Mind is madness. Only when you go beyond the mind, there will be meditation.
What you call intelligence and what you refer to as the Creator are not different. The Creator is pure intelligence, intelligence beyond logic.
Inward is not a direction. Inward is a dimension.
You do not have to pursue something intensely; you as a being should become very intense.
When you absolutely throw yourself into your activity, your energy will only grow.
When every moment, you experience yourself as the source of creation, not as a piece of creation, then you are realized.