“The senses are superior (to the physical body) the mind is superior to the sense faculties; the intelligence is superior to the mind; He (the Self) is superior to the intelligence.”
The devotee seeking Self-realization is aware that the most important object in life is to uncover by meditation his soul’s supreme bliss.
Meanwhile he learns to develop his discriminative intellect, mind, senses, and body, to keep to the path of true progress toward his gold, and to avoid the three ditches of physical, mental, and spiritual suffering.
In other words the devotee realizes the proper order in which he should seek development –first and always in his soul consciousness, then in his intelligence, mind, senses, and body.
The man in delusion caters first to the appetites of his body, in utter disregard of the development of its superiors– senses mind intellect and soul.
~Paramahansa Yogananda, “Bhagavad Gita: God Talks With Arjuna” III:42
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