Till our inner implements of Intellect and prana are quieted and purified, it is almost impossible to deeply love Shree Bhagwan.
Holiness, brightness, subtleness and vision to see through in Intellect are never produced without faith and trust in Shree Bhagwan. Intellect can try to disturb us through our core and make us go astray from our goal of development of life. If our attention is always directed towards attaining the goal of our lives, it can be the agent to wake us and warn us. So intellect is a friend and not foe for the one who makes the efforts.
Root of the word Buddhi (intellect) is Budh, meaning to know. Anything that explains the root of everything to us is Buddhi. We will understand its mystery if use it. Any work where there is entry of intellect, that work is illuminated (get clear vision and understanding). Gitamata says that presently the intellect is affected by the mud of Moha (infatuation). You see everything in color according to whatever color glasses you wear. You will not see white with black color glasses. Our intellect is affected by the mud of Moha, desires, anger, puzzles etc. so how can we experience Chetan? Old impressions of Intellect are of different kind. Intellect will express true knowledge if it gets free of old impressions (impurities).
Intellect is a form of Shree Bhagwan. In our base meaning within our body there are two elements that are closest to Shree Bhagwan-Chetan and they are Intellect and prana. Where ever Chetan enters, it assumes its characteristics and intellect explains all the aspects of it appropriately.
There will be a problem, if Intellect does not agree with rationalization of certain understanding. At such time intellect will not work with us properly. We must satisfy our intellect. If you want to tread this path, you need to satisfy Intellect. Suppose intellect thinks about other thoughts then tell it, 'it is not proper that you are having different kind of thoughts. Do you know or not that we need to do this work? What will happen if you think this way to finish the work? So why is there fuss about it?' We need to make Intellect understand this. We will not achieve anything by opposing our intellect. We will have to adopt the way of compromise with intellect. We will need to explain that these compromises are for the purpose of achieving higher stages in Sadhana.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Yog, Part 1,
Edition 1; Pages 35o - 351.
