Looking around us everyday, we get a sense
of the emotional energy pervading all around of Fear, Anger, hostility, guilt,
shame and depression, which Deepak Chopra calls as Diabolical Emotions.
Spin it around and we can look at the divine
emotions of Love, Joy, Compassion, and Equanimity according to him.
Connecting the dots of the divine emotions
to emotional intelligence, I have put forth my views how to arrive at the
Happiness quotient that we all are seekers off.
Recent research in the field of EI calls
happiness as an indicator of emotional health and well-being and the four
factors of Happiness as per EQ-I 2.0, are Self Regard, Optimism, Interpersonal
Relationships and Self actualization.
As an individual with high Self Regard, I
respect myself as well as accept the strengths and limitations while remaining
satisfied and self-secure. When we can do this to ourselves and can apply a
similar structure to all around us, we become unconditional, which is the
primary ingredient of the divine emotion called Love for me.
The second aspect of optimism where I see
hope, the glass as half-full, can get energized by setbacks and obstacles and
fuelled to overcome challenges in life, I express the second divine emotion of
Joy showcasing itself in all its glory.
Wikipedia defines Compassion as that emotion
that one feels in response to the sufferings of the others that motivates a
desire to help, which sits exceedingly well for me with the Emotional Intelligence
element of Inter-Personal Relationships where we look out not only for new
relationships but also take care of the ones we already have, we have the
courage to ask and give help and have mutually enriching exchanges in
professional as well as personal lives.
Self-Actualization in the business world
means finding the purpose and enjoying what you do while performing at the optimal
level. When I operate from that space I can help others to self-actualize too
because there is this inner stillness of peace and confidence, that the
universe is conspiring for our greater purpose, which the divine emotion of
Equanimity is all about.
When I am at peace, the other three divine
emotions of Love, Joy and Compassion flow effortlessly and express themselves
in their true glory.
To the emotional intelligence angle of
measuring happiness, if divine emotions are added, I propose that I am an
individual with a high happiness quotient.
Conversely, apply the divine emotions first in
day-to-day life and automatically increase your emotional intelligence as well
as your happiness quotient.
Psychology takes time to express what
spirituality already possesses!
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