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Spiritual Intelligence [The Definitive Guide]
Spiritual Intelligence
The Definitive Guide
This is the ultimate guide to Spiritual Intelligence.
If you have been looking to expand your consciousness and tap into your unknown hidden inner strengths, then you have come to just the place!
So if you want to:
- Learn more about your Spiritual Intelligence and how you can access it
- Learn about the science behind it
- Learn practical ways to implement your Spiritual Intelligence to benefit your practice or organization
- Learn how Spiritual Intelligence can benefit you as a coach
Then you’ll love this guide.
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Chapter 2
The Principles of Spiritual Intelligence
Chapter 3
Methods to become Spiritually Intelligent
Chapter 4
Scientific Analysis of Spiritual Intelligence
Chapter 5
Spiritual Intelligence at the Workplace
Chapter 6
Spiritual Intelligence for Leaders and Coaches
Chapter 1:
The Fundamentals
In this chapter, I will be discussing the definition of Spiritual Intelligence.
I will also be exploring the history and origins of spirituality in our societies.
Lastly, I’ll be delving into the King’s Model, as a part of which I will outline the four main components of Spiritual Intelligence.
What is the meaning of Spiritual Intelligence?
A spiritually intelligent person is someone who has tapped into the higher form of intelligence that resides in their soul — their authentic self.
This form of intelligence activates the qualities of love, joy, peace, wisdom and creativity.
Pursuing the path of Spiritual Intelligence results in attaining a deeper sense of meaning and purpose in one’s life.
A spiritually intelligent person can see a huge improvement in learning and applying important life skills and the skills necessary at work.
History and Origins of Spiritual Intelligence
The term Spiritual Intelligence was coined by Danah Zohar in 1997, in her book, ‘Rewiring The Corporate Brain’.
In the same year, the Australian author and consultant, Ken O’ Donnel, also introduced the term Spiritual Intelligence in his book ‘Endoquality’.
He spoke about the emotional and spiritual dimensions of a person as a part of an organization. The constant battles that you and I fight, between what we feel (emotions), and what we know (rationality).
Donnel proposes a Spiritual Quotient (SQ), which is the only thing that can get us out of this constant state of dilemma and give us intellectual strength and, most importantly, tranquility.
Histories of societies provide evidence of many ways in which people have expressed their spirituality.
Some of these are:
- Spiritual languages that were spoken by devotees.
- For example: transcendence, nirvana, heaven, eternity — all these terms were, and still are, very widely used.
- Visualizations of God through graphic symbols.
- For example: the OM, the yin and yang symbol, menorah and more.
- Magic Numbers.
- The Holy Trinity.
- Special kinds of music like Gospel music, Qawwali music, mantras, etc.
Spirituality has always existed within everyone, no matter how different we may seem to each other.
Our ability to look at something spiritually, to dig deeper, is something we all have in common; some of us just haven’t realized it yet.
King’s Model of Spiritual Intelligence
David Brian King is a researcher and author at Trent University. He defines Spiritual Intelligence as a set of adaptive qualities based on non-material and transcendent aspects of reality .
In his recent study, he also goes on to suggest that these are the four main components of Spiritual Intelligence:
- Critical Existential Thinking
This is the practice of critically contemplating what your life really means to you, and what your true purpose in this world is.
To try and find answers to death and where we come from, and coming to original existential conclusions — all of this is a part of the journey towards Spiritual Intelligence.
This is the ability to acquire personal meaning and purpose from all your physical and mental experiences.
This involves realizing and being aware of the fact that everything that you are a part of, or partake in, also becomes a part of you.
- Transcendental Awareness
Transcendence refers to an existence or experience which is beyond the normal or physical realm. These transcendental patterns exist within all of you and your surroundings.
Your ability to identify them in a state of consciousness, and to be able to connect the physical world with the personal one, is a defining factor in terms of your journey towards being spiritually intelligent.
- Expansion of the Conscious State
This refers to your ability to focus and enter higher states of consciousness whenever you want to, using mediums like meditation, prayer, deep reflection or making art.
Now that you know what Spiritual Intelligence means, and how it is an integral part of you, let’s understand what it really means when I call someone Spiritually Intelligent.
