Spiritual Intelligence : The Wise Self Within

Spiritual Intelligence is a function of the mystery of the universe,
it's fundamental to the existence of everything.

IN BRIEF ...Spiritual Intelligence is an organic wisdom, an innate quality of knowing, the "Wise Self" that resides within us all and connects us with the enigma of our existence. Spiritual Intelligence constantly informs us, but it's the most underused resource we have for creative change. Nevertheless it is an everyday facility waiting to be accessed.

Spiritual intelligence is concerned with the inner life of mind and spirit and its relationship to being in the world. Spiritual intelligence implies a capacity for a deep understanding of existential questions and insight into multiple levels of consciousness. Spiritual intelligence also implies awareness of spirit as the ground of being or as the creative life force of evolution. If the evolution of life from stardust to mineral, vegetable, animal, and human existence implies some form of intelligence rather than being a purely random process, it might be called spiritual. Spiritual intelligence emerges as consciousness evolves into an ever-deepening awareness of matter, life, body, mind, soul, and spirit.Spiritual intelligence,then,is more than individual mental ability. It appears to connect the personal to the transpersonal and the self to spirit. Spiritual intelligence goes beyond conventional psychological development. In addition to self-awareness, it implies awareness of our relationship to the transcendent, to each other, to the earth and all beings.Working as a psychotherapist, my impression is that spiritual intelligence opens the heart, illuminates the mind, and inspires the soul, connecting the individual human psyche to the underly

COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ...
Spiritual Intelligence is not religion nor is it religious; it is not a theology.
Spiritual Intelligence is not a philosophy
Spiritual Intelligence is not a system of ethics or a moral code.
Spiritual Intelligence is not a rational intellectual faculty; although it can be followed it cannot be brought to bear analytically or academically.
Above all Spiritual Intelligence is not the province of the special few.

CONNECTING WITH YOUR SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE ...
... is a journey of self-discovery; it's about authenticity and integrity and defining yourself by your own authority alone. Spiritual Intelligence not only reveals itself on this journey, it facilitates the journey.

Connecting with your Spiritual Intelligence enables you to be true to yourself. Connecting with your Spiritual Intelligence is to embrace the truth of who you are, beyond any mask of convenience you wear.

Connecting with your Spiritual Intelligence is a major step in self-empowerment. It increases effectiveness in all areas - professional as well as personal.


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