“The intellect accomplishes the sacrifice; it also accomplishes all actions. All the gods worship the intellect, who is the eldest, as Brahman.”
“If a man knows the intellect as Brahman and if he does not swerve from it, he leaves behind in the body all evils and attains all his desires.”
Sri Ramakrishna Says —
“Lakshmana said, ‘O Rama, even a sage like Vasishthadeva was overcome with grief on account of the death of his sons!’ ‘Brother,’ replied Rama, ‘whoever has knowledge has ignorance also. Whoever is conscious of light is also conscious of darkness. Therefore go beyond knowledge and ignorance.’ One attains that state through an intimate knowledge of God. This knowledge is called vijnana.
“When a thorn enters the sole of your foot you have to get another thorn. You then remove the first thorn with the help of the second. Afterwards you throw away both. Likewise, after removing the thorn of ignorance with the help of the thorn of knowledge, you should throw away the thorns of both knowledge and ignorance.
“There are signs of Perfect Knowledge. One is that reasoning comes to an end. As I have just said, the butter sizzles and crackles as long as it is not thoroughly boiled.” (Source: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna)