Attention
This video illustrates an important fact about attention. Attention is selective. We notice some things and we don’t notice others. We particularly notice things we expect to find. But we tend not to notice things we don’t expect to find. This fact has many important implications. Chief among them, in connection with the topic of this article, is that we tend not to notice that there is a subject-pole of attention.
Twin Poles of Attention
The mechanism of attention has two poles: the subject-pole and the object-pole. The object-pole of attention includes everything we are aware of, from perceptions of the external world, to thoughts, emotions, memories, beliefs, self-image, etc. At the subject-pole of attention is consciousness itself, which is aware of the objects of attention.
Human Operating System
Subject and Object
By tendency our attention is focused on objects of attention, and not on the subject of attention. When attention is focused on objects of attention, we identify with states of body and mind. This is being the ego. But when attention is focused on the subject of attention, we identify with consciousness itself. This is being the soul. As the soul we experience the native qualities of consciousness itself, in the form of wisdom, compassion, integrity, joy, love, creativity, and peace. This is called spiritual intelligence (SQ). The ego has access to IQ and EQ, but is without SQ. Whereas the soul has access to IQ, EQ, and SQ.
Knowing and Being
It’s important to know about the subject-pole of attention, and about the spiritual intelligence of the soul. However, in order to experience spiritual intelligence, intellectual knowledge is not enough. It’s necessary actually to be the soul. Being the soul means experiencing yourself at the subject-pole of attention, as consciousness itself. See below for a video that shows how to do this.
3Q Training
As a powerful combination of three principal dimensions of intelligence, 3Q represents IQ and EQ in association with SQ. Studies in neuroscience reveal that the experience of spiritual intelligence is correlated with hemispheric synchronisation and whole brain activation [ref]. Consequently, coaching in 3Q trains the whole brain. The resulting whole-brain coherence optimises brain function and replaces the ego with the soul by shifting identification from the object-pole to the subject-pole of attention via the SQ portal, which results in greater fulfilment, increased creativity, sharpened intuition, more empathy and compassion, and improved performance on a wide range of work skills and life skills. For information about the 3Q Training Course, click HERE
Sources
The SQ paradigm is based on a synthesis combining the wisdom of ancient spiritual traditions with the findings of modern science, as summarised in this article HERE
How to Experience Spiritual Intelligence [Video]
Spiritual intelligence is easy to experience. We all experience SQ spontaneously at times. But spontaneous moments of SQ are rare and unpredictable. Therefore it’s important to know how to experience SQ intentionally. When you can engage your spiritual intelligence voluntarily, at any time of your own choosing, SQ becomes your most powerful personal resource. This video provides step-by-step instructions on how to activate SQ intentionally. Watch the video HERE
References
3Q Practitioner Training Course
Do you want to accelerate your own personal and spiritual growth, and teach others to do the same? The 3Q Practitioner Training Course trains and certifies Spiritual Intelligence Practitioners.
Spiritual Intelligence is a higher dimension of intelligence beyond the ego that has access to the advanced capabilities of the true self. The methodology used in the Course is secular not religious. Consequently, the methodology is not based on belief but on experience and knowledge, and is backed by evidence from related fields of scientific research. Certified Practitioners are provided with the training materials to coach their clients in spiritual intelligence, and conduct workshops in spiritual intelligence for leaders and organisations, and for the general public.
As the intelligence of the true self beyond the ego, spiritual intelligence (SQ) has many benefits that exceed the scope of intellectual intelligence (IQ) and emotional intelligence (EQ). Spiritual intelligence relieves anxiety and depression and the extreme pain of meaninglessness and despair that is often associated with ego states of awareness. Freedom from ego, as experienced with SQ, grants wisdom and clarity of vision, combined with more empathy and compassion, which increases creativity and intuition, and results in greater personal fulfilment and better performance on important life skills and work skills. Spiritual intelligence therefore represents the most powerful resource for personal and professional growth and fulfilment.
Widespread adoption of spiritual intelligence as a personal code of conduct raises the standard of accountability in collective governance, in response to public demand. When standards in governments and corporations are based on spiritual intelligence, the energy of love will turn into a social and political force, as never before in history. Public training in spiritual intelligence therefore heralds a new era of human rights and social justice, which form the foundation for global cooperative community, shared prosperity, and world peace.
As a 3Q Practitioner you will be equipped to introduce spiritual intelligence in the context of contemporary secular culture, and contribute to the next stage in the evolution of collective consciousness. When a tipping point is reached, the emerging next stage of collective consciousness will result in global transformation, founded not on beliefs of any sort, or on government control, or on mass media narratives enforced by censorship of contrary views, but founded instead on the inherent qualities of consciousness itself, such as love, wisdom, and peace, which everyone can experience by activating their spiritual intelligence.
For more information about the 3Q Practitioner Training Course, click HERE
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