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Contemporary Spirituality

Contemporary spirituality is secular not religious. Religious spirituality is based on ancient beliefs that have insufficient evidence to support them because if the evidence was sufficient they would be facts not beliefs. Whereas secular spirituality is not based on beliefs but on experience and knowledge, backed by evidence from related fields of scientific research. More info

Not Secularism

The secular reformation of spirituality is not “secularism”. As a philosophy, secularism is associated with a materialist view of the world that denies the existence of anything other than the physical dimension of reality. Consequently, secularism rejects spirituality. Whereas the secular reformation of spirituality represents spirituality freed from religion, beliefs, and dogma. In contrast to secularism, the secular reformation of spirituality legitimises spirituality by identifying the underlying psychological process shared by all forms of spiritual realisation. More info

Beyond the Creator God Idea

Religious beliefs misrepresent reality by superimposing the idea of a separate God who created the universe, instead of recognising the appearance of the universe as a stepped-down modification of self-existing consciousness; much like the appearance of a physical object is simply a stepped-down modification of light energy, as proved by quantum physics. The secular reformation of spirituality corrects this mistake. Instead of projecting a false idea onto reality, the secular reformation of spirituality explains why spirituality does not need the religious idea of a creator God. More info

Paradigm Shift

The secular reformation of spirituality in the 21st century is more significant than the Protestant reformation of Christianity in the 16th century. In fact, the secular reformation of spirituality is the most consequential paradigm shift in history, because it provides the conceptual foundation for post-materialist science, and supplies a shared language for the meeting of science and spirituality. More info

Human Operating System

Human Operating System

The secular reformation of spirituality uses a new analysis of the human operating system that distinguishes between the object-pole of attention and the subject-pole of attention. The shift from the object pole to the subject pole of attention accomplishes the shift from ego to soul which activates spiritual intelligence. This distinction between opposite poles of attention makes it possible to describe the process of spiritual realisation in psychological terms rather than in theological terms, thus validating the secular reformation of spirituality. More info

Revolutionary

The secular reformation of spirituality is revolutionary for religious institutions and for secular institutions alike. This is because previous to the secular reformation of spirituality both religious institutions and secular institutions believed that spirituality depends on, or implies, belief in the existence of a separate creator God. But this is not so. Belief in the existence of a separate creator God is not the foundation of spirituality, and not necessary for spiritual realisation. More info

Inter-spirituality

Beneath the diversity of spiritual practices and observances lies a deeper unity of experience that is our shared spiritual heritage. This deeper unity is the focus of inter-spirituality. The secular reformation of spirituality articulates the underlying psychological process common to all forms of spiritual practice in every tradition. Consequently, by identifying the unifying principles shared by all spiritual traditions, the secular reformation of spirituality highlights the key to inter-spirituality. More info

Spiritual Intelligence

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). Freedom from ego grants wisdom and clarity of vision, combined with more empathy and compassion, which increases creativity and intuition, and clarifies meaning and purpose. These benefits result in greater personal fulfilment and better performance on important life skills and work skills. Consequently, by making spiritual intelligence directly accessible to all, without relying on religious belief, the secular reformation of spirituality offers everyone the most powerful resource for personal and professional growth and fulfilment. More info

SQ Brain Upgrade

Neuroscience

Neuroscience contributes to the secular reformation of spirituality. Neurological studies have established that the brain has three distinct processing modes, called serial, parallel and synchronous. Serial processing is associated with IQ functions in the left brain. Parallel processing is associated with EQ functions in the right brain. And synchronous processing is associated with SQ functions in the whole brain. More info

New Definition

The secular reformation of spirituality defines the soul not in theological terms but in secular terms, based on consciousness studies and findings in transpersonal psychology. This new definition defines the soul as consciousness itself, located at the subject-pole of attention, to which everyone has direct access without relying on belief. This contemporary understanding of the soul is a major contribution to the secular reformation of spirituality. More info

New Synthesis

The secular reformation of spirituality rests on a new synthesis combining ancient spiritual wisdom with modern scientific knowledge derived from several independent fields of scientific research, including cognitive psychology, transpersonal psychology, and neuroscience. This synthesis of science and spirituality exemplifies the secular reformation of spirituality. More info

