Intellect Lacks The Ability To Comprehend God. Poem by Genova Maaa my mother

Intellect is not always
the willing ally of the spirit.

Man's knowledge is itself
subjective and shares
in his finitude.
So it lacks the ability
to comprehend God.

It is also capable of being
an obstacle
to that attainment.

Therfore man cannot trust
his own rationality
to lead him to truth.

Meister Eckhart writes:
„…. A man should flee his senses, turn his powers inward and sink into an oblivion of all things and himself….. withdraw from the unrest of external activities, then flee away and hide from the turmoil of inward thoughts, for they but create discord" (Meister Eckhart, Sermons and Treatises, Vol.1, Sermon 1, translated and edited by M.O'C. Walshe, P.7) .