Logos 353

True intelligence is located in the consciousness of the soul, and consciousness is none other than the manifestation of the energy of the soul.

In truth, true memory and true intelligence are two energies of the individual soul. They are both integral parts of the soul, and both are located in the soul consciousness.

It is the special awareness of an individual spiritual soul distinct from God, who directs his actions. The brain is just an instrument unrelated to real intelligence. Intelligence, mind and consciousness in their pure forms are inherent in the individual soul, for all three are in the latter. The brain of the human body is not the center of intelligence, for it is the consciousness of the soul that determines the intelligence of its actions. So we have to purify our consciousness.

No matter what brain we have, our life will be successful if we simply turn our consciousness away from matter and direct it to Krishna, God, the Supreme Person. The Lord himself confirms this when He says that whoever adopts the path of the consciousness of God attains the highest perfection of existence, no matter what downfall he may have fallen into. In other words, everyone who is in Krishna consciousness, the consciousness of God, will return to the Lord when they leave their material body.

In truth, consciousness is also individual. Because consciousness remains specific to the individual, to the individual spiritual soul, it remains unchanged despite the transformation of his body or his change of material envelope. Thus, the physical constitution has no relation to the development of consciousness, which follows the movements of the soul through its transmigrations, its reincarnations.

The visible matter that we see around us is a manifestation of the The lower energy of the Supreme Lord, Krishna, but the Lord also has a higher energy, the supreme consciousness.

We have to understand what consciousness is and perceive it directly. For example, it is easy to see that consciousness is spreading throughout the whole body. If I pinch any part of my body, I will feel pain. This means that the consciousness is spread throughout my whole body, due to the omnipresence of the soul in the body.