Acharya Prashant explains that intelligence and knowledge are incomparable because they exist in different dimensions. Knowledge is the movement of the mind, whereas intelligence is the settlement or sublimation of the mind. While knowledge is acquired from external sources like books, intelligence is one's fundamental nature and an innate ability that is not corrupted by conditioning. Intelligence allows one to see the simple and obvious even within complexity, acting as a kind of emptiness that clears away mental clutter. Acharya Prashant distinguishes intelligence from intellect and intuition, describing it as that which operates when one stops being clever or believing that personal actions alone will deliver results. He advises living seated in intelligence rather than knowledge, suggesting that knowledge should be used as a resource or slave, while one should surrender to intelligence. Ultimately, he equates intelligence with the pure self and truth, as described in the Upanishads, noting that while knowledge is useful for small practical matters like remembering a password, intelligence is the more fundamental force to which one must bow down.