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Thinking with Your Soul: Spiritual Intelligence and Why It Matters

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This book is expertly crafted, beginning with explanation of the categories of intelligence as postulated by leading psychologists, continuing with his contention that there is a spiritual intelligence, an explanation of how his test was developed, and then the test itself along with evaluations of the results. The reader learns more of himself, and where he is in the seven aspects of spiritual intelligence, how to increase his awareness in some aspects if desired...

Unless you are brand new to issues of spirtuality, this book weill seem simplistic and unsatifying.

Thinking With Your Soul: Spiritual Intelligence and Why It Matters is a masterful blend of science, clinical experience and spirituality. Tackling the difficult, and controversial problem of spirituality, Wolman makes a convincing case for the existence of a new intelligence inherent in the human condition.

I approached this book skeptically, but was soon engaged in the range of topics and fields examined and synthesized. From evolutionary psychology, philosophy, and cognitive neuroscience, Wolman makes accessible the most difficult and complex of issues. He then shows how his new methodology for studying spirituality evolved, not from his preconceptions, but from the minds and hearts of thousands of individuals. This new procedure has wide applications in daily life and also in the consulting room.

The book is written in elegant prose - almost poetic at times - and reveals the compassion and sensitivity Wolman shows to his patients, his students and his colleagues. This is an important book. You will read it more than one time.

A Must-Read! Wolman's insights into the spiritual self that resides in all of us are mind-expanding. The included spirituality inventory yields profound results, and enables you to learn something about yourself that you've always wanted to know. Wolman's writing is clear, fluid, and bold. As a college professor, I have read many books, in many fields of interest. This book has my unconditional support, and I suggest it to anyone who is in the mood to learn.

Wolman teaches at Harvard University,and like many professors, peddles his books "Thinking With Your Soul" to his students. Unlike distinguished faculty, he avoids questions from us bright undergraduates who challenge him on pseudo-science nonsense from the book-- that which translates into using an entire class period to hand out Tarot cards and have us discuss what they tell about our lives. Tarot cards? From a Harvard professor? If any of us males in the class point out that Tarot cards aren't science, he simply shrugs. Perhaps some of the profits from the book could be used to pay us back for our tuition. And they say Cornel West was goofing off last year? Yet there is a silver lining here: self-help gurus usually maintain their appeal by seeming like they walk the talk: reading "Thinking with Your Soul" gives the impression that Dr. Wolman believes in genuine, humble spiritual insights. Yet watching him lecture about the book, one sees how he is entirely wrapped up in his need for the class to like him and think he's a funny, great guy. Forget about honestly answering the questions posed to him about whether a spiritual dimension exists, he would rather avoid direct confrontations and chatter on incessantly about his personal life. Great news: by taking a course with this book's author you can learn ahead of time that you're not listening to advice from a wisened professional, but handing over hard earned dollars to a man who needs to get his own spiritual house in order. Forget "Thinking with Your Soul" and try to remember that this book deosn't live up to its inspiring title. Pull aside the curtain and you have the great and terrible Oz. The only tricks up this author's sleeve are tarot cards and tenure. Don't be fooled. Think with your wallet.

I love "Thinking with Your Soul"; it is a wonderful book for anyone interested in expanding one's own spiritual awareness through the acts of living. Dr. Wolman invites the reader to open the door that leads to discovery of the relevance of spirituality for each of us not only within the context of the community we live, but also in relationship to larger questions about the meaning of life. His empirically based investigation unites everyday personal experience with the scientific approach to spirituality. Through PsychoMatrix Spirituality Inventory, Dr. Wolman found a way to measure spiritual intelligence not in the terms of numerical value, but as a developmental dimension which increases and deepens with life experiences. For an interested reader, the book is a pleasure to read. "Thinking with Your Soul" turns examining of one's own spirituality to a highly attractive endeavor. I highly recommend it.