' The Seven Understandings '...

"The seven understandings are:

1. Instinct
2. Intellect
3. Inspiration
4. Intuition
5. Insight
6. Illumination
7. Realization

"Instinct governs the animal world; intellect, humans; inspiration for those humans whose feelings are developed – like poets and artists. Intuition is for those advanced souls who have conscious visions and understanding true to the point. What you understand by intuition is always true. What you understand by intellect is sometimes true and sometimes not.

"Souls on the fourth and fifth planes have insight; their understanding is direct, without thinking with the mind. Illumination means seeing God as He is. The understanding is divine. Realization is understanding oneself as God."




-Meher Baba
in Bhau Kalchuri
Lord Meher: The Biography of Avatar of the Age Meher Baba
Myrtle Beach, SC: Manifestation, 1st American Edition, 1994, vol. 7, p. 2617-18.