of participants indicated that they had no medical challenges up to now in their lives.

The rest of the participants indicated the following:

Allergy-related; endometriosis and associated headaches.
Eye issues; mild keratoconus -eye disease.
Stomach.
Weight
Back; blood clotting and muscles.
Anxiety and depression.
Lung; back and haemochromatosis.
Arthritis; lower back pain. Type 1 diabetes, asthma; anxiety
Low energy; anaemia; acne; ankle injuries, kidney infection
Sinus – allergic to cats; dogs and sulphur.
Female related, stomach.
IBS – irritable bowel syndrome.
Poor eyesight.
Chronic dermatitis or mild eczema.
Endrometriosis; isolated skin cancer and other skin allergies; lower back pain.
In-active thyroid
Overweight; neck and shoulder pain
Chronic cough; skin itching, low back pain; reflux
Migrane.
Sinus from allergies, migraines.
Schizo affective disorder.
Adrenal fatigue, fibromyalgia.
Tendency to high cholesterol and sugar. Difficult sleep pattern the last 18 years.
Low blood pressure.
Headaches, stress and have been diagnosed with osteoporosis in left food, but do not focus on that, i tell my body al is well.
Being fat.
My knees, had a knee operation in july 2023, still not completely healed from it.
Weight – being overweight and had acne.
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis.
High cholesterol.
Sinuses.
Upper respiratory infections.

QUESTION 31

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

Participants provided the following answers:

Removal of tonsils – 6; cauterization of blood vessels to treat nose bleeds -8; septum straightening and sinus operation – 15; removal of appendix – 16; treatment of ovarian cysts and endometriosis – 23.
Hammer toes – 20.
Tonsils – 8.
Ceasar – 26 and 31; tonsils – 33; emergency hernia – 39; knee replacements – 58.
Tonsils – 6; appendix – 16; lumps both breasts – 23; lumps both breasts – 43; tumours (non-malignant) both feet – 24; carpal tunnel both hands – 27; shortening of foot bones – 27; partial colectomy – 28; gall bladder – 28; hiatus hernia – 28; bunions both feet – 31; hysterectomy – 36; bladder – 36; varicose veins left leg – 45; obstruction where colectomy was done – 47; repeated – 49; excimer laser on both eyes – 50.
Tooth removal – 14; tooth removal – 23.
Tonsils -6.
Fusion l5 – 36; hiatus hernia – 41.
Left shoulder – 17.
Fibroids and endometriosis removed – 38.
Grommets – 3; lumber fusion – 33; left hand bone growth removed – 36; left hand benign growth removed – 38; sinus – deviated septum – 39; left knee – repair to meniscus – 41.
Tonsils, ear operation and grommets before age of 6
Tonsils – 3; appendectomy – sist removal ovary – 18; miscarriage – 22; gall bladder removal – 30; laser treatment – eye related – 33; sist gynaecological procedure – 48.
Tonsils – 13; wisdom teeth – 21; lump from left breast – 18.
Knee – 6; toes – 30.
Circumcision – 7; tonsils – 7; tooth removed – 13.
Tonsils – 5; gynaecology – 22; burst ectopic pregnancy (nearly died – 25; hysterectomy – 52; skin cancer on nose 44, 46; refine nose flap – 49.
None.
Tonsils – 3; appendix 20; broken arm – 54.
Tonsils – 16; hysterectomy – 49; Nissan reflux – 52; knee – 53.
D&c (17), d&c (22), ovarian resection (22), various d&c’s and laparoscopies (23 &24), caesarean section (25 & 27), hysterectomy (28), ovectimy (28), feet (29), bilateral breast augmentation (36), plastic surgery (53).
Hysterectomy (46).
24 shocks (22 &23), caesarean (26), evacuation (42), teeth extraction (58)
Tonsillectomy (7), caesarean (29 & 31), d&c after aborting foetus (30), kidney stone removal (53), repair to torn tendon in right wrist (58).
Wisdom Teeth at 16, Knee operation at 20, foot fracture 23.
Hysterectomy 40, Kidney Donation 46.
Wise teeth removed (16), Moles cut out (17).
Tonsils, feet rerated, appendix, hysterectomy.
Appendix, lesions removed from skull.
Tonsils | 2 years, appendix | 12 years, three caesarean sections | 25, 29 and 31, jaw and teeth | 41, bilateral breast augmentation | 30, removal of ovaries | 53.
2 caesarean’s 21 Nov 1993, 10 July 2000. Appendicitis around 2002. 2015 lump in my left breast- no cancer and 2017 male hernia in 14 February.
Tonsillectomy at 3
Appendix2000, nissen 2004, removal of cancerous cervix 2009, knee op 2023.
Tonsils removed (possibly 5 or 6); wisdom teeth removed (around 21 or 22); C-Section at 32.
My right ovary burst when I was 30.
Gallstone removed age 65.
Repair / Replace Cheekbone (2009)
Otoplasty (11), Dilation and curettage (19), Tonsillectomy& otoplasty (24), Dilation and curettage & laparoscopy endometriosis removal (28), Tubal ligation & ovarian cystectomy (40).

QUESTION 32

AS A CHILD DID YOU HAVE ANY LEARNING DIFFICULTIES?

24% of participants indicated that they did not have learning difficulties.

Those that indicated that they did have learning difficulties indicated the following:

Concentration; motivation, mathematics due to ADHD.
Dyslexia.
Add and hyperactive.
Mild ADHD with emphasis on the attention deficit rather than the hyper-activity.
Lack of concentration with math and science.
Concentrating, scatter mind.
I did have difficulty focusing and was quite creative in how I managed it. I used to write study notes with my left hand which distracted me enough to concentrate.

QUESTION 33

DID YOU HAVE HAPPY CHILDHOOD YEARS?

YES – 54%

NO – 27%

UNSURE – 19%

QUESTION 34

WERE YOU CLOSER TO YOUR MOTHER OR CLOSER TO YOUR FATHER?

Participants indicated as follows:

Father – 46%
Mother – 35%
Neither – 14%
Both – 5%

QUESTION 36

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

The following answers were provided:

Situations born from inconsiderateness, cruelness or unreasonableness.
When a person wants to control and tell me what to do.
None.
When the big ones (government, institutions, rich people, vip’s etc) bully the small ones.
Someone telling me lies.
Injustice.
Arrogant, dishonest people.
Obstinate resistance.
Being bossed around, treated like a baby.
Feeling disrespected, rudeness, inconsiderateness, discrimination.
When one of my kids lie to me.
Being accused of something i didn’t.
Treating me as invisible.
When things don’t go the way i want them to or expect them to. Also, inefficiency.
A lie or half-truth.
Heavy traffic and when people, especially my mother tell me what to do.
Infidelity by a spouse, injustice, manipulation by others and violence.
Betrayal and lies.
Abuse of power.
If people doubt me or my intentions or see me as a liar.
Injustice.
Injustice and lies.
Injustice.
Child abuse.
Blame shifting, accusing me of something that I did not do, trying to open a garbage bag, and anyone but me taking tools out of my toolbox or studio without asking.
Accusing me of something I did not do.
Animal or chills abuse.
Incompetence.
Lies and deceit.
When someone is treated unfairly or accused when they are not guilty.
Something against my children or animals.
Falsely accused, dishonesty, disloyalty.
That the father of my son lied to me our entire relationship.
Bad or rude service or if something seems unfair to me.
Unfairness.
When someone does not do what I tell them to do.
When people or animals are ill-treated.

QUESTION 37

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

Participants provided the following answers:

Time on my own.
Prayer and discussions with a friend.
My preferences.
The right kind of music.
Creative things.
Quiet, beautiful places, where no deadlines or stresses are looming.
Classical music.
A bath.
The ocean.
Memories of special moments, the faces and smiles of my little nephews and nieces. Feeling loved.
Breathing.
Reading, talking to a close friend.
Running water.
Going to choir practise.
Music or reading.
Reading fiction.
Sea/near water, music, company of friends, talking about the situation.
Silence and soft music.
Outdoors.
Sit back deep breathing – fall still.
Being on my own, with time to contemplate and to read.
Music.
Silence.
Music/dance and walking on the beach.
deep breathing, four counts in, two counts holding and six counts out. Classical music, going into nature. lying on the grass, hugging a tree.
Nature.
Read, music.
Music, reading, bouncing.
Music … and wine.
Music and breathing exercises.
Animals.
Music.
Eating.
A cup of tea, meditation, movement, my husband.
To go for a walk
Alcohol.
Nature, water.

QUESTION 38

THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE WHAT PREDOMINANTLY CAUSES YOU STRESS?

Participants provided the following answers:

Failing/failed relationships.
Wanting to be debt free.
Not conforming.
Lack of money.
Misunderstandings.
Perfectionist expectations.
Too much to do.
Situations that threaten my independence.
Work i don’t enjoy.
Work, a feeling of being out of control, exams etc.
Finances.
Relationships.
I will not be good enough – finishing job/tasks on time and to outstanding quality.
Wanting to be the best at everything.
My inability to achieve my own set standards and goals.
Anxiety over what i fear may happen that appears plausible at the time. Thoughts of not having what i need or want.
New unknown situations, conflict fear.
When i am expected to be in places that does not concern me or have to say things that i don’t believe in.
Assholes.
Relationships.
Noise and a lack of place or time to withdraw to.
Family conflict.
Pressure.
Worry over family.
Worrying about money.
Procrastinations wanting to give a perfect product but struggle to do so sometimes.
Relationship related.
Health, work.
Not being good enough.
Finances, relationships and my mother.
Fear of getting into trouble.
So many things, but my children most of all.
Not feeling chosen, not getting stuff done, not being good enough, money.
When I am not able to make sense of a situation or person, if they are saying one thing but their body language is telling me an entirely different story. It creates confusion and anxiety for me and causes a lot of stress because I struggle to let it go until I understand.
Uncertainty.
Work.
Pushy people in situations that I do not want to partake in.

QUESTION 39

WHAT DO YOU DO TO RELAX?

Participants provided the following answers:

Have wine.
Read, watch a DVD or chat to a friend.
Yoga; jacuzzi; meditation, being, read.
Right kind of music.
Music and touch.
Listen to music and dance.
Go to a live show – cabaret.
Have a glass of wine and watch tv.
Play computer games and read.
Read, sleep, watch tv, have beer/whisky or red wine.
Run; cycle; read.
Read, watch a movie, go out with friends.
Painting if in the mood, meditating, loosing myself in reading.
Play piano, choir, read, watch tv and movies.
Play computer games.
Read, play games or see my girlfriend.
Breathing techniques, positive self-talk. Read, dance, sleep, watching tv, chat with friends.
Ride my horses and switch my cell phone off.
Outdoors, reading, DVD’s.
Read, meditate.
I lie on my bed and i read or i just lie and think about random things that matter to me at that stage.
Listen to music.
Lie on the bed.
Crosswords/sudoku, read, work in my garden, walk on the beach.
Power Nap with Allen Watts podcast, long walks with my dog. Binge watching Netflix once in a while. Reading
Nature, read.
Music, read, bounce.
Walk, dance, listen to music, crochet.
Be on my own and reading, listening and watching dramas.
Watch movies, read a book.
Going out with my friend, laying on the couch watching tv.
Watch TV.
Read novels and tidy the house.
Sleep.
Watching TV.
Paint, sit in garden, stroke animals.

QUESTION 40

WHAT IS YOUR STRONGEST ATTRIBUTE?

Participants provided the following answers:

Fairness.
Compassion.
Inner peace.
Organizational ability.
Leadership; hardworking.
Intuitive; analytical.
Reading people.
Don’t know.
I allow others to be themselves.
Perseverance.
Being headstrong.
Very self-aware; good at building relationships.
To help/support/assist in whatever way possible.
Dependable; responsible.
Being emotionally aware.
Ability to be critical.
Creativity.
Trustworthiness.
Authenticity.
Creativity, honesty; hard working (responsibility).
My ability to love, my inability to accept injustice and my ability to speak out against what i don’t agree with.
Seeing or understanding a bigger picture or consequences to actions
Kindness.
Loyalty.
I live life with an open hand and heart. Always available to help, make fun of all in life to counterbalance the pain.
Determination.
Getting information out of people.
Responsibility.
Loyal and disciplined.
Ability to listen and empathise.
Perseverance, determination, kindness, patience.
Empathy.
Creative problem solving.
Logic thinking.
Stern.
Optimism.

QUESTION 41

WHAT IS YOUR WEAKEST ATTRIBUTE?

The following answers were received:

I struggle to speak in public.
Too emotional.
Trouble finishing what i start, procrastination – missing opportunities.
Admin and writing.
Don’t know.
I subordinate myself to people of authority.
Procrastination.
Being headstrong.
Need for control; jealousy; no patience.
Team player.
Perfectionist; people pleaser.
Losing my temper.
Ability to act despite not having enough information leading to procrastination.
Talker more than doer.
Too honest and too direct.
Procrastination.
Too dedicated to people.
Self-discipline, my tolerance of arrogance.
Mixing in big groups.
Oversensitive super-ego.
Turning to food for comfort.
Blow up quickly if things don’t happen as asked. Very bad with personal admin.
People pleaser.
Not using potential.
Conflict resolution.
Believe more in other than myself.
Caring.
When i do get cross, I see red.
Standing up / fighting / confrontation and adaptability.
Self-doubt and an internal feeling that I don’t belong or quite fit anywhere and there is something wrong with me. My social skills are good enough that this is more an inner feeling than an outward experience.
Impatience with unlogic people.
Confrontation.
Impulsiveness.

QUESTION 42

WHAT IS YOUR CONCEPT OF GOD?

Participants provided the following answers:

Which god?
He is my spiritual father, and he can perform miracles, but I also wonder why he allows suffering of people and animals.
Totality of everything.
A divine being to whom all souls aspire.
Source energy.
Not answered.
Omni present power.
Great omnipotent creative force.
God is part of everything. The more we seek to find him the more lost we get.
God is a supreme being who is loving and gentle and has unlimited resources.
There is a creator or a superior being. I don’t believe that it is the way we get taught as Christians.
I am religious and believe in a higher being and i am spiritual.
Omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, energy/power
I believe that god created the world and all of us and that he has a greater plan for all of us and that he is in control.
The creator who command the universe.
All-powerful omnipotent and benevolent at the heart of all things and ourselves.
All the energy of all the beings in the universe(s) combined make up the energy of God. God is energy and everything is energy, so God is everywhere and in myself as well. So small part of me is (from) God. I see God as being a bright white light, only energy.
God is always, everywhere and constant. God doesn’t judge and doesn’t fail. God is for everyone and anyone anytime and everywhere in love.
Omnipresent, creator of the universe.
One God not attached to any church.
God is the name commonly accepted for the ultimate energy. Source, creator, enlightened being, even though I still struggle where this energy would originally have originated from.
Lord and creator.
Creator, giver of life and spirit.
The superior being that resides within each and every one of us.
Omnipresent Light Source Benevolent Energy inside us and around us. We are all part of ONENESS.
Enlighten being.
God is in everything and in nature.
Omnipotent, creator of the universe.
An energy that created and rules the world.
Within everyone and we within God.
None.
I love God he is my alfa and omega, creator of the world.
God is source. God is in everything and all around us. God is love and peace.
I am not Christian, so my concept of God is more about complexity. Like the miracle of nature, impermanence and interconnectedness on a profound level.
Creator.
I believe He exist.
Real concept of LOVE.

QUESTION 43

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR?

The following answers were received:

GREEN – 20%
BLUE – 29%
TURQUOISE – 12%
RED – 12%
PURPLE – 9%
PINK – 6%
SCARLET – 3%
YELLOW – 3%
BLACK – 3%
VIOLET – 3%

QUESTION 44

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD?

Participants provided the following answers:

Chocolate is the most frequently mentioned food at 13%.
Pizza comes next with 8%.
Seafood, Bread, and Lamb are all tied at – 5% each.
Food only mentioned once – 64%.

Foods only mentioned once include – French food, lasagna, Thai, curry, mac & cheese, pasta, nachos or chili con carne, fruit salad, fudge, sushi, vegetables, bread, lamb chop, salty food, tuna, salad, stew, avocado, cheese, red meat and cooked chips, nice cooked home meal, stir fry with noodles, cereals (which is only eaten as a treat), and breads.

QUESTION 45

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE DRINK?

