Emotional Intelligence
- Your World

Emotional intelligence is a term which has been coined to express how well we deal with life in general.

Often it is used as an alternative term to Personal Development, although it is much more limited in scope. It is not just how smart we are, but how well we handle life emotionally.

How often have we seen someone who we would not consider to be particularly bright, yet who handle their life and the challenges of the world with great aplomb, that is they have great Emotional Intelligence.

Clearly there is more to life than just being smart.

It may well be that having a high level of emotional intelligence is more important than a high I.Q.

Our perception and relationship with the world after all is determined by our emotional relationship to it - our thoughts and feelings. In particular our feelings.

Do you live in a friendly supportive world in which it is a joy and a privelige to be?

Or

Do you live in a hostile world where you have to be on your guard every moment?

The difference between these two positions is your level of Emotional Intelligence.

Just as a person with a highly intelligent mind understands the workings of the world at an intellectual level, so a person with a high level of Emotional Intellegence has a depth of awareness of their emotional relationship with the world.

Of course the ideal situation is to have a balance between both forms of intelligence. I can't do much for your I.Q. here, but I can stimulate your E.Q. (emotional intelligence).

Imagine if the whole world was a person - say one of your friends. What sort of a person would it be?

Would it be a helpful supportive person or would it be a prickly person to be wary of?

Now, on a personal level :

Take a look at your life, your friends, your career, the TV programs you watch, the movies you see, the books you read, the sport you play and or watch.

These are all elective activities. They "color" your world. They influence your mind, attitudes, and ulimately, how you feel about the world.

Because these are elective or volantary activities, they reflect your own choices as to how the world should be!

So - Be aware that what you allow into your life will shape your life and how you see the world and ultimately how the world sees you!

Each of us 'sees' the same physical reality, but from a different point of view. What is a familiar situation to one person can be a major threat to someone else.

You see the world through a prism of your own feelings and emotions. Thus you can be said to perceive your own reality.

Your world is a double edged sword. Whilst it is the reality in which you live, it is also a reality which you yourself create by what you allow into your life.

An emotionally dumb person accepts whatever the media etc. seves up whilst a person with a high Emotional Intellegence selectively filters their input.

Whilst the three dimensional physical world in which you live is fixed, your perception of it is determined by :

Everything you think, say and do!

You no doubt can accept that you are responsible for your actions.

You can also accept that you are responsible for your speech, after all your words are your thoughts given physical reality.

But what about the thoughts which you do not act upon? Your innermost reality.

This is the core of your world.

Everything in your world flows from here.

If you want to change the world you live in - this where you must start.

This is where we must look!

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