New Method

The secular reformation of spirituality offers not only a secular definition of spirituality but also a secular method of engaging in spiritual practice that enables anyone to experience instant spiritual realisation without relying on religious beliefs. Previous to the secular reformation of spirituality, secular people had no means of access to spiritual realisation because spiritual practice required adopting religious beliefs that are entirely unacceptable to secular people. Watch a video that explains this method by clicking the following link. More info

Next Stage

At this point in our history, at the dawn of the third millennium, faced with unprecedented global crises of our own creation, coupled with immense potential for improving the quality of life for all, the secular reformation of spirituality provides the necessary and sufficient means for individual and collective transformation. Consequently, celebration knows no bounds! Everyone who ever hoped for a better world has reason to rejoice. Despite appearances to the contrary in the daily news, a new era is beginning to unfold behind the scenes, guided by the spiritual dimension of intelligence, representing the next stage in the evolution of collective consciousness. More info

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Full Spectrum of Intelligence

The ultimate dimension of intelligence beyond SQ (spiritual intelligence) is TQ (transcendental intelligence). SQ is the intelligence of the soul (apparently individuated self-existing consciousness), and TQ is the intelligence of transcendental consciousness (non-individuated self-existing consciousness). However, if you merely believe in the existence of a transcendental dimension of reality, as an article of faith, without actually experiencing transcendental consciousness as your own inherently non-separate source, then transcendental reality is objectified as something separate from yourself. This gives rise to the idea of a separate God. The objectifying effect of religious belief thus misrepresents the transcendental dimension of reality in the form of a separate deity.

According to religious belief, human beings are “made in the image of God.” But according to transcendental intelligence, it’s the other way around. From the non-dual TQ point of view, the religious idea of a separate God is made in the image of the human ego, as a counterpart to the apparently separate self. Accordingly, transcendental intelligence realises the divine not as the separate creator of separate beings, but as the ground of all being, the non-separate self-condition and source-condition of all apparently separate beings. TQ therefore does not require the religious idea of a separate creator God, because transcendental intelligence recognises the appearance of the universe as a stepped-down modification of self-existing transcendental consciousness itself.

Excerpt from The Full Spectrum of Intelligence

References

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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. This Course is based on secular spirituality not on religious beliefs. Consequently, the methodology used to activate spiritual intelligence is not founded on articles of faith but on experience and knowledge, 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.

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

© 2024, Richard Griffiths.

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Spiritual Intelligence

Spiritual intelligence is a higher dimension of intelligence beyond the ego that has access to the advanced qualities and capabilities of the true self, in the form of wisdom, compassion, integrity, joy, love, creativity, and peace. Spiritual intelligence is not religious and does not require beliefs of any kind. Spiritual intelligence is entirely a matter of experiencing the truth of who you are.

Consider this: whatever arises to your attention, you are the one who is aware of it. Therefore, you are not your body and you are not your mind. Instead, you are the consciousness of your body and mind, including all the contents of your mind (thoughts, emotions, and perceptions). Therefore, no matter how sceptical you are, you cannot escape the essential spiritual truth that you are not your thoughts and emotions, but you are consciousness itself. Consciousness itself feels inherently peaceful, compassionate and loving. This is the foundation of spiritual intelligence.

When we live with spiritual intelligence, it is a liberating experience because it frees us from the perspective of scientific materialism, which reduces human beings to machines and persuades us that life is nothing more than a random accident. Scientific materialism is the most painful limitation of the conditioned mind in contemporary mainstream culture. It is responsible for extremes of existential anxiety that have driven millions of people to desperation and despair. The consequences continue to undermine human society, and destroy attempts to create global cooperative community. This reductionist mentality can no longer be tolerated if human society is to survive and thrive. The remedy can only be found in the light of spiritual truth. This is why spiritual intelligence is emerging now. Spiritual intelligence is the new paradigm whose time has come [1].

How to Experience Spiritual Intelligence

It’s not enough just to know the facts about spiritual intelligence; it’s also essential to know how to experience spiritual intelligence in order to benefit from this higher dimension of your own intelligence. 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.

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 [2]. The resulting whole-brain coherence optimises brain function and replaces the ego (the false self) with the soul (consciousness itself, the true self) by shifting from the object-pole of attention to the subject-pole of attention [3], 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. If you want to learn more, there is a Course on 3Q Training 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.

References

Practitioner Training in Spiritual Intelligence

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. This Course is based on secular spirituality not on religious beliefs. Consequently, the methodology used to activate spiritual intelligence is not founded on articles of faith but on experience and knowledge, 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.

© 2023 – 2025, Richard Griffiths.