The following answers were received:

Drinks most frequently mentioned include –

Wine – (Wine, Wine, Red wine, Sparkling sweet wine, Dry white wine, Water and wine).
Coffee – (Coffee, Coffee, Coffee)
Tea – (Herbal tea, Tea, Five Roses Tea, Water and tea)
Fruit Juice – This includes all forms of juice such as apple/strawberry juice, orange juice, berry juice, fruit juice, etc.
Water – Includes plain water and combinations like Water and fruit juice, Water and tea, Sparkling water, etc.
Whiskey – (Beer/whisky, Non-alcoholic = water, alcoholic = whiskey, Whiskey)
Coke – (Coke-zero, Coke)

The following dinks were only mentioned once –

Campari, gin and tonic, Red Heart Rum and Cointreau, ginger ale, milk and warm water, and lime and soda are each mentioned only once in the list. These drinks stand out because they do not fall into any of the repeated categories such as wine, fruit juices, tea, water-based drinks, coffee, whiskey, or coke, which all appeared multiple times in various forms.

QUESTION 46

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE TYPE OF MUSIC?

Participants mentioned the following types of music more often:

Classical / Light Classical / Orchestral – 18.2%
Rock / Rock Variants – 13.6%
Pop / Popular / Top 40 – 11.4%
Jazz / Blues / R&B Jazz – 4.5%
80’s Music – 4.5%
Instrumental – 4.5%
Ballads / Story Music – 4.5%

The following answers were also received:

All just not heavy metal and heavy classic.
Works of lyrical or musical geniuses – Bob Dylan.
Dance.
Depending on the mood.
Music with a beat.
Anything calming played on a low level.
Very electric – from light classical, pop, country, rock.
Techno, house (but not too fond of heavy metal and jazz).
Soft romantic.
Almost any, but if I had to choose the 80s.
Anything depending on my mood.
Reggae.
Light classicals, German music, 1970,1980.
Anything from opera to pop to classical to alternative.
I prefer silence.
Music with clear melody and words.
Rock & house music.

QUESTION 47

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE INTUITION?

The following answers were received:

The sense based on feeling, not anything physical.
Insight into things.
Inner knowing.
That little voice in your head.
The knowing and feeling of …
Intuition is the sense of knowing the truth of something that comes from your core, not from a rational or intellectual place. It is knowing and not just believing (because it makes sense) something is authentic, from a visceral place.
Gut feeling.
A sense of knowing unsupported by tangible evidence.
A feeling that you naturally understand when your mind does not interfere with your heart.
A knowing that is not based on history or facts.
Gut feel.
That niggling feeling, when you just know what you need to do.
God within you guiding you. Inner knowing.
Having a strong feeling about a person or situation. Being able to read people and a situation quickly and accurately.
The awareness of future events and people’s current feelings.
A knowing that something has or could/is about to happen. A feeling that something is right or wrong for me or another without concrete facts to support this.
A feeling of knowing/sense of something deep down to be true.
Intuition is not a talent but a gift that everybody have if they only believe. It is there to be used in every situation and every decision you have to make in life.
Just knowing, uncanny ability to predict.
Insight.
Intuition is part of your “gut” you have if you are prepared to connect to it and listen out for it – your sixth sense. Your “knowing”.
An inner knowing.
Knowing something without proof.
Instinctive knowing or understanding.
Knowingness coming from your Higher Self sending you a message of what to do when you face certain challenges in life or have to make choices.
It is like a premonition or the voice in my head sometimes.
A feeling or sensation you get to warn you.
6th sense.
An energy and sense of knowing the unknown/unseen.
Just know.
Sensing trouble.
It is a feeling that you feel whether you do something right or wrong.
The knowing or feeling of something which you don’t have an exact explanation for.
It is knowing clearly without words.
Ability to know things.
Don’t know.
The ability to understand or know (with different senses) something without needing to think about it.

QUESTION 48

HOW STRONG IS YOUR INTUITION?

Participants provided the following answers:

Very Strong / Very / Very good / Very Strong / Very Strong (varied capitalization) – 16%.
Strong / Quite Strong / Strong (varied forms) – 33%.
Fairly Strong / Fairly Strong – 11%.
Good / Higher than average / Very good – 7%.
Medium / Okay – 5%.
Sometimes strong / At times stronger than other times / Getting stronger / Rather strong – 12%.
Poor / Below average / Not strong / Not as strong as I think it should be / Cannot say – 16%.

QUESTION 49

HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED SUICIDE?

43% of participants indicated that they have considered suicide.

QUESTION 50

WHO WAS YOUR ROLE MODEL AS A CHILD?

Participants provided the following answers:

No-one – 27%
Father – 19%
Mother – 8%
Grandparents / Older siblings (combined mentions of My Ouma, My Grandmother and older siblings) – 5%
Other (all single mentions) – 59%

Single mentions include the following – Mother’s youngest sister, eldest brother, sister, cousin, uncles, James Bond, Princess Diana & Mother Teresa, any saint, music teacher, positive outlook, own superhero).

QUESTION 51

WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL NOW?

The following answers were received:

No-one – 60%
Myself -16%
Oprah Winfrey – 5%
Other – 19%

Single (other) mentions include the following: Madiba, Mother, Ockert Moller, My parents, Business partner, Lord Jesus, Clem Sunter, Princess Diana/Mother Teresa/Korean artists/Steve Hofmeyr, Drupon Rinpoche)

QUESTION 52

DO YOU LIKE TO READ?

92% of participants indicated that they like to read.

QUESTION 53

WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER TO READ?

Participants provided the following answers:

Anything that is well written and captivating.
Self-help and spiritual books
Factual/life skills
Depends on my interest and mood, anything from romance, biographies, spy-stories, history, spiritual, poems, almost anything.
Light stories.
Beautiful prose, biographies, humour, uplifting stories, history, sociology and travel.
Motivational.
Ancient literature.
Spiritual; self-help.
Self-help and spiritual books.
Novels.
Fictional stories – love stories mainly.
Self-discovery, spiritualism, metaphysical, international spy/thriller novels.
Fantasy novels.
Non-fictional; motivational.
Fantasy fiction.
Uplifting and self-development; spiritual and esoteric; interesting perspectives; history.
Spiritual and fiction.
Non-fiction; spiritual.
Self-help.
Anything that informs me.
A variety and a mix of fiction and non-fiction.
Non-fiction and based on truth.
Sagas and esoteric books of interest.
English or Afrikaans Literature, History, Spiritual Books.
Work or hobby stuff.
Spiritual, natural medicine.
Non fiction.
Combination of fiction and self-development books.
Is the human body that does, but your spirit remains and reincarnate.
Romance and mystery/detective.
Biography’s.
Fantasy / magical / supernatural etc.
I like women’s fiction about life and it’s emotional challenges, provided it is well written.
Almost anything.
Interesting non-conventional things.

QUESTION 54

WHAT IS YOUR CONCEPT OF DEATH?

Participants provided the following answers:

An attractive alternative. Also, the end of one life and the beginning of a new one.
That we die in human form, but our soul lives forever.
Changing shape.
Just a transition- my soul goes back to where it came from
Moving over to another dimension.
It is where our physical life ends, and our energy is recycled back into infinite consciousness.
Not sure.
Moving on.
Re-incarnation.
Only death of the body but spirit continues to live. There is life after death.
Hard for the ones left behind, but for the person who dies, it is just a transformation to another form.
I believe there is life after death.
Transformation back to higher spiritual dimension back to God.
Still figuring that out. Hopefully that is the start of a new type of life in heaven.
A stepping stone on the path of awakening.
Another experience that is as important as living one’s life to the full. It is a temporary transition from one state of consciousness to another.
Shedding your physical body and going into another plane of existence where you are in unity and at peace.
It is the end of the physical incarnation and the beginning of a new nonphysical period.
Part of life. Only thing we can be sure of. Passing through to the next adventure.
Leaving body and earthly space.
The next logical step on our natural progression. A time to rest and review and decide about a next life.
The soul leaving the body.
A shift to a spiritual realm.
The transition from this life to the life hereafter (going home).
We go back into the Light. The body is only a vessel that houses the soul and upon death the soul goes back to the Light where it goes onto other missions whether it incarnates back to earth or it goes to other realms forever working its way to the ultimate LIGHT.
It is just a transition phase, nothing to fear.
Our soul or spirit is eternal. Our body is only a vehicle to transport the spirit to learn our lessons. When the soul leaves our body, it goes back to the source god who creates us.
Body is removed from the soul and the soul continues its existence.
Eternal peace.
Peace, harmony – unconditional love.
Moving to a better place.
Death is complex and emotional, so final.
Ending this particular story/life.
Theoretically, I think it is hard to let go of your body and life, but some kind of consciousness / mind / awareness continues after the body dies.
I think I’m coming back.
End of earth life into the eternal realms where we truly know who and what we are.

QUESTION 55

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

Participants provided the following answers:

Contentment.
Peace of mind.
Joy.
Peacefulness.
Love.
Joy.
Contentment.
Calm.
Joy.
Love.
Contentment.
Calm.
Love.
Happiness.
Love.
Love.
Joy.
Contentment.
Joy.
Happiness.
Courage.
Joy.
Pride.
Peace.
Contentment.
Happiness.
Peacefulness.
Exhilaration.
Being.
Joy.
Contentment.
Joy.
Inner peace.
Happiness.
Peace.

QUESTION 56

DEFINE THE EMOTION YOU MENTIONED ABOVE.

The following answers were received:

Contentment – a state of having no expectations and an ability to be okay with your prevalent circumstances at any given time.
Peace of mind – when there are no worries about certain things and no need to fear.
Joy – happiness.
Peacefulness – calm; relaxed and happy.
Love – heat spot in the centre of the heart.
Joy – a constant sense of enthusiasm, energy, wonder and connection with divine bliss.
Contentment – peaceful, restful feeling.
Calm – a sense of certainty and contentment.
Joy – being in the flow, not caring what anybody thinks, doing what comes naturally, open heart.
Love – warm feeling of being taken care of and taking care of others, happy, peaceful content and secure.
Contentment – being at peace with everything around you. Happy with life, where you are and what you are doing and with all around you.
Calm – being at peace where i am in my life. Doing what i want to be doing, feeling content, happy with my decisions, this inner feeling of peace.
Love – seeing, experiencing through god’s eyes.
Happiness – to feel happy and content with life and the people in my life. To be at peace with the decisions that you have made anf the life you are living.
Love – a sense of sharing and receiving the good in all mankind.
Love – cannot be defined.
Joy – connectedness to my spiritual core/higher self
Contentment – when you don’t need anything, anyone, anytime. When you become “zero”.
Joy – happiness, anticipation, enthusiasm, feeling chuffed with myself.
Happiness – in meditation.
Courage is the ability to face up to danger and uncertainty. To boldly go. To step in. To stand for what you believe in to find out more. To try something new. To get out of bed.
An inner calm with a sense of fun.
Contentment with what I am.
A life of tranquillity.
To live in the now and be happy with it. Happiness is not without challenges, but it is to have enough courage to tackle every day with enough chutzpah!
Not to worry about stuff, feeling loved and appreciated.
Peacefulness – I feel all alone and distant and don’t understand why people can be so cruel to each other.
Exhilaration – feeling of excitement and fun.
Exhilaration – Living in the moment, being at peace with what i have and who i am.
Being – Peace, harmony=unconditional love.
Joy – Contentment/peace and happiness, no ill feelings.
Contentment – Ease of mind, happiness positive and pleasant emotion.
Joy – A feeling of peace and serenity. Seeking pleasure in all things around you. Contentment and acceptance.
Inner peace – Inner peace for me would be being present fully without doubting my own experience.
Happiness – Laughter.
Peace – Just real love and acceptance with no negative emotions at all.

QUESTION 57

HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED THAT EMOTION?

92% participants indicated that they have experienced that emotion in the past.

QUESTION 58

WHAT CAN AT THIS MOMENT GENERATE THAT EMOTION FOR YOU?

Participants provided the following answers:

Contentment – nothing it is something I have to work on over time.
Peace of mind – if I had freedom from debts etc.
Joy – being myself.
Peacefulness – I am peaceful now.
Love – family.
Joy – me being at peace with myself and having the health and financial abundance to make the life choices that will lead me to discover more of what brings me the greatest joy without having to worry about my anxiety wrecking it, or paying my bills.
Contentment – interesting work or meeting interesting people.
Calm – i am in it.
Joy – playing music with a bunch of friends singing along.
Love – children like my nephews and nieces who are very expressive emotionally when they are happy to see you. Thoughts about the recent holiday in Durban spending a lot of quality time with the in-laws.
Contentment – I’m generally experiencing this emotion at this time in my life.
Calm – being happy in my relationship.
Love – going into a theta state meditation.
Happiness – to feel happy and content with life and the people in my life. To be at peace with the decisions that you have made and the life you are living.
Love – I am and understanding that i already have everything that i request.
Love – being who I am meant to be.
Joy – the sea, dancing, flowers, beautiful colourful clothes, meditation/prayer, contact with my loved ones far away, deep conversations with friends and acquaintances, numerology sessions with spiritual people.
Contentment – nothing i have to reach it by myself in my psyche.
Joy – a new job.
Happiness – meditation.
Courage – To carry on each day. To literally get out of bed each morning.
Joy – Having fun with family.
Pride – Everything I do.
Peace – Sitting on the beach watching the waves of the ocean and especially seeing dolphins.
Contentment – Acceptance.
Happiness – I cannot explain it.
Peacefulness – reading certain passages out of books that I own.
Exhilaration – the truth.
Being – Authenticity.
Joy – Don’t know.
Contentment – Going on a long vacation.
Joy – My son.
Inner peace – Meditation, moments of connection with close people or even with a stranger, nature, rainbows, owls or Fish-eagles calling, a sunset, a sunrise, any moment that captures you fully.
Happiness -TV.
Peace – Still need to experience…

QUESTION 59

DO YOU LOVE ANIMALS OR PEOPLE MORE?

Participants responded as follows:

QUESTION 60

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

Participants provided the following answers:

My dog.
To know that my parents are there.
Inner peace.
To see all my past lives and the “people” in those lives.
Many angels.
A light body. If heaven exists i want to use it as a platform to change the daily world.
A soul mate.
Forests and water.
Pure joy, to be in the flow.
Warm feelings of love.
My loved ones that have passed.
My family.
Oneness with God/source.
My family.
To learn the answers to the questions of the abundant universe
Not answered.
Music and flowers.
Silence.
Garden of Eden. Simple abundance and in harmony with people and animals.
Creativity and peace.
A library.
My family.
Unification.
Peace.
Animals, beautiful water and nature scenes. My close friends and close family Classical music.
Heaven? it is just a phase for a new.
Love, peace and stillness with soft classic music.
Other people.
The people that i love.
Unconditional love.
Animals.
Peace.
Peace, love, honesty. And lots and lots of trees.
Love.
Race harmony.
To be where I belong and cherished.

QUESTION 61

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

Participants provided the following answers:

Surviving.
I have educated myself with studies and knowledge to reach supervisory levels at work and now at managerial level.
Happiness.
To be a good mother and wife.
My healing centre work.
I have survived a difficult childhood and several soul-crippling periods of depression, plus a couple of devastating periods that set my life back to square one.
I have not yet achieved greatness.
It has all been good.
Sailing around the Mediterranean.
Passing the SAICA board I exam.
My kids, surviving my husband’s death and completing the comrades.
How my career has progressed. I have also got every job I have applied for.
Moving towards enlightenment.
Probably my two university degrees which I completed with distinction.
Finding the love in I am.
My studies and starting my own practice.
My path of self-development through hard times, learning and searching for meaning and getting more and more insight, improving my own weakness, building self-confidence and becoming more and more comfortable in my physical body and connecting with my spirit more and more each day. In summery I suppose – starting to get the hang of being a spiritual being in a physical existence.
To allow my ability to communicate with animals to become strong
Awesome daughter that i raised on my own.
Ability to work on my own to do everything passionately and to be responsible and punctual and “perfect” (within limits). And mean something to people and make the world a better place.
The self-discipline of actually completing my PhD dissertation.
A good marriage with great children and grandchildren.
Becoming mentally healthy.
Bringing up two beautiful souls (my children) and caring for my husband for 51 years.
Every piece of sculpture I make.
I won a bronze medal for the 400m hurdles in 2006 at the world master athletics championship at the age of 48.
Being selected to join the team to be part of the international geophysical year in 1959/60, on Gough Island, sport achievements.
Motherhood.
I think this changes as time goes by, there is so many things that i cannot pinpoint one.
Having 5 children.
The fact that i raised up again, after i lost everything and started my own business again.
Surviving gracefully through heartbreak.
For myself, it was doing four one-month retreats in silence and isolation. For others, it was looking after my dad with Alzheimer’s for 6 years.
Being a home owner.
Knowing what and who I am.

QUESTION 62

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE PASSION?

