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Table 4

Spirituality experiencing – categories (48–100%) and quotations

Lower-level categories	Quotations
Self-knowledge/self-awareness/interiorization*	“to have some time of inner reflection, some time of perception even of my emotions (…) why am I more anxious or not anxious (…), in my big picture of life how I feel when end of this day (…) what energies am I feeling today, how is my life going for me to deal more or less with this day (…) sometimes, in some issues that one is confronted with (…) I do a lot for, that’s it, I’ll process this later, I’ll think better about what this means, what this has affected me in relation to the way I face life, even sometimes in some moments of almost inner conflict between what a person is and what sometimes have to do” (P10); “to, in some way, be more aware of myself, and transcend myself (…) to calibrate and to refocus myself (…) I have small pauses, small moments in which I have this awareness of myself, awareness of my body, awareness of my thoughts, and I try to restore that balance, in some way (…) we have an idea of what we are feeling and why we are feeling it, why we are reacting in a certain way, to a certain event (…) it helps to face and better deal with the most difficult day-to-day issues” (P16)
States of spiritual well-being *	“It gives me a tranquility, and peace, and, really, and when we are doing that, we are not doing other things, are we? We are not being distracted (…) much more focused on what we want, on what we are enjoying (…) it brings me peace of mind and a taste for life (…) It’s usually for life in general” (P15); “being alone with myself, just with my thoughts, just observing, without talking, without listening (…) and that reassures me a lot (…), the silence (…) I really like being with myself (…) Peace and tranquility and serenity (…) I am a nervous person, and explosive, and this makes my engines cool down” (P17)
Management of one’s psychological processes*	“When you start to put things in another perspective, you start to interact with other people in a more constructive way, in a more positive way, and you break this cycle a bit, sometimes of the negative reactions that we have towards each other (…) And who says that, it can be in other circumstances, through the practice of generosity, helping others through, countless situations. You can cultivate strengths of character that help you to deal with situations in a positive and constructive way. In a more human way, and good for everyone” (P12); “I like my times to think, I need to think (…) My weeks are so agitated that (…) I need some time to process and to be quiet and to put my ideas in order (…) it has to do with being with myself, it has to do a little with interiorizing what my interactions with the outside world are (…) trying to understand, seeing things from the side of others, it’s something I need that time to be able to structure the base ” (P18)
Feelings of emotional well-being and balance*	“I need to do this reflection, sometimes I do it through meditation (…) because it’s good for me, I feel it’s good for me. Other times (…) a prayer made by myself (…) and that it comforts me, and I don’t know how to explain why, but I truly believe in it. In moments of great anxiety, of great anguish, I, I miss that (…) I look, from time to time, or a space in nature, where I am alone (…) as if it is, if I am in a big city, if I pass by a cathedral (…) preferably that it is very lonely, and few people, I feel well-being at that moment (…) in a place where I feel small, minuscule, insignificant, but which gives me enormous comfort” (P3); “I often look for serenity and my strength (…) I feel that it does me good and that it rebalances me and gives me energy (…) that’s where I go to look for mine, that spirituality, and a little bit that balance” (P18)

Lower-level categories	Quotations
Self-knowledge/self-awareness/interiorization*	“to have some time of inner reflection, some time of perception even of my emotions (…) why am I more anxious or not anxious (…), in my big picture of life how I feel when end of this day (…) what energies am I feeling today, how is my life going for me to deal more or less with this day (…) sometimes, in some issues that one is confronted with (…) I do a lot for, that’s it, I’ll process this later, I’ll think better about what this means, what this has affected me in relation to the way I face life, even sometimes in some moments of almost inner conflict between what a person is and what sometimes have to do” (P10);“to, in some way, be more aware of myself, and transcend myself (…) to calibrate and to refocus myself (…) I have small pauses, small moments in which I have this awareness of myself, awareness of my body, awareness of my thoughts, and I try to restore that balance, in some way (…) we have an idea of what we are feeling and why we are feeling it, why we are reacting in a certain way, to a certain event (…) it helps to face and better deal with the most difficult day-to-day issues” (P16)
States of spiritual well-being *	“It gives me a tranquility, and peace, and, really, and when we are doing that, we are not doing other things, are we? We are not being distracted (…) much more focused on what we want, on what we are enjoying (…) it brings me peace of mind and a taste for life (…) It’s usually for life in general” (P15);“being alone with myself, just with my thoughts, just observing, without talking, without listening (…) and that reassures me a lot (…), the silence (…) I really like being with myself (…) Peace and tranquility and serenity (…) I am a nervous person, and explosive, and this makes my engines cool down” (P17)
Management of one’s psychological processes*	“When you start to put things in another perspective, you start to interact with other people in a more constructive way, in a more positive way, and you break this cycle a bit, sometimes of the negative reactions that we have towards each other (…) And who says that, it can be in other circumstances, through the practice of generosity, helping others through, countless situations. You can cultivate strengths of character that help you to deal with situations in a positive and constructive way. In a more human way, and good for everyone” (P12);“I like my times to think, I need to think (…) My weeks are so agitated that (…) I need some time to process and to be quiet and to put my ideas in order (…) it has to do with being with myself, it has to do a little with interiorizing what my interactions with the outside world are (…) trying to understand, seeing things from the side of others, it’s something I need that time to be able to structure the base ” (P18)
Feelings of emotional well-being and balance*	“I need to do this reflection, sometimes I do it through meditation (…) because it’s good for me, I feel it’s good for me. Other times (…) a prayer made by myself (…) and that it comforts me, and I don’t know how to explain why, but I truly believe in it. In moments of great anxiety, of great anguish, I, I miss that (…) I look, from time to time, or a space in nature, where I am alone (…) as if it is, if I am in a big city, if I pass by a cathedral (…) preferably that it is very lonely, and few people, I feel well-being at that moment (…) in a place where I feel small, minuscule, insignificant, but which gives me enormous comfort” (P3);“I often look for serenity and my strength (…) I feel that it does me good and that it rebalances me and gives me energy (…) that’s where I go to look for mine, that spirituality, and a little bit that balance” (P18)

Note(s): * lower-level categories common to both Spirituality Experiencing and Relations with Development higher-level categories

Source(s): Authors work