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Originally Posted by wolfgang  I see what you are saying. Then what is this intrapersonal intelligence? Is it really something that is an ability that some have and other don't in varying degrees? Or is it just weather the individual is motivated or actually has desires or awareness of desires? And is having a desire or being motivated some kind of aptitude? Or something learned?
If someone is trying to "use LoA" to manifest and it's not working, is it because they are low in intrapersonal intelligence or that they have low awareness that their goals are not aligned with the greater good of all in mind? |
In the pre-Howard Gardner days, natural mental ability was mostly measured in terms of a concept known as IQ.
Gardner wasn't satisfied with this - a single number, the Intelligence Quotient, seemed to him to be inadequate to describe / measure the wide range of mental abilities that human beings have.
Gardner did his research (beginning with brain-impaired children) to identify the different & distinct sorts of mental abilities that human beings have. For example, an idiot savant might be unable to speak or write properly, but might be hugely capable in mathematics / logic puzzles. This suggests that linguistic ability is a separate thing from mathematical / logical ability.
To identify distinct, different sorts of mental abilities, Gardner found it useful to work with young children. With adults, the extra difficulty that arises is that any "abilities" or "lack of abilities" they demonstrate may be due to cultural or environmental factors, rather than anything more intrinsic.
In the end, Gardner identified eight unique types of intelligences:
1. linguistic (relates to language, words)
2. logical/mathematical (concerns logic, cause-&-effect analysis)
3. visuo-spatial (relates to diagrams, images, pictures, sense of proportion)
4. musical (awareness of sounds, rhythms, pitch; how they combine)
5. interpersonal (understanding how other people think / feel / behave)
6. intrapersonal (understanding one's own thoughts / emotions / motivations)
7. bodily-kinesthetic (natural ability with one's own body; important, for example, in sports, dance and other physical activities).
8. naturalist (ability to interpret natural environment - animals, plants, weather etc - probably not much use for urban dwellers; but useful for people living close to nature)
And all this which leads to the idea that "intelligence" isn't a single concept. Instead people can be "smart" in different ways (and also "stupid" in different ways).
Let's take for example, the stereotypical high school nerd - someone who excels in maths and science, but is very bad in sports and poor in making friendss. In MI terms, he has high mathematical/logical intelligence; but is poor in bodily-kinesthetic intelligence and poor in interpersonal intelligence.
Now, of course, as you say, a person's ability in just about anything can be improved through practice, persistence, proper training etc. For example, if the high school nerd practised really, really hard, there's the possibility that he probably could become good in some sport. Nevertheless, it doesn't change the fact that some people have more natural ability than others, in different things.
I'm suggesting that as far as conscious creation with LOA is concerned, intrapersonal intelligence is probably the most directly relevant intelligence. It doesn't mean that other intelligences are not relevant - there are very few human activities where only one kind of intelligence is relevant - but I'm suggesting that for conscious creation, intrapersonal intelligence is most relevant.
You are saying that if a person fails to manifest successfully, it could be due to their goals are not aligned with greater good for all; or they weren't motivated to use LOA properly; or didn't learn the right techniques etc.
HOWEVER - what we're talking about in this thread (before it got heavily sidetracked by Mrs Cogan) are people like Dave Angeles and Floridagal. They apparently did everything right, knew all the LOA theory, practised and persisted with LOA for a considerable time (Floridagal even attended classes or consulted psychics or professional LOA coaches or something ), visualised, thought positive, felt positive ..... and still fell completely flat on their faces.
At the other end of the spectrum, a few individuals who frequent this forum seem to manifest their intentions quite easily, quite successfully and quite regularly. Me, for instance - I started experimenting casually with LOA only in mid 2006, and by 2007, my monthly salary shot up so much that I'm in the 98.5th percentile of all income-tax paying citizens in my country (and I'm not yet 35 years old).
So I am suggesting that this difference (in results with conscious creation) possibly has something to do with the natural distribution of a particular intelligence (intrapersonal intelligence).