Participants provided the following answers:

Amplified feelings.
To do something that I really enjoy.
Extra-ordinary love for …
It’s an all-consuming emotion that can make you do exceptional things.
Trouble.
Boundless energy and enthusiasm for a cause or project.
Good obsession.
The energy that leads you to do the things you enjoy.
Being in the flow, action that involves your highest priority and purpose.
Drive, thirst for something more, excitement, motivation, energy and happy feelings.
Something that can drive you to do something at any cost.
Intense feeling to touch someone and be touched by someone.
To constantly experience as if time is standing still forever when what you do or experience at a given moment. To express, experience on another dimension.
Having good zest for life and the people in it. Feeling very strongly about something or someone.
It is the emotion of focus on your heart’s desire.
Living for whatever you are passionate about, going at it every day with energy and enthusiasm because it feels right.
A joyful connection with your spirit plus a very strong urge to express it.
When your whole focus (body and soul) are on a specific issue.
Doing things with enthusiasm and love.
The drive to achieve the ultimate you want.
Passion holds many forms, but for me it is intrinsically a motivator.
A strong caring for and enjoyment derived from something one loves to do.
Giving with your heart and soul and experiencing.
A burning desire.
absolute conviction and love for something you believe in and are willing to go to the utmost to accomplish.
It is a feeling inside yourself a warmth a desire for something or someone deep in your heart.
Thinking with your heart linked to using an action vision.
An intrinsic, overwhelming feeling towards a person, cause or object
I think it will be doing something without thinking of feel forced or must for survival, it is just natural.
Absolutely adoring something.
Strong feeling of enthusiasm, doing something.
Something you have exceptionally strong feelings for
Having boundless enthusiasm and intense curiosity about something or someone.
Making love to my wife.
To empower others to know who and what they are too.

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:

Writing.
Play the piano.
Write and photography.
Write or paint.
Through touch.
I would use resources at my disposal to leverage creative projects for social gain or good (like an entrepreneur or social innovator does).
Cook a tasty meal.
I’m a goldsmith, i create every day.
Bottled up.
Painting a picture.
Photography, making something.
Rollercoaster. I can go from calm to hysterical in seconds.
Painting, writing.
Playing the piano.
I would use words in writing and or speaking.
Writing, dancing, dressing in lovely colourful clothes.
I would go with what my body needs. I take off if that is what my body needs. I exercise if i need to. I allow my body to also have fun and to get what it needs. If i don’t want negative people around me, i don’t entertain them and don’t go to them.
Writing making a movie.
Make a huge mosaic with a lot of details in shape, colour and texture.
Writing.
Dance.
Draw.
My feelings are very mediocre. I never have a very high or a very low.
Sculpting.
Write.
Write.
Dance and to create something from nothing.
Music and sometimes just scribbling.
Build, paint, construct.
The ability to understand and express personal emotions.
I would love to paint them but don’t know how to paint…
I write short stories about Hummingbird and her adventures. She was my within Totem in the Native American Medicine Cards many years ago. Some stories appear to me fully formed, usually as I wake up, while others have to be teased out of my subconscious. The stories are weaved out of experiences I have had and can be a combination of moments that I merge into one story. I stopped writing them while I was looking after my dad, but I am working on one at the moment.
Don’t know.
A lucky packet…. you never know what you are going to get.

QUESTION 64

WHAT HAS LIFE TAUGHT YOU SO FAR?

Participants provided the following answers:

Ensure that every orgasm is earthshattering, you never know when it might be your last one; laughter and crying makes the same wrinkles; a day that begins in hope ends in disappointment; rather regret the things you did, than the things you wanted to do but never did; think about what you say, it is not always enough to say what you think; if you play with fire, your dress will be burnt; there is no patch and solution for a broken heart – it is arguably the only thing that lasts forever; if you seek answers, ask questions, if you seek better answers ask easier questions; there is no reward for great amount of tears; there is a difference between happiness and meaning – an easy life is not necessarily a meaningful one; if you can’t change something, you have to bear it; the only thing more dangerous than hope is false hope; the less expectations you have, the better your experiences will be; life is not a fairy tale, there are no happy endings.
How to deal with death.
Go with the flow.
That we are here to help each other.
Look up, look ahead and find the balance in all life’s experience.
That to be invincible does not necessarily mean to be invulnerable.
Listen more than talk.
Gratitude and patience.
Everything is connected, everything is a reflection of yourself, and everything happens for a reason.
Feeling inferior is not helping you in any way.
Nothing is more important that you loved ones and cherishing the moments that you spend with them. Live now, tomorrow may not be there.
You need to do what makes you happy and live for everyone else.
We are all one, what you do to another you do to yourself.
To be grateful every day for the life you have and the people that are in it. To enjoy every day and the small things in life. To love, forgive and forget. Do not carry grudges. To keep life simple.
There ain’t no free lunch.
Be humble but know your worth. Face your fears to get what you want even if it seems impossible.
So many million things, but the most important thing is that self-love (love yourself first and then share your love) is what is needed to live a full and joyous life.
It is ok to say no. It is ok to believe different than others. It is ok to be different. It is ok to make mistakes. I have learnt to stop judging. I have learnt that I can only walk my path and nobody other’s path and therefore, I have no right to judge their decisions.
Gratitude.
I’m the master of my own ship.
How little I know.
Being kind is important and you can still stand up for yourself, just do it and find a way. 2. No-one can do life for you, you have to do it yourself, so just get on with living your own authentic life.
There is a positive for everything.
It is up to each individual to make the most of his/her life – no-one can do it for you.
Life owes you nothing! You have to add to Life!
Never to give up even if you sometimes think why must I go on.
Love and kindness will overcome a lot of problems but never forget that it is a two-way street.
I am never good enough and not to trust anybody.
There is so many roads to you destiny from a-z no matter what road you take, the experience will just be different, but you will still reach your destination.
It sucks!
So many life lessons, be true to yourself, focus on your own life journey, and don’t worry about tomorrow because God is Icontrol, never fail to try more.
Nothing is certain; change is your only constant; lessons occur in spirals that you start on the outer edge and the more times it is repeated, you becoming quicker at seeing the pattern and so the spiral gets smaller; without hate you don’t know love and without anger you don’t know joy therefore duality is a natural part of life and you need the dark to distinguish the light; acceptance is healing.
That nothing is as it seems and there is a much deeper experience of life than societal norms and everyday life lead us to believe.
Don’t take anything for granted.
To find the authentic you and what you came to learn in earth school.

QUESTION 65

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

The following answers were provided:

To live their lives with meaning.
To study whilst they can and become a professional or do a job that they are passionate about.
Go with the flow.
Be the change you want to see.
Love yourself first and foremost, then love your neighbours. Do onto others as you want them to do to you.
To meet the forces that oppress them with courage and the unshakeable conviction that God works through them – but not necessarily for them.
Follow your heart … And add a touch of business-sense to it.
Live in the moment.
Be yourself. Only listen to those you respect.
To live life like every moment counts as if it were your last. Forgive, don’t judge and accept people for who they are. Be loving with yourself and others. Don’t put yourself down and have good self-esteem. Find out what your true passion is and follow it with all the vigour and energy and everything else will fall into place. Maintain balance in all you do – take care of your health and make time for family and friends.
Spend less time worrying about the future and more time doing the stuff that puts a smile on your face. No regrets.
Have fun while you are younger, take risks, take a gap year, meet lots of people and do what makes you happy.
Find your own authentic self and live your life.
Don’t stress so much, nothing is that serious. Just be happy and enjoy yourself every day.
Focus, go into the silence within and then write down that what you truly want then to go and define it on paper and set goals to achieve it. Once this is done to go out and work the plan with dedicated focus on the end goal. Secondly, enjoy the journey it might be longer than you think.
Don’t give up on yourself just because things may be difficult, be persistent. There is a place for you in this life, you just have to work out for yourself what you want that to be.
Follow your heart/intuition, and not so much your mind. Try to balance the two to be able to live successfully in a physical world. Become more and more conscious (build your intuition) and ask questions until you make sense of your life and world.
You only learn the lessons you are supposed to when you take chances. You learn when you go through difficulty. Life is a whole lot of choices. You don’t need to live anybody else’s life.
Find your passion, do what you love, live your life to the fullest, have fun, build character through tough times. Never give up.
Live with passion and learn your lessons as soon as possible, don’t doubt your dreams, don’t allow fear or failure to influence your decisions.
Anger burns a whole in your soul.
No-one can do life for you, you have to do it yourself, so just get on with living your authentic life. Be kind and caring to others, we don’t know what it is like to walk in their shoes, and don’t take it too seriously people who criticize or disapprove of you, they don’t walk in your shoes. Always care, respect and be kind to yourself, this is not selfishness, it is self-preservation.
For everything that occurs in your life there is a curve of growth.
Follow your own path and make the most of your life to be happy.
Follow your gut and do what you love and what makes you happy. If you don’t know yet go and try as many things out as you can don’t ever stop at just doing a job for just paying the bills.
My motto, a guy who ask a question, is a fool for a minute, a guy who don’t ask a question, if a fool for life.
Never to give up on your dreams and to try to stay positive even in your darkest hour of life. It gives you hope and strength to hold on and to fight back and become the winner over the situation.
Plan everything you do, if you don’t know how get advice from someone who does know. Don’t guess it could be very costly. If you do plan it will give you more time to do the “other” things that you may like to do
Relax! Have fun! Breath! Don’t take life so seriously!
Accept you for who you are, accept others for who they are, help where you can, it does not mean money but sometimes a smile or just listening to someone can change that person’s life. When you change from within first your external environment will change as your mindset will change. You do not need to save the world. Just one drop at a time is good.
Don’t ever rely on anyone but yourself.
Always be willing to learn, never give up, take care of your thoughts, whatever you do -do it with passion.
Always be open to learning until you leave this earth as there is a lesson in everything and knowledge is powerful. Things you thought you knew and understood can have a different perspective or perception so be open to seeing all.
Look into yourself and life, not at it.
Don’t trust anybody.
You are loved and matter and have an amazing purpose like everyone else.

QUESTION 66

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

Participants provided the following answers:

Earning a salary.
Rent and bills have to be paid.
Being alive.
To write down my dreams before they vanish.
Life.
At the moment, sadly, very little. I want a purpose.
Things to do.
I enjoy my job.
There is a greater reason for everything.
Looking forward to what the day will bring.
To see the amazing things the day has to offer.
Friends and family
Today i find another piece of my life puzzle.
Probably breakfast. I don’t need motivation to get out of bed.
I am and the awareness of my bigger purpose in life. Although i do not know what it is, i believe i am being prepared towards its achievement.
Enjoy my time.
At this stage, mostly a sense of responsibility and duty to go to work and do the right thing. In my private life: the anticipation to see my family in New Zealand soon.
Life.
Helping people live their best lives.
Live passionately and do what i have to do and use the time available to be creative and serve people.
What other realistic option is there?
“Add value” to someone’s life or my own life.
What is on the activity menu today? Is there something that is fun.
I love a new day.
To get into my studio.
My family and grandchild and the new challenge for the day and to be alive to see the wonderful things in nature.
Get the things done that i scheduled for that day and to do the things that hadn’t been planned. To help other people and in so doing earn my keep.
Responsibility.
Another day to make a difference.
Raising my children.
Gratitude to open my eyes and to start a new day with new grace.
Got stuff to do and bills to pay.
I wake up! That is pretty much it.

My wife shouting to me to get out of bed.
Experience love and learn something and grow (especially spiritually)

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?

38% of participants indicated that they prefer living in the present era.

The following answers were also received:

The time of good old-fashioned pirates – “every normal man must be tempted, at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag and begin slitting thoughts”.
Eighties.
Middle Ages, but I’m sure i had one then.
I very much like the modern one (I’m a fan of technological comforts). If ever there was a time in unrecorded history where peace, kindness and tolerance of all reigned in a sophisticated civilisation (as it is purported to have been in Atlantis) then i pick that one, please.
Now – as woman have more rights than ever.
Middle Ages .
Atlantis.
70’s.
The time of the great depression (any time of strive) as there must have been legio/unlimited opportunities to uplift people’s minds and hearts and create love and happiness in the world.
Ice age
The era of the printing press 1500’s
To get into my studio.
American red Indian time before the settlers arrived.
Old Greek, north American Indian.
Days of king Arthur and knights of old, Spanish armada, current times
I think with regards to India – cleopatra and Chinese -time when Confucius was there.
A simpler one
Victorian lifestyle
Always love watching period dramas so maybe between the Middle Ages & modern history although all the wars is not something I would choose to be a part of or affected by.
Early 1900’s, like in Downton Abbey.
Boer war
Before the commonly known Fall of mankind.

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 Innocent, Explorer, and Magician are mentioned twice each, while all other archetypes are mentioned once each.

The following answers were received from participants:

Most Mentioned Archetypes.
- Caregiver – 9.4%
- Sage – 9.4%
- Explorer – 7.1%
- Warrior – 4.7%
- Lover – 4.7%
- Moderately Mentioned.
- Wise One – 3.5%
- Artist – 3.5%
- Goddess – 3.5%
- Healer – 3.5%
- Teacher – 3.5%
- Innocent – 3.5%
- Hedonist – 2.4%
- Judge – 2.4%
- Rebel – 2.4%
- Mentor – 2.4%
- Guide – 2.4%
- Magician – 2.4%
- Ruler – 2.4%

Mentioned Once – 1.2% each.

Addict, Wounded Child, Orphan, Earth Mother, Jester, Coward, Philosopher, Player, Loner, Slave, Wounded Healer, Knight, Wise Old Man, Father, Seeker, Dreamer, Thinker, Nurturer, Athlete, Spiritual, Creator, Outlaw, Saboteur.

QUESTION 69

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

The following answers were received:

That I’m different.
Cannot remember.
I’m different.
That I’m compassionate.
I raised our children well.
You are very little, but I can tell that we have the same kind of soul.
Running a meeting well.
You are just like your father.
That I’m a loving person.
Don’t know.
I have kind heart.
You are so unique, beautiful, smiling.
Cannot remember, probably being proposed to
You do not belong here; you are not like the other people.
You are a maverick, and you were a spiritual leader in Egypt.
You have nice eyes.
When i was doing a presentation, someone came afterwards and told me that she never in her life learned so many things in one presentation.
When an assistant contacted me years later and told me how much i had influenced her life.
You are the best mother.
To me you are the most favourite person on this earth.
My friend recently said to me that all her clients love it when I’m in their presence.
Giving a Kidney and the people who told me how they admire it.
That i look younger and become younger with age.
Being told by my sisters that I’m their hero.
That my boys grew up to be solid human beings.
Appreciation.
Don’t know.
That I’m an honourable woman.
That I can create a safe space and make it feel like home.
A very strict meditation teacher told me I was making progress in meditation.
Well done on your house (when purchased it was a jungle and neglected).
Person that named their daughter after me.

QUESTION 70

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

Participants provided the following answers:

Interaction between entities
Compromise and security and a feeling of belonging.
Interaction with anybody, anything.
It is the soul-contract between two people to help them grow.
Respect and truth in all.
A healthy relationship is a mutually beneficial and supportive interactive exchange of energy and resources between two or more individuals.
Relationship with someone who you feel comfortable to be yourself.
Any association where two or more people find common ground and coexist peacefully.
Every relationship reflects who you are like a mirror. All the pain and pleasure caused by others is merely you facing your ego and personality, which stands in the way of who you truly are.
Two people going through life experiences together and growing as individuals as well as a team/companion etc.
Two people do things to benefit each other, share in each other. Two individuals, united. Common goals, common direction.
Sharing life experiences with someone that you cannot wait to tell everything to. Being yourself with someone. Loving someone for who they are. Feeling very loved by someone else. It doesn’t matter what you do as long as that person is with you.
The interaction with another human being/soul on a more intimate soul connection level that is reflecting back to you parts of yourself that is part of experiencing you/yourself and God through other humans/souls during this lifetime. Could also be part of your own soul you are interacting with to know more completeness and oneness. On a romantic level a relationship, to me is to connect on a soul and spiritual level so deeply that the two of you become one in many unique ways and so experience true love and oneness.
Being comfortable enough with another person that you can completely be yourself. A relationship with another person allows you to be completely open with them and trust that person and confide in that person.
Relationships are opportunities that exist between people to create synergetic platforms for self-improvement of all that is involved.
A spiritual connection with another human being, with a strong urge to share your love of self with them.
The relationship must allow you to be fully yourself, it must not take your identity away, each person’s values must be complementary.
Understanding and enjoying one another on many levels. Sharing
A relationship is one of mutual agreement. Both parties are free to have their own opinion and way, but should communicate their view and need. Live and let live, but show compassion and care.
A relationship is where two or more people bring something to a sharing which compliments the other and allows him/her/them to grow, experience and wonder/become excited. It is a place of safety to be self, in the format that presents at that particular stage of interaction.
The connection and interaction between two people.
Idealistically sharing in mind, soul and spirit.
Working together for the highest good for each other.
Have to be spiritual, open communication and love and caring long after sexual desire has toned down.
Man and woman working together to fill each other on in so many ways – to work as a team together to reach their goals. They have to respect each other, love, to be best friends, lovers, comrades and soul mates.
The manner in which i would relate to other people.
Love – trust – respect – loyalty.
A 2-way street. Do not expect your partner to fill your cup, it will make them tired. Fill your own cup first and that will make any relationship stronger. Each one of us has a light and dark side. Accept the light and dark side of each other and help making the dark side a strong side as well.
Give and take.
A relationship is a connection between two people, romantic or sexual.
A relationship is a connection that you share with something or someone. It can be negative or positive.
It is connecting to and engaging with something outside of myself. It can be a person, an animal or anything in nature.
Two people that do effort to get to know and keep contact and are there for each other in the good and bad times.

