Then what is the difference between intellect and faith? When there is an experience of descent of divine consciousness or help from a holy saint; these experiences can be construed as mere accidental happening by the intellect and ignored. Let your intellect (trust) guide you for such one hundred percent definite assumptions. When there are experiences that cause apparent grief and damage after having many such helpful incidents; one sticks to the stand that has been taken earlier by remembering earlier helpful incidents. At such times he tries to find within himself the deeper purpose and real reasons of the incidents causing the grief. When one turns the intellect to stick to the original stand by remembering previous helpful incidents and not use it in opposite direction is called faith. It is faith to ignore the intellect when it tries to convince the opposite. Divine consciousness has helped Gandhiji many times. This has been responsible for maintaining his unshakable faith. He never gets disappointed for this reason.
In realty human being is never guided by only intellect. He develops his opinions and behavior from inner being that is shaped by the external experiences and not by intellect. Inner being means mind, intellect, feelings, surroundings, previous karmas, impressions from previous experiences, etc. Intellect just gives it an appropriate impression of legitimacy. Intellect is only half pure since it is colored by these entities and it also colors them. So the people who entirely depend upon intellect are as far from the truth as people with less intellect and blind faith. It is also possible that these people are riddled with doubt and are without any enthusiasm. Intellect needs to be used for helping people with true faith.This is the limitation of the intellect. It is very much needed and necessary in the spiritual field. It needs to be reined in by the faith that is tested on experiences and mental strength; not like the bullock going around in the same tracks. It will act as search light showing the appropriate way.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Prerana
Edition 2; Pages 6 -7.
In realty human being is never guided by only intellect. He develops his opinions and behavior from inner being that is shaped by the external experiences and not by intellect. Inner being means mind, intellect, feelings, surroundings, previous karmas, impressions from previous experiences, etc. Intellect just gives it an appropriate impression of legitimacy. Intellect is only half pure since it is colored by these entities and it also colors them. So the people who entirely depend upon intellect are as far from the truth as people with less intellect and blind faith. It is also possible that these people are riddled with doubt and are without any enthusiasm. Intellect needs to be used for helping people with true faith.This is the limitation of the intellect. It is very much needed and necessary in the spiritual field. It needs to be reined in by the faith that is tested on experiences and mental strength; not like the bullock going around in the same tracks. It will act as search light showing the appropriate way.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Prerana
Edition 2; Pages 6 -7.
