Posts by Xanthippe

Sigh! When I posted this photo it was the right way round. Edited it and the topic posted again. Can you delete one topic and get the photo the right way around please Simon?

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My daughter graduated Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours yesterday.

by Xanthippe in

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Goodbye JWD/JWN (my last post)

by slimboyfat in

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after some considerable thought i have decided that i will no longer post on this forum because i want to return to jehovah.

thank you for all the kindness and many interesting discussions over the years.

i wish you all well in the future and the decisions you make.

All the great things in the world have been accomplished, discovered and invented by people with unusual minds. The crashing bores on this site can only pretend to understand such minds by parroting their ideas. SBF, if you go we will be left with these small minded, quote-repeating, fact-memorizing bores, who really believe they are thinking for themselves.

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Open discussion on "Spiritual Intelligence"

by Fernando in

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it was a surprise to learn that there are quite a number of si books, and si tests, out there.. what are your thoughts on si?.

Xanthippe

Thank you Millie. I hope you enjoyed the fireworks.

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Open discussion on "Spiritual Intelligence"

by Fernando in

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it was a surprise to learn that there are quite a number of si books, and si tests, out there.. what are your thoughts on si?.

Xanthippe

Perhaps if you intended to discuss a definition of a word in particular that you personally recognize, its a good pla e to start with exactly what you mean?

I did, in my post which starts with the Wikipedia discussion. Did you read it? Now I presume you are going to discuss what a definition of a word means and other pedantry. I put my heart and soul into that post and you've ignored it. As Flipper would say, peace out.

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Open discussion on "Spiritual Intelligence"

by Fernando in

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friends

it was a surprise to learn that there are quite a number of si books, and si tests, out there.. what are your thoughts on si?.

Xanthippe

Yes of course that's what it means. Just watch the sport and pour yourself another beer.

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Open discussion on "Spiritual Intelligence"

by Fernando in

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friends

it was a surprise to learn that there are quite a number of si books, and si tests, out there.. what are your thoughts on si?.

Xanthippe

Some of the twits on this forum grieve me.

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Open discussion on "Spiritual Intelligence"

by Fernando in

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it was a surprise to learn that there are quite a number of si books, and si tests, out there.. what are your thoughts on si?.

Xanthippe

Definitions of spiritual intelligence rely on the concept of spirituality as being distinct from religiosity.[8]

Danah Zohar defined 12 principles underlying spiritual intelligence:[9]

Self-awareness: Knowing what I believe in and value, and what deeply motivates me.
Spontaneity: Living in and being responsive to the moment.
Being vision- and value-led: Acting from principles and deep beliefs, and living accordingly.
Holism: Seeing larger patterns, relationships, and connections; having a sense of belonging.
Compassion: Having the quality of "feeling-with" and deep empathy.
Celebration of diversity: Valuing other people for their differences, not despite them.
Field independence: Standing against the crowd and having one's own convictions.
Humility: Having the sense of being a player in a larger drama, of one's true place in the world.
Tendency to ask fundamental "Why?" questions: Needing to understand things and get to the bottom of them.
Ability to reframe: Standing back from a situation or problem and seeing the bigger picture or wider context.
Positive use of adversity: Learning and growing from mistakes, setbacks, and suffering.
Sense of vocation: Feeling called upon to serve, to give something back.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_intelligence

Yes looking at some of the definitions on the Wiki page I would suggest some synonyms for spiritual would be deep thinking, rather than shallow. Also ethical as fukitol said. Having integrity rather than moral cowardice.
Also an advocate of personal growth. Someone who cares about others and the future of the planet. A big picture person. Having a sense of this is our home to take care of for our very survival rather than I must own stuff or I'm nobody. A feeling that we're all in this together and we need each other.

I can actually see the need for a phrase to describe all this and personally using spiritual intelligence doesn't offend me anymore than the word Jehovah does. They're just words. Being word phobic is a psychological problem. Get over it.