QUESTION 71

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

79% participants indicated that they feel younger than their current age.
16% participants indicated that they feel older than their current age.
5% participants indicated that they feel their current age.

QUESTION 72

WHY DO YOU FEEL THAT AGE?

The following answers were received:

I keep making immature mistakes, but yet my body is sagging.
I just don’t feel old.
Alive and happy.
It depends on what I am doing.
Still, lots of energy to do and experience all things.
Because I feel trapped at the age where I had the most potential to excel, but failed to fulfil it. I don’t know how to grow beyond that.
Not too old (not over the hill) and not too young (cannot use technology as the young)
Not sure.
I just do.
Feeling young enough to still achieve and strive for more and mature enough to have learnt from some of my not so wise decisions and actions.
Comfortable age to be.
I don’t feel like I’m actually married and should be having children, I still feel young and want to have fun.
Young at heart.
I still feel very young sometimes.
I’m old enough to get on the ride and yet young enough to enjoy it.
I feel young and naive enough to believe I’m capable of achieving all I want to achieve.
My spirit feels lighter or heavier at times, but generally I feel healthy, happy and joyous.
That is the age group I function in best. That is the age group that help me most with their wisdom, insight and willingness to share information.
I still feel the same as I was when I was 18.
I live with passion and energy.
I’m emotionally and physically tired. My fountain of rejuvenation has dried up, gone to ground, disappeared. There is no let up. I will – from where I stand now – be treading this same hamster wheel 30 years from now.
Matured from life learning, young enough for adventure and fun.
I have lost so many years.
As I mix so easily with that age group and enjoy their company.
Old enough to tell people to piss off and young enough to still be able to do things and accomplish a dream.
I am young at heart.
Because I mix with young people and I fit in with them. I do not feel old an exercise with them and I still relate to them.
Don’t know.
Feel I can still achieve a lot – there is time to achieve more – my mind not as old as my body.
Because I am bent and buggered and ready for my box
I’m very active and young at heart.
My body feels sore and tired… I feel exhausted with all the drama from the world.
The number just came to me, it was a settled and happy time of my life, but I don’t know that I would say I feel that age in general.
I just feel that way.
Can identify with younger and still feel the same emotions that I did then and can be active like that age as well.

QUESTION 73

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE SADNESS?

The following answers were received:

The emotion that makes you feel like your heart is being ripped from your chest – heartache.
Sorrow.
Lack of joy.
When you feel if everyone has left you and you are all alone
Negative.
The feeling of discomfort to torment brought about by loss or difficulty.
You feel sad when something bad happens.
Self-pity.
Sadness is your bodies way of showing you that you are not aligned with your life’s purpose or are deviating from who you really are.
Feeling of loneliness and dread, gloomy, tearful.
Something that rips at your heart.
Feeling helpless.
Alone, desolated.
Feeling that you are not good enough, feeling down, feeling disappointed.
It is an emotion where you feel the loss or perceived loss of something.
A lack of joy, withdrawal of spiritual energy into oneself, away from god’s energy, a dark lonely place and sometimes a surprisingly sweet sad place.
Sadness is a feeling of loss, whether it be friendship, physical things, opportunities or memories.
Pain, longing … Eish.
Loneliness, feeling alone.
Sadness is on the continuum of life. It is shades of emotion.
A feeling of being down or grief.
Heart ache despondency.
Unhappy or gloomy.
deep soul and heartbreak that fills your whole body and makes you feel you are splitting in a thousand pieces.
It is a heavy feeling pressing on your chest and it feels as if your heart wants to burst.
An emotion brought by the sorrow of missing a close friend or the illness of someone that is dear to you.
An uncomfortable state where everything seems dark, onlekker, uneasy, uncomfortable.
It reflects yourself. If someone said something to you or do something to that makes you sad. Reflect.
Heart ache and tears.
Emotional pain, by feelings, loss, despair, grief, disappointment and sorrow.
When your expectations and reality do not align.
Sadness is letting life in, all of it. Sadness and love are both life.
Death.
Emotional pain in the heart.

QUESTION 74

HOW DO YOU MANAGE SADNESS WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE IT?

The participants provided the following answers:

I often cry and just let the sadness be and come over me; also, often think lots and try to rationalise it.
I do various things, sometimes i get tearful and if i feel that I’m getting depressed i do physical exercises or i have a relaxing bath or i do a short meditation or i just listen to soft music.
By experiencing it.
I cry until i feel better.
Cry
I sleep a lot. I withdraw from the world. I daydream compulsively.
Look at the bright side of the situation.
I think of positive things.
Write music.
I allow myself to feel it, I cry if I feel like it and talk to a close friend or family member that i know may not judge me.
Cry, breathe, smile.
Talk to people close to me.
Cry.
I cry a lot. Usually try to talk about it with my husband. Usually go to bed and just get over it the next day.
I’m aware of the emotion and acknowledge it, but i remind myself that it is a temporary state and i allow the feeling to live itself out.
I allow my emotions to do whatever it wants in privacy. I sit in a warm bath and cry. It helps when i write down all my emotions. I sleep a lot, socialize with friends; listen to music; flowers, lovely colours and beautiful surroundings and clothes also helps. I learnt to put my arms around myself in my safe place and talk to and comfort myself like a parent comforting a small child.
I take some time alone, light a candle and speak to my angels.
Cry; sleep; wakeup; smile.
Look for fresh company or do creative things.
I ride the wave and wait for it to beach. Somehow i never stay in sadness for long.
Feel the feeling, don’t fight it, understand what the cause is, then address the cause in a positive way, don’t be impatient with yourself. Feeling sad from time to time is normal.
Lie on my bed, listening to music, contact a friend on WhatsApp, read saved quotes.
I fight against it, try not to cry and move on with what I’m doing – the stiff upper lip.
I go into silence and try to go to a sanctuary space like nature or lock myself in my room with music.
I try to keep busy and sometimes it helps to write about how i feel.
Try to rationalize it by explaining it as a consequence of unfortunate circumstances.
I allow myself to be sad, to cry and then move on.
As per a both reflection is key. Look at where in your life are you doing it, be grateful to the teacher who is showing you that you still need to work on that, forgiveness and move on.
Live with it.
Maintain relationships with your support system.
Just sit with it, eat, try to escape through TV.
I cry when I need to and wait for the intensity to pass. I trust my frivolousness. I know that after a while, I’ll want a cup of tea, or something will happen, and I will be distracted from the sadness.
Alcohol.
Cry… pet an animal.

QUESTION 75

WHEN LAST DID YOU CRY FROM THE HEART?

38% of participants indicated that they recently (the past year to current date) cried from the heart.

43% indicated that it was longer than a year since they cried from the heart.

19% indicated that they cannot remember.

QUESTION 76

WHY DID YOU CRY IN THAT WAY?

The following answers were received:

I was sad.
Felt huge amount of loss.
Misunderstanding with a friend.
To let the negative emotions flow out of me.
When I left my parents, children and grandchildren in SA beginning of 2012.
Sheer despair and frustration and a feeling of being unloved and useless.
I don’t cry.
My father died.
Realized how amazing my half-brother is and felt sad that we only got to know each other at such a late stage in life.
I felt very sad that I didn’t have the chance to see my aunt before she died and that I didn’t get to do the things I would have loved to do for her.
Memories of what is gone missing my husband and wanting to have shared my children’s accomplishments with him. My eldest daughter completing school and the other daughter being inducted as a councillor.
Confused about what I want in my life.
Yearning for life partner, soul mate to find me
Was feeling like a failure.
My family broke up and we split our houses.
Longing for my children so far away and it was so beautiful to see the innocence and tender love of a mother and child.
To heal
Frustration, workplace bullying
My brother was helpless ill.
Don’t know.
Through grief of losing my soul mate.
I empathised with my brother – he is a lost and empty soul.
My dearest friend died after her massive fight against cancer.
My mother passed away 7 months ago, and I am only now grappling with the loss.
I was betrayed by a very dear friend I trusted with very personal things.
Watching a movie.
Out of anger, frustration, disappointment, disillusionment.
I let go of a lot of things.
Because it broke my heart.
I was feeling sad and discourage.
My cat (who was only about 7 months old) went exploring for the very first time and didn’t come back home and I thought she was lost.
Many reasons, hormones played a part, and I felt misunderstood and alone.
Possibility of losing someone I deeply care for.

QUESTION 77

WHEN LAST DID YOU LAUGH LIKE A CHILD?

81% of participants indicated that they recently (the past year to current date) laughed like a child.
14% indicated that it was longer than a year since they laughed like that.
5% indicated that they cannot remember.

QUESTION 78

WHY DID YOU LAUGH IN THAT WAY?

The following answers were received:

Someone said something funny.
An incident happened at work.
Life is funny.
Because when I’m with one of my daughters we can become very silly. Unfortunately, they live very far, and I see them far too less.
We have a chat and laugh about things/situations that are funny.
Sharing a joke with friends – especially friends who don’t think will be judgemental of me if I crack up at something ‘inappropriate”.
She makes me laugh.
I watch comedy as much as I can.
I hate to admit it, but it was the first time I had been drunk in 3 months playing guitar in a pub entertaining everyone with a bunch of friends.
It was something silly we were chatting about and then the laughter started without anything really funny but then we couldn’t stop laughing.
Cannot recall.
Being around friends.
In touch with my inner child, happiness, loved.
We were away for the weekend with family, and we were playing a game and something funny happened. Can’t remember but I remember laughing till I cried.
A funny event while between a group of friends. I cannot actually recall the specific situation.
I felt free to laugh and express what I was feeling without judgement. I enjoyed the moment.
Teasing lightly and without malice and friends tease back. We share a warped sense of humour.
I was dancing with my horse.
No deep reason … Attitude of gratitude.
It was just so funny.
Someone said something really funny.
Through my grandchildren’s antics.
Told someone about my new “zef” friends.
I was picking it up from my 7-year-old granddaughter who was laughing.
My brother and I had an inside joke, and we always try and see life through the lens of humour.
Some funny everyday stuff what I saw in a different way.
My youngest daughter did something funny.
Funny experience.
Found a situation extremely funny.
Freeing yourself.
Don’t know.
My friend was telling me a joke.
Don’t know.
We discovered we were bullshitting ourselves and laughed in a gasping, tummy clutching way.
Making silly jokes with my kids or dog/cat did something silly, watched a funny video on Instagram.

QUESTION 79

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

81% indicated – Yes.
14% indicated – No.
5% indicated – Not sure.

QUESTION 80

PROVIDE REASONS FOR YOUR PREVIOUS ANSWER

The following answers were provided:

I’m easily confused – I have a hard time distinguishing between temporary hick-ups and more permanent flaws. Maybe I’m happy with who I’m right now, but things can always be better, can’t they?
Sometimes I wonder what the meaning of life is and its purpose.
It’s a choice/a feeling.
I’m trying to be more loving and conscious.
I always live in daily acceptance, no matter what.
I feel like a failure at being 29 and having no clear idea of what my purpose in life is, what my talents are or what I love. I also feel like i have not achieved a sustainable lifestyle, even if it is not my dream job. I have very little enthusiasm or joy, and I feel stifled and hopeless more often than not. My confidence level and energy levels are often shockingly low, and I withdraw from the world a lot, not engaging with strangers or often shying away from social situations. I’m ashamed to be who I am.
I’m content.
I have achieved what I wanted to
I used to sacrifice myself to make others laugh. I look after myself as the top priority now.
I’m happy that i feel like I’ve grown spiritually, emotionally etc. But i also feel like I’m still not at the point where I am completely happy with where I am in terms of decisions. I’m not completely comfortable in my skin as I tend to shy away from social engagements or certain types of people.
Worked hard to get here, to accept myself and to be comfortable and happy with who I am and where I am going.
I am happy with who I am and what I stand for as my brand.
Have found part of my authentic self, made peace that I can be who i want to be – just me.
I am happy with who I am and the way I look. I enjoy my work and my hobbies. I am in general happy with life and myself at the moment.
My awakened awareness is being stimulated and developed to a higher plain and I am consciously taking control of my awareness.
I still feel like am limiting myself greatly.
For the first time in my life feel more or less at home in my skin as a single person. I’m comfortable being a mother as well. I’m not sure whether I will be so sure of myself in an intimate relationship, as have been avoiding disappointing relationships for a while and have been single for a big part of my life.
I am who I am. I have a contract to complete in this life time, and everything is working as it should.
Enjoy my own company. Less sociable than I used to be but fine and reasonably content.
Husband is unconscious, addicted to movies, tv and computer.
I’m happy with what I believe life to be about and my own being in the world.
I live by the premise that not everyone will like me and that is fine.
I have eventually become me.
I take life as it comes day by day.
I made my choices long ago and made peace with them and allow myself to grow accordingly.
I’m still developing myself.
Self-acceptance.
Trying to please others – never good enough. Never got to a point where I know me. Far too responsible – never relax or have fun without feeling guilty.
Don’t believe in myself enough.
Because I seem to have fucked up my life.
Emotional occurrences during sleep.
I no longer know what I want, what I value, where I am going. My thoughts are perpetually negative, I feel stuck and frozen. I am not satisfied with any area in my life (as a mother, as a daughter, a sibling, friend, health etc).
I recently discovered I am not who I thought I was, and I am still figuring it out. I have some changes I would like to make in terms of being more congruent and listening to some of my needs that I tend to ignore or dismiss.
Provide for my family, we live a good life.
Finally know who and what I am.

QUESTION 81

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE A DREAM?

The following answers were provided:

Images that come to me while I am in a state of not being conscious.
The unconsciousness trying to tell you something.
Awareness during sleep.
A conscious (awake) dream is something that you want in the future. An unconscious dream is the stuff your mind is bringing up while you are sleeping while it is sorting through everything. And then there are astral dreams, the lucid dreams, etc.
Fantasy.
A dream is a plan waiting to be born (that’s an original quote – I coined that. I’m hoping to use it in a script someday – but it’s a little “bumper sticker”.).
Pie in the sky.
A desire or condition that you want to achieve or experience.
A subconscious memory of this life or previous lives or a memory of something else in the universe.
A process of finding answers to life’s questions or sometimes the spiritual realm trying to communicate to you or just fantasising.
A goal or concept you want to achieve.
Your unconscious manifesting.
Your subconscious sorting out what you experienced and would like to experience on a different dimension.
A dream is very similar to a goal. Perhaps a longer-term type of goal of something that you wish to achieve or experience.
A state where we allow our inner creator to manifest future solutions through either recall of past events or solutions to future events.
An unconscious or series of unconscious thoughts/stories my mind creates.
We go into another level of existence where we experience things/do things/listen to lectures/connect with higher energy/get insights and messages through symbols etc.
When you sleep things are happening on a subconscious level that can result in dreams or memories.
Something you imagine that would bring you happiness.
A dream is thoughts or visuals your subconscious detect, and it surface in dreams.
The symbolic representation of what is happening in one’s life at any given stage.
A visualisation of a possible (or impossible) future achievement or place or actions.
A mixture of fantasy based on experiences.
A thought or a sensation or something we aspire to or wish for, and it comes through in our sleep and in a dream.
The astral travelling experiences I have when I am asleep.
A vision of something you want to do, and you work towards it. Or a vision in your subconscious mind you have to work out or live out.
A revelation of something that is going on in your life which you may not have any control over that is being revealed through your subconscious. It could also be a warning of some sort either of something good or bad.
The subconscious mind communicating with me.
It is just a dream if it is in your head.
Something that you never achieve.
Wicked, morally bad, causing unnecessary pain and suffering.
Experiences in a different realm/dimension.
Something imaginary that is not of the present but a future wish.
Subconscious thinking while you are sleeping.
A reality in a different dimension.

QUESTION 82

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE EVIL?

