 Where Rūmī and some philosophers agree upon is the existence of the very faculty of intuition, which is often associated with the universal intellect. According to Rūmī, this faculty, which must be ‘awakened’ by practicing the arduous process of the mystical path, leads to the awakening of the five internal spiritual senses that complement the five external physical senses. All the ten senses are controlled by the symbolic “heart”—the organ of supersensory perception.