This document defines spiritual intelligence as the intelligence required to find meaning and purpose in life. It discusses various types of intelligence, including intellectual, emotional, and spiritual intelligence. It provides definitions of spiritual intelligence from researchers Zohar and Marshall, and outlines 15 dimensions of spiritual intelligence grouped into 5 clusters: ultimate reality aspects, personal aspects, social aspects, holistic aspects, and life/death aspects. The document also discusses principles of spiritual intelligence, paths to attaining higher spiritual intelligence, and ways to enhance spiritual intelligence.

1. S P I R I T U A L
I N T E L L I G E N C E

2. CONTENT
• Intelligence
• Types of Intelligence
• Introduction to SI
• Definition of SI
• Concept of SI
• Principles of SI
• Path to attain higher SI
• Steps to accomplish higher level of SI
• Enhancement of SI
• Clusters & dimensions
• References

3. INTELLIGENCE
• Intelligence has been defined in many ways, including:
– the capacity for logic
– Understanding
– self-awareness
– Learning
– Emotional knowledge
– Reasoning
– Planning
– Creativity
– Problem solving
• It can be described as the ability to perceive or
infer information, and to retain it as knowledge to be applied
towards adaptive behaviors within an environment or context.

4. TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE
• What I Think
Intellectual Intelligence
• What I Feel
Emotional Intelligence
• What I Am
Spiritual Intelligence

6. INTRODUCTION
• Spiritual intelligence (SI) is that intelligence which is
required when we begin to open up to our spirit’s journey
and to quest for a greater understanding of life.
• It’s what we seek for, to find higher purpose and a greater
sense of self, to become wise by accessing our natural
birthright of wisdom.

7. DEFINITION
• According to Zohar & Marshall (2000), SI is described as:
“The intelligence with which we address and solve problems
of meaning and value; the intelligence with which we can
place our actions and our lives in a wider, richer, meaning-
giving context; the intelligence with which we can assess that,
one course of action or one life-path is more meaningful than
another”.

8. CONCEPT OF SI
• SQ (SI) is used to grow our human brains. The spiritual intelligence
helps an individual to become transformed for a better life.
• Spiritual intelligence is used when one need to be flexible,
visionary or creatively spontaneous.
• It helps in dealing with existential problems. It gives an insight of
what life’s struggles are about.
• SQ helps in understanding the meaning and essential motive behind
all great religions.
• Spiritual intelligence helps an individual to go beyond his
immediate ego/ self to live a life at a deeper level of meaning.
• It is through spiritual intelligence that one can fight with the
problems of good & bad, and life & death.

9. PRINCIPLES OF SI
(Danah zohar)
• Self awareness
• Spontaneity
• Being vision and value Led
• Holism
• Compassion
• Celebration of diversity
• Field independence
• Humility
• Tendency to ask
fundamentals WHY?
Questions
• Ability to reframe
• Positive use of adversity
• Sense of vocation

10. PATH TO ATTAIN HIGHER SI
• The Path of Duty
• The Path of Nurturing
• The Path of Knowledge
• The Path of Personal
Transformation
• The Path of Brotherhood
• The Path of Servant
Leadership, rather than
leader as a Boss

11. STEPS TO ACCOMPLISH
HIGH LEVEL OF SI
• Become aware of where I am now.
• Feel strongly that I want to change.
• Reflect on what my own center is and on what are my
deepest motivations.
• Discover and dissolve obstacles.
• Explore many possibilities to go forward.
• Commit myself to a path.
• Remain aware there are many paths.

12. ENHANCEMENT OF SI
• Zohar & Marshall (2002) in their work, have conclusively
given eight major commands to survive in any spiritually
dumb culture:
– Knowing our deepest motive
– A high degree of self-awareness
– Being responsive to the deep self
– A capacity to use and transcend difficulties
– Standing against the crowd
– Reluctance to cause harm
– Being spiritually intelligent about religion
– Being spiritually intelligent about death

13. CLUSTERS and DIMENSIONS
• 15 Dimensions
• Divided into 5 Clusters:
– Ultimate Reality Aspects
– Personal Aspects
– Social Aspects
– Holistic Aspects
– Life & Death (Natural) Aspects

14. ULTIMATELY REALITY ASPECTS
• Knowledge of God
• Religiosity
• Soul or Inner being

15. PERSONAL ASPECTS
• Self-awareness
• Quest for Life Values
• Conviction, Commitment and Character
• Happiness and Distress

16. SOCIAL ASPECTS
• Brotherhood
• Equality of Caste, Creed, Colour and Gender
• Interpersonal Relations
• Acceptance/Empathy, Love and Compassion
• Flexibility
• Spirituality in Leadership

17. HOLISTIC ASPECT
• Holistic Approach in Spirituality
LIFE AND DEATH ASPECT
• Spiritually Intelligent about Death

18. CONCLUSION
• "We are not human beings having a spiritual
experience. We are spiritual beings having a
human experience.“
• Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

19. REFERENCES
• Enhancement of emotional intelligence and spiritual
intelligence; Sam Thomas Joy
• Https://thesystemsthinker.Com/spiritual-intelligence-a-new-
paradigm-for-collaborative-action/
• Http://www.Journalijdr.Com/sites/default/files/issue-
pdf/10124.Pdf

20. • Submitted by:-
Megha Bhardwaj