Intellect

The turning away from the source of the eternally pure life produced the human intellect which belongs to level of material being.

When the Inner Life can no longer guide the person because of his externalization, he uses his intellect increasingly, which helps him to orient himself and find his way. The intellect is an aid, a crutch, an instrument used whenever the inner being, the consciousness, is no longer relied upon, whenever the consciousness is no longer adequate to guide the person, because it is stunted, suppressed or covered.

Thus, our words and thoughts are often determined less by our sensations than by our intellect. It dictates to us the words and also the thoughts that do not correspond with our inner being and therefore do not unfold it.

The intellect pursues quite different goals. It serves our human inclinations; it serves to secure for us a place in this world, in the material existence. The intellect is an adviser to our person, not to our soul. It feeds our self-will and defends it against the low voice of our conscience.

The intellect is a crafty deceiver. It clothes itself in a shiny garment. It is respected and admired and is therefore cultivated by many. It has a substantial part in the manifestations of our human personality, of which we are often so proud.

The intellect wants to shine. It seeks recognition, fame and honour. It proves what it wants to prove with seeming logical consistency. With it, the structures of false truth, which support material life, are erected.

Since the human intellect does not belong to spiritual life, it cannot grasp the spiritual true life, the eternal truth. Therefore, it rejects everything spiritual and refers to it as not existent.

The intellect controls our thought processes often more than we realize. The thoughts, which come mainly from the intellect, lead their own life in our brain cells. They are not connected with our inner sensations and strive to suppress them and even displace them.

Thoughts that come from the intellect lead us without, not within. They are not suitable to develop our Inner Life. They are rather a hindrance and an impediment on the path within. 

Our spiritual consciousness should awaken and radiate more and more. The indwelling light, the divine consciousness in us, should gradually take hold of the outer person and spiritualize him. The divine wisdom should triumph over the human intellect. Our brain cells should align with our spiritual consciousness more and more.

Then our faculty of thought will gradually serve the Spirit in us.

The human intellectual thinking is burdened with opinions and conceptions, desires and inclinations. It analyses, enhances and belittles. As we progress on the Inner Path, it will be ennobled, refined and spiritualized. 

Intellectual thinking becomes "hearts thinking", which streams forth the largely unfolded inner consciousness.