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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. This Course is based on secular spirituality not on religious beliefs. Consequently, the methodology used to activate spiritual intelligence is not founded on articles of faith but on experience and knowledge, 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.

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

© 2023 – 2024, Richard Griffiths.

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We are accustomed to thinking of events, including ourselves, as conditioned and created by the past. We have the evidence from materialist science to confirm that everything has a pre-existing cause. However we often forget that post-materialist science affirms an equal and opposite dynamic: in addition to being pushed by the past, we are also pulled by the future.

Witness the results of the double-slit experiment in nuclear physics, as explained in the video above. If you watch until the end of the video, you will understand that this experiment proves retro-causality, meaning that events in the future can create effects in the past. For example, if a particle is measured after having passed through a double slit partition, the very measurement decides which slit the particle passed through in the past. In the absence of the future measurement the particle behaved in one particular way, but after the measurement in the future, the particle in the past behaved differently. In other words, the particle was being pulled by the future, not merely pushed by the past.

Likewise, we are being pulled by the future, not merely pushed by the past. The future of the world is pulling us to step up and contribute to the emerging next stage of collective consciousness. Do you feel the pull? Do you hear the call to devote yourself to creating the conditions necessary to manifest the best of all possible worlds? If so, please read this article about how to contribute to the next stage of collective consciousness.

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

Practitioner Training in Spiritual Intelligence

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. This Course is based on secular spirituality not on religious beliefs. Consequently, the methodology used to activate spiritual intelligence is not founded on articles of faith but on experience and knowledge, 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.

© 2023 – 2025, Richard Griffiths.

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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. This Course is based on secular spirituality not on religious beliefs. Consequently, the methodology used to activate spiritual intelligence is not founded on articles of faith but on experience and knowledge, 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.

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

© 2023 – 2024, Richard Griffiths.

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Spiritual intelligence is a higher dimension of intelligence beyond the ego that has access to the advanced capabilities of true self. 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).

Freedom from ego 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.

Demystifying Spirituality

Spiritual intelligence demystifies spirituality with respect to the conventional view about the nature of spirituality. The conventional view is that spirituality taps into an allegedly supernatural dimension of reality that resides beyond the realm of ordinary human experience. But this common idea about spirituality is false.

Spiritual intelligence clarifies that spirituality does not depend on access to a supernatural dimension of reality beyond the realm of ordinary human experience. The early stage of spiritual realisation simply depends on learning how to navigate the human operating system, which is entirely within the realm of ordinary human experience.

Human Operating System

Human Operating System

Just as a computer and a phone have an operating system, so does our own awareness. The twin poles of attention represent the basic operating system of human awareness [1].

Twin Poles of Attention

The twin poles of attention are the subject-pole and the object-pole [2]. At the object-pole is everything we are aware of, including thoughts, emotions, beliefs, perceptions, memories, hopes, ideas, self-image, etc. At the subject-pole of attention is consciousness itself.

Opposite Polarity

The ego and the soul are located at opposite poles of attention. The ego is identified with the object-pole of attention (states of body and mind), and the soul is identified with the subject-pole of attention (consciousness itself).

Ego

The ego is your body-mind self, or your false self. The ego is founded on identification with your body and mind at the object-pole of attention. The ego exercises IQ and EQ but has no access to SQ.

Soul

The soul is your existential self, or your true self. The soul is founded on identification with consciousness itself at the subject-pole of attention. The soul exercises IQ and EQ with SQ.

Qualities of the Ego

Being the ego means experiencing yourself as being your body and mind. The ego feels dissatisfied and insufficient, and constantly seeks satisfaction elsewhere, in the next experience, using this moment as a means to the next, and reacting to each moment from a state of lack.

Qualities of the Soul

Being the soul means experiencing yourself as being consciousness itself [3]. The native qualities of consciousness itself are experienced at the subject-pole of attention in moments of presence [4], in the form of wisdom, compassion, integrity, joy, love, creativity, and peace. Consequently, the soul does not seek satisfaction elsewhere, in the next experience, because the soul is already happy, and therefore does not use this moment as a means to the next. Instead of reacting from a state of lack, the soul therefore responds in each moment from a state of prior fulfilment.

