The 7 Steps of Spiritual Intelligence: The Practical Pursuit of Purpose, Success and Happiness

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Part I - Understnding Spiritual Intelligence......Page 10
Chap 1 - The Journey of the Seven Steps......Page 12
The Landscapes Ahead......Page 13
Reframing Intelligence......Page 15
What We are Yet to Come......Page 17
Integrating Heart and Head......Page 18
Becoming Meaningful......Page 20
Chap 2 - Being Spiritually Intelligent......Page 23
EQ......Page 24
SQ......Page 26
Climbing the Mountain......Page 28
Self-leadership......Page 29
Chap 3 - Understanding the Truth of the Situation......Page 31
The Three Levels of Truth......Page 33
The Great Chain of Being......Page 40
Chap 4 - The Three Phases......Page 43
Phase One: From Birth to Adolescence......Page 44
Phase Two: Adolescence......Page 47
Phase Three: Adulthood......Page 51
A Single Purpose......Page 52
Being Lost......Page 53
From Adolescence to Adulthood......Page 57
The Deceitful Identity......Page 59
Deenveloping the identity......Page 61
Part II - Taking the Seven Steps......Page 64
The Seven Steps of Spiritual Intelligence......Page 66
Chap 5 - Step One: Awareness......Page 68
What is Awareness?......Page 70
The Space Within......Page 74
Brain Science Shows Us What and How —but Not Why......Page 78
Choose to engage......Page 80
Exercises......Page 82
Deenvelopment Exercises......Page 83
Development Exercises......Page 84
Chap 6 - Step Two: Meaning......Page 86
IQ/EQ Will Never an SQ Make......Page 89
The REactive Self—An Answer for Everything......Page 91
The Importance of Self or Self-importance......Page 93
The Adulthood of Emotions Displayed by SQ Individuals......Page 95
The Seven Levels of Deenveloping Identity......Page 99
Awareness and Reaction......Page 102
Separating Reactive Self from Core Meaning......Page 104
Deenvelopment Exercises......Page 109
Development Exercises......Page 110
Chap 7 - Step Three: Evaluation......Page 112
What Do You Value?......Page 114
Evaluation is Always from a Bigger Picture......Page 118
Overcoming the Division of Self......Page 120
The Triune of Understanding......Page 125
Deenvelopment Exercises......Page 129
Development Exercises......Page 130
Chap 8 - Step Four: Being Centered......Page 132
SQ Centers Self in a Higher Truth......Page 134
The Task of Engagement......Page 137
Deenvelopment Exercises......Page 141
Development Exercises......Page 142
Chap 9 - Step Five: Vision......Page 144
Seeing with New Eyes......Page 147
The Event Horizon......Page 150
The Human Face— A Window for Intelligence......Page 151
Deenvelopment Exercises......Page 157
Development Exercises......Page 158
Chap 10 - Step Six: Projection......Page 160
Projecting from Imbalance......Page 163
Project It and It will Happen......Page 168
Deenvelopment Exercises......Page 171
Development Exercises......Page 172
Chap 11 - Step Seven: Mission......Page 174
 The Mechanics of Mission......Page 176
Recognizing Mission......Page 178
Mission: A New Script for a New Time......Page 179
A Personal Story......Page 181
A Series of Journeys......Page 186
Mission Explains Why We Are Here......Page 187
Deenvelopment Exercises......Page 189
Development Exercises......Page 190
Chap 12 - The Spiritually Inteligent Self......Page 191
What Does it Mean to Be Spiritually Intelligent?......Page 195
Meaning Bringers......Page 196
Centerers......Page 197
Projectors......Page 198
Missionaries......Page 199
Index......Page 200
Dedication......Page 204
Acknowledgments......Page 205
SQ Training......Page 206