THRU MAY 2024
(121 total surveys)
What does spirituality look like to you?
“I am a spirit, and everything is a spirit”
“Connect with ancestors”
“Not in new age ideas. I have a soul. The holy spirit lives within me”
“I get tingles and miracles”
“Go to church”
“Meditate on God try to rely on God and trust him”
“Belief in other than self”
“Finding your place in the world”
“Mindfulness if anything”
“Other forces at work”
“Keeping your word about you and dealing with what’s happening and recognizing and dealing with the truth”
“I don’t know”
“Playing guitar”
“Meditation”
“I help everybody I can help”
“Angels exist, family is watching over me and kinda believe in bad spirits. There is probably something around us watching us.”
“I believe in fate and energy as well”
“Those morals are set by society social contract theory”
“Being in the world every day”
“I believe there is some spiritual entity”
“Sending messages through the universe by manifestation”
“I have visions and hear the devine. They think, say and talk to me”
“Connections to higher power”
“Mindfulness thoughtful engagement conviction”
“Imbue the universe with intelligence”
“Riding bikes, relax in grass, rain”
“A little of everything”
“I pray”
“I spend time in nature”
“I read and educate myself”
“I do yoga”
“I read the Bible”
“Can’t be put into words”
“I have morals”
“I attend AA”
“Self spiritual”
“I am not spiritual”
“Other” responses include:
“Church doesn’t understand enough to be angels”
“Needed, imperfect, I miss it”
“Church in America is garbage”
“Good concept but bad in practice”
“Respect it as a business”
“We need church”
“Can be good depending on the true motive”
“Not for me but good for others and other churches have something standing in between you and god not spiritual”
“Like it, would attend regularly if had a car”
“Money making machine and god is for people that are afraid to die”
“Don’t like it’s too political”
“Social club”
“They take peoples money blind trust doesn’t help the body”
“Bad experience and I don’t like it”
“Social structure of common beliefs”
“Powerful and important”
“We don’t need it necessarily”
What thoughts keep you awake at night?
(*121 total surveys- can choose multiple answers)
Money- 15/121
Politics- 9/121
State of the earth/world/city- 28/121
Covid- 6/121
Injustice- 12/121
Climate control- 11/121
Homelessness- 13/121
Family issues- 14/121
Nothing/I sleep fine- 28/121
Death- 6/121
My future- 28/121
Relationships- 15/121
Other- 22/121
“Other” responses included:
“Things I should let go”
“Sexual thoughts”
“Past shame”
“What I can do better and what I’m failing at”
“My past”
“Trauma”
“Work”
“Anger”
“My mortality and it’s permanence”
“Where to get my next cup of coffee”
“Daily stuggles”
“Future generations”
“Why I am still here and what I can do to make my life better”\
“Not knowing God’s plan”
“Survival issues but I sleep fine”
“Am I walking in truth or am I hypocritical “
“Not doing what I should be doing or what God wants me to be doing!”
“God, tricks”
What makes a relationship healthy?
Answers included:
Meet your own needs, accepting, loving, similar views, glorify God, communication, compromise, not abusive, friend, sacrifices, trust, empathy, honest, acceptance, loving,
giving, good listener, no perfect relationships, mutual respect, negotiation and compromise, similar views, Godly foundation and submission, accepting each side unconditionally, open, fun, not changing the other person, no judgements, living your full truth, different relationships require different things, constructively communication,time spent together, meaning, direction, substance, I don’t know, being nice, no idea, kindness, being there for each other, caring, Philippians 2 verses 3 and 4, relationship with Jesus, understanding, lots of time, helping each other grow, working together, biblical truth, boundaries, one that allows space for failure and growth as well as the full spectrum of emotions, intimacy, growing together, joy, enjoying things together, trust sincerity and authenticity, mutual-both want it-work at it, forgiveness, humble, not selfish, loyalty, hanging out, peace, “to pray to god and read your Bible and show you love him and not to let the world control you”, common values, a common understanding and willingness to sacrifice for one another, sex
“Other” answers:
Essene
Bank
Vegan, nothing, used to be LDS
Shamanism
Grew up Catholic but none of these define me now
Unitarian Universalist
I don’t know
Hippie at heart I believe in love
Christianity, naturalist, humanist, agnostic (science evidence). Teachings of Christ are good.
