Below are statements that refer to how you might feel about others.  As you complete these items, think of those with whom you do not have relationships.  For example, you might think about all of humanity or humankind, or you might think about specific strangers.   

 1.  When I see people I do not know feeling sad, I feel a need to reach out to them.

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2.   I spend a lot of time concerned about the well-being of humankind. 

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3.  When I hear about someone (a stranger) going through a difficult time, I feel a great deal of     compassion for him or her. 

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4.  It is easy for me to feel the pain (and joy) experienced by others, even though I do not know them. 

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5.  If I encounter a stranger who needed help, I would do almost anything I could to help him or her. 

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6.  I feel considerable compassionate love for people from everywhere. 

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7.  I would rather suffer myself than see someone else (a stranger) suffer. 

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8.  If given the opportunity, I am willing to sacrifice in order to let people from other places who are less fortunate achieve their goals. 

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9.  I tend to feel compassion for people, even though I do not know them. 

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10.  One of the activities that provides me with the most meaning to my life is helping others in the world when they need help. 

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11.  I would rather engage in actions that help others, even though they are strangers, than engage in actions that would help me. 

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12. I often have tender feelings toward people (strangers) when they seem to be in need. 

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13. I feel a selfless caring for most of humankind. 

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14.  I accept others whom I do not know, even when they do things I think are wrong. 

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15.  If a person (a stranger) is troubled, I usually feel extreme tenderness and caring. 

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16.  I try to understand rather than judge people who are strangers to me. 

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17.  I try to put myself in a stranger’s shoes when he or she is in trouble. 

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18.  I feel happy when I see that others (strangers) are happy. 

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19. Those whom I encounter through my work and public life can assume that I will be there if they need me. 

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20. I want to spend time with people I don’t know well, so that I can find ways to help enrich their lives. 

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21.  I very much wish to be kind and good to fellow human beings. 

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The next set of questions concern your feelings of religious or spiritual love:

1.  I love God, or the divine, or a higher power.

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2.  God, or the divine or a higher power, loves all living beings. 

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3.  I feel loved by God, or by the divine or a higher power. 

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4.  When I experience the love of God, or of the divine or a higher power, I feel perfect contentment. 

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5.  God’s love, or the love of the divine or a higher power, never fails. 

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6.  God’s love, or the love of the divine or a higher power, helps me feel part of something bigger than myself. 

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7.  God, or the divine or a higher power, always helps me when I help myself. 

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8.  God’s love, or the love of the divine or a higher power, is eternal. 

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The next set of questions deal with how you feel about yourself and your interactions with others:

1.  Sometimes I feel I am ugly, and at other times that I am attractive.

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2.  I have never embarrassed myself by expressing unreasonable jealousy.

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3.  I consider no person or country to be my enemy.

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4.  I sometimes tell people too much about myself and almost immediately regret it.

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5.  I have never seen anything that looked like a ghost.

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6.  Sometimes my thoughts seem so loud I can almost hear them.

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7.  I am almost always consistent in what I say and believe.

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8.  Most people are too stupid to realize which things in life are important.

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9.  In pitch dark I never see any visual images.

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10.  I have never “come out in a cold sweat” upon realizing what I have told someone about myself.

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11.  There are some people whom I trust completely.

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12.  I have, on occasions, tried to reach the very essence of an object with my mind.

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13.  When I try to help people they often misunderstand my motives.

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14.  I have occasionally had to put my sudden sniffing of a smell down to imagination.

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15.  I never use a lucky charm.

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16.  Secret organizations have no real power or influence on our lives.

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17.  I am sometimes unsure whether I have said something aloud or not.

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18.  Sometimes I suspect that the real world is nothing like what it seems.

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19.  I would not be in the least concerned if a person who believed in magic tried to put a spell on me.

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20.  It has never occurred to me that the world may be a figment of my imagination.

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21.  I am not a superstitious person.

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22.  I don’t really understand why I say some of the things I do.

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23.  Sometimes I get a weird feeling that I am not really here.

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24.  I have never suspected that people I am fond of may be secretly working against me.

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25.  Sometimes people or objects seem to me to glow with an inner light.

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26.  Things sometimes go so well for me that I suspect I may be receiving help from an outside agency.

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Please mark either Yes or No for each of the following items:

Yes	No	1.   People sometimes find me aloof and distant.

Yes	No	2.   Have you ever had the sense that some person or force is around you, even though you cannot see anyone?

Yes	No	3.   People sometimes comment on my unusual mannerisms and habits.

Yes	No	4.   Are you sometimes sure that other people can tell what you are thinking?

Yes	No	5.   Have you ever noticed a common event or object that seemed to be a special sign for you?
 
Yes	No	6.   Some people think that I am a very bizarre person.

Yes	No	7.   I feel I have to be on my guard even with friends.

Yes	No	8.   Some people find me a bit vague and elusive during a conversation.

Yes	No	9.   Do you often pick up hidden threats or put-downs from what people say or do?

Yes	No	10. When shopping do you get the feeling that other people are taking notice of you?

Yes	No	11. I feel very uncomfortable in social situations involving unfamiliar people.

Yes	No	12. Have you had experiences with astrology, seeing the future, UFOs, ESP, or a sixth sense?
 
Yes	No	13. I sometimes use words in unusual ways. 

Yes	No	14. Have you found that it is best not to let other people know too much about you? 

Yes	No	15. I tend to keep in the background on social occasions. 

Yes	No	16. Do you ever suddenly feel distracted by distant sounds that you are not normally aware of? 

Yes	No	17. Do you often have to keep an eye out to stop people from taking advantage of you?

Yes	No	18. Do you feel that you are unable to get “close” to people?

Yes	No	19. I am an odd, unusual person. 

Yes	No	20. I find it hard to communicate clearly what I want to say to people. 

Yes	No	21. I feel very uneasy talking to people I do not know well. 

Yes	No	22. I tend to keep my feelings to myself. 

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