What's your spiritual IQ?什么是你的精神智商?

It's the secret weapon that will help you cope with the hassles of life. Here's how to put spiritual intelligence to work for you.

Her ex had done it again. After missing their 10-year-old daughter's dance recital, he showed up the following day with a bouquet of roses. "My first impulse was to tear into him," admits my friend Jennie. Then some phrases popped into her mind: "He loves her. She needs him. Let it be." Taking a deep breath, she listened to this inner voice and said, "Natalie's going to love the flowers." And for at least one brief, shining moment, there was a little more peace on earth.

對付生活煩擾的一個秘密武器。以下幾點教你如何將精神智商運用到工作中去。

她前夫又一次失約了。他沒能參加他們10歲女兒的舞蹈演出會，第二天，他帶著一束玫瑰來看她們。我的朋友詹妮承認說："我第一個沖動就是批評他。"但是接著閃入腦海的卻是："他是愛女兒的。女兒需要他。算了吧。"深吸一口氣，她以此寬慰自己說："納塔利會喜歡這些花的。"至少在那一短暫、輕松的時刻，世上多了一份和睦。

What happened? Without consciously realizing why or how, Jennie had reached beyond reason to a deeper level of understanding, a newly recognized way of knowing that psychologists have dubbed "spiritual intelligence." Our spiritual intelligence quotient, or SQ, helps us understand ourselves, and live fuller, happier lives.

Spiritual intelligence is the capacity to sense, understand and tap in to the highest part of ourselves, of others and of the world around us. This source of inner serenity may be our best defense against the hassles that barrage us every day.

發生了什么情況呢?原來不知不覺間，詹妮已經超越理智進入到理解的深層次了，即心理學家稱之為"精神智商"的一個剛被公認的認知方法。我們的精神智商，或SQ，幫助我們了解自我，生活得更充實，更幸福。

精神智商是一種能力，可以感受、理解并觸及最深的自我、他人及我們周遭的世界。這種內心深處的寧靜可能是我們抵御日常困擾的最佳能力。

While we're all born with SQ, most of us aren't even aware that we have it. Fortunately, you don't have to sign up for classes to learn how to enhance your SQ. Here are some simple steps that can lead you to this new level of understanding:

Sit Quietly. The process of cultivating spiritual intelligence begins in solitude and silence. Most spiritual traditions involve an inner wisdom. To tune in to its whisper, you have to turn down the volume in your busy, noisy, complicated life and force yourself to do nothing at all. Start small by creating islands of silence in your day. In the car, instead of reaching for the radio dial, use the time to reflect. At work, shut the door to your office between meetings, take a few deep breaths and let them out very, very slowly. Savor the stillness in your home after the kids are finally in bed.