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Glossary

the active spiritual state of compassionate neutrality; dis-
tinctly different than renunciation or expressions of ascet-
icism.

DEVOLUTION – soul’s experience of descending into the lower
worlds and taking on bodies (soul, mental, causal, astral, phys-
ical) in order to gather the experiences necessary for its later
ascent via evolution.

DHARAM RAI – Karmic judge; assesses both positive and neg-
ative karma and administers reward and/or punishment at the
physical death of the uninitiated soul; only the Master and
His chela bypass the court of Dharam rai, as the Master es-
corts each chela from the physical body upon translation.

DISCIPLE – soul; chela of a true Master.

DISCRIMINATION – one of the four fundamental principles of
spirituality (attention, attitude, detachment, discrimination);
open inquiry and careful study; separating the real from the
unreal, truth from untruth.

DIVINE INHERITANCE – Birthright of soul to fully mature its
consciousness and realize its power to create and fulfill the
entire purpose of life and all creation.

DIVINE MIND – unconscious, or universal, mind; the highest
of the three minds (conscious, subconscious, unconscious);
the most subtle form of the universal mind power, more pure
than the conscious and subconscious minds; its highest
attainment is cosmic consciousness.

DIVINE WILL – supreme intention and pure desire of God; pur-
poseful design of the absolute that purely serves the devolu-
tion, evolution, and spiritual unfoldment of all life, in contrast