The following answers were provided:

Purposeful intent to hurt.
Cruelty.
The other half of life that make good possible.
It is what happens when someone has lost his conscience and then can-do things like murders, theft, hurt people deliberately etc.
Negative experience.
Evil is when people externalise the hurt, anger and other negative and uncomfortable emotions they are feeling, forcing others to feel the same or worse because this is the only way they feel vindicated for having had to experience those emotions in the first place.
What people call devilish.
Fear, uncertainty, imbalance, illness, absence of joy.
The dark side of humanity which society labels as bad.
Evil is the absence of experiencing god’s love.
There is very little “real “evil, most of what people describe as evil is a lack of taking responsibility for life and using religion to cast blame on things that don’t go your way. There is evil, but it is generally people who operate from a different moral standpoint to you. Usually, to inflict pain and hurt.
Hurting others, being cruel.
Negative energy/souls that are stuck in this dimension that you attract if you are vibrating on low level of energy.
Enjoying seeing and making other people suffer.
It is a state that is in all human beings and which we control by conditioning and the moulds that we grew up in. Without these guidelines/ moulds our concept of evil would be different as we do see and find looking from outside into other cultures. What seems evil to me might be normal for another?
Thoughts and actions that are not in alignment with source. I don’t believe in evil per se.
It is your own negative energy that you project and gets reflected back at you in whichever form you can understand.
This is the choice to do things that is not to your greater good.
Ignorance/fear.
Murder, injuring (physical and mental), corruption and all that is not to advantage of life.
The binary opposition of good. A social construction of what is not preferred by any one person/group. All good holds evil and vice versa.
Somethings, actions and behaviours that are reprehensible, repulsive, or wicked.
Corruption of purity
Something/someone really wicked or mean.
Anything or anyone void of any LIGHT.
I do not believe in it.
It is the dark side of the human mind which lead you to do very bad things to another human. It is a force that controls you to be cruel – the other side of good.
Acts of mindless, unthinking people, probably wanting to take revenge against other people
Absence of joy, love, compassion, empathy
We all have dark and light in ourselves, which one do you prefer to feed.
Most people.
To love God and each other.
Something that sways / pulls / influences you away from doing good for yourself, others etc.
The ultimate alienation of a person from themselves and others.
Hurting someone for no reason.
Separation from truth.

QUESTION 83

WHY WOULD THE CREATOR CREATE HUMANS?

The following answers were provided:

The creator only will know that.
So that we could learn to love one another.
Humans are part of the creator that makes experience possible.
Did he really? I’m not sure that he did, (or that he exist), maybe we just evolved, but if he did, it was as Neale Donald Walsh says: he wanted to experience life on earth.
Sharing.
To reinforce the lessons of divinity that we each need to learn. The universe is a classroom in which each of us learn who we are.
The manual that should be responsible.
I believe we evolved and engage in our own independent expression.
Maybe to advance our souls, so that we can advance our conscious vibration and therefore evolve with the universe.
To make life interesting.
No idea.
To learn life lessons.
To experience himself through humans (vessel) in every possible way.
Hopefully to learn love and faithfulness and forgiveness. To teach us to be better every day and to have gratitude.
We are created to fulfil the creator’s plan and for his/her grace that is showed to us as part of the total universe.
To experience himself.
I guess to have an experience of a physical existence and the development it creates, and this energy will go back to God to broaden his/her understanding. In short – to amuse and develop him/herself.
To experience lessons to take to the afterlife to share with others and to experience incidents, feelings, emotions, situations etc. To be able to grow on all levels.
Why not? I’m sure he is a bit disappointed.
It was his creation with the intention to live on earth serve, love and teach each other.
It was bored. Evolution?
We were created with free will and an ability to choose who we love. God wants us to freely choose to love him.
A test between/and/or the heart and mind by providing choice.
The creator has built a space where souls can contract to come to experience a life of different aspects or choices to enhance their spiritual/soul growth.
To experience 3D through us.
To experience life’s lessons.
God create us because he loves us to be good, gentle, to love him and each other and to worship him.
To show that he could and to differentiate from other living forms and to give a life with will power that animals and other life forms don’t have.
Out of love – and to care for the rest of the creation.
Each one of us has a purpose and i believe to create a world of great harmony.
For no good reason at all!
To love God and each other.
To experience all senses.
I am too Buddhist to have a view of a Creator as a single entity. Creation seems to me to be a much more natural / organic process not bound or limited by concepts and ideas. I understand it more as infinite, endless possibilities.
Don’t know.
To experience the creation on earth.

QUESTION 84

HOW WOULD YOU KNOW YOU HAVE DIED?

The following answers were received:

I’m not sure you will know.
My soul would have left my human form, and I would know that I am on a spiritual level.
No idea.
I would be in a beautiful, peaceful place where it is light, and I would meet the members of my soul group again.
Being in the full light.
I would probably expect a sensation of limited consciousness – I would feel my consciousness expand beyond my physical body.
You would be weight less.
You will probably feel light and be able to move without restriction anywhere.
No idea.
When you can see everything as if you are floating above your body and maybe seeing your loved ones who have passed on. There was talk about a tunnel of light and I’m hoping that what I read in books about the soul would then become reality.
Don’t actually know, but I think you would be aware that you have become disconnected from what was your reality. The concept of looking down on yourself.
I am at peace.
When I leave my body behind permanently in this lifetime, my soul group welcomes me and I’m one again with source/God.
I don’t know.
There would be a definite change of physical body, and we would be awakened from the current reality/dream state.
I wouldn’t because death is not real.
Nobody would talk directly back at me anymore, but my friends will tell me that I passed on and help me transition if they know that I died. Otherwise, I suppose I will have a feeling of going out of my body, floating above maybe seeing my body and going where my consciousness leads me. If I think of “heaven” or a little white cloud and some angels or hanging around earth that’s where I’ll be instantaneously. I also read one may sit in a dark place and if you can endure it without doing anything then you are done coming back to reincarnate. I’m not sure if this is true, but I’ll find out one day won’t i?
When you meet your guide for real
Gone through a tunnel whoosshh, be able to fly wheeee new adventures??? Dunno.
I think I wouldn’t know I will be in another dimension.
The white knight. The peace, the time for reflection, the time for preparation.
Our soul will be in a different dimension.
I look down from a space without a body onto earth.
I have no idea but can guess perhaps that if I was faced by a queue of angels, spirit guides and passed over souls that I recognise I would surely know that I have moved onto another realm and left earth.
When I go to sleep and never wake up again, my soul will know.
You will know when your soul leaves your body, because you will experience it and you will feel at peace and surrounded by a presence of love.
You wouldn’t.
When none of what I’m living and experiencing now continues and comes to a complete halt.
I believe in reincarnation. I think before you die, you know.
When my life is like a dream.
You won’t know.
You no longer feel the pain and age of a body.
I doubt I have the self-awareness to know that I had died.
Don’t know.
Would experience non-earthly things and feel freedom and unconditional love…a place without negative emotions.

QUESTION 85

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE TIME?

The following answers were received:

The transition from present to the new present, to the new present …
Minutes, hours, years. Events that have happened in the past present and will happen in the future.
Linear movement of experiences.
Something that exists only on earth because we humans need it to make sense of life here.
Nothingness.
Time is a series of moments to be used for the purpose of fulfilling your destiny.
Something that does not come back.
A linear construct used to order civilization.
The moment which humans record as a point of reference.
Measure of something that is evolving/growing/changing. It waits for no-one and does not stand still.
No real idea, but it goes by far too quickly.
Depends on what you are doing with it.
It is an earthly measurement by which humans regulate their life, time is an illusion/timeless.
Life passing by.
It is a concept that measures the interval between several/different points. The measure of the passing events and calculating their place on the timeline.
A measure for humans to feel that they have something (through the passage of time).
Don’t really know.
Its relative.
Seconds of your life.
Time is infinite. Time is like anti-anti matter. It becomes more as it becomes less. Time is a perspective. Time is an event that is too short or too long. Time is the meaning you give to it.
Time feels like a continuous present. Past time is memory and future time is imagery.
An illusion.
As an earthling I would define it in it is days, hours and minutes but as a spiritual being I would regard it as past, present and future.
Human construct to be able to live in this world.

Time is a phase on earth in which we all live to be born and grow older and pass on. In this time frame we learn to experience life and choose that kind of life we want to live to develop the soul in different lessons to learn.
Don’t know.
Time = creating structure and rhythm for nature to give order and meaning.
Time is an illusion we created ourselves.
Limited (never enough).
Movement from past to present to future.
A metric that puts restraints, pressure and boundaries on things
It is a relative truth that has its place in society but is ultimately a fabricated concept without any ultimate truth.
You have to have time.
A concept to experience life in.

QUESTION 86

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

The following answers were received:

To live and let live.
To achieve a better life; to assist the poor; purchase items; to give you power
To experience; to manipulate; to control; to share
It pays for our living and that includes everything from housing to food. Then it can be used for various things you are interested in like entertainment, travel, etc. But the biggest thing it can do is it makes one able to give. Once again it will be determined by your own personality. Some will give to charity, others will do good to their immediate family, still others can do it globally with various programs etc.
Trade, bribe, lust
I believe money is a resource that is not valuable in and of itself – it’s only worth is the subjective value that which you exchange it for (spend it on). For me the purpose of money is to use it wisely to invest in the situation and circumstances that will fulfil my sense of self-worth and joy most effectively
Waste; to create more money; to create pleasure.
Acquisition
To make things happen. To empower or break people down. To build or destroy
To acquire material things, to help the less fortunate, to travel and see the world and pay for services etc.
Money is used to enable us to live. It is an instrument which often controls us. It either enables us or prevents us from achieving what we want -be it food on the table or a dream.
Necessities and wants.
Money is just energy/number on a computer that are used to acquire what you want. To show gratitude for the energy, like a car etc that is acquired. Visible energy exchange
To buy goods you need and want. It can be invested and used to make more money.
Creating; saving; sharing; hoarding; destructive etc
Not answered
To support myself and my family and extended family, to do good things and can be used to teach others how to help themselves through self-development.
To make life easier
Bartering tool; fulfilling needs and wants. The more you have the more you can give.
To acquire necessities to live (water; food; shelter and clothing covering from the elements); to survive
Good, evil, survival, elimination, pleasure, pain, joy, sadness etc
To provide food and necessary items to live, to assist others, to provide for others or comforts and a form of exchange – money for things.
To survive physically and spiritually, to buy gifts and to gain knowledge.
Can be used for our living costs, our “treats”, holidays, savings and a portion to charity.
I believe in bartering, so money is just another form of exchange.
The only purpose money has is to buy and sell things. Money can buy basic needs like clothes, food and medicine. It can also use it in a bad way to bring people in need like poverty if you don’t have work or money to feed your children. Money is sometimes used as a tool by very rich nations to punish the poor people. The world economics is bound to gold and gold is bound to money and so the whole world is controlled by it. The problem is we need money to live.
It is a means of equating transactions. For advance payment of a product supplied from another country. A monetary resource for future payments.
Provide food, lodging, transport – making a living develop, build, expand – grow save – plan for the future.
For everything and without it there is misery.
Money is a medium of exchange, something that people can use to buy and sell from one another.
Trade Exchange, Growth in materialism / getting “things”, Provide for others that cannot do so for themselves / give back / charity, protection.
Money is an extremely useful tool and can be used for absolutely anything, both positive and negative.
To please yourself.
To live and assist others to do the same.

QUESTION 87

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE “GOD’S WILL”?

The following answers were received:

Which God? I want to believe that any god’s will is for meaning and creation to be the best possible version of itself.
God’s plan for humanity.
Combination of spiritual and natural laws and human thought.
I don’t believe in god’s will.
Whatever your soul and God together decided for you to learn on mother earth.
God’s will is the purpose for which you are destined – your “right life” you however have the free choice to direct the steps of the path to move towards this – or run away from it.
What will be will be.
Whatever happens.
Being in the moment.
Same as my bigger purpose will, my soul the best intentions or plans for me to develop and grow. My mission before I incarnated in this body and earth.
There is no such thing it is a way for religion to control people.
Not in my control, a higher plan coming together.
God’s will is my will, as I am godlike. I am free to choose, but not free from the consequences of my choices. God only wants all the good, abundant for me as his child.
It is god’s want for your life. The plan he has for you so that you have the life experiences you need to have in order to learn and grow in the manner he wants you to.
I am is the co-creation concept and god’s will is for each of us to awaken all the answers already in us and live out the god will.
I don’t really believe that god’s will when it has to do with my life. He/she gave me free will and it’s my own god-like will that I use. I believe God (as the “boss” of the universe) has better things to do than to worry about my small little life here on a very small little planet somewhere very, very far. But I also believe that through the hierarchy of men and angels and guides and their contact with me and my god-like/spirit, that my little light matters in the greater scheme of things. I see God as the chairman of the universe, who has many workers to do the everyday stuff, like helping me and other humans. Why would the chairman meddle in the normal running of the company when he has admin officers and cleaners and teamakers?
God’s will is also our will. God allow us to make our own decisions and mistakes and follow our contract and complete it fully.
God gave us free will. He has our best interest at heart. We don’t get it.
The intention the creator has for his creation.
We make our own way and that god’s will is a cop out.
God’s plan to our benefit.
Something you personally have no control over.
God wills us to fulfil our purpose in life and be happy and at peace.
I don’t. People are their own worst enemy. On this planet we have cause and effect and by those laws we live. If we can become Enlightened enough to move out of karma we might at some point get back to the ultimate LIGHT where we came from
God keeps us always. He knows that is the best for us, but we choose to do things we want. It is god’s will to keep us safe if we are in a dangerous space or place or it is his will to let us learn that lesson from a bad experience to turn back to his grace.
With difficulty
The unwavering belief that what transpires in one’s life has been determined by God and takes effect when needed – all for the greater good.
God would like us to be like him, view, though and deeds. We still have freedom of choice.
Don’t know.
Surrender your personal desires, and serve him.
Living with intention with love in your heart, kindness and love to others and nature.
I would see it as karma, cause and effect that is based in a myriad of factors rather than God’s Will.
It’s His way if it’s supposed to happen.
For all experiences to end in unconditional love.

QUESTION 88

WHAT ARE ANGELS?

The following answers were received:

Beings that surround us and stay with us for guidance.
Spiritual beings and I do believe that we all have a guardian angel.
Thoughts and feelings.
Heavenly beings who are here to help us if we ask.
My daily friends and caretakers.
Individual ‘voices” and “forms” of the divine consciousness
People that have died.
They are beings like humans as described in the apocrypha.
High energetic beings.
God’s assistants and divine beings who fully evolved spiritually.
These are souls or beings that are not quite part of our “world” who look out for us help us, try and guide us.
Beings from a very high dimension that assists us as humans on command in whatever way we require.
Spiritual beings.
They are the workers of the godly realm who are send to guide and protect god’s children.
Higher beings of light that may guide human lives if asked.
They are higher energies/beings, positive energy coming to you in a form that you are able to believe in. I also believe in the possibility that they may be a race of evolved human beings (the an) who can fly and live in the inner earth. Maybe they visit us at night (physically/astrally), who knows.
The beings god allows to help us, assist us and protect us when we request it.
Heavenly beings. Not human beings who died. Different species created by God.
Peaceful beings in another dimension (may be spirits of people who passed away.
Beings you can call on to assist you. They have names. They don’t interfere – they wait to be invited.
Beautiful beings created by God.
Celestial beings – souls of the deceased.
Spiritual beings.
Guides, Other dimensional beings, Your Higher Self, who knows. They mentioned all the world’s religions and I sense them around me at all times.
An evolved soul, or guardian.
They are highly intelligent heavenly beings.
Messengers of God.
Heavenly beings created by God.
I believe they are enlightening beings coming to assist us. I also believe they are on the earth in different forms.
Spirits that watch over us and are supposed to take care of us.
Messengers sent to protect humans and the righteous.
God’s warriors, protectors and guides of humans.
A man-made term to capture the sacred essence of goodness in words and concepts.
Humans with wings.
Created beings to assist humans on their earthly journeys and other realm/dimensional tasks too.

QUESTION 89

DO YOU THINK THEY EXIST?

97% of participants indicated that they believe angels exist.

QUESTION 90

IF THEY DO WHAT IS THEIR PURPOSE?

The following answers were received:

To guide us and probably to have a good laugh sometimes.
To guide and protect us.
Thoughts and feelings.
Some are messengers, some are helpers, others are for various things and then there are archangels, each of whom has his own assignment. Also, each one of us has our own special guardian angel.
Loving and helping and taking care of souls.
To guide, to help, to elucidate.
To guide the living.
Messengers and guides.
To look after humanity, to balance certain energies.
To provide assistance and guidance to us.
They are here to help us, guide us along our path.
Guide me.
To help humans – guarding.
To protect us.
They protect us from ourselves and from evil that does appear in this earthly plain.
Help guide humanity to its intended purpose in this dimension.
Protection, inspiration, evolvement, healing, loving support.
They help you finding parking, help you to meditate, help facilitate situations, protection when you request it. Just listen. They will not do anything if you don’t ask because that is a spiritual law.
Messengers in service of human beings and God. Working in a different dimension. Not visible to me.
Live in the other dimension and sometimes influence us on earth.
They assist you if you allow them to in any which way you might need them. Sometimes the uninitiated refer to them as their “gut feeling”.
They work for God and assist us daily.
To guide, indicate, help and warn humans.
They are here to love, guide, protect and comfort us.
To direct, protect and us, give us hope.
To guide and assist us here with our journey if we ask for help.
They are here to keep us save and to protect us and help us in life.
To get messages through to people that want to hear.
To warn, help, comfort, protect humans.
Guide and assist.
To watch over us and protect us.
They god’s warriors – protection.
To be Guardians.
Anything that reminds anyone of sacred goodness is a good thing.
To look after me.
To assist other beings and also have some kind of experience/existence.

