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Posts Tagged ‘Separation’
Posted on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Tags: Appreciation, Awareness, Change, Discovery, Generosity, Happiness, Listening, Love, Relationship, Separation, Transition
Categories: Awareness, Balance, Coaching, Discovery, Generosity, Happiness, Listening, Love, Perception, Relationship
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 I am wary of the term “spiritual intelligence” for the misdirection it may infer. Spiritual intelligence (SQ) has no necessary connection to religion. There are many humanists and atheists who have very high SQ, while there probably are an equal number of outspoken religious devotees who have very low SQ. I am a secularist. I prefer to reference this intelligence as “more than me” intelligence (MTM), simply to confirm its secular base. This intelligence includes the ability to create a life dedicated to the benefit of all beings, not just you, your family, friends, cohort or clan. It rests on an awareness of and assessment of meaning and value, with which you can place your actions and lives into a wider, richer context. It manifests in your ability to initiate and sustain practices that strengthen your connection to all people and all living systems. It is an intelligence that is suffused with awareness, empathy, compassion, kindness, generosity, and wisdom.
Danah Zohar and Dr. Ian Marshall write in SQ,The Ultimate Intelligence,
Human beings are essentially spiritual creatures because we are driven by a need to ask “fundamental” or “ultimate” questions… We are driven… by a specifically human longing to find meaning and value in what we do and experience. We have a longing to see our lives in some larger, meaning-giving… context we have a longing for something towards which we can aspire, for something that takes us beyond ourselves in the present moment, for something that gives us and our actions a sense of worth… Keep Reading »
Posted on Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Tags: Appreciation, Awareness, Change, Fear, Generosity, Perception, Relationship, Separation
Categories: Awareness, Change, Perception, Relationship
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 Recently, we discussed multiple intelligences and the Six Streams model (The Six Streams) as a perceptual window through which to observe and evaluate yourself and your circumstances. The recent tragedies in Japan, stemming from the massive earthquake, the resultant tsunami destruction, and the consequential, imperiled atomic power facilities offer a trigger for you to assess how well you are dealing in your current world.
Although I had intended to post on another subject today, events that occurred yesterday changed my mind. I had arisen at 4 a.m. to drive to Oakland Airport for a 7 a.m. flight on Southwest Airlines to Burbank. During my drive, I listened to radio news stories about the status of the volunteers who are stepping into the disabled nuclear power facilities in an attempt to prevent their complete meltdown. I was moved by the courage of the individuals involved, by their apparent self awareness that they form a part of a larger community and owe that community the potential sacrifice their lives. I wondered what the state of mind of those individuals might be, having already survived the shock of the earthquake itself , the destruction of communities they might have once called home, the loss of lives of family members and friends, and the need to rise above their own self interests. Keep Reading »
 When I landed in Denver a year ago, I learned that the wife of one of my best friends had died the day before. On that day, my friend and I had a very caring and compassionate lunch together during which he spoke of how he knew that his wife was the “right one ” for him, and I agreed. We had shut our phones off, so he was unable to receive news of his wife’s passing. My friend called me twice after that lunch to convey the news, but found himself speechless. A colleague told me what had happened as I departed my Denver bound flight. I still hold that lunch conversation as one of the most remarkable in my life, and I am pleased that my friend understood the profundity of his relationship. D, you remain in my thoughts.
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I am wary of the term “spiritual intelligence” for the misdirection it may infer. Spiritual intelligence (SQ) has no necessary connection to religion. There are many humanists and atheists who have very high SQ, while there probably are an equal number of outspoken religious devotees who have very low SQ. I am a secularist. I prefer to reference this intelligence as “more than me” intelligence (MTM), simply to confirm its secular base. This intelligence includes the ability to create a life dedicated to the benefit of all beings, not just you, your family, friends, cohort or clan. It rests on an awareness of and assessment of meaning and value, with which you can place your actions and lives into a wider, richer context. It manifests in your ability to initiate and sustain practices that strengthen your connection to all people and all living systems. It is an intelligence that is suffused with awareness, empathy, compassion, kindness, generosity, and wisdom.
