Spiritual quotient

Spiritual quotient (SQ) is described as a measure that looks at a person's spiritual intelligence in the same way as intelligence quotient (IQ) looks at cognitive intelligence. The concept encapsulates 6 types of personality: social, investigative, artistic, realist, contractor and conventional.

Comparisons between SQ, EQ and IQ

Comparison between SQ, EQ and IQ is to be found in the book "SQ: Spiritual Quotient" by Dr. Muhammed Bozdağ.

The distinction made is that IQ and EQ explain extraordinary events by the terms "coincidence, chance, accident", which are thought as spontaneous chaos. SQ, on the other hand, sees these kinds of events as requiring a more subtle degree of attention, assuming that they are planned by an infinite consciousness.

According to standard theory on emotion, emotions of creatures are natural; they are genetic, hormonal or instinctive in nature. Spiritual Quotient theory posits instead that emotions are derived from thousands of spiritual inspiration channels, and aims to encourage people to find ways of sensing channels of inspiration floating in the universe.

Criticisms of the concept of SQ

Theories of SQ have been criticized for being pseudo-scientific, wishy-washy attempts to define a concept into existence, lacking any real coherence and mixing terms and concepts. They have also been criticized for their suggestion that SQ is something that can be developed and increased, which renders comparison with IQ and EQ (a comparison implicit in the use of the acronym SQ) tenuous and suggests it is simply a term coined to lend credence to those who hold the wishy-washy beliefs that underlie the relevant theory.

Quotations

"The authors who have already begun dishing out books by the dozen on the subject of Spiritual Quotient contend that it is only SQ that set humans apart from both machines and animals. According to them SQ is about compassion and creativity, self-awareness and self-esteem, flexibility and gratitude. Thus what were once espoused by the great philosophers of the likes of Swami Vivekananda are once again being exhorted by the modern day corporate world."^{[citation needed]}

Further reading

• Bozdağ, Dr. Muhammed SQ: Spiritual Quotient Çankaya/Ankara-TR ISBN 975-6503-13-0
• Zohar, Danah SQ: Connecting with Our Spiritual Intelligence London:Bloomsbury (paperback 2000) ISBN 1-58234-044-7
• Dr. Mark Brewer, What is Your Spiritual Quotient? Destiny Image Publisher's INC. Shippensburg, PA ISBN 0768426758

Notes

See also Spirit Intelligence by David Powell