QUESTION 91

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

The following answers were received:

Yes, I have experienced situations where I just felt that there was a good outcome because of divine intervention, not because of my own actions.
When my mother was extremely ill in hospital and we prayed at her bedside for the angels to protect and God to help her recover and she did recover for that period.
Always.
Yes, I believe so, because sometimes when I think it was intuition that saved me it may rather have been my guardian angel.
Yes, they are with me every day and they helped me clear my eyesight in order to drive again after six years of not driving. I gave each one of them a chisel and hammer to take away the black spot in my eyes.
I have certainly benefited from praying to certain holy beings in specific situations (for example in times of financial difficulty or emotional stress).
Yes, if you listen to your gut feeling.
Not that I’m aware of.
No idea.
Yes, through advice received consulting psychics and clairvoyants etc. To make decisions where there was uncertainty and communicating to the psychics about areas where I need to ease up on myself and guidance on my relations and my role as a stepmom.
Yes, I’m still alive. I believe they have been around me on numerous occasions where i should possible not have survived, been there almost change the outcome of a situation.
Yes, i have had many instances which could have gone wrong, but someone was looking after me.
Yes, they protect me from “harm”, guide me when asked, God gave his angels command …
I believe that we are surrounded by god’s angels and that they protect us every day.
Yes, often as example while travelling from Jhb and getting home safe and sound without any clue as to how it happened.
I do not know for sure. Perhaps as i have felt protected at times even when no-one was around to do so.
I’m not sure if angels were involved, but i have been saved from death quite a few times in my life and all i can think is that there were higher energies present who alerted the situation for a reason. (I once lost a lot of blood, but survived).
All the time. I love my horse, but he is a stallion and can be extremely moody. Sometimes I’m really scared but if I evoke my angels, I get calm and then I enjoy the ride so much that I don’t want to stop. I use them to take me to places I have never been, like a GPS and they have never let me down. I talk to them when I’m alone, I ask them to go with friends that need consoling when I can’t be there, I take them to difficult meetings, and they make it easy and let you say the right things at the right time. They give guidance if you listen. They send you music on the radio when you are having difficult decisions to make.
Who knows??? Probably. If I pray and things work out well. Maybe they had something to do with it.
I sometimes feel encouragement or consolation from them.
Yes, daily. In my work. When I’m stuck in how to proceed, they/he/she will provide an option – most useful one.
Yes, regularly – almost every day. They provide guidance and protection.
Yes, a head-on collision with a motorbike was forewarned by two seconds.
Yes, I often ask them to find me parking space and hey presto one appears. I always ask them to protect me when I am travelling and to date, they have.
Yes. They have protected me more than once from imminent danger or helped me through tough times in my life.
Probably yes, they kept me safe.
Yes. One time they freeze another car in time to prevent me and my daughter from an accident and steer my car to safety. I saw 4 angels stand next to my husband’s bed.
Probably, particularly when driving at night I’ve felt that there is someone guiding me.
Various small incidents where a collision or personal harm was avoided, calm in daring situations.
Yes, every day I speak to them and believe they guide and protect me.
Can’t remember off the top of my head.
Yes always.
I have been protected in times of need.
Every time I am reminded of the sacredness of life it guides my choices in the direction of love and kindness and benefits me.
Yes, when you get into a situation and you don’t know how to get out of it and then suddenly you do.
Yes, many times, accidents should have happened, and they did not…supernatural turn of events etc.

QUESTION 92

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

The following individuals were mentioned more than once:

Dalai Lama – 3 Times.
Nelson Mandela – 3 Times.
Queen Elizabeth – Twice.
Jane Goodall – Twice.

The following answers were provided:

Who decides who is important? I want to have lunch with my soul mate.
With my family members and good friends as they are important in my life.
No-one.
Queen Elizabeth – i would like to ask her what her mission is in the world order and also as head of the free masons.
Barak Obama.
Bernadette Brady.
Mick Jagger.
Mother Theresa.
Kate Middleton.
Important according to who’s standard? For me currently important – Ockert Moller.
President Zuma.
Richard Branson
Dr Wayne dyer.
Martha beck or dr DeMartini or Oprah.
Jacques Cousteau.
Don’t know.
Tich Naat Hahn.
The three astronauts that went to the moon.
Cliff Richard.
Judy dench actor.
Clem Sunter.
Really not any important individual that I’d like to have lunch with. Would much rather spend that time with people close to me.
It would be our older generation in different careers, culture to learn about the experiences and gain wisdom from them.
I don’t think that person exists.
Elon musk.
I would like to spend an uninterrupted hour with Drupon Rinpoche but having lunch would be the most colossal waste of time I could think of. I would rather have his undivided attention.
My wife – she is important to me.

QUESTION 93

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

The following individuals were mentioned more than once:

Jesus – 6 Times.
Gandhi – 3 Times.
Adolf Hitler – 3 Times.
Albert Einstein – 3 Times.
Mother Teresa – 3 Times.
Nelson Mandela – 3 Times.

The following answers were provided:

My father.
A friend of mine who passed away from cancer.
No-one.
Hitler – i would like to ask him whatever pushed him over the cliff to kill so many souls.
Pavarotti.
Julius Firmicus Maternus.
Joan of Arc.
Queen Elizabeth I.
Albert einstein or Victor Frankl.
I would like to ask Jesus of Nazareth quite a few difficult questions and find out exactly what happened way back when. I have my suspicions and conspiracy theories.
Margaret thatcher, Nelson Mandela, van Zyl Slabbert.
Henry viii, the Buddha.
Tich Nhat Hahn.
Old American Indian wiseman.
The last king of Russia.
Don’t know.
Various! Moses, Solomon, Madiba, Hitler, Ghamdi, Mother Theresa, Helen Keller, Shakespeare, Freddy Mercury …
Princess Diana/mother Teresa and Confucius.
Don’t know.
Prof. Chris Barnard.
John Lennon.
I cannot think of anyone… maybe Alan Watts, but I would probably dread the thought of this lunch and would rather stay home and read a book.
Paul Kruger.

QUESTION 94

WHAT WAS YOUR SADDEST EXPERIENCE?

The following answers were received:

Being betrayed by someone I loved.
When my parents and my cat of 20 years passed away.
No specific answer at the moment.
When I saw parents hurting their children physically or mentally and what made it especially sad is that I know they did not do it on purpose, but if I tried to tell them what they did they would not understand.
The day my supposed to be best friends in primary school put chocolate papers in my suitcase, which they had stolen and eaten and then accused me of stealing them. My sister’s death 3 years ago was also very bad.
When I lost my college scholarship that I had worked so hard to get because I had failed an exam due to anxiety having become overwhelming.
Divorcing.
My father’s death.
Not answered.
When my mother died.
My husband’s passing.
Death of my father.
To make the choice to send my beloved dog, cheeky home to hold her in my arms until she passed over.
When my husband got severely depressed and tried to commit suicide.
Having lost my trust in my ex-wife.
Losing my dog Roxy.
When my son left for New Zealand permanently in July 2007 and our first fight that day and him asking me not to come to New Zealand (just thinking about it made me cry again!) I’ve never been as sad and as mad as that day.
I have wasted too much time to be someone I never was and never was meant to be.
Losing my baby boy.
When my father died and when I realized I married a potato, and I dreamt for an orange.
When my kids hurt me with their selfishness’s of growing up.
My husband dying.
To see the best loved gold fish drown because I had dumped hundreds of herbal life pills into his bowl.
Watching my friend suffering with cancer but knowing and trying to accept that this was part of her journey in life.
Death of my mother.
My three miscarriages.
Death of my father.
Finding out the most important person in my life continuous lied to me.
It is difficult to say as each one has its own merit.
Loss of my animals.
There was so many, the hurt and betrayal of my children, and the rejection of my mother.
Losing a friend that I never got an opportunity to resolve our disagreement before he passed.
Having my heart broken by someone I love deeply but who did not choose me.
My parents fighting.
When both my dogs were poisoned and died.

QUESTION 95

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

The following were mentioned more than once:

Flying 8 – Times.
Teleportation 4 – Times.
Invincibility 2 – Times.
Time Travel 2 – Times.

The following answers were received:

Wisdom.
Have all knowledge and understanding.
To see in the dark like a cat.
Floating/flying high up in the air.
The ability to receive and channel multiple forms of energy through my body (heat, light, healing etc) or the ability to teleport anywhere instantaneously.
Intelligent.
The ability to travel between the spiritual realm and the earthly realm at will and to remember the other when I’m in either one. Also to receive more direct messages from God to guide my life.
The ability to lessen pain.
Read people’s mind.
To experience different dimensions simultaneously.
I would probably like to be able to teleport to any place in the world whenever I wanted.
The power of time travelling/ displacement of human body.
Total peace, all knowing, flying.
Clairvoyance and sophisticated intuition.
Never to be hungry again.
To fly amongst the angels.
Instant healing.
To see different.
To be able to see into the future.
The ability to fly through the night like a bat.
Esoteric powers.
Invincibility, although I think when you use your intuition you already invincible.
Don’t know.
Eagle.
Telekinesis.
The ability to remove all suffering.
Shoot fireballs from my palms.
Time travel in multiverse.

QUESTION 96

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

The following answers were received:

Courage; honesty; respect.
Generosity.
Kindness.
Someone that can be loving and acceptive of everyone.
Courage.
The ability to seduce, compel and enthral others with their personality and charm.
Intelligence.
Independence.
The ability to seduce, compel and enthral others with their personality and charm.
Sense of humour and light-heartedness about life.
Honesty and positive attitude.
Humbleness.
Non-judgementalness.
Perseverance.
Frank honesty.
Courage in the face of human fear. And wisdom and compassion! Spirituality is perhaps the closest description.
To stay calm and quiet in the storm.
Authenticity.
Drive, passion and motivation.
Self-discipline.
Kindness.
Love.
To be able to totally love and accept others unconditionally.
Integrity and honesty.
An open trusting outlook.
Courage.
Kindness.
Authenticity.
Hardness.
Kindness.
Confidence / belief or trust in self / standing up for themselves.
Wisdom.
Being funny.
Authenticity.

QUESTION 97

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

The following answers were received:

If the person was suffering and could not have a meaningful life as a result.
If the person was suffering and was an invalid.
On request to end suffering.
Only if he/she tries to kill me and I must defend myself and there is no other option.
May we? I do not think so. What I agree to is – if someone has asked never to be put on a machine support, I would not have them connected. My question is who decided to take the support off.
I would struggle with that. Most likely if I knew that ending that life would save the lives of other – innocent- people. It would have to be extreme circumstances though.
If that person has no quality life … Not sure thou shall not kill.
Extreme pain and suffering that will ultimately lead to death.
If they tortured someone in my family.
Under no circumstances.
I don’t think I ever could.
If they harmed my family or friends.
Never crossed my mind this lifetime.
Only if this person had severely caused some kind of pain/injury/hurt to one of my family members. It would have to be something really terrible though. Otherwise, I’m not sure if I ever would be able to end another person’s life.
When my life or the life of any person I care for is threatened.
If he/she were greatly harming others and could not be stopped in any other way.
When they threaten my own life, when someone suffers much pain and plead with me to end it (euthanasia).
Nothing is that important – except if the lives of my children are in danger.
When they are in excruciating pain and suffering while dying anyway and I agreed with them beforehand that I would do it. I would consider it … But because I am an optimist, I don’t think I’ll be able to really go ahead and do it. Ok I know. I won’t hesitate to kill someone who tries to kill my daughter. No, I really don’t know if I’ll be able to pull it off. One never knows …
If they threaten my life.
When he/she is suffering like my mother did.
Someone near life’s end who is in severe pain with no chance of relief.
None.
Self defence.
Never.
War, hurting someone I love.
When my life that of my children, grandchildren and family’s lives are in extreme danger.
No. It would be dependent on what you are cloning, no for humans and yes for animals and plants.
When the individual threatens my own or the lives of the ones I love when the individual suffers from a terminal illness.
It is a freedom of choice.
Protection of my children.
I will never.
If they were on their deathbed and in severe excruciating pain and wanted to die.
Ideally, there is no circumstance in which I would purposely take a life. As a Buddhist, I try not to kill, not even my pets when they are old or sick.
Crime.
When I find them in the act of badly harming an animal or person.

QUESTION 98

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

62% of participants have expressed objections to cloning.

The following answers were received:

Yes, I don’t think people’s unique traits can be duplicated.
Yes, I don’t believe God wanted us to clone as we are made in his image and cloning is a human thing.
No, two of me will be better than one of me.
Not really, but then it must be monitored.
Yes, for sure, everyone is unique in their own special way.
Not really, though I don’t believe someone should be cloned for the sole intent of being “harvested” for organs. A clone to me is a full and functional organism, with the same rights and responsibilities of any other full and functional organism.
Yes … It’s not natural.
No, if it is possible and it can lead to advances that benefit mankind, why not?
Yes, we are not God. We are interfering with nature.
Yes, very strong objections. I think it is an unnatural process, and we shouldn’t fiddle with nature.
Yes, I think it messes with the balance of energies, souls.
No, as long as it is used in a positive manner.
Yes, this is according to me photocopying, duplicating exactly the original. Everything is unique as the possibilities for uniqueness is infinite why then duplicate?
Yes, I don’t believe it is natural or from God.
Yes, we are only God like and not God, we cannot pre-determine the creature’s whole existence as it is done by God for each living being in his realm.
Yes, I believe it would open another door to dehumanise humanity by creating inferior copies of people who would likely not have any legal rights to begin with thus advancing the underground slave trade already prevalent across the world today. There is also no truly good reason to clone a person as most people have perfectly developed sexual organs to achieve the same, healthier result without all the confusion and stigma that would attach to such an individual should he/she attempt to live in the current society.
No each clone will in any case have their own soul and life lessons so what does it matter if they look alike in every way? But it will be boring to see more people looking the same and confusing.
Again, not my choice, but I don’t know why someone else would do it. I think to do it to harvest organs is not right.
Only that people who consider themselves extremely clever scientists are in my experience quite stupid from a wisdom point of view. Who knows what that might result in? Why not rather try and preserve the awesome non-cloned species already present on earth. Normal way of multiplying is much less complicated.
No, life is about being/having the best why not?
Don’t know.
Yes, each living creature is an original, why duplicate it we are not God.
Yes, it spoils individuality.
Yes, I feel that each and every one of us is an individual with our own DNA etc and to copy/clone is interfering with our contract or our individual lesson/life here on earth.
Yes. Until we do not allow ourselves to end all wars and hatred and become loving and compassionate, we do not have enough integrity to use any form of cloning.
Yes, it is not natural way of reproducing, medicine have made the week strong.
Yes. You cannot clone a personality or a soul a body maybe.
Lack of personal resources.
Yes, it is not natural to word order and how God created us in his likeness.
I really have never thought about it, and I will not do it but cannot judge others if they want to-acceptance- unconditional love.
Yes, because it can create a lot of extra evil.
Yes – God is the creator.
Yes, I don’t understand the purpose of it. Everyone being the same? Like robots but with all the best qualities etc? There is no learning, no feeling, no reason for cloning.
Not really an objection, but I don’t feel comfortable with the idea of fiddling with the complexity of nature when we don’t have the intellectual capacity to understand complexity and what the consequences may be.
Yes, only God creates.
No, if it’s possible … why not?
QUESTION 99

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

The following answers were provided:

Not being good enough.
Trust issues.
Materialism.
If my husband should die unexpectedly.
Age.
Financial insecurity – i believe i could set out on my path towards wholeness if i had more financial stability in my life.
Getting old and forgetful.
Nothing.
Other people’s judgements.
My own self-esteem and the way i view and respond to life’s challenges.
Myself.
Not living the life, I want to.
Ignoring my authentic self and living my authentic life by design.
Loss of job/income or one of my family member’s becoming seriously ill.
The way that i allow or not allow circumstances to influence my life.
My own erroneous ideas about myself and my capabilities to change the reality I perceive.
Going on early retirement and emigrating: possible lack of financial freedom, but I’m working hard on abundance and wealth, so it should not be a problem.
My thinking. No other person is responsible for my happiness. I can only be unhappy if i think negatively or get myself in situations that I am not supposed to be in.
Stupidity of human(un)kind.
Myself, I need endurance with what i can’t change, hope i stay strong.
Tiredness – physical and emotional.
My family moving out of the country.
Earthly death to one of my sons.
Nothing.
World Wars.
Misunderstandings.
Don’t know.
Deceit and lies.
My own disbelief in myself.
Money.
Unrecognized needs.
Myself.
Difficulty in letting go of what no longer fits me or my life.
Unemployment.
When others tell me what I can and cannot do or believe.

