What is the importance of Budhi, that is, intelligence and how can it be sharpened?
‘The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.’ – Bertrand Russell
‘The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.’ – Einstein
-When without intellect life’s small jobs like purchasing of vegetables et cetra, reaching a destination on scheduled time, repairing the taps et cetra cannot be done, then, it is meaningless to even imagine that without intellect, we can get the objective of our life.
Now, what is logic? In simple words we can say that logic refers to use of the questions like what, where, how, when et cetra to know a thing. Whether answers so received are right or wrong is then decided by intellect. Intellect plays the role of a decider as it decides as to which answers are acceptable to it and why? and which answer are not acceptable to it and why?
-Our logic and rationality can be increased a lot. Our acts must correspond to our present conscience and should never be in accordance with the conscience of other persons, even if conscience of that person is higher than ours. Use of our intellect is necessary for our advancement. In other words, we can say that doing acts in accordance with others’ conscience stops our own advancement. Is there any way to improve our conscience? Yes. Our intelligence can be improved by reading or listening to the Vedaas, Vedic literature or the works of the great vedic scholars. As such, do make it a habit to read the Vedaas, Vedic literature or the works of the great vedic scholars daily for 20 to 30 minutes.