When the gross body falls, the organs of speech enter the mind. You cannot think without words; wherever there are words there must be thought. The mind is resolved into the _prâna_, and the _prâna_ resolves into the _jiva_. Then the _jiva_ leaves the body and goes to that condition of reward or punishment which he has earned by his past life. _Devaloka_ is the “place (or abode) of the gods.” The word _deva_ (god) means bright or shining one, and corresponds to what the Christians and Mohammedans call “angels.” According to this teaching there are various heavenly spheres somewhat analogous to the various heavens described by Dante in the _Divine Comedy_. There are the heaven of the fathers (or _pitris_), _devaloka_, the lunar sphere, the electric sphere and highest of all the _Brahmaloka_, the heaven of _Brahma_. From all the lower heavens the _jiva_ returns again to human birth, but he who attains to _Brahmaloka_ lives there through all eternity. These are the highest men who have become perfectly unselfish, perfectly purified, who have given up all desires, do not want to do anything except to worship and love God. There is a second class, who do good works, but want some reward, want to go to heaven in return. When they die the _jiva_ goes to the lunar sphere, where it enjoys and becomes a _deva_ (god or angel). The gods, the _devas_, are not eternal, they have to die. In heaven they will all die. The only deathless place is _Brahmaloka_, where alone there is no birth and no death. In our mythology it is said there are also the demons, who sometimes give the gods chase. In all mythologies you read of these fights between the demons, or wicked angels, and the gods and sometimes the demons conquer the gods. In all mythologies also, you find that the _devas_ were fond of the beautiful daughters of men. As a _deva_, the _jiva_ only reaps results of past actions, but makes no new Karma. Only man makes Karma. Karma means actions that will produce effects, also those effects, or results of action. When a man dies and becomes a _deva_ he has a period of pleasure, and during that time makes no fresh Karma; he simply enjoys the reward of his past good works. But when the good Karma is worked out then the other Karma begins to take effect.