Intellect can go beyond by its close observation and understanding of the experiences. But the intellect also needs the actual support of the experiences. If we want to leap forward, the back foot needs the support of factual hard ground. It is an experience, to have the support of the factual ground. Similarly, intellect inspires us to jump forward with the factual support, in the form of introspection and contemplation. There can be many kinds of understandings. The understanding, that takes us higher, is not only from the intellect. The intellect takes us higher but it cannot stabilize there. Its flight is worth not much. Intellect can help a lot, only on the strength of the experiences. It cannot become subtle and sharp without the experiences. There is no guru like the experience in the spiritual field. So we should understand the experience as the guru.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Sopan
Edition 3; Page 55.
