When does the intelligence become the form direction of the Lord?

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Whichever channel it is moving smoothly, we keep it moving through that channel.
In that, what is the charioteer compared to the intelligence? The charioteer, the passenger is the soul. The charioteer is the intelligence. The horses are the senses.
The reins are the mind. Now, we consider Krishna and Arjuna are the charioteer bhakti. Charioteer bhakti.
There, Krishna is the charioteer. So, Prabhupada’s lecture says that when we surrender to Krishna, we make Krishna our charioteer. To surrender to Krishna means to, we have our intelligence, but we make our intelligence in harmony with Krishna’s intelligence.
So, the more we learn to live according to scripture, the more scripture becomes the foundational matrix by which we make decisions and learn. Then, our intelligence becomes the form direction of the law. दानमि पुच्चि योगम् पर प्लेविन अध्यामि प्रेविन I will be the intelligence and it will come to me.
So, essentially, Krishna wants to guide us. But we also see how much he wants to guide us. So, he gives us guidance externally through guru, sastra, shastra.
And to the extent we take that guidance, to the extent we live according to what he is telling us, we are showing him I want guidance. So, when we take the guidance that comes externally, then Krishna guides us internally also. But if we don’t take the external guidance, even when we know something is right, but we don’t strive to do it, Krishna says, you don’t want guidance? Then I won’t do it.
So, the more we live according to Krishna’s guidance coming through guru, sastra, the more Krishna will give us guidance from him. And then our intelligence will become the channel through which Krishna is manifesting. That will become the form direction of the law.