[shriadishakti] Times of India: Spiritual Quotient Leverages IQ & EQ

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Hey, Jag,

 

I've just finished reading Zohar and Marshall's book about SQ.

 

It's a fine effort, well researched and enjoyable.

 

i'd recommend it, tho it's a little slow and laborious reading in places,

but a step in the right direction from an analytical and scientific

point of view.

 

JSM

 

 

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 06:24:08 -0700 jagbir singh <adishakti_org

wrote:

>The millennium contribution in the area of intelligence was from

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>Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall who coined the term " SQ " for

> " Spiritual Intelligence " . They argue that the SQ is the basic

>foundation for an effective use of EQ and IQ. They also refer to

>it

>as the soul's intelligence. While rational, logical thinking

>gives one's IQ, and associated habit-bound, pattern recognizing,

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>emotive thinking gives one the EQ, the creative, insightful, rule-

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>making, rule breaking thinking with which we reframe and transform

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>our previous thinking gives one the SQ. On a scientific plane, the

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>brain's serially connected neural tracts, and neural networks,

>are associated with the IQ and EQ respectively.

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>Singer's work on the unifying neural oscillation offers the first

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>evidence of SQ. Just as the whole can be greater than the sum of

>its

>parts, SQ allows one to add larger, deeper and richer context to

>the

>present. She evolves a model of SQ based on the six petals of the

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>Lotus and its center, corresponding to the seven charkas described

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>by the Hinduism's Kundalini Yoga.

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>Can we identify, measure and improve on our SQ, and thereby

>effectively use our EQ and IQ? The Indian Philosophical treatises

>– the Upanishads, attribute perception to the mind, conception to

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>the intellect and " illumination " the Self.

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>They speak of the ascent from Intellect (IQ) through meditation

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>cool Meditation is the route to the highest knowledge

>(illumination), when self-realization, which is the integration

>of

>inner self or spirit into the cosmic spirit. For instance, in the

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>Sahaja Yoga mode of self-realization it is propounded that body is

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>the whole self. The vehicle of influence is the subtle body parallel

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>to physical body wherein there are seven charkas, chief nerve

>centers; three tracks of nervous energy called nadis; and the latent

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>energy coiled within called Kundalini. When Kundalini rises from

>the

>base of the spine, it integrates the seven main charkas, and the

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>subtle experience manifests itself in a flow of cool vibrations,

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>which can be felt on the hands and also over the crown of the head

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>like a cool breeze. It is through these vibrations that we gain a

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>new awareness beyond thought, beyond emotions; with this subtle

>awakening we become sensitive to the state of our charkas and those

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>of others.

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>This degree of sensitivity to the state of our charkas those of

>can

>be termed as SQ. Our EQ is enhanced with the rise of SQ as each

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>chakra when cleaned with the Kundalini energy enhances our ability

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>to emote. For instance, as per Sahaja Yoga, the first chakra

>enhances our ability to be " child like " , the second enhances

>creativity/aesthetics, the third inculcates a feeling of

>satisfaction, the fourth helps you control anger, the fifth improves

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>your communication skills so that you do not offend other, the sixth

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>enables you to forgive, while the seventh, the crown chakra allows

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>you to integrate all these qualities so that the whole is greater

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>than the sum of its parts.

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>By R Venkatesan

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