Intellect Conquest ~ Preliminary Control

The initial effort to conquer the intellect is a haphazard inefficient process which relies heavily on the theory of the vrittis which was presented by Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras. This same theory was presented in part or whole by other yoga masters over the centuries. Some persons discovered it all on their own without reading or hearing the presentation given by others.

The average meditator cannot use this process. He/She has neither the time to devote to practice, nor the correct method of doing so. This is due to the subjective attitude of the intellect and to its subtlety where it is so subtle that even the coreSelf has no idea where it located, nor how it is motivated to operate. This is an embarrassment such that when these shallow yogis meditate, they feel that if they can curb or be indifferent to thinking in the mind, that is the conquest of the intellect.

The fact is however that the intellect is almost as subtle as the observing self which the very intellect entertains. That makes it difficult to objectify oneself in reference to it. In fact, the layout of the relationship between the core and the intellect is so private that the self’s normal relational posture is to act as if the intellect is its intuition-intelligence. The core does not experience the intellect as an object which is distinct from the self.

In the beginning of the practice for the conquest of the intellect, the core, has to identify the intellect as per its location. Once its location is pinned down and is definitely discovered, the operation of the core to bring it under control begins. Hence the question. How does one curb a location? How does one stop a location from acting.

Usually, we value a location as the place where an item is found. In this situation however the location itself is the item. That itself has to observed. That itself has to be disabled. That itself has to be the focus for control. That itself has to be the object of interest.