Different Purposes

The ego and the soul use IQ and EQ for different purposes. The ego uses IQ and EQ for personal gain, in the constant search for compensation for the inevitable dissatisfaction of being the ego. But the intelligence of the soul has a different purpose. SQ uses IQ and EQ for the benefit of all, to express the native qualities of consciousness itself, which are experienced at the subject-pole of attention in moments of presence, in the form of wisdom, compassion, integrity, joy, love, creativity, and peace.

From Ego to Soul

The essence of spiritual intelligence is the shift from false self to true self, from ego to soul, at the opposite pole of attention. The SQ portal is a simple three-step process that rapidly shifts from ego to soul, and thus activates spiritual intelligence [5]. Watch this short video for an explanation of how to use the SQ portal to experience your spiritual intelligence.

Spiritual Intelligence

Spiritual intelligence replaces the ego with the soul as the seat of personal identity and as the governor of IQ and EQ. Thus spiritual intelligence uses IQ and EQ, not from the ego, but from your true self as the soul. Consequently, SQ lives with wisdom, compassion, and integrity, which is the ultimate form of fulfilment.

Widespread adoption of spiritual intelligence as a personal code of conduct raises the standard of accountability in collective governance and corporate activity 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 are the foundations of shared prosperity and peace.

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 [6]. The resulting whole-brain coherence optimises brain function and replaces the ego (the false self) with the soul (consciousness itself, the true self) by shifting from the object-pole of attention to the subject-pole of attention [7], 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. If you want to learn more, there is a Course on 3Q Training 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

Practitioner Training in Spiritual Intelligence

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. This Course is based on secular spirituality not on religious beliefs. Consequently, the methodology used to activate spiritual intelligence is not founded on articles of faith but on experience and knowledge, 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.

© 2022 – 2025, Richard Griffiths.

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The scientific understanding of the world has progressed over many centuries. It’s an epic story of adventure and discovery, as established paradigms were disrupted and replaced by new paradigms, based on newly found evidence. The progression from one paradigm to the next occurred in many different fields: in astronomy, the geocentric theory of Ptolemy from the 2nd century onwards was replaced by the heliocentric discovery of Copernicus in the 16th century; in biology, the creationist doctrines of ancient religions were replaced by Darwin’s discovery of biological evolution in the 19th century; in psychology, the demon-possession explanation of mental illness by ancient traditions was replaced by 20th century scientific explanations of mental disorders led by Freud; and in physics, the deterministic worldview of Newton from the 17th century onwards was replaced by the indeterminate quantum discoveries of Einstein in the 20th century.

But exceeding all the epic chapters in the growth of scientific understanding, from one paradigm to the next, from Copernicus to Darwin to Freud to Einstein, is the revolutionary merging of science and spirituality in the 21st century. This is the most consequential paradigm shift in history because it provides the conceptual foundation for post-materialist science, and supplies a shared language for the meeting of science and spirituality. At the forefront of this emerging transition from materialist science to post-materialist science is the spiritual intelligence paradigm. The foundation of spiritual intelligence is the recognition that regardless of what arises to your attention, you are only consciousness itself. Read all about spiritual intelligence in the following article: The Spiritual Intelligence Paradigm.

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 [1]. The resulting whole-brain coherence optimises brain function and replaces the ego (the false self) with the soul (consciousness itself, the true self) by shifting from the object-pole of attention to the subject-pole of attention [2], 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. If you want to learn more, there is a Course on 3Q Training here.

Human Operating System

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

Practitioner Training in Spiritual Intelligence

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. This Course is based on secular spirituality not on religious beliefs. Consequently, the methodology used to activate spiritual intelligence is not founded on articles of faith but on experience and knowledge, 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.

© 2022 – 2025, Richard Griffiths.

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June 2021, Vienna, Austria

Three Dimensions of Intelligence

Historically, the education system has been focused primarily on developing IQ, or intellectual intelligence. IQ manages facts and information, using logic and rational analysis. Less time and attention is given in schools to developing EQ skills. EQ is emotional intelligence, which is necessary to feel and regulate one’s emotions, while being sensitive to the feelings of others.

Both IQ and EQ are essential, but they are not sufficient in themselves to maintain top performance, ensure personal wellbeing, and provide enduring fulfilment. The next dimension of intelligence is also necessary, which is SQ, or spiritual intelligence.

Spiritual intelligence is an innate dimension of intelligence that everyone possesses. SQ is not religious. Spiritual intelligence depends not on belief but on direct personal experience beyond the ego.

