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Originally Posted by Lil Chris  I would agree that paying attention is a skill, a skill that can be developed by anyone who chooses to do so. I would also like to add, many books describe being able to think a certain way, again which is available to all, who choose to do so... |
In case I am being misunderstood ...... yes, I agree with you.
In the same way, I believe that just about everyone can learn to appreciate music ..... or solve maths equations ...... or get on well with others ..... or be very good in a language.
This does not alter the fact that some people naturally are musically gifted; or have a prodigious talent for maths; or have high interpersonal intelligence; or have the gift of the gab or a natural flair for writing ...
... and therefore hold natural advantages in the respective areas.
Gardener even once proposed a 'spiritual intelligence' - he withdrew it citing a lack of evidence, but you can see why there may be other reasons (the far of controversy).
The proposal of a `spiritual intelligence' naturally implies that some people are naturally predisposed to be able to connect with ... whatever ... God / gods / spirits / entities/ demons etc. If we accept that there is such a thing as spiritual intelligence, and we accept that Steve Pavlina's wife, Erin, is not an utter liar, then we would say that she is one of those individuals who were born with a naturally high spiritual intelligence.
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From what I can make of it, this certain way of thinking is to think in images, not in words...
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I was going to mention that as well. As far as the ability to visualise is concerned, people with high visuo-spatial intelligence are going to hold the natural advantage.