Member Questionnaire 1 (Melania)
What is beauty? What is love? Harmony, according to the personal standards of the "beholder".
Love begins with respect - it cannot exist without that. It continues with affection. It doesn't stop there. It changes, it grows, it matures, like a living being. It needs nourishment and protection. When properly protected and nourished, it can last forever, through any hardship. When not, it can be as easily hurt as a premature infant.
What are your most important values?Love begins with respect - it cannot exist without that. It continues with affection. It doesn't stop there. It changes, it grows, it matures, like a living being. It needs nourishment and protection. When properly protected and nourished, it can last forever, through any hardship. When not, it can be as easily hurt as a premature infant.
When everything crumbles around you and you are about to lose mostly everything, you still haven't lost all you could have lost if you can still retain the knowledge that you have done the morally right thing.
Do you have any sort of spiritual/religious beliefs, and why do you hold (or don't) those beliefs in the first place? -
Opinion on war and militaries? What is power to you? War - equals crime against humanity - and against the humanity of every person that ends up doing anything morally wrong in the middle of the war.
Power = sword with two blades: either greed of control, produced and maintained by pride, or the ability to protect loved ones, while actively and honestly trying to not cause the slightest unnecessary harm to anyone else in the process. The last one requires love of people, which in turn requires conquering one's own pride.
What have you had long conversations about? What are your interests? Why?Power = sword with two blades: either greed of control, produced and maintained by pride, or the ability to protect loved ones, while actively and honestly trying to not cause the slightest unnecessary harm to anyone else in the process. The last one requires love of people, which in turn requires conquering one's own pride.
How people are in reality versus what they think they are and how they show themselves to be.
Interested in health/medicine as a conversation topic? Are you focused on your body? Not really interested in that topic.
What do you think of daily chores? Necessary evil.
Books or films you liked? Recently read/watched or otherwise. Examples welcome. -
What has made you cry? What has made you smile? Why? People's immature, petty and aggressive attempts to cause harm for no more than their own self gratification.
Where do you feel: at one with the environment/a sense of belonging? -
What have people seen as your weaknesses? What do you dislike about yourself? -
What have people seen as your strengths? What do you like about yourself? -
In what areas of your life would you like help? -
Ever feel stuck in a rut? If yes, describe the causes and your reaction to it. -
What qualities do you most like and dislike in other people? What types do you get along with? -
How do you feel about romance/sex? What qualities do you want in a partner? -
If you were to raise a child, what would be your main concerns, what measures would you take, and why? -
A friend makes a claim that clashes with your current beliefs. What is your inward and outward reaction? -
Describe your relationship to society. How do you see people as a whole? What do you consider a prevalent social problem? Name one. -
How do you choose your friends and how do you behave around them? -
How do you behave around strangers? -