Intelligence flows freely through dilation, while arrogance and ego are constrictive. They pinch the pipes.
Self-pinching produces a certain sharpening: feral cunning. But while feral cunning is a mental phenomenon, I don't equate it with intelligence.
Humans, having comparatively recently come in from the fields and stopped crushing boulders, remain blurry about distinctions between different mental functions. Non-physical activity seems like a single blob, so "intelligence" sloppily covers everything not involving brute strength or steady hands. Feral cunning is done with the mind, so it's lumped under "intelligence".This reconciles Donald Trump's stupidity with his shrewd flair for survival and dominance. As pinched as any human alive, he possesses extremes of both stupidity and feral cunning.
Going the other way, reducing constriction boosts intelligence.
One can smell constriction. Especially at extremes, it stinks. Literally rank stupidity. Dilation, by contrast, smells like perfume. This is what yogis and shaman mean by "purification".
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