Impact of Emotional, Cognitive & Spiritual Intelligence on Quality of Life: Giving Inner Peace

It was believed in the former era of the twentieth century that an individual high on emotional intelligence (IQ) will succeed in his life. Later, in mid 1990s, a hypothesis was propounded that an individual high on emotional intelligence (EQ), IQ being the same, has greater chances of successful life, for he is empowered with the capability to manage his own as well as others’ emotions better. Towards the end of the century, it was recommended that spiritual intelligence (SI), also spiritual quotient (SQ), is the ultimate intelligence, significant for smooth functioning of IQ and EQ. Spiritual Intelligent(SI) allows individuals to be inventive, to modify the tenets and to adapt to the circumstances, giving us the ability to differentiate.

Employing SQ, one is capable to differentiate between ‘right’ and ‘not right’ in the given structure of a society or any situation, heeding to inner voice. Our brains are hard-wired for actuation and use of SI, however the majority of the individuals allow our brain and mind to remain submissive, missing out the enhanced Qol.

Quality of life (QoL or QQ) is visioned differently by different individuals, depending on their ideal system. Life is extremely vast canvas, encompassing, major aspects, being health (physical, emotional and spiritual, mental), job/occupation finances, social well-being, family, reputation etc. Quality of life is influenced by application of human intelligences like IQ, EQ and SQ in various angles.

Supported by the research of a few renowned authors on spiritual intelligence and emotional intelligence, this paper is aimed at examining the impact of emotional and spiritual intelligence on quality of life.