Tapping Spiritual Intelligence in Distressed Times Like Covid-19
Keywords:
Self-determination, Pandemic, Spiritual IntelligenceAbstract
All people are granted the potentials and tools for selfdetermination to empower them to make life meaningful. It is not simple knowledge, technology, health, or wealth that makes us vibrant and joyful but spiritual intelligence and its application. Other than the socially or media given narratives, individuals have to make their narratives for a full life. Selfcare and Self-empowerment are the only immediate solution we have at hand. This stressful Pandemic is the right time to look into how much spiritual intelligence we manifest and apply in life. Spiritual intelligence is ability central to real-life issues; it is manifested in interconnected attributes: faith, humility, gratitude, and integrative ability, ability to regulate emotions, morality, and moral conduct. A spiritual anchoring and vision will enhance one’s spiritual intelligence scale.
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