Spiritual Quotient (SQ) is not about the number of scriptures you have read. It’s not about the verses you have memorized. It’s not about how disciplined you are with your religious practices. SQ is love, honesty, and courage: love for the truth, honesty in acknowledging the truth, and courage to admit that you have been a liar. If you have that, then you have a high SQ. SQ is a choice.
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Questioner: Good Evening, Sir. I remember something called 'Spiritual Quotient' and that being discussed once. So, I think what you were just talking about was related to that. Could you please expand on what spiritual quotient is and how can one develop that?
Acharya Prashant: Spiritual Quotient, I do not honestly remember how I had explained it or defined it the last time. So, what I will say now will totally be different or even at odds with the previous thing. But let’s still go ahead.
To me, Spiritual Quotient is simply your intention to remain honest. Spiritual Quotient is simply your courage to live your love. Spiritual Quotient is your willingness to face ugliness when you look at yourself.
There is no SQ without self-knowledge, right? And why is self-knowledge so difficult? One could say, “One does not have knowledge of psychology because one did not have access to a university or a library. But why must self-knowledge be difficult?" Self-knowledge means knowing oneself. You are not a far-off library. You don’t have to seek admission in some external university to know yourself. You are available, you are accessible. Why do you still not know yourself? Because you will not bear to admit what you come across when you look at yourself. So, that’s SQ.
