When we are struggling for answers, it is not easy to look beyond the mental level, since we are used to identifying ourselves so completely with the mind and our thoughts. It’s hard to envision that there’s anything better to do than to think harder or ask someone else (which amounts to trying another mind).
That’s why we may choose to pray for guidance from a saint or holy person, or any form that represents a higher power, a source of wisdom beyond the mind. Seeing that light of truth in someone else, or believing in the presence of a higher power and opening ourselves to it, has the effect of quieting our limited thinking. When even a little of this inner light is shed on our darkness or confusion, a deeper clarity shines into our awareness.
