We all hear different voices from within. Through the body chariot analogy, one can easily differentiate between them.
Our body is like a chariot. Senses are like the horses which hanker for food/pleasure. The mind is the rope through which our intelligence control the chariot. Soul is the passenger.
The more we feed our senses, the more they hanker. Its like putting ghee in fire.
Mind is higher than senses, and intelligence is even higher.
For example:- If we have diabetes and our tongue is hankering for a sweet, our mind says due to the previous experiences that its good to have it, but our intelligence declines that if you take you will suffer.
Mind's role is to encourage sensual activities generally, due to past experiences.
Through intelligence one can discriminate and have determination to do the right thing, and ignore the hankering of senses through mind, and in-fact use the same mind to control the senses.
Intelligence grows with the growth in wisdom, which may happen through knowledge or through experiences that teach wisdom.
False Ego is another subtle element which may also overpower intelligent at times, as is seen in debates. The way to overcome ego is spirtuality, as we understand that we are not the controllers, and there is a Supreme Controller over everything.
Thus Bhagavad-Gita is the complete science which deal perfectly with all these entities within.
Bg 3.42 — The working senses are superior to dull matter; mind is higher than the senses; intelligence is still higher than the mind; and he [the soul] is even higher than the intelligence.
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