Date/Time
Date(s) - 11th May, 2023
17:30 - 19:00
Location
Watkins Bookshop
Categories
Online event with Watkins Books.
What is spiritual intelligence and why it matters?
We live in an age of emergency, exacerbated by a collapse of meaning. Writer and psychotherapist, Mark Vernon, examines the type of intelligence that, whilst often dismissed and overlooked, is crucial to understand and cultivate if we are to survive and thrive in our times.
Spiritual intelligence is the foundation of who we are and our particular type of consciousness. It is the perception identified across wisdom and religious traditions, and known by many names, which can be summarised as the awareness of awareness, and so of being itself. It is the foundation of peace, even in the face of death, as well as purpose and solidarity. The challenge today is to recover and live according to that knowledge. Examining themes from the nature of consciousness to the experience of time, the emergence of our species and the teaching of spiritual adepts, the talk offers antidotes to rampant AI and a complement to emotional intelligence. It draws on Mark’s latest book, Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps.
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