Instinct, in its early stages, is the name given to the response of the material mechanism (the body) to its environing material world.
Later, upon the evolutionary ladder, the mind appears as an interpreting agency and the nature of the mechanism and of the environment is slowly understood. The relationships become clarified as the intelligence is developed.
Spiritual instinct is the capacity of the soul to register contact with That Which stands above and of which the soul is inherently a part, just as in the body a man’s mechanical, instinctual responses, reactions and reflexes are an integral part of the material mechanism.
In the case of the spiritual instincts, it is the intuition which interprets and illumines the mind.
The power of thought is dependent upon the power to focus and raise the conscious mind, to contact the soul and evoke the intuition. When that has been successfully done, then comes the unison of the three factors: mental illumination, soul impulse and intuitive perception.
This triple combination will produce that type of thought which will be most effective in activity.
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