12 principles underlying spiritual intelligence: 1. Self-awareness: Knowing what I believe in and value, and what deeply motivates me. 2. Spontaneity: Living in and being responsive to the moment. 3. Being vision- and value-led: Acting from principles and deep beliefs, and living accordingly. 4. Holism: Seeing larger patterns, relationships, and connections; having a sense of belonging. 5. Compassion: Having the quality of feeling-with and deep empathy. 6. Celebration of diversity: Valuing other people for their differences, not despite them. 7. Field independence: Standing against the crowd and having ones own convictions. 8. Humility: Having the sense of being a player in a larger drama, of ones true place in the world. 9. Tendency to ask fundamental Why? questions: Needing to understand things and get to the bottom of them. 10. Ability to reframe: Standing back from a situation or problem and seeing the bigger picture or wider context. 11. Positive use of adversity: Learning and growing from mistakes, setbacks, and suffering. 12. Sense of vocation: Feeling called upon to serve, to give something back. (Adapted from Danah Zohar)
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