Very often an intuitive person makes a mistake in catching the right intuition, for the intuition comes from one side while his mind reacts from the other side, and he does not know which is which. If he takes the action of his mind for an intuition, and is once disappointed, he loses faith in himself. So naturally he no longer gives thought to intuition, and that faculty diminishes in him more and more every day. To catch an intuition is the most difficult thing, for in a moment's time both are working: intuition on the one hand and mind on the other. It is as if two ends of a stick which is placed in its center upon another stick were to move up and down, and one did not notice which end rose first and which rose after. Therefore this needs taking a very keen notice of the action of the mind, which is gained by a thorough practice of concentration.