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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 9]
na saṁdṛśe tiṣṭhati rūpam asya 
    na cakṣuṣā paśyati kaścanainam 
    hṛdā manīṣā manasābhikļpto 
    ya etad vidur amṛtās te bhavanti 
    naiva vācā na manasā 
    prāptuṁ śakyo na cakṣuṣā
“Spirit is not within the jurisdiction of material eyes, words or mind.” 
    Similarly in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.84.13):
yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke 
    sva-dhīḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma-ijya-dhīḥ 
    yat-tīrtha-buddhiḥ salile na karhicij 
    janeṣv abhijñeṣu sa eva go-kharaḥ
Spiritual substance cannot be seen by the unintelligent because they do not have the eyes or the mentality to see spirit soul. Consequently they think that there is no such thing as spirit. However, followers of the Vedic injunctions take their information from Vedic statements, as found in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and  Kaṭha Upaniṣad .
TEXT 195
বিশ্বাস করহ তুমি আমার বচনে ।
পুনরাপি কু-ভাবনা না করিহ মনে ॥ ১৯৫ ॥
viśvāsa karaha tumi āmāra vacane 
    punarapi ku-bhāvanā nā kariha mane
SYNONYMS
viśvasa karaha—believe; tumi—you; āmāra—My; vacane—in the words; 
    punarapi—again; ku-bhāvanā—misconception; nā kariha—do not do; mane—in 
    the mind.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then assured the brāhmaṇa, “Have faith in My words and do not burden your mind any longer with this misconception.”
PURPORT
This is the process of spiritual understanding.  Acintyā khalu ye bhāvā na tāṁs tarkeṇa yojayet.  We should not try to understand things beyond our material con-