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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  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.
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. |
I just have trouble with statements that say you can't become spiritual (which is what I consider LoA to be, a spiritual pursuit) because you aren't intelligent. This is applying judgement in spirituality. Aren't the keys to heaven available to all? Isn't spirituallity about acceptance and non-judgement?