Once you have the knowledge and have integrated your emotional intelligence skills, you may wish to take your growth a little further by exploring your spiritual path. This is a gradual growth process and you will know when you are ready for the next step. You may decide to wait a while before starting with your new adventure on the journey or you may be motivated and passionate about doing the spiritual part immediately after you have done the EQ part. This is totally up to you. It is important to remember though that you have to give yourself time to integrate the new (EQ) skills before taking on the new adventure.

In my opinion Spirituality includes the following:

• Unconditional love and acceptance of others and self;
• Being able to distinguish between your lower/human self (Ego) and Higher Self/Soul;
• To live according to your Higher Self/Soul;
• To enhance your ability to listen to your gut feelings/intuition/inner knowings/realisations (which is your Higher Self/Soul talking) ;
• Finding your "I AM" on the question "Who am I?". Living more and more aligned with this life purpose in order to heal, experience and manifest the fullness of "who I am" as an aspect of God you have chosen for your life on earth;
• To live fully in the NOW without contemplating the past or fearing the future;
• Recognising that we are all One - we all share the same energy;
• To be able to lessen the loneliness, isolation and separateness that many people often experienced;
• To realise and be able to live with the idea that we are all interconnected and interdependent on each other;
• To get to know the deeper meaning and value of your life and all life;
• To see the meaning of difficult times in your life as possible instructions/guidance to you to change the course of your life;
• To surrender your life to God and renew your relationship with Him.

Spiritual wellbeing is almost completely different from what we used to do. It is not about striving and reaching for more, it is about slowing down and accepting what we already are and have. It is definitely not about pushing others down for you to reach the top -- it is about helping and caring for others so that they too can share in the abundance that is there for all of us.

You are ready for spiritual growth when the following quote makes complete sense to you.....

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience;

we are spiritual beings having a human experience."

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin