It
is my intent today to align Positive Intelligence
by Shirzad Chamine with Christian thought. The book is proving to be
my greatest friend outside the Bible and related works. I will begin
by quoting from two devotionals: Joshua Dubois in The President's
Devotional entry for February
23:
What
shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace abound?
Certainly not! How shall we who have died to sin live any longer in
it? --Romans 6:1-2 (NKJV)
As
believers, we must move beyond our old ways.
If
we find ourselves stuck in the same patterns of sin even after
accepting God's grace, let's pray that these patterns would be
broken. “Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound. Certainly
not!”
Dear
God, help me to break free from old patterns, old ways, old sins. I
do not want to abuse your grace; it did not come cheaply. In you, I
am set free. Amen.
The
second devotional: an excerpt from “A Cross to Choose”, page 56;
Through the Year with Jimmy Carter.
Whoever
wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross
and follow me.” Mark 8:34
Jimmy
Carter writes: What does “taking up your cross” mean for us
today? I think it requires us to forsake our own pride and to submit
to God through faith in Jesus Christ.
Briefly
this is how I align Positive Intelligence
with Christian thought. The ten Saboteurs (especially the Judge)
represent the old patterns of sin. The Sage is a gift from the
divine Creator. Sin is
when we sell out and heed the old Saboteur structure and forsake our
true freedom. We then submit to the slavery of selfish pride (a
special attribute
of the Judge). We are then deeply misled for we mistake Conscience
(the enlightened discernment of the Sage) for the Judgment of the
Saboteurs who quickly usher in endless guilt and anxiety without
salvation. The peace, the joy, the creativity of the spirit is only
possible through the modalities of spirit—empathy, exploration,
innovation, navigation (the spirit of Christ being the compass),
and activation (the spirit
without works is dead).
Salvation does not
completely free us from temptation as Positive Intelligence does not
free us totally from our Saboteurs.
Some are so entrapped by
their Saboteurs that they cannot see the wisdom or possibility of
breaking free from the old structures.
It is by the grace of God that
insight is first possible
I
repeat, Positive Intelligence
is proving to be my best friend outside the Bible and related works.
I highly recommend you visit the following site and take the two
assessments (click on PQ
Assessment)—one is
to determine your key Saboteurs and the other is
to determine your Positive
Intelligence Quotient. The explanatory
assessment reports
generated
include helpful summaries of the concepts found in the book, Positive
Intelligence.
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