Distinguishing Features

The mature twenty-first century disciple can be recognised by the following distinguishing features:
(These have been listed to make them easier to work with.)

Commitment to divine Purpose and Plan

· Coherently aligns with and works (consistently and long-term) on behalf of Divine Will, Purpose, Heart and Plan – as soul, and without small, exclusivist or personal agendas

· Shows consistent ability to hold a high point of spiritual tension, to focus, and to maintain true direction or course

· Understands the potency of prayer and meditation as tools of alignment

· Desires what is ‘best’ (that is, what is in alignment with divine purpose) for humanity as a whole, not one group or faction

· Thinks and acts universally

· Gradually begins to know the Plan, rather than relying on someone else to reveal it to him or her. Understands the Plan as it has worked out through the preceding Ages, is increasingly conscious of the way it is currently working out, senses what is spiritually imminent – and co-operates with these revelations

· Shows singleness of purpose and motive, plus purity of intent (like the Jewish singleness of heart rather than a double heart). This produces steadiness, the capacity to stand (commitment) and to drive forward

· Sees God in all, and all as a crucial part of the ongoing process of unfoldment