Thinking versus Intuition

Daniel Kahneman presented a little mental puzzle in his book 'Thinking, Fast and Slow':
A bat and a ball cost $ 1.10.
The bat costs one dollar more than the ball.
How much does the ball cost?

The intuitive answer is 10 cents which is a nice demonstration that your intuition is not always your friend. As you can calculate, a ball costing 10 cents would lead to a total expense of $ 1.20, so the right answer happens to be 5 cents. The question that I immediately had was whether we spiritual path travelers risk getting too complacent just because it seems that the Tao hand-delivers everything on a golden platter for us. I thought briefly about it and then decided that I am not really worried. While it is true that we tend to live our life intuitively, it is also true that on accessions we get our signals to dig a little deeper. In fact, whenever I get an annoying request at work, I tend to work twice as hard as I know there must be a deeper reason behind it. So just speaking for myself, like an eagle I tend to have my 10 000 feet perspective most of the time, but when something is stirring on occasion, I happily zoom into the project that requires attention to detail.  So don't worry, the Tao will always let you know whether it is best to use your mind or your belly.