How does the intelligence control the mind?
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so how does exactly the intelligence control the mind? intelligence is also a part of the software package software because in a fundamental sense mind, intelligence and ego they are all subtle matter and broadly subtle matter we can compare to software so now the intelligence is that part of our subtle body that doesn’t just act based on impulses it is capable of seeing long term it is capable of evaluating just like in the software in our computer there might be some virus that is coming now that virus is damaging but at that same level of software we can also have anti-virus which can counter the virus so intelligence is like that anti-virus and to the extent our intelligence is strong the virus may still be there but we can counter the virus so intelligence is also subtle and intelligence is also something which is we could say programmable or changeable when we hear more and more scripture when we study more and more scripture our intelligence develops so then that development means what? the intelligence becomes sharper reflexes sometimes we have anti-virus program but it is very slow in acting so by the time it awakens the virus has deleted everything so like that we get some temptation we fall down what did you do? so if we keep hearing scripture we say sharpen your intelligence sharpen your intelligence it means what? our intellectual reflexes become quicker we start understanding so control our mind with intelligence means if we consider say the example of a firefighter now say firefighter is trained to fight fire but first time if a new firefighter goes and sees a big fire firefighter just stays in a freeze he doesn’t know what to do fire hose in the hand he just drops the fire hose and fight but as the firefighter becomes trained now a seasoned firefighter they may also feel some panic when they see a huge fire but then their training kicks in their training kicks in means what? very fast they recover attack the fire from there I will attack from here you go there and they spring into action and extinguish the fire similarly when the Krishna says desire is like a fire so when the fire of desire erupts in our consciousness now our intelligence is not ready what happened we just panic and the fire keeps burning in the middle but when we say control the mind with intelligence that means our intelligence becomes sharp and the reflexes become right think of some philosophy remember Krishna and redirect the consciousness towards Krishna extinguish the fire so basically as our intelligence becomes sharper the fire will still keep litting desires won’t go away immediately the mind will get agitated the fires will come but when the intelligence becomes stronger then it’s like it’s not just a virus which can be easily deleted the virus is dead but the antivirus program if it springs in quickly then the virus can’t damage much so like that for the mind to get purified will take a long time but for the mind to be controlled if our intelligence is strong then our intellectual reflexes become much faster and as soon as the fire of desire erupts in our consciousness immediately we douse it with the force of Krishna consciousness with the remembrance of Krishna that’s how by training we sharpen our intellectual reflexes and what we know is the right thing we do it more effectively that’s the answer any other questions