The scope of intellect is rather narrow. Although it can be used to point beyond itself, in terms of the teachings, it has more in common with a spanner or a monkey wrench than with our innate capacity of clarity. Once you get a handle on this idea, you’ll be able to recognise when intellect is out of it’s depth. At that point you’ll be able to make a springboard out of the stuff of intellect and dive off into the sky of experience.p83, Wearing the Body of Visions, Ngakpa Chögyam, Aro Books, 1995, ISBN 1-898185-03-4