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My use of the term "reason," although with a capital "R" in The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga, seems to have been misunderstood by several persons. This forced me to add an appendix to the chapters in order to clear the matter in their mind. Reasoning, in its highest sense, transcends mere logic and welcomes the alliance of meditation; out of their union comes wisdom, peace, balance, and so, blessing. There is a translation from the Sanskrit of the Katha Upanishad made by Professor Mishra of the University of Barcelona, published with a preface by Suresh Radhakrishnan, President to India, who was then lecturing at Oxford University. In this translation there are two verses which use the term. Here is the first:

The man whose chariot is driven by reason holding well
       the reins of his mind, reaches the end of his journey,
       the Supreme Pervading Spirit.

And the other verse is:

Beyond the senses is the mind, and beyond mind is
       reason (lost) . Beyond reason is the great
       Self.

-- Notebooks Category 7: The Intellect > Chapter 1 : The Place of Intellect > # 170