We use SQ in order to:

• find meaning and purpose
• maintain emotional balance
• sustain mental health
• feel connection to the community
• perform at our best
• attain full potential
• find enduring fulfilment

Scientific Basis

Spiritual intelligence has a scientific basis founded on a general theory of intelligence based on the human operating system, combining findings from four independent fields of scientific research: cognitive psychology, transpersonal psychology, psychoanalysis, and neuroscience (1):

Cognitive Psychology

Studies in cognitive psychology have established the benefits of Mindfulness training (MBCT), with particular reference to anxiety and depression (2). These studies confirm that the state of presence can be identified neurologically, experienced repeatedly, and verified intersubjectively. Consequently, such studies have established that the distinct sense of self experienced in presence, associated with being consciousness itself (or the soul), qualifies as a valid subject of scientific investigation.

Psychoanalysis

Early studies in psychoanalysis demonstrated that object-relations are the means by which personal identity is established (3)(4). This observation was originally documented a long time ago by ancient traditions of spiritual wisdom, notably by Vedanta and Buddhism (5)(6). Nevertheless, in the western intellectual tradition, this finding was first confirmed by Freud in his founding work on psychoanalysis at the turn of the twentieth century. More recent psychoanalytic studies of object-relations confirm that the ego grows by means of identifying with states of body and mind at the object-pole of attention (7).

Transpersonal Psychology

Findings in transpersonal psychology, as confirmed by countless meditators over thousands of years, verify that consciousness itself, which is free from identification with objects of attention, experiences the qualities traditionally ascribed to the soul. The energy of consciousness itself, which is known as spirit, is experienced at the subject-pole of attention in moments of presence, in the form of wisdom, compassion, integrity, joy, love, creativity, and peace (8). Spirit is the source of spiritual intelligence (9).

Neuroscience

Neurological studies have established that the experience of presence is associated with hemispheric synchronisation and whole-brain activation at a frequency of 40Hz (10). At this frequency part-brain functions from both hemispheres are integrated into the field of the whole brain, thus combining mind, self, and world into a meaningful whole (11). 40Hz whole-brain activation therefore correlates neurologically with spiritual intelligence. Neuroscience thus confirms that SQ is hard-wired in the human brain. However, SQ rarely occurs spontaneously. Therefore, it’s necessary to activate SQ intentionally, in order to experience the benefits of spiritual intelligence in daily life. The 3Q method instantly activates spiritual intelligence intentionally and can be used in any situation, including in adverse circumstances (12).

Human Operating System

Human Operating System

Just as a computer and a phone have an operating system, so does our own awareness. The twin poles of attention represent the basic operating system of human awareness. The twin poles of attention are the subject-pole and the object-pole (13). At the object-pole is everything we are aware of, including thoughts, emotions, beliefs, perceptions, memories, hopes, ideas, self-image, etc. At the subject-pole of attention is consciousness itself.

The ego is identified with the object-pole of attention, and the soul is identified with the subject pole of attention. The ego is the false self. The ego is founded on identification with the body and mind at the object-pole of attention. The ego exercises IQ and EQ but has no access to SQ. The soul is your true self. The soul is founded on identification with consciousness itself at the subject-pole of attention. The soul exercises IQ and EQ with SQ.

Being the ego means identifying with your thoughts and emotions and experiencing yourself as being your body and mind. The ego feels dissatisfied and insufficient, and constantly seeks satisfaction elsewhere, in the next experience, using this moment as a means to the next, and reacting to each moment from a state of lack.

Being the soul means experiencing yourself as being consciousness itself. The native qualities of consciousness itself are experienced at the subject-pole of attention in moments of presence, in the form of wisdom, compassion, integrity, joy, love, creativity, and peace. Consequently, the soul does not seek satisfaction elsewhere, in the next experience, because the soul is already happy, and therefore does not use this moment as a means to the next. Instead of reacting from a state of lack, the soul responds in each moment from a state of prior fulfilment.

The ego and the soul use IQ and EQ for different purposes. The ego uses IQ and EQ for personal gain, in the constant search for compensation for the inevitable dissatisfaction of being the ego. But the intelligence of the soul has a different purpose. SQ uses IQ and EQ for the benefit of all, to express the native qualities of consciousness itself, which are experienced at the subject pole of attention in moments of presence, in the form of wisdom, compassion, integrity, joy, love, creativity, and peace.

Now and in the Future

Some schools are now beginning to incorporate training in SQ skills, with the introduction of mindfulness and other forms of meditation into the school curriculum. 3Q programs offer the next generation of SQ training in the form of Applied SQ Skills.

