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[see also From Matter
to Life to Mind: An Unfolding Consciousness ]
About the Author
Danah Zohar
was born and educated in the United States. She studied
Physics and Philosophy at MIT, and then did her postgraduate
work in Philosophy, Religion & Psychology at Harvard
University. She is the author of the best-sellers The
Quantum Self and The Quantum Society, books which extend the
language and principles of quantum physics into a new
understanding of human consciousness, psychology and social
organization. Zohar is a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield School
of Management. She also teaches in The Leading Edge course
at Oxford Brookes University and in the Oxford Strategic
Leadership Program at Oxford University's Templeton College.
 About
the Book
At the beginning of the twentieth century, as psychologists
discovered ways and means to measure intelligence,
Aristotle's definition of a man as 'a rational animal'
developed into an obsession with IQ. In the mid-1990s,
Daniel
Goleman popularized research into emotional intelligence,
EQ, pointing out that EQ is a basic requirement for the
appropriate use of IQ. As we near the end of the twentieth
century, there is enough collective evidence from
psychology, neurology, anthropology and cognitive science to
show us that there is a third 'Q', 'SQ', or Spiritual
Intelligence.
Unlike IQ, which computers have, and EQ, which exists in
higher mammals, SQ is is uniquely human and, the authors
argue, the most fundamental of the three. It is linked to
humanity's need for meaning, an issue very much at the
forefront of of people's minds as the century draws to a
close.
SQ is what we use to develop our longing and capacity for
meaning, vision and value. It allows us to dream and to
strive. It underlies the things we believe in and the role
our beliefs and values play in the actions that we take and
the shape we give to our lives. This book goes on to explore
the scientific evidence for SQ and shows how to test for SQ
and how to improve and develop it. |
