2. Spiritual intelligence is an innate and
inner cognitive ability (thinking, feeling
and realising) of the human psyche/mind
which is wired in the brain through the
lived experiences of human beings right
from early-man to modern-man stages to
self-discover and re-discover the
meaning and purpose of life and
existential Truth or Reality.
3. Spirituality is related to self-discovery
unlike religiosity, which is externally
imposed by prophets, incarnations,
leaders, priests, preachers and family
traditions both in organized religions or
reformist sects.
Spiritual intelligence is one of the nine
intelligences propounded under
Gardener’s theory of multiple
intelligences to address the diversity of
learning styles.
4. Spiritual Intelligence: A for....
A: Ability of addressing the
issues of aim, meaning, values
and existential context of own
life mindfully
5. Spiritual Intelligence: B for....
B: Basing learning and life on self-
awareness skills combined with self-
reflective thinking and self-improvement
to gain holism
6. Spiritual Intelligence: C for....
C: Concentrating on cognitive functions
of to understand self as meta-physical
(beyond mind) and non-physical self
(soul) to self-actualize and self-realise
7. Spiritual Intelligence: D for....
D: Developing values of love,
compassion, selfless service, inclusion,
equity and self-development for the
values' own sake and not for selfish
worldly gains
8. Spiritual Intelligence: E for....
E: Evolving oneself by embracing
simplicity and minimalism through
mind-over-matter, mind-on-mind
and self-on-self acts of
introspection, meditation,
contemplation, detached action-
reflection cycles
9. Spiritual Intelligence: F for....
F: Forging union with the divine or pious
self by purifying mind of the evils such as
anger, greed, lust, ego, hoarding,
attachment, violence, gossip, concept,
competition, gratification of the senses,
etc., which amount to living a subhuman
life