intellect

08/08/2021
Sri Aurobindo

The function of the intellect in Sadhana

Q: What is the proper function of the intellect? Is it helpful in Sadhana? Its function is to reason from the perceptions of the mind and […]
06/12/2021
Sri Aurobindo in his own room

Intellectual Preparation

It is not enough to devote ourselves by the reading of Scriptures or by the stress of philosophic reasoning to an intellectual understanding of the Divine; […]
04/06/2021
Sri Aurobindo

Awaken the psychic being

It is no use trying to decide the things of the Spirit by the power and in the light of the intellect. The intellect can only […]
06/16/2020
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Difficulties and sufferings: a creation of human ignorance

First of all, one should know that the intellect, the mind, can understand nothing of the Divine, neither what He does nor how He does it […]
08/07/2019

The nation’s fate

When the intellect is stirred and feelings become sincere and acute, parties arise, each passionate for its opinions, eager to carry them out, full of enthusiasm for an […]
01/28/2019

Intellect – Its purpose

As for the intellect it is indispensable to man up to a certain point; after that it becomes an inferior instrument and often misleading and obstructive. […]
09/01/2018

The intellect

It is intellect that puts ideas in the form of thoughts, gathering and organising the thoughts at the same time. There are great ideas which lie […]