Universal Intellect

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Universal Intellect is the term Rumi uses to refer to Thought, which is a secondary Facet of Consciousness

Syncretic Terms

Thought > Divine Logos, The Word, Universal Intellect

Related LP Terms

Thought >

Related Terms

Thought > {{#ask:Thought

Notes

The intellect is of two kinds: The first is acquired. You learn it like a boy at school,
From books, teachers, reflection and rote, from concepts and from excellent and new sciences.
Your intellect becomes greater than that of others, but you are heavily burdened because of your acquisition. :The other intellect is a gift of God. Its fountainhead lies in the midst of the spirit.[1]
When the water of knowledge bubbles up from the breast, it will never become stagnant, old, or discolored.
If the way to its outside source should become blocked, there is no reason to worry since the water keeps on :bubbling up from within the house.
The acquired intellect is like a stream led into a house from outside.
If its way should be blocked, it is helpless. Seek the fountain from within yourself! (M IV 1960-63, :65-68)
Be well aware of the discrepancies among intellects, which extend in degrees from earth to heaven!
There is an intellect like the disc of the sun, and another less than Venus or a shooting star.
There is an intellect happily flickering like a lamp, and another like a spark of fire. . . .
Partial intellect has disgraced the Intellect; desire for the world has deprived man of the Object of his :desire. (M V 459-461 and 463)[2]

Footnotes

  1. Chittick, William C., and Rumi. The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi. Rumi SUNY Series in Islam. New York: SUNY Press, 1983. p. 36.
  2. Chittick, William C., and Rumi. The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi. Rumi SUNY Series in Islam. New York: SUNY Press, 1983. p. 36.

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