Academic
Politics of the people
Self spiritual
Hindu and trans meditation but blend all
Christian and Agnostic
Can’t be defined by a religious structure
Do you struggle with:
(121 total surveys given-can choose mulitiple answers)
Sex 13/121
Money 22/121
Over Stimulation 10/121
None of These/ Other 51/121
Depression & Anxiety 42/121
Failure 22/121
Acceptance (likes, retweets, popularity & reposts) 11/121
Stress 46/121
Desensitization 17/121
Disrespect 18/121
Trust 21/121
Motivation 26/121
Safety 11/121
The Future/Growing up 26/121
Phone Addiction 21/121
Addiction 16/121
Bullying/Cyberbullying 8/121
Self Harm 7/121
Lost Identity 10/121
“Other” struggles include:
“Writing the best poetry I can. Getting through the creative process”
“Expectations set for myself. Some days are better than others”
“Government restrictions, Portland and vaccinations and what people do with them”
“How to help communities. How do I not feel guilt and shame from seeing people in need of help and injustices around me?”
“Buying a house”
“Getting older”
“Being different from everyone around me. That I have no true friends and I don’t fit in anywhere.”
“I am not accepted by the queer community or the black community. I want to make my own church that is queer not just queer friendly. I am lonely because I don’t fit in. I have lived here in Portland for years now and still don’t have friends.”
“Ignorance”
“Stress”
“No, trust fully in God”
OCTOBER 2021
What are you struggling with right now?
-Nothing
-Finances and physical health
-Ignorance
-Being different from everyone around me. That I have no true friends and I don’t fit in anywhere. I am not accepted by the queer community or the black community
-Getting old
-Buying a house
-How to help communities
-Work
-Portland
-The direction in my life
-Expectations set for myself
-Writing the best poetry I can
-Just moved here from Utah
-Laziness
-Homelessness, drug addiction and the whole city breaking down
-Wanting to get more cats but I can’t
-Speeding tickets, new school and criticizing thoughts
-Fighting fleshly temptations
-Self-control
-Anxiety towards school, relationships my mom and having arguments
-I don’t know. Find my interest and going about doing it. In a broad sense sexual assault, domestic abuse, and traffic things. I would love to help victims and legal backings to people in struggle.
-Scheduling and how to do school and work
-Where to go next in life
-Recent health problem
-Covid and depression
-Drugs, homelessness and money
-My own thoughts and finding who I can trust
_Alcohol
-Drugs in the building where she lives, how to handle it.
-School & future
-Health problem of husband
-Family Problems
-Not enough time
-My own morality
How is this subject been for you?
-I just feel anxious about getting in control
-I have been trying to educate myself and read a lot of books, articles, opinions. Education and knowledge gives me self-worth and value
-I want to make my own church that is queer not just queer-friendly. I am lonely because I don’t fit in. I have lived here in Portland for years now and still don’t have friends.
-Hurts physically
-How do I not feel guilt and shame from seeing people in need of help and the injustices around me?
-I struggle with my coworkers sometimes
-I also struggle with vaccinations and what people do with them.
-Some days are better than others
-Getting through the creative process.
-This place is culturally more diverse
-Stressful and frustrating
-Seeing a counselor
-Working on it
-It affects me every day
-If you don’t remember the past you are doomed to repeat the future.
-Stressful and frustrating. Throw hands up, don’t know what to do.
-Maintain perspective
-Make the best of it
-Grind it through
-Avoidance
Anything else you want us to know?
-I’m loose and fun
-I don’t believe in organized religion because it is man-made. too much judgment and focus should be unconditional true love.
-Love each other and the culture is the biggest problem. We splinter due to politics and religion.
-Organized religion has its perks and it works if it is not strict. You need to start to think for yourself.
-Read Mahabharata and Ramayana and let me know what you think.
-Base yourself on reflection
-I’m still he
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