The 7 Steps of Spiritual Intelligence: The Practical Pursuit of Purpose, Success and Happiness PDF
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THE KEY TO YOUR NATURAL BRILLIANCE The “Finding meaning and purpose in our lives and actions is one of the core tasks of our generation and this book helps to provide a great start.” Robert Dilts, NLP pioneer and author of Sleight of Mouth “Insightful and inteligent. Richard adds to our vocabulary a new and important Steps of dimension, spiritual intelligence, to describe and to evaluate the human experience.” Dr Stephen Porges, Director of the Brain-Body Center, University of Illinois at Chicago Spiritual inteligence (SQ) is about discovering the “why” of what we do rather than S P I R I T UA L “what” or “how ”. 7 This practical guide takes you on a journey through the 7 steps of spiritual intelligence. Exploring Awareness, Meaning and Evaluation will help you to Become Centered in your true self. Then project your SQ outwards, use Vision to take an overview of your situation, act with Projection and finaly come to under- I N T E L L I G E N C E stand your personal Mission. Each step on this personal journey is explained through positive psychology, brain The Practical Pursuit of Purpose, science and real-life case-studies. Through these and with specially developed SQ exercises you will learn to unite brain and consciousness to realize your maximum Success and Happiness potential and find answers to your own “why”. Discover the SQ life – the life worth living, the life of purpose, success and happiness. “The Seven Steps makes the development of spiritual intelligence accessible for all. It is at the leading edge and is vital for the individual and for the concerned professional. Read it!” Stanley Rosenberg, expert in craniosacral therapy and Head of the Stanley Rosenberg Institute, Denmark “Richard’s book helps further the growing conversation around SQ. It adds a new dimension to some of our ultimate meanings.” Danah Zohar, neuroscientist and author of The Quantum Self and Spiritual Capital RICHARD BOWELL is the founder of SQ Training (www.sq-training.com) and has lectured on spiritual intelligence for over twenty years. After an honours degree course in Philosophy at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, he became part of an international research team into spiritu- al intelligence that today operates in 18 countries worldwide. He runs training courses, workshops and seminars across the UK, Europe and America. ISBN 1-85788-344-6 Popular Psychology / Self Help R I C H A R D A . B O W E L L £12.99 UK / $18.95 US 9 7 8 1 8 5 78 8 3 4 4 2 7 Steps Prelims 17/8/04 6:55 AM Page i The Seven Steps of Spiritual Intelligence 7 Steps Prelims 17/8/04 6:55 AM Page ii 7 Steps Prelims 17/8/04 6:55 AM Page iii The Seven Steps of Spiritual Intelligence The Practical Pursuit of Purpose, Success, and Happiness Richard A. Bowell N I C H O L A S B R E A L E Y P U B L I S H I N G L O N D O N B O S T O N 7 Steps Prelims 17/8/04 6:55 AM Page iv First published by Nicholas Brealey Publishing in 2004 3–5 Spafield Street 100 City Hall Plaza, Suite 501 Clerkenwell, London Boston EC1R 4QB, UK MA 02108, USA Tel: +44 (0)20 7239 0360 Tel: (888) BREALEY Fax: +44 (0)20 7239 0370 Fax: (617) 523 3708 http://www.nbrealey-books.com http://www.sq-training.com © Richard A. Bowell 2004 The right of Richard A. Bowell to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book has been derived from and inspired by the philosophical writings and researches of Leo Armin under the title of the “Template.” The author is solely responsible for the interpretation and concepts that derive from this work. ISBN 1-85788-344-6 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording and/or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publishers. This book may not be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of by way of trade in any form, binding or cover other than that in which it is published, without the prior consent of the publishers. Printed in Finland by WS Bookwell. 7 Steps Prelims 17/8/04 6:55 AM Page v Contents Preface vii PART I: UNDERSTANDING SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE 1 1 The Journey of the Seven Steps 3 2 Being Spiritually Intelligent 14 3 Understanding the Truth of the Situation 22 4 Growing: The Three Phases 34 PART II: TAKING THE SEVEN STEPS 55 5 Step One: Awarenes 58 6 Step Two: Meaning 76 7 Step Three: Evaluation 102 8 Step Four: Being Centered 122 9 Step Five: Vision 134 7 Steps Prelims 17/8/04 6:55 AM Page vi THE SEVEN STEPS OF SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE 10 Step Six: Projection 150 11 Step Seven: Mission 164 12 The Spiritually Intelligent Self 182 Index 191 Dedication 195 Acknowledgments 196 SQ-training 197 vi 7 Steps Prelims 17/8/04 6:55 AM Page vii Preface We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin hat is the meaning of life? What are we here to do? Don’t we all long to do something great in our life- WWtime and yet struggle to make sense of why we are here? At our core we have a spiritual intelligence that is our potential guide to the real meaning of the human experience, why we are here, and what we are here to do. It is a pure light of intelligence that illumines the way and nourishes all those who long to live their lives meaningfully. Our spiritual intelligence is the very foundation of self- leadership. After all, how intelligent is it to be outwardly success- ful when we obscure this powerful core of intelligence and are often stressed or depressed? How can we lead others from stress and depression when they are struggling to find their own meaning? This book will take you on a journey through the seven steps of releasing your spiritual intelligence, not by escaping from the world but by engaging in it afresh with a new intelligence. Through Steps One, Two, and Three—Awareness, Meaning, and Evaluation—we become centered in our self and why we do what we do (Step Four). This then enables us to take an overview of the situation (Vision, Step Five), act with projection (Step Six), vii 7 Steps Prelims 17/8/04 6:55 AM Page viii THE SEVEN STEPS OF SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE and develop our effectiveness to realize our true mission (Step Seven). Spiritual intelligence is not just about “what” we learn or “how” we behave, it is about “why” we do what we do. Unless we are developing our level of self, we are missing the most precious resource of all—our engagement in living. Happiness, success, creativity, spontaneity, natural confi- dence, leadership—these are not things we can learn, not are they techniques or quick fixes that can be adopted. They are fundamental ways of engaging in a field of intelligence that is unlimited—spiritual intelligence. viii 7 Steps Chapter 01 new 14/8/04 5:51 PM Page 1 Part I Understanding Spiritual Intelligence
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