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intellect. They are dependent on it but the knowledge of the Self
is such that the intellect is not needed any more. I refer to the
intellect as a lying rogue. Never give any credence to it. You
should tell her, “Listen, Madam intellect, life after life you have
harassed me. Dear Madam now return to your own home. Go
to the ones who need you. I have no need for you anymore.”
Retire your intellect in this way. You do not have to insult it or
be contemptuous towards it, because as long as there is any
contempt or hatred within you, you will not attain liberation. So
try to appease it anyway you can and send her home. Pension
means consolation.
If you want liberation then you should not listen to your
intellect at all. The intellect is such that it will show you faults
even in a Gnani Purush. Oh unlucky one! You see faults even
in the one who can grant you liberation? Your liberation will go
away from you for infinite lives.
It is intellect that makes you clash in the worldly life. If
just by listening to your wife you encounter so much clash and
aggravation, just think what Madam Intellect will do to you! If
you listen to her, there is no telling where you will be thrown.
Even at two in the morning she will awaken you and mislead
you. Your encounters with your wife are not so many but this
Madam Intellect is always with you. She is such that she can
dethrone you from your seat.
There is a diamond worth five hundred million. If you
were to ask a hundred jewelers to appraise it, they will each
give you a different value, because they each are guided by their
own intellect. It is the same diamond and yet so many different
values, because everyone’s intellect is different. Therefore do
not try to measure the intellect of a Gnani Purush. It is not in
your capacity to do so.
You should not use your intellect (buddhi) before a Gnani,