Acharya Prashant clarifies that intuition is not inherently spiritual but originates from deeply hidden layers of the mind that are inaccessible to the conscious self. He explains that because people identify strongly with their conscious thoughts, they mistakenly label anything beyond their immediate awareness as metaphysical or divine. He argues that intuition is often just the ego's primitive, animalistic instinct, which contains knowledge related to survival and animal pasts. To believe that intuition is the voice of the soul is, according to him, an act of glorifying the ego by bringing the concept of God down to the level of one's own hidden mental processes. He further explains that while intuition can be useful in everyday animal existence, it lacks sanctity and is often less trustworthy than conscious thought. However, he notes that any mental activity—whether thought, imagination, or intuition—can be considered spiritual if it arises from a spiritual center. He uses the examples of saint poets like Kabir Saheb to illustrate 'spiritual imagination,' where the imagination is devoted to and proceeds from the truth. Ultimately, he defines 'knowing' as being present to existence and the truth, asserting that the ego can never truly know, while the truth itself has no need for knowing.