Between Universal Mind and the individual discriminating mind is the intuitive-mind which is dependent upon Universal Mind for its cause and support and enters into relations with both. It partakes of the universality of Universal Mind, shares its purity, and like it, is above form and rnomentariness. It is through the intuitive-mind that the good non-outflowings emerge, are manifested and are realized. Fortunate it is that intuition is not momentary for if the enlightenment which comes by intuition were momentary the wise would lose their "wiseness" which they do riot. But the intuitive-mind enters into relations with the lower mind-system, shares its experiences and reflects upon its activities.

(The Lankavatara Sutra)