R U N V S ?
Questionnaire for self-research according to the OIDA-therapy
(When you answer these questions you can also make it easy for yourself. You probably lie to yourself by giving the conventional, nice answers, or you may even be a hypocrite. This means that you answer the questions in a way favorable to you, even when you do not put those things into practice. Otherwise, when your answers are honest, they can give you a good picture of your true present situation This helps you also to further define the necessary steps on the path of your realization.)
1. Do you get bored when you hear about the success of others?
O Yes O No
2. Do you feel happy when you see a field of blooming flowers?
O Yes O No
3. Do you feel pity with the animals when you see them confined in the cages of the zoo?
O Yes O No
4. Do you ever wonder how they get animals to perform on movie screens and television programs?
O Yes O No
5. Are you concerned that the substances you apply to your body for beauty have been tested on animals?
O Yes O No
6. When you buy flowers are you not concerned that the grower was exposed to heavy chemicals?
O Yes O No
7. When you eat something which comes from a micro-wave oven do you realize that for saving time you may loose health?
O Yes O No
8. Do you feel good if you get paid more than the others for the same work?
O Yes O No
9. Do you throw dirt, including plastics, on the ground, when nobody is looking?
O Yes O No
10. Do you look for the biggest piece of cake or sweet when you are given the choice of taking from a plate?
O Yes O No
11. Do you drive your car or any vehicle in such a reckless manner that someone walking onto the road without looking, could be struck by your vehicle?
O Yes O No
12. Are you entertained when you read news about wars and crimes?
O Yes O No
13. Are you upset if you know that your sister has to sell herself to maintain her children?
O Yes O No
14 Do you prefer to sleep even when you know you could make yourself helpful to others at the same time?
O Yes O No
15. Don’t you ever worry about who created you and who is maintaining you?
O Yes O No
16. Do you try to put others down to take an advantage for yourself?
O Yes O No
17. Do you speak about the defects of others without being asked to?
O Yes O No
18. Do you serve the visitors in your home first before you eat?
O Yes O No
19. Do you throw your leftovers away, or try to feed some animal?
O Yes O No
20. Are you really concerned to avoid causing suffering for other people and animals?
O Yes O No
21. Are you aware that animals are conscious of our kindness or our brutality?
O Yes O No
22. Would you steal something from someone if you thought they would not need it, or they would not notice?
O Yes O No
23. Are you happy to know that you are getting visitors at home?
O Yes O No
24. Do you care whether the product you buy or use has been produced in reasonable satisfaction with regard to the people who produced it?
O Yes O No
25. Do you like to read a book which contains reasonable criticism of your lifestyle?
O Yes O No
26. Do you get a notion of injustice when you see people who are more beautiful or wealthier than you?
O Yes O No
27. Do you speak glorifying words when you see somebody who has done something beautiful, even though it does not benefit you directly?
O Yes O No
28. Do you give money or food to someone who asks it from you, or do you think the person should get lost and look for a job?
O Yes O No
29. Do you think that someone begging for money or food from you, would do it if he or she had an alternative?
O Yes O No
30. Do you think that it is solely due to your effort that you have enough money to live on?
O Yes O No
31. Do you think that the money you live on is your own, and that you do not have to share it with anyone else?
O Yes O No
32. Do you think that you are only responsible for your loved ones?
O Yes O No
33. Do you think it is all right that you make the circle of your loved ones very close, only including your parents and offspring?
O Yes O No
34. Do you think it is all right that you receive for years, or decades a fair amount of social money for doing nothing?
O Yes O No
35. Did you ever give money away without asking for it back because you thought the other person could make an important use of it?
O Yes O No
36. Did you ever pay for going on frequent holidays while telling others that you had no money for them?
O Yes O No
37. Have you ever said to people near to you that you have no time for them, while saying that human relationships are important to you?
O Yes O No
38. Do you think that you can care about your own future, without practically caring for the future of others as well?
O Yes O No
39. Do you think it makes any sense to worry about things without doing something practical about them?
O Yes O No
40. Do you think the sun rises in the morning because of you?
O Yes O No
41. Do you think that you are more important to the world than others?
O Yes O No
42. Do you think you were born the way you are, due to the faults of others?
O Yes O No
43. Do you think that anybody owes something to you?
O Yes O No
44. Do you think time is money? (If so, what is the value of time you spend to complete this questionnaire?)
O Yes O No
45. Would you give up computers if you could save your family by doing so?
O Yes O No
46. Do you prefer to listen to music rather than listening to somebody’s difficulties?
O Yes O No
47. Do you feel that only one person can live in a room?
O Yes O No
48. Do you think dogs should be killed for barking while you’re trying to sleep, or at least be taken to a desert?
O Yes O No
49. Do you think you could ever create a watermelon?
O Yes O No
50. Do you think matter has produced spirit?
O Yes O No
51. Do you think you have enough time to waste?
O Yes O No
52. Do you think time is in your possession?
O Yes O No
Evaluation of your answers:
Add together all your answers (yes and no) which are in bold script
40-52: You must be a very interesting human being, ready to always change for the better. It should not be very difficult for you to really become healed from suffering
30-40: It must be a really horrible experience to be around you.
20-30: Your envy covers your eyes so you cannot see the beauty which is in you and around you.
10-20: To overcome envy is a real struggle, but at least you’re trying. less than 10: Behind bars would probably be the best place for you.