1. What are my core beliefs?
- What are the things I feel strongly about, as being right or wrong, good or evil?
- Why do I feel so strongly about these things?
- Where do I get these beliefs from?
- Do I feel a sense of ownership in these values, or do I feel compelled to enforce them?
- Do I get easily swayed by the popular or crowd mentality without much thought?
- Do I tend to stay outside the crowd and think for myself?
2. What are my strong dislikes and prejudices?
- Where did I pick them up?
- Do I myself have deep-seated negative attitudes which I apply to others?
- Do I have a tendency to straightaway categorize people on the basis of colour, creed, region, linguistic traits, etc.?
- Do I find their beliefs, habits, traditions, etc. ridiculous?
- Do I express my dislikes by labelling people as cunning, vile, greedy, proud, etc.?
- Do I react to the individual or to the category or epithet I am using?
- Do I get flustered very easily?
3. Do I generally give people the benefit of the doubt?
- Do I feel good about others or tend to run others down?
- Do I treat them as honest and trustworthy or dishonest and undependable?
- Do I keep my mind open to all their facets without rushing to conclusion and slot them?
- Do I really take the trouble to try and understand others?
- Are other people and the environment largely responsible for what happens to me?
- Do they constitute a large number?
- Do I blame others for my irritations and problems?
- Do I tend to think that people are against me and will just not let me succeed?
- Do I feel controlled by others and that I am caught in a bind?
- Do I feel irritated when other people come up with contrary choices and initiatives?
- Do I feel an inner compulsion to answer every question and win every argument to prove that I am right always?
- Do people feel good when I am around?
- What do old acquaintances tend to say about me now?
4. What have been the most stressful events in my life?
- Did I feel upset, tensed and stressed when unexpected events and intruders threw my planning out of gear?
- Did I find that life is too full of problems and felt overwhelmed by them?
- Did I feel that others created problems for me?
- Who were the people who annoyed or distrubed me?
- How did I come out of these events, in flying colours or badly?
5. What is my attitude to myself?
- Am I enthusiastic about my life?
- Am I emotionally stable, sober and balanced in my approach to life?
- Am I confident of myself or tend to be self-doubting?
- Am I generally relaxed and cope up well with stress and pressure?
- Am I basically lucky or unlucky in life?
- Do I own up responsibility for what happens to me?
- Do I tend to treat problems as opportunities and challenges?
- Where do I look for solutions to my problems, in religion or psychology, etc.?
- Do I feel that I have it in me to find the answers?
- Looking back, do I feel that my outlook and perspectives have changed totally?
- When was the last time I had this revelation that I wasn't the same person anymore?
- Can I try and give myself the choice to say my own thing?
- Can I decide what I want to do or not do things of my own volition, instead of being pushed around by my conditioning?
- What are the things I feel strongly about, as being right or wrong, good or evil?
- Why do I feel so strongly about these things?
- Where do I get these beliefs from?
- Do I feel a sense of ownership in these values, or do I feel compelled to enforce them?
- Do I get easily swayed by the popular or crowd mentality without much thought?
- Do I tend to stay outside the crowd and think for myself?
2. What are my strong dislikes and prejudices?
- Where did I pick them up?
- Do I myself have deep-seated negative attitudes which I apply to others?
- Do I have a tendency to straightaway categorize people on the basis of colour, creed, region, linguistic traits, etc.?
- Do I find their beliefs, habits, traditions, etc. ridiculous?
- Do I express my dislikes by labelling people as cunning, vile, greedy, proud, etc.?
- Do I react to the individual or to the category or epithet I am using?
- Do I get flustered very easily?
3. Do I generally give people the benefit of the doubt?
- Do I feel good about others or tend to run others down?
- Do I treat them as honest and trustworthy or dishonest and undependable?
- Do I keep my mind open to all their facets without rushing to conclusion and slot them?
- Do I really take the trouble to try and understand others?
- Are other people and the environment largely responsible for what happens to me?
- Do they constitute a large number?
- Do I blame others for my irritations and problems?
- Do I tend to think that people are against me and will just not let me succeed?
- Do I feel controlled by others and that I am caught in a bind?
- Do I feel irritated when other people come up with contrary choices and initiatives?
- Do I feel an inner compulsion to answer every question and win every argument to prove that I am right always?
- Do people feel good when I am around?
- What do old acquaintances tend to say about me now?
4. What have been the most stressful events in my life?
- Did I feel upset, tensed and stressed when unexpected events and intruders threw my planning out of gear?
- Did I find that life is too full of problems and felt overwhelmed by them?
- Did I feel that others created problems for me?
- Who were the people who annoyed or distrubed me?
- How did I come out of these events, in flying colours or badly?
5. What is my attitude to myself?
- Am I enthusiastic about my life?
- Am I emotionally stable, sober and balanced in my approach to life?
- Am I confident of myself or tend to be self-doubting?
- Am I generally relaxed and cope up well with stress and pressure?
- Am I basically lucky or unlucky in life?
- Do I own up responsibility for what happens to me?
- Do I tend to treat problems as opportunities and challenges?
- Where do I look for solutions to my problems, in religion or psychology, etc.?
- Do I feel that I have it in me to find the answers?
- Looking back, do I feel that my outlook and perspectives have changed totally?
- When was the last time I had this revelation that I wasn't the same person anymore?
- Can I try and give myself the choice to say my own thing?
- Can I decide what I want to do or not do things of my own volition, instead of being pushed around by my conditioning?