The Four Types of Intelligence
Just
like there are three (3) stages of adulthood, there appears to be about four types
of intelligence. Stage one, of adulthood, is being grown and that is when you
are legally considered grown by law which is normally 18 years old but for some
it may be 21. Stage two of adulthood is adult where it is said to be when you
began to truly take responsibility for your actions, choices and decisions.
Stage three is maturity which is when you are well aware of who you are to the
point where others being who they are does not bother you. One stage is not the
same as the others and if you are courageous enough to reach stage three, you
shall find that peace and tranquility that you were looking for in the other
two. To reach stage three, you have to be more than willing to listen to those
you disagree with and consider the lessons those conversations may provide,
applying them to who you are to become something better.
The
first type of intelligence is the natural intelligence. This is intelligence which allows you to know
right from wrong as well as how others should be treated and how to treat
others but it is better known as the intelligence to make reasonable and
rational decisions about people, places and things that surround you. Every single human being is born with this
intelligence and is the only entity that can choose to either use it or lose
it. This intelligence is born within you
and even though it can be masked by parental teachings and environmental
circumstances, it can never be completely erased. The second type of intelligence is street
intelligence. This is intelligence first
learned from observation of others while growing up and it is mostly defined by
one’s ability to learn from others and apply that knowledge in a way that
allows them to thrive and survive on the streets of any city, any town in any
country. The third type of intelligence
is education or book intelligence which begins from reading and any kind of
educational opportunity presented. This
intelligence is the ability to recall, recant and apply lessons learned from forms
of books from mathematics to language and even from history books. We think of it as typically coming from
parents and any kind of formal schooling.
Many IQ tests seems to only grade the educational/book intelligence type
which actually short-changes many who may have actually elevated their level of
intelligence. The fourth type of
intelligence is cultivated intelligence.
This intelligence is as stated, cultivated, which means the individual
carefully reviews all of the intelligence types and form a thought and belief based
on all of the other three. They melt
them together and form a single solitary thought or belief which becomes one of
their main support columns and a thread in the very fabric that they choose to
become. The cultivated intelligence is
not rigid and can be quite flexible depending on the introduction of any new
information.
Every
single human being is capable of achieving the cultivated intelligence type if
they choose to exercise it. This is the
one and only barrier to reaching this goal.
Many may choose to remain at their current level or state and it is
purely their choice but some can begin the process of cultivating their
intelligence types and reaching cultivation.
Some many even choose to begin the cultivation stage and then stopping
it at the desired level that they deem fit for them, while other stop
cultivating when they reach the perceived level of intelligence that the group
they feel most apart of is at. All of
this simply means that we as individual chooses our own level of intelligence
and no test or definition should ever decide this for us. A smart person uses their intelligence level
to make better their lives and existence but a wise person always seek to
elevate their lives and existence by seeking cultivation.
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