CHIROLOGY

SOUL GROUP XIII

  • 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:

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
  • 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)
  • 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.

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.

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

Participants answered as follows:

43% – Yes

57% – No

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.

HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED THAT EMOTION?

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

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.

 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.