QUESTION 100

DEFINE MAGIC

The following answers were received:

An unexpected outcome to an action, often contrary to logic.
An illusion to deceive people into believing its true.
The unexpected.
The normal description is what the so-called magicians do and then there is the description of something that happens that is so wonderful and unexpected that it is seen as magic.
Fantasy.
Magic is power beyond the rules of the mundane world – tapping into the universal energy by ordinary mortals, in order to accomplish extraordinary results.
Don’t know.
The ability to change an outcome of an anticipated event.
Magic is something which does not exist.
Delusion.
Being able to see life and experience it through rose tinted glasses.
Fantasies.
A moment of timeless high vibrating energy that rockets your spirit to another dimension of just being.
To make the impossible happen.
There is three concepts here, mystical and dreamlike and then artistry’ illusion and sorcery. Then there is voodoo and cultural beliefs
The inexplicable becoming real without understanding/knowing how it came about. A miracle.
Universal laws that people learnt to understand and energies they are able to manipulate to do the normally impossible things. Magic may also describe a situation that is electrifyingly interesting and seductive.
When things happen unexpectedly even better than you expected it to be, like riding your horse and millions of birds start flying over you, or riding and millions of fire flies are lighting the bushes on the sides. Magic happens all the time, every day. Every person’s magic is different.
Awesome instantaneous “good things” people do not yet understand logically.
Magic is in the little things. A hug, a clever quote, finishing a report, silence, not being caught in a traffic jam, not being born in Syria, anything and everything if that is what you wish to see.
Unexplained manifestation of something that appears impossible to do or to achieve.
An overwhelming awe.
It is having supernatural powers.
Something that brings the awe back into life like when we were kids.
The practice of witchcraft and putting spells. The dark side of the mind.
Don’t know.
Creating splendour and the impossible from nothing.
Happens every day, we are just not always aware of it.
Something that happens that you can’t explain but it is wonderful.
Extraordinary power or influence from a supernatural source.
Something that doesn’t have a reasonable, logical explanation.
Magic is love and connection on a sacred level that touches something that us beyond the obvious. There is a sparkle to life that is everywhere when I am still enough to you remember to look. It can be anything that reminds me how miraculous this life is. It is even in hard things that break my heart but give me a sense of the extraordinariness of this experience of being alive.
Illusions.
Anything that is contradictory to our known laws of science and experiences.

QUESTION 101

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

66% of participants indicated children.
32% of participants indicated older individuals.
2% of participants indicated – neither.

QUESTION 102

DEFINE A PRAYER?

The following answers were received:

A conversation with a divine entity that you believe to be powerful.
Communicating with God.
Energy.
When religious people are talking to God.
Intense word with source.
A conversation to God – for ne in one’s own words.
Putting it in ether.
A request addressed to a deity.
Voicing your hearts truth, changing your personal resonance.
A conversation with God.
A wish/hope/thanks committed. You speak it or write it, that makes it more real.
Saying things out loud that you worry and need guidance for.
Commanding desires in specific, succinct detail to God/source/spirit – conversation with God/source/spirit.
Speaking to God.
Communication with God where we request and thank our blessings.
Not answered.
Communicating to higher energy, asking and saying things without waiting for an answer. Meditation is asking a question and listening to the answer given by higher energy/your higher self/guides/angels.
A conversation with God without a middle man in between. It is sacred and always answered. When you pray to God the angels move away as well out of respect.
Talking to God in the secret place.
A whish or a call for mercy and grace.
An opportunity for connection and reflection. A time to hear if one is listening – really being prepared to get out of the way and connect with the source of knowledge and knowing.
Dialogue with God.
A token of gratitude – a confirmation of fear.
Speaking to God or my higher self.
linking with the divine. Words are not always needed.
It is a conversation between you and God asking his guidance and protection.
A message between you and the lord Jesus or God.
Speaking to God – having a conversation to thank, ask, debate, understand.
Discussion not necessarily asking for anything.
Hoping for a different outcome.
Devine connection between you and God.
A request for something you are in need of.
Prayer is asking for guidance from that essence of sacred goodness that seems to be at the heart of life. It creates the space for something beyond your limited experience to open up a new avenue to you.
Thankful for my life and for what I have.
Positive affirmations towards someone or something for a positive outcome.

QUESTION 103

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

16% of participants indicated that they do NOT pray.

Participants provided the following answers:

I talk to the universe – I consider that to be prayer.
Yes, I believe that is our channel directly to God.
Yes thoughts/words are praying.
No, I don’t believe in a god who want you to praise him and ask him for things.
Every now and then during the day, conversation with God is important and gives me inspiration.
I do, but infrequently. Sometimes, because I struggle to convince my rational mind that God is in fact listening or working in my favour.
Some-times.
Sometimes when situations require special assistance.
Not really – sometimes lack the faith that prayers can be heard or answered, don’t feel like I’m communicating with God.
I offer thanks, or requests to the universe for wellbeing. Use positive actions and thoughts.
Yes, gives me a sense of peace.
Yes, closest that I can reconnect/unite with God/source/spirit.
Yes. It is a spiritual experience that I feel I need. It gives me comfort to pray.
Yes, I’m aware that in meditation we are co-creating.
I do, but not as often as I would like. I don’t feel good asking in prayer for anything for myself but I do like asking for things on behalf of others to improve their lives such as their happiness.
Yes, I very frequently tune into my communication channels of higher energy/higher self/angels/guides/God during the day. It gives me access to wisdom and insights that I (on my own) never would have had. I also express my gratitude for all the blessings in my life as and when they occur (even for parking near an entrance to a mall or a smile from a stranger) I also ask the higher energies to assist me and my family to help co-create my life on earth with their assistance.
Yes, all the time. I don’t say “amen” because a prayer don’t have to stop.
Continuously. God is within me. I might be driving God crazy with all my chatter. Maybe I’m just talking to myself. Anyway … I’m still good company.
Yes, and meditate.
Yes, it is a conversation with God for direction, protection guidance and learning how to love other and yourself.
I do from time to time. I ask for healing for myself or for others and for comfort for people going through tough times or I pray giving gratitude and thanks when it is required. Or sometimes I just sit and reflect on circumstances.
Yes. It is a way of centring myself with the Divine.
Yes. I need god’s guidance.
Occasionally.
Not formally, but continuously in my mind/head.
I do but does not mean I close my eyes. It is like just having a conversation.
Yes, I do a lot.
I do, when I am feeling scared or fearful or don’t know what to do and am in need of a sign.
Yes, I pray because I truly believe there is more to me than I can sometimes access from places where I am stuck. So, I invite something other than my stuckness to the conversation.
Yes, because I’m grateful.
Not in a traditional Christian way, more purposeful thoughts or words sent out from my being.

QUESTION 104

ARE OUR LIVES PREDETERMINED? (EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER)

81% of participants believe that our lives are predetermined.

The following answers were provided:

I think it is in a very broad sense – you’ll be born, you’ll live, and you’ll die and maybe there are some predetermined outcomes in-between, but we do get to make choices along the way – the detail of the journey is often up to us.
Yes, we come to earth in human form and everything regarding our lives and what happens in it has been planned, however I do believe we also come to earth to learn lessons.
Partly. Free will within parameters.
Not in the sense that predetermined means, but yes, we decide before we incarnate what sort of life we want to have, still we have the choice to change that while we are here.
Yes, for sure – our astro shows, our numerology show, our hands show, our face show.
No. Our purpose is assigned. How we get there is our own business
Yes, I’m an astrologer, it is fundamental to that of cosmology.
We are born with certain gifts and abilities, and it is up to us to live the life we are destined to have, or to deviate from that path. However, whichever path we choose is perfect, as it is the best decision we could possibly make given what we knew at the time.
I think so, as I believe we came to this earth to learn certain lessons, but how you experience those lessons are not predetermined but based on the choices we make from moment to moment.
I believe we have a start and a finish; it is what we do in between those changes things, which is our free choice. But we are born, and we die on a predetermined date as such.
Yes … But you also have choices which can change your course.
Yes, we agreed to experience this lifetime, and we chose the role players/actors to learn the lessons we have chosen. Don’t hate them you hired them.
I believe that there is a greater plan for all of us but that we do have free will to steer our lives in the direction that we want.
Yes, it is. Nothing happens by chance, and we are all placed within god’s greater plan with specific purposes. Even the people that does cloning are there to his purpose as is the clones that they create but humans cannot create a soul and that is what is pre-determined in god’s plan.
To an extent I believe they are predetermined but we still have a great amount of choice with respect to the decisions we make and the motivations behind them
Only as far as your own plan for yourself was or what you have decided to learn before you came into the physical plane. And I also believe that we can change (upgrade/downgrade) that initial plan as we go along, and expand on our own plans and put in a few other plans as well. We have free will so I believe we can change it any time we strongly believe in and feel something.
Yes. You have a contract to complete while you are incarnated to grow as an individual soul and you will complete your contract no matter what.
I believe we choose where and when we will be born to learn specific things. (In a way I hate the idea of reincarnation because it means we are making extremely slow progress. Eish) in that way our lives are predetermined. Then we choose daily, and we have to take the predetermined consequences that goes with it.
Yes, we are created with a purpose, got lessons on our way to prepare and educate us to get there.
We determine the lessons we want to learn during each of our incarnations, but as an incarnated being, we still have free choice.
Yes, we use everything available to make choices – we live thinking we made them.
I do believe that up to a point we have a contract which predetermined events in our lives but as we have free, we will digress from it somewhat. However, I do believe that when it is our time to pass over … it is the time.
Yes, up to a point but earth allows us to have a certain sense of free will. the end point is already predetermined but there are thousands of directions we can take to reach destiny and death. We choose our birth and all we will come and do before we enter as a soul into a body.
Yes. Because the lessons we have to learn are already laid down before we are born in our soul. We only choose it when it is the right time to go through the experiences.
According to the bible it is. It will explain why things happen to us that we did not ask to for / understand.
There is so many roads to you destiny from a-z no matter what road you take, the experience will just be different, but you will still reach your destination.
No, because nobody cares and it is up to us and circumstances.
Yes.
I think we choose beforehand who we want to be in our lives and the lessons we need to learn. however, we do get to choose which predetermined paths we want to take and when but ultimately, the story is planned out.
To a degree, I think our lives are predetermined in that we are helplessly driven by our habitual ways of thinking and being. How we see things determines what we experience, and it is up to us to know ourselves that so we can change what is not in our best interests or the best interests of others.
No because each person is in charge of his/her decisions.
In a way, we come to experience certain things, but not all is set in stone and free will change or add lessons we did not plan for.

QUESTION 105

WHAT IN YOUR OPINION IS THE GREATEST WORK OF ART?

Most frequent mentions are:

Nature / The Universe – 7 Times.
Creation (Life, humanity, the world) – 5 Times.

Other answers received are:

I’ve encountered lots of movies, music, paintings, photography etc. That were magnificent in their own way. I’ll never limit myself to nominating one greatest work of art.
I’m not interested in art so i don’t know.
The creation.
I can’t choose only one as there are quite a lot that can be the greatest.
The last supper.
Myth – in fact stories of all kinds. As i see it most creative arts – theatre, movies, music, some dance and painting – is a way of storytelling. So, storytelling may well be seen as the basis of all art.
Nature.
Michael Angelo’s Madonna and child.
Salvador Dali.
The creation of humans, the earth and everything in it
Life.
Pyramids.
Nature – universe itself.
Anything composed by Beethoven or Mozart.
Works and books by C J Langenhoven.
Creation, the universe, nature and the human body
Nature.
A baby.
A fresh born baby and true unconditional love.
Nature.
Akiane Kramarik’s painting of Jesus at the age of eight.
The creation of Adam – Michaelangelo.
The pyramids in Egypt and other parts of the world.
Planet earth.
The human body.
No, we are creatures having a free will and with the correct use of our brain we should be able to plan our way through life.
Creation.
When your mind, body and soul become one.
Don’t know.
Veiled Lady by Monti.
What in your opinion is the greatest work of art? I don’t have an opinion on this. Nature is the greatest work of art, nothing else really compares.
Voortrekker monument.
Creation and beyond what we know and have access to.

QUESTION 106

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE SIN?

The following answers were received:

Action with obvious detrimental effect to other living things.
Doing something that you know is wrong.
Concept created by religion to get power and get rich.
I don’t believe in sin.
No such thing, negative experience.
Harm with malicious intent.
Going against the ten commandments (bases of all religions).
Any predetermined act that causes unnecessary harm or imbalance.
Going against the principles of divine love.
It is something created by religion to control people. There is wrong and right and this is controlled by society and changes from time to time as society changes.
Doing something that goes against your morals.
To miss what you agreed to achieve/learn in this lifetime. Not being your authentic self for now.
Consciously doing something that you know is wrong.
It is the crossing of the barrier that is created between our concept of right and wrong.
Misuse of energy aimed toward goals, usually stemming from erroneous ideas/perceptions about how the universe and the beings within it operate.
Sin is when you are going against your own conscience. I don’t really believe in the concept “sin” any more, only that your perspective will create your conscience and that will make something into a sin or not.
There is none. It is simply choices.
Missing the mark.
Doing what you know is not beneficial to life as such or to you as a creation.
A social construction invented to control.
Actions that go against divine law and generally are deplorable and/or immoral.
A transgression against conscience.
An act which is against the spiritual laws/divine laws.
Sin is a human construct laid down by religions. What is sin for one is not for another.
When you do something wrong and feel bad about it.
The Sistine Chapel in Rome.
Disobeying the ten commandments.
There is no big or small. It can be a though or a deed.
Hurting anything or anyone.
Transgression of the law of God.
Breaking one of the 10 Commandments.
I suppose the word sin makes me think of breaking some sort of generally agreed upon standards of behaviour that have been set by ‘someone’ and there will be some sort of judgement should you not adhere to the set standards.
Lying.
An action that is deemed wrong/evil by society, norms and standards formed over time.

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:

Yin and yang for its “balancing” meaning.
The crucifix, a reminder that Jesus died for our sins and was resurrected.
Gratitude symbol. I relate to it.
A symbol is a symbol; there is nothing significant about them.
“x” kiss and blessings, what more could one want.
Light – light is symbolic to me of universal energy, made manifest. It is still ethereal and formless, yet can be felt and seen.
Don’t know.
None. All have value for different reasons.
Have no idea.
Cross. It speaks to my religion.
Omega sign – beginning and the end, never ending, infinite.
I don’t really care for any symbol specifically. The only one in fact that comes to mind is the cross – which has religious meaning to me.
The infinity sign or the Egyptian ankh.
Cross of David – as above so below.
Circle. Round. Perfect no beginning and no (sharp) end (don’t like the idea of no end – very impatient). Like mother earth and the moon and my body and my initial.
“!” – this indicates passion.
Ohm – it is said to resonate at the most basic human level and is therefore able to touch all. It also symbolises for me what I feel during Shavasana at the end of a yoga practice – peace quiet, contentment, no responsibility except to be in the moment.
The cross of Jesus as he loved us enough to take on our sin and opened the way for us to have a close relationship with him and his father.
The ohm it represents the vibration and consciousness of the entire universe.
The heart signifying love.
The Sun. It is the beginning of all Life.
Anti-social behaviour.
The heart = love, all kinds of love.
8- infinity.
Don’t know.
The cross, the cross is one of the most important and iconic symbols of the modern world.
The Om symbol. Although significant in Hinduism, it changed my perspective on my own religion, my thoughts on reality and life.
In deity practice in Tibetan Buddhism, the deity you visualise symbolises and expresses the true nature of reality. It
is so hard for our minds, as they are, to comprehend this reality that so to have such a profound symbolic practice to work with is quite extraordinary.
The cross – being Christian.
Eternity … as we are all this.

QUESTION 108

SHOULD INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF RAPING CHILDREN RECEIVE THE DEATH PENALTY?

Participants indicated –

Yes – 41%
No – 46%
14% provided no definite yes or no answer.

