It was Rick’s recognition of the importance of integrating the four holistic intelligences that lead to exploring additional intersecting models, in a manner similar to that taken by Ken Wilber in creating his “Integral Theory.” In a later conversation, on Wednesday, March 04, 2009, we reviewed key components of the leadership curriculum that we felt would be necessary to include in our curriculum design. At that time Paul brought in the connection between elements of the Triune Brain model (first proposed by neurologist Paul MacLean and later presented by other researchers to include the pineal gland), and elements of our work in exploring SQ. The chart below depicts this detail:
| Brain Physiology | Function/Lozanov Barrier | Theory U Voices & Outcomes | Holistic Intelligence | Practice |
| Neo-Cortex, parallel neural wiring that crosses the midline through the corpus collosumCentral Nervous System | Rational/emotive balance, equanimity, peaceSelf-Concept/ Identity Critical/Logical barrier: It must make sense |
1st VoiceVoice of Judgment
Sensing, Observe, observe |
Intellectual=IQMIND
Cognitive Domain “Thinking” |
Open Mind, having a career that is creative, meaningful, and makes a difference in the world-Educate in science toward truth |
| Mamalian/Limbic BrainParallel neural wiring
Autonomic Nervous System: |
Emotional safetySelf-Esteem/ Beliefs, Values Moral/Ethical barrier: It must be good for all concerned |
2nd VoiceVoice of Cynicism
Listen deeply Dialog |
Emotional=EQHEART
Affective Domain “Feeling” |
Open Heart, having work that contributes to others, is relational, supportive, and builds community-Educate in morals toward goodness |
| Reptilian BrainSerial neural wiring
Somatic Nervous System |
Physical safetySelf-Confidence/ Capability Feeling/Intuitive barrier: It must feel right |
3rd VoiceVoice of Fear
Let go to let come Trust and surrender |
Physical=PQBODY
Psycho-motor Domain “Behaving” |
Open Will, having a job that provides economic survival-Educate in art toward beauty |
| Pre-frontal cortex and Pineal, “God Spot,” Synchronous Neural WiringHolographic Mind | Unitive experience of onenessTranscendent Reality | 4th VoiceVoice of Source | Holistic=HQ or Spiritual=SQSPIRIT
“Presencing” |
Presencing, co-creative participation with purpose to bring forth a world that works for everyone and all species-Educate in unification or unity |
At that time Paul wrote the following:
“It always had seemed to me that SQ represented a higher state of intellect in addition to consciousness. I believed that the goal of enlightenment was attained by an intellectual journey to higher awareness, through understanding as well as meditation. But I also recognized that unless one can surrender and have an open will, there is no hope of redemption/atonement or re-uniting with the pure Self that existed at birth, before the creation of ego and the notion of separation from God. In practice, it is fruitless to ask ego to surrender because its sole purpose is guardian or protector of physical existence. To the existence of the ego, surrender is equivalent to defeat. In fact, meditation is referred to by teachers in the Himalayan Yoga Tradition as a practice of dying to the outwardly directed world of attachment and ego.”
“The resolution of the dilemma posed by the protective ego needing to surrender, is transcendence of the physical need for survival. Intellect is used in a downshifting fashion to ultimately provide enough safety that surrender becomes okay and desirable. We must downshift from IQ with an open mind and a balanced brain, through EQ with feelings of emotional safety and an open heart, through PQ with a sense of physical safety so deep that it becomes possible to have an open will to source and the emergent future. Only in this way can we reach a state of presence and experience the unitive consciousness of SQ. We must be able to get off the high camel of the intellect to go through the ‘eye of the needle.’”
“The practices of PQ must be devoted—as the martial arts, qigong, and yoga are—to bringing the physical body to a place of power, strength, openness, safety, and health. Proper nutrition and exercise are necessary. Linking the breath and movement harmonize both the body and mind, stimulating a sense of balance, empowerment, and equanimity. The lower energy centers and higher energy centers meet at the nexus of the heart—the seat of trust, love, and compassion for humanity. With strength and balance in the body, heart, and mind, the human experience expands and grows in capacity to carry a larger current of spiritual energy. This is equivalent to high voltage power lines in the distribution of energy across a broad area. When the spinal column and nervous systems can carry a greater load, then higher energy flow is possible. The awakening of this energy or Kundalini is an increased vibrational level of being, the effect of which attracts and organizes the energy field to manifest one’s highest destiny.”
“The leader who steps up to the path of personal development, grows in outward capacity in direct proportion to the openings developed internally. The inner work of leader development is that of breaking through internal energetic blockages in the physical, emotional, and intellectual realms. The path to spiritual intelligence then, is the path of an enlightened, conscious leader.”
“The path toward such personal and professional awareness brings us ultimately to the unitive consciousness of SQ that perceives the interconnectedness of all life, the importance of creating business that is environmentally and economically sustainable, socially just, and spiritually fulfilling. Conscious capitalism as described by Raj Sisodia (Sisodia et. al., 2007), Peter Senge (Senge, et al., 2008), and Hazel Henderson (Henderson, 2006) becomes the imperative.”
In the next post, we describe further connections that expand the foundation of our research.
Paul R. Scheele and Rick Warm
