# Leela Square 60: Positive intellect (subuddhi) Meaning

Square 60 in Leela is Positive intellect, subuddhi: clear, non-dual understanding. Johari calls it, together with dharma, one of the two most potent tools in the game. It is reached by the arrow from square 22, the Plane of dharma, which lifts the player from row 3 to row 7, showing that right understanding grows from right action.

## Meaning

Johari describes Positive intellect as non-dual right understanding. It sees things whole, without splitting the world into me and not me, for and against. Johari ranks it with dharma as "two of the most potent tools in the game": one is right action, the other right understanding.

The Sanskrit subuddhi joins su, good or right, with buddhi, the intellect that discerns and decides. Buddhi is the faculty that can reflect the Self clearly, as still water reflects the moon. Johari says positive intellect is achieved by following the path of dharma, the source of the arrow that ends here. Clarity, in this game, is the fruit of how one has lived.

Square 60 belongs to row 7, The Plane of Reality, and the Sahasrara chakra at the crown. It has a twin right beside it: 61, Negative intellect, a snake that drops the doubting mind to Nullity. The two squares sit side by side, as if to show that the same faculty can lift or ruin.

What it teaches is decisiveness rooted in clarity. A mind gathered to one point sees the next step and takes it, without endless second thoughts. On this square, the player can trust a clear mind, and keep it clear by acting on what it already sees.

## On the board

Square 60 sits in row 7, The Plane of Reality. One arrow ends here: the arrow of the Plane of dharma from square 22, which lifts the player from row 3 straight to row 7. A player can also arrive by an ordinary throw. Square 60 has no arrow or snake of its own, but the snake of Negative intellect waits on the very next square, 61.

Gita 2.41 says the resolute mind is one-pointed while the irresolute branches endlessly, so gather attention to a single point and the way becomes clear. In the Yaksha's questions, Yudhishthira answers riddle after riddle at the lake with a calm, clear mind, and his brothers' lives are given back.

## Questions

- What decision does my clear mind suggest?
- Where am I branching into endless options instead of choosing?
- Which of my past right actions is now giving me clarity?

**How do you reach square 60 in Leela?**
The main route is the arrow of the Plane of dharma on square 22, which lifts the player from row 3 directly to square 60 in row 7. Johari says positive intellect is achieved by following dharma. A player can also arrive by an ordinary throw from the squares just below.

**What is the difference between squares 60 and 61 in Leela?**
Square 60, Positive intellect, is clear and non-dual understanding, reached by the arrow of dharma. Square 61, Negative intellect, is the mind that doubts the divine presence, and it is a snake down to 13, Nullity. The board places them side by side as opposites.