"Spiritual intelligence, "is also about the growth of a human being. It is about moving on in life. About having a direction in life and being able to heal ourselves of all the resentment we carry. It is thinking of ourselves as an expression of a higher reality. It is also about how we look at the resources available to us. We realize that nature is not meant to be exploited. Ultimately, we discover freedom from our sense of limitation as human beings.

spiritual intelligence is also about pondering over your life's purpose. Just being in touch with that question is fulfilling. Finally you realize that there is an immensity to me.

Humans are essentially spiritual beings, evolved to ask fundamental questions. "Who am I?" "Where am I going?" "What do others mean to me?" It is an ability to answer questions like these that lead people to greater growth. Spiritual intelligence motivates people to balance their work schedules to spend time with the family. Or an executive with a high SQ might look beyond profit margins and devote time for voluntary work with orphans. Spiritual intelligence also addresses the need to place one's life in a shared context of value.

I am sure we as HR practioners could first develop our own SQ levels over a period of time so that we have a  greater inegration of IQ-EQ-PQ(physical Intelligence) and finally SQ. I believe that just before SQ we go through a gate which I would call AQ or Altruistic Intelligence. If we care only for ourselves, how coul;d we claim to have SQ ?

So the jorurney , however ardous it may seem to be, begins with an introspective journey within. It's never too late to start. When we find meaning in our own lives it is easier to help others find it. HR has a greater role than we traditionally belived and discuss at forums.

Prof.Lakshman Madurasinghe

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