Question: Is intellectual knowledge located in the brain and wisdom located
in the heart?
Answer: Neither of these are located in brain or heart, only
intellectual knowledge has much to do with brain and wisdom comes from within
the heart. But in wisdom heart and head both work.
Wisdom is spiritual knowledge. The best explanation of wisdom is perfect
knowledge, that is the knowledge of life within and without.
What is gained by intuition, the mind makes it clear, and yet often it is the
mind which spoils the intuition, for the mind interferes with the intuition. If
the mind did not stand as a hindrance to intuition, every person would be
intuitive, for intuition is more natural and more easy than the reasoning of the
mind. The intuition by nature is clear, the characteristic of the mind is
confusion. If the intuition is disturbed, it is because it has been confused by
the mind. However, it is not necessary to give up reason for intuition. But
naturally cultivate the faculty of intuition without letting it stand in the way
of reason. For instance if a person always did everything trusting to his
intuition, he would have many difficulties, for very often the intuition will be
wrong, for the reason that as a child he did not begin with intuition. So often
reason disguised as intuition deceives him. While developing the faculty of
intuition, one did not mind being deceived, and risked, then in time the mind
would not play its tricks and the intuition will be powerful enough to manifest
clearly. In time a person of finer feelings will be able to perceive the voice
of intuition and will learn to discriminate between intuition and reason.
One thing must be remembered and that is to perceive the first suggestion
that rises in the heart before it is disturbed by the action of the mind. If
that opportunity is lost, it will not take one moment for the reason to attack
the intuition and establish its own place there.
What comes from without is not intuition. Intuition is something which rises
from our own heart and brings satisfaction, ease and happiness.
Question: Do all experiences reach the brain through the nerve centers?
Answer: Yes, mostly conveyed by the breath, but in this I do not mean the breath
we inhale through the nostrils. Through the pores of the skin we breathe also,
though the main stream of breath is that which we inhale through the nostrils
and which is termed 'prana' in Vedantic terms.