The Need for SQ Skills

1. MEANING AND PURPOSE

Teenagers have a strong need to understand themselves and understand life. But they no longer have ready-made answers to questions of meaning and purpose, because traditional sources of meaning and purpose (mainstream religion and mainstream culture) no longer offer convincing answers to many young people. Therefore, it is vital that teenagers have alternative tools for finding meaning and purpose in their lives. Consequently, young people need access to the full spectrum of their intelligence: not just their intellectual and emotional intelligence, their IQ and EQ, but also their meaning-making intelligence, their SQ.

2. SELF-ESTEEM

The ego’s self-esteem is fragile and unreliable, because it depends on changing circumstances and passing states of mind and emotion at the object-pole of attention. But true self-esteem, based on SQ, is constant, secure and complete, because it depends on the native qualities of the true self at the subject-pole of attention. SQ skills therefore strengthen self-esteem.

3. SELF-CONFIDENCE

Spiritual intelligence is free of the ego’s self-doubt and self-importance, and has instant access to the calm confidence of the true self. Therefore SQ, and not an ego-based self-image, is the real basis for reliable and enduring self-confidence.

4. EMPATHY

Empathy is a skill of emotional intelligence, and it represents the hope for the future of the world. But EQ cannot sustain empathy for long without access to the source of love and kindness that is inexhaustible, which can only be found beyond the ego. Consequently, without SQ as the foundation, empathy soon burns out, or finds only selective application to a limited circle of family, friends, and associates, and perhaps extending to ethnic group or nation, but excluding those outside of a restricted circle of care. SQ is therefore necessary to replenish empathy and extend it to all people without discrimination.

5. RELATIONSHIPS

Our brains are wired for love and connection, but the ego rewires them for fear and protection. That’s why healthy and harmonious relationships are difficult unless you shift beyond ego. SQ skills are therefore needed to meet the challenges involved in all relationships, especially close personal relationships.

6. IMPROVE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Academic success and achievement are not merely a matter of IQ. It’s also necessary to use EQ and SQ for top performance in academic subjects (as in all other activities whether academic or not). SQ improves the application of IQ by improving focus and reducing distractions, and SQ increases EQ by enhancing sensitivity to the whole field of awareness.

7. FULL POTENTIAL

In order to attain their full potential, teenagers need access to the full spectrum of the dimensions of their intelligence.

8. SOCIAL CHALLENGES

Spiritual intelligence boosts self-esteem and self-confidence, and increases emotional intelligence, which makes it easier to meet challenges presented by new social situations that are a normal part of everyday life, especially when growing up.

9. EXAM STRESS

When you use the full spectrum of the dimensions of your intelligence you can pre-empt stress before it happens, rather than just react to stress after it happens. SQ skills therefore help to reduce the stress of exams.

10. ANXIETY

Spiritual intelligence connects to the source of peace and equanimity which is free of fear and worry. The more SQ, the less anxiety. Consistent use of SQ over time rewires the brain by a process of neuroplasticity and results in resetting anxiety to a lower level or even eliminating anxiety altogether.

11. MENTAL HEALTH

The statistics on teenage depression, anxiety, drug addiction, and suicide have all increased in recent decades. These statistics show a lack of SQ. Access to the full spectrum of intelligence is therefore protective of mental health. This is not surprising. Everything generally works better when all parts operate together. It’s the same with the dimensions of our intelligence. Preventative Mental Health programs for teenagers are therefore recommended to include training in SQ in order to develop and balance all dimensions of intelligence for optimal mental health.

12. REDUCE ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR

Spiritual intelligence skills reduce anti-social behaviour and bullying in teenagers and adults, both at school and later in the workplace.

13. REDUCE DRUG ADDICTION

Spiritual intelligence fosters social connections and reduces the need for substitutes for positive social connections, such as self-prescribed drug use. Training in SQ skills is therefore protective against recreational drug use and drug addiction.

14. REDUCE SUICIDE RISK

Spiritual intelligence feels beyond immediate emotional reactions and connects to the deeper inherent reality which is life-sustaining. The experience of SQ is therefore protective against self-harm. Consequently, training in SQ helps to reduce the risk of suicide.

