Intellect is. tool for self

THE INTELLECT IS A TOOL OF THE SELF

The difficulty is to remain in the thoughtless state, and yet carry out the thinking necessary for fulfilling our duties.

M: The one that thinks is not your Self. Let action occur of its own accord. Why associate yourself with the difficulty! When you have to go outdoors you just lift your feet and go without thinking about it. Like this, the state becomes automatic, and when necessary, thinking arises and disappears of its own accord.'

Intuition works when there is no thought, and intuition will guide you. Those who have made big discoveries, have made them not when they were anxious about them, but in the stillness, by intuition rather than by thinking.

Mental activity ceases when Self-enquiry is answered. Even if you are thinking about God, it is still an activity and must be given up.

The one who practices vichara merges in God and then ceases to think about Him.

Intellect is a tool of the Self, which uses it for measuring diversity. It is not outside the Self. How could there be manifestations of intellect if the seed did not exist?

Q: How can the rebellious mind be brought under control?

M: Either seek its source so that it may disappear, or surrender so that it may be struck down.

- Conscious Immortality