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Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master

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attitude in a previous acti<strong>on</strong> that has determined a karmic<br />

repercussi<strong>on</strong>.<br />

Daivi Sampat (dai-vih sam-pat)<br />

Var: Daivi Sampad, daiveessampat<br />

Syn<strong>on</strong>: Rådhå<br />

Sense: ‘Leading upwards’— i.e., divine qualities, a godly nature.<br />

Its ant<strong>on</strong>ym is ås¨risampad<br />

(hed<strong>on</strong>istic or materially-minded).<br />

Daivi-v⁄~å ( (dai-vih-veen<br />

veen-narh)<br />

Var: Daivi-veena<br />

Syn<strong>on</strong>:<br />

Sense: ‘Divine ‘ lute (<strong>the</strong> human voice) a God-made instrument.’<br />

Daksha<br />

dak-shah) (dak<br />

Sense: ‘The Fa<strong>the</strong>r of Creati<strong>on</strong>.’<br />

Am<strong>on</strong>g many o<strong>the</strong>r progenitors of <strong>the</strong> world, <strong>the</strong> Vedas<br />

name Daksha as such, in combinati<strong>on</strong> with Mo<strong>the</strong>r Aditya<br />

(‘she who has no sec<strong>on</strong>d or divisi<strong>on</strong>’).<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r accounts place Shiva and Sati (or Shakti) in this role,<br />

thus <strong>on</strong>e may assume <strong>the</strong>se are <strong>the</strong> same creative principles by<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r names. In this role, Daksha-Shiva<br />

appears to be a<br />

‘trigger-principle’ which sets <strong>the</strong> emergence of <strong>the</strong> universe in<br />

moti<strong>on</strong>, in combinati<strong>on</strong> with <strong>the</strong> Sati-Shakti<br />

Shakti-Aditya<br />

(Aditya<br />

being <strong>the</strong> pers<strong>on</strong>ificati<strong>on</strong> of akasha or ‘e<strong>the</strong>r,’ in which<br />

creati<strong>on</strong> appears).<br />

What <strong>the</strong>n emerges is called Eswara (Lord of <strong>the</strong> Universe)<br />

in some texts, being exactly <strong>the</strong> same principle which is also<br />

called Indra in <strong>the</strong> Vedas.<br />

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