15. PROPAGANDA-PROOF

In the absence of life-positive, fulfilling, and credible sources of meaning and purpose, young people are vulnerable to the propaganda of political extremism and religious bigotry, in search of the meaning and purpose that is missing in their lives. SQ makes up for this deficit by providing access to a higher dimension of intelligence beyond the ego.

16. IMPORTANT WORK SKILLS

Spiritual intelligence skills are increasingly necessary both at school and in the workplace. Students need training during school years in the transpersonal skills required to thrive later in the workplace, in the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous conditions they will encounter.

17. IMPORTANT LIFE SKILLS

Spiritual intelligence skills are necessary during school and after school and throughout the whole of life. SQ is required for achieving full potential and a life of meaning, purpose and fulfilment.

18. MATURITY

Spiritual intelligence capabilities are necessary for human maturity. Responding free of ego is the essence of responsibility.

19. PARENTING

Spiritual intelligence is the foundation of parenting skills. Selfless love is a basic requirement of caring for children.

20. CITIZENSHIP

Spiritual intelligence skills are needed to participate in a democracy. Critical thinking is necessary to discern truth from falsehood. By shifting beyond ego, SQ enhances critical thinking capabilities.

21. HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION

Spiritual intelligence skills are needed at a collective level in order to raise the standards of accountability in collective governance. Collective SQ is the foundation and guarantee of a society free of tyranny.

22. SOCIETAL DEVELOPMENT

The lack of collective SQ retards the development of society. Too many competing egos destroy collective benefits.

23. COOPERATION AND TOLERANCE

Collective SQ creates cooperation and tolerance between people at the interpersonal level, and between different groups in society, and between different cultures, religions, and nations.

24. CULTURAL EVOLUTION

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. The inclusion of training in spiritual intelligence in the school curriculum therefore heralds a new era of social justice and human rights, which are the foundations of shared prosperity and peace.

The New Paradigm Whose Time Has Come

Spiritual intelligence is not religious and does not require beliefs of any kind. Spiritual intelligence is entirely a matter of experiencing the truth of who you are.

Consider this: whatever arises to your attention, you are the one who is aware of it. Therefore, you are not your body and you are not your mind. Instead, you are the consciousness of your body and mind, including all the contents of your mind (all thoughts, all emotions, and all perceptions).

Therefore, no matter how sceptical you are, you cannot escape the essential truth that you are not your thoughts and emotions, but you are consciousness itself. Consciousness itself feels inherently peaceful, compassionate and loving. This is the essence of spiritual intelligence.

When we live with spiritual intelligence, it is a liberating experience because it frees us from the false doctrine of scientific materialism, which reduces human beings to machines and persuades us that life is nothing more than a random biological accident.

Scientific materialism represents the most painful and most deranged limitation of the conditioned mind in contemporary mainstream culture, and is responsible for extremes of existential angst that have driven millions of people to inconsolable desperation and despair.

This false doctrine poisons countless lives and drives people to insane lengths to compensate for the associated existential pain. The consequences continue to undermine human society and destroy attempts to create global cooperative community.

This toxic mentality can no longer be tolerated if human society is to survive and thrive. The remedy can only be found in the light of spiritual truth. This is why spiritual intelligence is emerging now. Spiritual intelligence is the new paradigm whose time has come (14).

References

Practitioner Training in Spiritual Intelligence

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. This Course is based on secular spirituality not on religious beliefs. Consequently, the methodology used to activate spiritual intelligence is not founded on articles of faith but on experience and knowledge, 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.

© 2021 – 2025, Richard Griffiths.

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The Meaning of the Word “Yoga”

The Meaning of the word “Yoga” is “to join” or “to yoke” or ‘to unite”. The definition of Yoga as “union” is associated more precisely with the union between the individual and the divine.

Different Types of Yoga

There are a number of different types of Yoga: Hatha Yoga (physical posture); Karma Yoga (acts of service); Bhakti Yoga (devotional relationship with a guru); and Jnana Yoga (contemplation). These different types of Yoga all have one thing in common which qualifies them as forms of Yoga. What they have in common is that they are all means of uniting body, mind, and spirit.

The Yoga of Spiritual Intelligence

Spiritual intelligence unites body, mind, and spirit by combining SQ with IQ and EQ. The practice of the Yoga of Spiritual Intelligence uses any method that enables the experience of combining personal dimensions of intelligence (IQ & EQ) with a transpersonal dimension of intelligence (SQ). Traditional forms of meditation can achieve this result, but they usually take some time and cannot be combined with other activities. Thats why it’s preferable to use the contemporary 3Q method, which is the fastest and most effective method of activating spiritual intelligence, because it works instantly and can be combined with any activity.

