114 Aptavani-1
This world arose when the soul became deluded. When the intellect( buddhi) becomes deluded, Gnan will manifest.
I do not look at anyone’ s intellect; I look at his understanding. The intellect can be skewed at three hundred different places but there is not a problem if the understanding is right. A person with intellect may rise higher through the use of that intellect but he may fall too, whereas the one with right understanding will go higher and higher, to the top and will never fall. Intellect is a part of the non-Self and not the Self. Right understanding and intuitive perception( darshan) is the innate quality of the Self.
Those with pita( bilious) constitution have sharper intellect and the ones with vata( air) constitution have deeper understanding.
Everything has arisen out of the imagination of the intellect. It is all worldly in nature. In every religion, whatever came into the imagination of the people, came to be recorded in their scriptures. A scripture is knowledge born of the intellect. Pure consciousness( chetan) is never found in the scriptures. Gnan, on the other hand, is self-illuminating and it can only be found in the heart of a Gnani. The phases of intellect are full of scams. The intellect tries to convince the owner that it is Gnan that is operating. Therefore I tell you to beware of the intellect. When the intellect shows you something, recall‘ Dada’( the Self) and say out loud,‘ I am Vitarag’, and the intellect will settle down.
Gnan does not find fault with anyone whereas the intellect finds faults in everyone. The intellect will find faults in even one’ s own brother whereas Gnan will not find fault even in a stepmother. If a stepmother serves her stepchild burnt rice from the bottom of the pot, the intellect will immediately rise and accuse the stepmother of being unfair; it will cause the stepson grief. But