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The whole of one's aim should be to keep the mind in an unbroken rest permanently, while using the intellect whenever necessary in an automatic manner to attend to external duties. "Does not that destroy the efficiency of the intellect?" it may be objected. No--only its selfishness is destroyed. Do the hands lose their efficiency because we use them in a purely mechanical manner? Just the same, when one unites with God he regards himself as greater than mere intellect, which becomes for him only an instrument to deal with the external world.

-- Notebooks Category 24: The Peace within You > Chapter 4 : Seek the Deeper Stillness > # 175