The following answers were provided:

No, that is way too easy – they should endure the same physical and emotional hurt that they inflict.
I think the person should get life imprisonment with no parole; sexual violence is unacceptable.
No, that won’t help them, only other children.
Yes, for sure.
I don’t think so. I don’t believe in the death penalty for the same reason I’m uncomfortable with abortion – a life is a life and should be treated universally with respect by others. We should not have the power to decide who lives and who dies.
No … Nobody must take someone else’s life.
Tough one. I think it depends on the exact conditions and severity of the crime.
Yes, but i don’t have the right to decide that.
Immediately i would say yes and then again is this part of the predetermined contract between souls. Who am i to judge?
If it was my child that got raped i would probably have gone berserk and killed the person, who did it. However, while sober of thought i understand that victims can attract circumstances to them. The castration of the individual and incarceration would probably be the popular educated environment’s solution.
Even though i really would like to say yes, i believe as humans we must try and understand that those people are unaware and unconscious (new or regressed souls) and so they must rather be removed from society and given counselling or even punishment until they understand the consequences of their terrible deeds. This will create consciousness and will move them forward. If we just kill them what will be the point? They would not have learnt anything at all and may do the same thing in a next life!
If that is the law, yes if not, they should get punishment as dictated by society. It is a choice to operate outside society’s laws.
Yes. They can get another chance in their next life. At least then the rest of the innocent will be safer and similar flippen fools might think twice before they do such an evil shitty fucked-up thing. (just make sure they are truly guilty and not framed).
Yes, yes, yes.
Some should others no.
Death is too easy a way out. A life of imprisonment would be better and castration.
I don’t think we have the right to kill anyone.
No. They should be banned from all society to do manual labour and to be alone.
Don’t know.
Yes. The impact their deeds have on the psyche of the child is eternal – it ruins lives.
This is again where we are judging. Al the crimes, we are all one so we all part of this. Each one of us have our own karma and we also do not know what the parties agreed on before coming to this earth.
Yes and no. Yes, that should be the punishment but there are sometimes wrongly accused people and therefore sometimes wrongly executed.
Death is too easy. They should be imprisoned for life with no luxuries, daily pain and reminders of what they chose to do.
No. As a Buddhist, killing is not an option for me.
They should be shown real unconditional love (light), as they do not know what it is…as that deed is from a place of darkness.

QUESTION 109

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

72% of participants indicated that euthanasia should be available to those who are terminally ill and suffer unbearable pain.

The following answers were also received:

One way it seems good, but it is in our hands, what about the experience the souls chose to experience.
Absolutely – the one who is responsible for living a life should also be allowed control over when their suffering ends if they are experiencing any. This why I support the right to euthanasia (only if it is the decision of the individual experiencing the condition) and also the decriminalisation of suicide in those parts of the world where it is still a punishable offence to attempt to take your life.
Thou shall not kill … But in my heart, I say yes.
Tough one, how do you control when it is ok to use it? I do believe we are sometimes kinder to our animals than to people, but I would not be able to make that decision, I don’t think.
If that is their choice, I believe it should be allowed.
I believe they should have that option. I does not hurt anyone else.
No.
If that is there will yes, but they should at a healthy mind state when given the choice.
Don’t know.
No, again killing is not.
An option.

QUESTION 110

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

Participants indicated-

Yes – 24%

No – 68%

No definite answer – 8%

Explanations provided:

I never think about hell.
Nope, I think we are all currently live in hell and that those souls that move from this plain into the spirit realm gets the chance to prove themselves worthy and those who do not then gets sent back to a next “earth/hell”.
I believe we create our own hell, in this life or in an afterlife. I don’t believe in the concept of hell as a place, but if there is such a physical place, it may just be the physical plane. This is where we suffer and grind our teeth and go through the fire and brimstone to better ourselves. Is this not hell then, unless we make it a place of joy and create heaven on earth! Then there is no hell. So, hell is not a place, but a belief system, consciousness and a state of mind.
Don’t know why but I do believe in forever. I do not know what the point would be of letting souls suffer in hell forever. Can’t souls rather be destroyed if they are that defective? Hell might be here on earth for ones who never stop reincarnating and messing up their opportunities of making the world a better place. I suppose we better believe in it otherwise there is nothing to scare people into becoming “good” people.
Yes, I keep an open mind regarding reincarnation, there seems to be evidence that we are given many chances to come to know God.
I believe that hell is being away from God and love and those you love for eternity.
You can experience hell and heaven on earth.
Hell is real.
I believe our minds are hell. That is where we suffer.
I do believe there are consequences for our actions, and I tend to focus on that and try to be aware of my own habits and tendencies rather than mull over things that I really can’t know.
No, it is a constructed reality of groups and individuals… a choice they make.

QUESTION 111

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

62% of participants indicated that they do not know what their passions are.

The following answers were received from those who indicated that they know what their passions are:

Travel, teach and touch.
Yes, to help other people.
Yes, teaching people.
Transformation.
Adventure, entertaining, understanding the laws of the universe, healing people, being in the flow, personal development.
Yes, helping others and meeting new interesting people and traveling.
I know I have a very strong passion for music.
Yes, I sometimes think I do. It is to create a life of luxury for all that is involved in my life by giving and receiving the unlimited energy in my universe as commanded by God.
Perhaps writing but not 100% sure of that anymore.
I’m passionate about helping people (and myself) to heal, and to teach myself and others how to do that with the knowledge and experience i have gathered in my life so far. My name is amelia and to ameliorate something means to make it better. That is what my passion is.
Yes, animals and to help others to find their truth.
To help others find their passion and live their best lives.
To live to make a difference and to be creative.
To die, to stop being tired, to stop being responsible for other’s well-being.
Yes, to add value to others.
Yes, to be happy and at peace and pass this on to others.
My art.
My three boys!
Music and helping.
To work with people, guesthouse.
Yes, I have devoted years to understanding my own thoughts and behaviour and other people’s way of being. I’m fascinated with mind and life on a deeper level.
Yes, ultimate drive for a belief or cause.

QUESTION 112

HAVE YOU HAD A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE?

Participants indicated as follows:

Yes – 24%

No – 76%

QUESTION 113

WHEN YOU FEEL DEPRESSED WHAT DO YOU USUALLY DO? (FOR EXAMPLE, EAT, CRY, SLEEP)

The activities mentioned more frequently include –

Sleep – 14 Times.
Eat- 8 Times.
Cry – 5 Times.
Isolate – 5 Times.
Music – 3 Times.

The following answers were received:

Drink wine, cry, sleep, lots of thinking.
I feel sad my mind goes blank, and I have no interest in anything and I just sit for a while, sometimes I cry.
Read
I eat a lot, sleep a great deal feel consistently anxious and withdraw from the world.
Avoid people and take a long bath.
Stay at home, question everything. Inching, angel cards, guitar, solitude, diary
Isolate myself, cry sleep, read or watch spiritual text or programmes.
Cry and eat.
If I’m feeling depressed it usually comes out at night. I generally cry a lot and then sleep.
I’m very aware of my feelings and if ever I do have moments of depression I will acknowledge it and sent it off to the void by focusing on positive thoughts and seeking the solution to what caused that feeling with me.
Sleep or get lost in activity which takes my mind off of what I perceive to be the cause, such as spending time with friends or reading.
Eat, sleep and watch tv soapies, maybe write things down or even consult tarot cards or numerology to try find clues to my subconscious to what my next move should be.
Find out why I feel like that and go to sleep with a request to my angels to help me sort out my issues while I sleep and to feel better when I awake.
Eat, cry, sleep then get up and try again (I’m bit stupid in that way)
Try to get me out of the depth by doing something nice, visiting friend or go to a spa.
Eat and sleep but mostly be on my own.
Lie on the bed.
Go for a walk if I can otherwise, I do breathe exercises.
Talk to very body about it.
Write.
Listen to music, drink a glass of wine/whiskey and dance.
Music and on my own.
Stress.
Listen to music.
Eat, watch TV.
I try to be gentler with myself and curl up with a book and tea and popcorn to take a time out if I need it but usually, I do whatever I am doing and do it feeling sad or tired and down. Years ago, I was on a meditation retreat, and I was tired, and a wonderful nun said to me, well then you just do tired meditation. Sometimes when you are going about your day feeling sad, small, lovely things happen that remind me that sadness is okay, and it is not all there is.
Alcohol.

QUESTION 114

HOW DO YOU USUALLY EXPRESS EXTREME ANGER?

43% of participants indicated that they verbalize their anger in some way.

The following behaviour were mentioned more frequently –

Verbal expression – 20 Times.
Crying – 7 Times.
Withdraw – 7 Times.
Throwing & breaking or hitting objects – 6 Times.
Physical intimidation – 5 Times.

The following answers were provided:

Cry.
I may vent or I just keep it in.
Mild vocal eruption.
I yell!
Used to yell, but have outgrown that for sure! Have not done it in years.
Through internalising it and becoming anxious and depressed about the situation.
I don’t.
Verbal aggression.
I get dizzy, keep it in.
I feel slightly violent – but I swear and scream instead.
Voice it.
I swear and will throw something against the wall or on the floor.
I might have an outburst of screaming and might need to punch a couch. Otherwise, I will cry.
I become very load and shrill voiced and would use my body to intimidate the other person, either by standing up or standing closer to the other person, showing a threatening pose.
Either hitting an object or berating myself. I also shout at others or myself.
As depression. I was socialized to never ever express anger. But later on, in life I taught myself to at least express anger in a more or less acceptable way. I may start to talk with a big voice, wave my fists around and then start crying out of frustration.
I say what I feel and why I feel like that and then leave the situation as is. I do not get involved if it has nothing to do with me. I definitely don’t get involved in someone else’s business.
Rant and rave and give people a piece of my mind (it doesn’t work. Waste of energy. Will have to find new strategy).
Saying what I think.
Go very, very quiet. Ice-like and when I eventually speak my tongue cuts through DNA.
By lowering my voice, enunciating words and being very direct in my conversation. Then I distance myself from that person.
Throw something, like porcelain or glass that it shatters.
I shake and want to cry.
Taking my hammer and moering a piece of steel.
Cry.
Hooting, swearing or shouting.
Cry out of frustration and feeling powerless.
Music and scream in my pillow.
Shout, swear and break things.
Take some time out before responding.
I may shout or become quiet and withdraw.
I find it hard to express and can’t sleep and it goes round and round in my head. Occasionally, I write it out in all its ugliness, but I prefer to use other techniques to come to know my anger. I find the Feeding Your Demons exercise helpful in identifying what I am needing and wanting in this situation. Anything that helps me explore what I am feeling.
Language & verbal abuse.

QUESTION 115

HOW DO YOU USUALLY EXPRESS EXTREME JOY?

The following answers were provided more frequently –

Laughter – 10 Times.
Crying – 6 Times.
Smiling – 5 Times.
Physical excitement – 6 Times.

The following answers were provided:

Cry.
Laughter.
Singing.
I spring and dance and shout.
Cry, hug.
I become excitable, lively and less self-conscious- I feel more myself basically.
I don’t
Not answered
I sing, laugh and dance with other people.
Smile, laugh.
Laugh, cry.
Giggle, laugh, go out, have fun.
Jump up in the air and scream yes, yes thank you, smiling.
I will become very chatty and laugh and smile.
I would turn in circles and shout out yes to activate my inner core and stretch the feeling thru my body.
By sharing it with people close to me.
I laugh and hug people and dance around, jump up and down and through my arms in the air.
Cry.
Smile, clap my hands and say yay!
Saying what I feel.
I don’t feel it so I can’t express it.
Quietly with music.
Share it with everyone I know.
Want to dance and sing.
Jumping up and down and pouring a drink.
Talk to everybody about it.
I laugh.
Laughing.
Cry
Music
Laugh or smile.
On cloud nine, joyful
Possibly tears and affection (hugs)
Exuberant over-excitement, talking too fast and buzzing around with energy.
Smiling.

QUESTION 116

HOW DO YOU MANAGE CONFLICT IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS?

The following answers were received:

This is very much determined by who is involved – I don’t have a “one-fits-all” solution for this.
I try to talk about the issue at hand, or I just withdraw.
Try to talk it out.
Speak out! Slowly, softly and rationally!
Through gentle confrontation and talking the issue through. I become very frustrated if the person refuses to respond though.
Talk it out.
Verbally.
Keep it in. Sometimes I get snappy. Eventually I create a comfortable environment and talk about it.
Talk and try to resolve it.
Don’t know, been a while and I have changed a lot since my husband passed away.
Very directly.
In presence of my beloved I would take deep breath, keep anger within, try to stay calm, to listen and go within myself. What did I do wrong? How can I help? When I’m alone (sometimes in my car driving with music on loud, I will swear, scream and say whatever I wanted to say to my beloved – just get it out and then the crying until calmness and perspective.
I believe that the best is to talk it out sometimes you will have to leave the situation for a bit just to cool down but then go and talk it out. Never go to bed angry.
Mostly poorly, as I tend to be lenient enough to allow the other person space for their opinion. I’m aware of this and thus do work hard at listening intently and allowing the other person’s opinion.
Talk about it at length with the person in order to understand them and myself better. Thus, it almost always turns out to be a miscommunication that caused the conflict in the first place. I usually do not allow my negative preconceptions to come into the conversation unless necessary.
I mostly try to avoid conflict by doing everything in my power to do the right things in the moment. But if I cannot avoid conflict, I would try and sit down with the person and be honest and open and discuss things from the heart as far as possible. If the conflict stays unresolved, I’ll sleep on it, and try and find solutions and suggestions to overcome it. I’m a peacemaker and bridge builder. What can I say … But other people may not share my sentiments and then may create constant conflict and stress for me. Then I may react with anger and cut them out of my life! (or at least until I cool off).
I ask my angels to help me find the real issue in the situation and then i ask them to help me find the correct time and place to discuss the issue with the other person. How the other person takes the discussion is his or her choice. You can bring your point across in a loving and honest way without hurting the other person.
Try to talk. Unsuccessfully – 2 x divorce. Now I dodge intimate relationships.
I evade conflict; I explain what I want or think and would rather leave differences to resolve themselves.
I withdraw.
Give each other space to work through the issues, then try and address the matters in a practical way with kind-honesty. Best over coffee in a public place.
Talk about it, discuss it, analyse it.
I don’t – I try to avoid it at all costs, keep very quiet and allow it to pass over.
I steer clear of intimate relationships the last 20 years. But I used to try and communicate at all times.
Talk about it.
Confront and talk about it.
Open discussion.
Try to communicate and resolve the issue at hand.
Do not speak when I am angry or sad or whatever. Once I calm down, I will then speak without the emotion. Self-reflection is key.
Not well.
Sometimes I will say my say but other times I will walk away.
Not well, have previously not faced it, avoided it, or become defensive.
Very badly. I struggle to ask for what I need and then get upset when my husband isn’t psychic.
By not talking to that person and ignoring them as if they don’t exist
Try to communicate my point of view of the reason for the conflict and resolve if possible.

QUESTION 117

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

The following areas were mentioned more frequently –

Work related – 18 Times.
Relationships – 6 Times.
Money – 5 Times.
Family – 3 Times.

The following answers were received:

Conflict with society.
About the lack of money.
All of it. Well, mostly career and health if I had to narrow it down.
Dyslexia.
Work especially bosses.
Kids, pets.
Mostly at work as I made decisions to change and minimize issues in my personal life.
Intimate relationships, business, driving alone at night, living in this country and seeing all the desperation, filth, decay and poverty. It makes me feel very helpless and that cause me a great deal of stress.
At work. Because of dishonesty and politics.
Making ends meet. Avoiding stress, saving
Worrying about family
Getting through the month and pay all my workers.
Incompetence or people not using their common sense to solve a problem. Watching people walk away from a problem rather than solve it.
Personal.
Work, and mom.
Money, work and children
In close relationships when I can’t make sense of someone’s behaviour. If someone’s words don’t match their actions or what they are saying does not match what I sense is going on in them, it causes terrible anxiety for me because I don’t know what to trust.
Marriage.

QUESTION 118

WHAT IS THE EMOTION THAT YOU CURRENTLY PREDOMINANTLY EXPERIENCE?

The following emotions were mentioned more frequently –

Tiredness / Exhaustion / Fatigue – 5 Times.
Contentment – 3 Times.
Stress – 3 Times.

The following answers were received:

Resentment.
Emptiness.
Joy.
Peacefulness.
Joy, love.
Emotional fatigue, sluggishness, lack of motivation and fatalism
Feeling dull.
Tension/anxiety.
Apprehension.
Confusion.
Frustration.
Happiness.
Passive bliss and a time of slowed down actions.
Anticipation also stress.
Relaxed and calm.
Gratitude.
Tranquillity.
Loneliness.
Happiness.
Worry.
Tiredness and sadness.
Fear.
Elation.
Anxiety – disillusionment – disappointment.
Frustration.
Stress.
Fear.
Uncertainty, although Chirology has been immensely helpful in helping me identify and recognize my own feelings compared to other people’s.