From PY,
"Intuition bridges the chasm between intellectual knowledge of the soul and actual realization of the divine Self."
"It is by intuition that God can be realized in all his aspects. We have no sense that can reveal knowledge of Him; the senses give knowledge only of His manifestations."
"No thought or inference can enable us to know Him as He truly is... for thought can not go beyond the data of the senses; it can only arrange and interpret the impressions of the senses."
"God is beyond mind and intellect..."
"Remember, greater than a million reasonings of the mind is to sit and meditate upon God until you feel calmness within."
"Say to the Lord, 'I can't solve my problems alone, even if I thought a zillion different thoughts; but I can solve it by placing it in Your hands, asking first for Your guidance, and then following through by thinking out the various angles for a possible solution.'"
Eric I am so glad that you included this from Paramahansa Yogananda. I have pondered about this recently and recognize the limitations of the mind. I have found and met people in my life who have had a profound understanding and many experiences with intuition. No matter what the mind conjures up or weaves in its intricate narrative of events it is the intuition that can cut through such stories that we tell ourselves and others tell us. I have found that though I have met great spiritual people who were able to see in me and through me I have also met many more ordinary people who have various degrees of intuition and are able to understand, empathize and know what is happening with others that come into their lives purely through the faculty of intuition which is developed either through such practices as meditation in this life or other spiritual practices in previous lives that they bring into this life as so called gifts of spirit. Paramahansa Yogananda and many of his disciples I have met have had intuitive capabilities that have helped me understand myself and acted as various times as warnings, helpful tips in life’s problems and encouragements in life’s aims and direction.
It was said many times by people who met Paramahansa Yogananda when he was in the body.... that ‘the Master knew my whole life. He knew everything about me.’ These qualities I had witnessed in some of his direct disciples that I met and many of his devotees. Having had this experience with them I am attracted to be in the presence of such people to have similar experiences of my own.
