How Intelligent Are We Supposed To Be?

If it’s material intelligence, then we need a high I.Q. 
If it’s social, then none at all. 
If it’s about consciousness, we need E.Q. 

E.Q. – emotional quotient or emotional intelligence – is the ability to understand, use, and manage our own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathise with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict. To put it simply – it’s wisdom.

I.Q. is high maintenance: we’re always juggling ideas, arguing and debating based on memories. Intellectual consciousness = pride.
E.Q. has nothing to maintain: it’s just direct perception in the moment now.
Pure consciousness = original reality.

Intelligence isn’t about having special powers (although the intelligencia wants us common people to think that they do. 🙂 ) Simple intelligence is about just being, and it’s what all creatures have in common.

Being convoluted is overdoing it, creating hell in pipe dreams and sandcastles, as opposed to being straightforward and easy-to-understand. Never feel embarrassed about not knowing enough; that is the aspect of ‘acquired’ intelligence. 

It is pure consciousness, the knowingness itself, that is our reality.