Characteristics of Spiritual Intelligence

1. Spiritual Intelligence is the ultimate intelligence. 
2. It is the ultimate way of knowing 
3. It enables us to address and solve problems of meaning and value.
4. It involves those abilities that help us to answer the basic philosophical questions about life and to find meaning both temporally and existentially
5. It is non-religious and faith-neutral
6. It is the soul's intelligence, the intelligence of the deep self.
7. SQ is the necessary foundation for the effective functioning of both IQ and EQ
8. It is rooted in the human need for understanding the world and our place in it .
9. SQ includes awareness of unity or contentedness with self, others, the community, the earth, and the cosmos.
10. It implies a capacity for a deep understanding of existential questions and insight into multiple level of consciousness.
11. Spiritual intelligence emerges as consciousness evolves into an ever-deepening awareness of matter, life, body, mind, soul and spirit.
12. SQ is the foundation on which should lie our IQ and EQ