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Comment on Emotional Quotient by Ravi Kiran Maddali

Ravi Kiran Maddali — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:19:22 +0000

Dear A. K. Satsangi:

Please give me your personal email or address so that I can discuss many questions.

Thanks,

Comment on Thought Provoking by tenaciousweed

tenaciousweed — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:28:28 +0000

Thanks for the meat you added to those bones! Appreciate you taking the time to think through & share.

Comment on Tattoo by fred the celtic design

fred the celtic design — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:16:23 +0000

Tattoo lovers understand their body as a canvas whereby the tattoo art form is to be engraved. Typically, women prefer little tattoo photographs and designs with lucid colors.

Comment on Modern Mary by Sara J. Green

Sara J. Green — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:27:48 +0000

Thanks Dorthy! This is one of my favorites. : )

Comment on Modern Mary by Dorthy Hall

Dorthy Hall — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:07:48 +0000

A friend encoraged me to look at this post, great post, interesting read… keep up the nice work!

Comment on Talking about Race and Ethnicity by Sara J. Green

Sara J. Green — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:39:12 +0000

Thanks! I appreciate that. : )

Comment on Talking about Race and Ethnicity by Arius

Arius — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:05:06 +0000

Any time Sara. I’m looking forward to more postings from you and don’t worry, if no one else has the patience nor courage to articulate relative issues on race, you always have an ear here;)

Comment on Talking about Race and Ethnicity by Sara J. Green

Sara J. Green — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:27:32 +0000

My father always said “If you aren’t learning, you’re dead.” I’m up for the challenge. I just hope there will be people who are willing to be patient teachers. Thank you for your comment Arius. I am definitely looking forward to discussions on this topic.

Comment on Talking about Race and Ethnicity by Arius

Arius — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:44:52 +0000

The cultural meme of ethnocentricity is largely due to–as Cornell West would say, willful ignorance. The lack of understanding the historicity of another culture leads to not only cultural, but religious bigotry as well.

I would say to you, learn as much as you can and never stop. Lethargicness is our only enemy.

Comment on Emotional Quotient by Anirudh Kumar Satsangi

Anirudh Kumar Satsangi — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:15:10 +0000

Thank you very much Sara for your interest in my work on S.Q. which I have further elaborated as below:

There are various types of meditation available, which are being practiced by sages, saints, seers and others across the world. The difference in various versions lies in the fact that these practice involve concentration to meditate at different centres known as Chakra in Yoga System. These chakras are, in fact, energy centres which correspond to nerve centres distributed along the spinal column and in brain region.

Some practitioners start to meditate at Basic/Root Chakra (Muladhara) – situated at the base of spine, some at Heart Chakra (Anahata Chakra), some at AJNA Chakra – Optic Chiasma – Master Chakra and some from even higher centres situated in the brain region. Among all these types of meditation, practice at sixth chakra is considered to be the most ideal which brings about optimum results.

Sixth Chakra is situated very close to hypothalamus. The hypothalamus is a portion of brain that contains a number of small nuclei with a variety of functions. One of the most important function of the hypothalamus is to link nervous system to the endocrine system via the pituitary glands.

Autonomic nervous system (ANS) is largely under hypothalamic control. ANS consists of parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) and sympathetic nervous system (SNS). PSNS is activated during meditative calm and during stress SNS is activated. When PSNS is activated, heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure decreased. Supply of blood in the digestive tract increased. When SNS is activated heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure increased. Supply of blood to the muscles and exterior organs increased and to the digestive tract decreased. In addition to these, there are many other parameters which can be compared. Parasympathetic Dominance (P.D.) is the state of PSNS activation whereas Sympathetic Dominance (S.D.) is the state of SNS activation. Instruments are available in medical science to measure these parameters.

Now we can assign numerical value to each parameter. Then put the value in the formula for S.Q. and see the result. We can show the calculation as mentioned below:

S.Q.= P.D./S.D. = Σ X / Σ Y
Where X=x1+x2+x3+ …….
And Y=y1+y2+y3+…….

During PSNS activation (P.D.), we assign ‘1’ to each parameter (x1+x2+x3+…..) and ‘0’ to each parameter (y1+y2+y3+…..). During SNS activation (S.D.), we assign ‘1’ to each parameter (y1+y2+y3+…) and ‘0’ to each parameter (x1+x2+x3+….).

By putting the numerical value, thus achieved, in the above formula for S.Q. we can calculate the Spiritual Quotient of an individual.