The 3Q Method

The 3Q Method

The 3Q Method is a rapid method of activating spiritual intelligence. Transit through the SQ Portal is accomplished in three steps, starting at the object-pole of attention and emerging at the subject-pole of attention. The first step starts from the state of ego within the thinking mind at the object-pole of attention. The second step dissolves the thinking mind in heart-feeling. In the third step of the SQ Portal you emerge at the subject-pole of attention, beyond the ego, as unmodified consciousness itself, otherwise known as the soul.

How to Practice The Yoga of Spiritual Intelligence

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 use the SQ portal to practice the Yoga of spiritual intelligence.

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. The resulting whole-brain coherence optimises brain function and replaces the ego (the false self) with the soul (consciousness itself, the true self) by shifting from the object-pole of attention to the subject-pole of attention, 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. If you want to learn more, there is a Course on 3Q Training 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.

References

Practitioner Training in Spiritual Intelligence

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. This Course is based on secular spirituality not on religious beliefs. Consequently, the methodology used to activate spiritual intelligence is not founded on articles of faith but on experience and knowledge, 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.

© 2020 – 2025, Richard Griffiths.

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Business is changing. Business practices that don’t serve a higher purpose beyond generating profits are being left behind, as more people “shop with their values.” This radical shift in the way business is done requires a new type of leader and a new type of organisation for a sustainable future.

The new type of leader inspires with purpose, connection, and meaning. The new type of organisation prioritises the benefits of all stakeholders, not merely shareholders, but also employees, customers, society, the environment, and humanity as a whole.

Second Millennium Business

Second Millennium organisations are globalist multinational organisations maximising profit for shareholders ahead of value to human life.

Second Millennium organisations are destroying the planet in a blind greed for profit at any cost. Even if the result is the utter destruction of the biosphere, Second Millennium organisations don’t care.

They have no capacity to care about such matters. They are unrelenting psychopathic machines of profit with no conscience. Meeting income targets is the only goal that matters to them.

Second Millennium Business Paradigm

The Second Millennium Business paradigm [1] is based on scientific materialism, which is the view that everything and everybody is fundamentally material and mortal and inherently meaningless. It is to be expected that such a nihilistic worldview leads to exploitation and greed, with no regard to ethics or to the damaging consequences for the environment and for the community.

Second Millennium organisations are inherently unsustainable. They must be stopped. They will not stop of their own accord. “Yes, the planet got destroyed, but for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.” (Tom Torro). Second Millennium organisations will continue to destroy the earth until we act to stop them.

And when we act as one, one human family, we will stop them. We will build a new world and a new world economy based on equal respect for everybody. Third Millennium organisations are the bridge to the new sustainable world economy.

Third Millennium Business

Third Millennium organisations are of any size and they maximise value to human life and to all stakeholders, ahead of maximising profit exclusively for shareholders.

The stakeholders in a company include not only shareholders, but also employees, customers, suppliers, the wider community, the environment, nature, and the global human family. Third Millennium organisations exist to serve, but not simply to serve themselves. They exist to serve the entire world community.

Third Millennium Business Paradigm

The Third Millennium Business paradigm [2] is based on post-materialist science, which is replacing the scientific materialism of the previous millennium. Post-materialist science [3] fosters positive values such as compassion, respect, care, love, and peace, because it promotes an awareness of the deep interconnection between ourselves and each other and nature at large.

When third millennium business replaces second millennium business, the energy of love will turn into a social and political force, as never before in history. Widespread training in spiritual intelligence therefore heralds a new age of human rights and social justice, which are the foundations of shared prosperity and peace.

Third millennium businesses have a 3Q culture which is based on spiritual intelligence. Help to build the new third-millennium world economy by upgrading to a 3Q organisation.

Human Operating System

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. The resulting whole-brain coherence optimises brain function and replaces the ego (the false self) with the soul (consciousness itself, the true self) by shifting from the object-pole of attention to the subject-pole of attention, 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. If you want to learn more, there is a Course on 3Q Training 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

Practitioner Training in Spiritual Intelligence

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. This Course is based on secular spirituality not on religious beliefs. Consequently, the methodology used to activate spiritual intelligence is not founded on articles of faith but on experience and knowledge, 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.

© 2020 – 2025, Richard Griffiths.

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