Wednesday, January 09, 2008

What is The Proust Questionnaire ?

The (Sunday) Indian Express Column called "Third Eye" by Nadine Kreisberger is a modification of the original Proust Questionnaire

Nadine Kreisberger is a French traveller who has worked in international relations, classical music, journalism and psychology. But it is her particular interest in spiritual matters that has led her to devise this version of The Proust Questionnaire: "It helps us to see people who they really are inside".


Third Eye: Archives on the IE Website

The Proust Questionnaire is a questionnaire about one's personality, first popularized by the responses given by the French writer Marcel Proust.

At the end of the nineteenth century, when Proust was still in his teens, he discovered a questionnaire in an English-language album belonging to his friend Antoinette, daughter of future President Felix Faure, entitled "An Album to Record Thoughts, Feelings, etc." At that time, it was a fad among wealthy English families to answer such a list of questions that revealed the tastes and aspirations of the taker.

The "Nadine Kreisberger" Proust Questionnaire asks:
  • What does spirituality mean to you?
  • Do you believe you are guided and protected by a superior force?
  • Do you believe you have a special mission or purpose in this life?
  • What is spirituality for you in your day-to-day life?
  • What is the role of spirituality in your life as a {business person, politician, ... _name_of_profession_} ?
  • Can you tell us about a unique experience that changed or shaped your spiritual beliefs?
  • What are your spiritual inspirations?
  • If you were to be reincarnated, what would you like to be?
  • If there was one question you could ask God, what would it be?
  • What is your idea of happiness?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

...please where can I buy a unicorn?

Satpreet said...

Disneyland?