Monday, June 27, 2011

The Four Phases/Ages Of Humanity

In the stories of history of almost every ancient race, like the Egyptians,
Greeks, Hindus, Mayans, lncas and Aborigines, there are many many references
to a period, some four or five thousand years ago, when Earth was Paradise.
Remembered as the Golden Age, Garden of Eden, Atlantis, ‘Satyug’, these
stories all talk of a time when the world was beautiful and new - Heaven on
Earth. Nearly all ancient peoples and traditions have a common memory of a
time when humanity lived a simple yet magical existence in harmony with
nature. Our ancestors said that this Golden Age came to an end because of
some tragic mistake made by those who lived in that Age - the mistake being
- they fell down from the pedestal of soul consciousness into the dust of
body consciousness and succumbed to the five vices of anger, lust, greed,
ego and attachment. They said that it was only after the change in the human
way of ‘being’ and ‘living’ - the 'fall' of the human consciousness - that
tragic global calamities (accidents) took place on Earth, whose geological,
climatic and mental impact erased the former Golden Age almost completely.
In the stories of history of both the Greeks and Indians, human life on
Earth is depicted by four phases or Ages. These four Ages together make up
one cycle. The four Ages are:

Golden Age or ‘Satyug’ (also the morning or spring time of humanity) -
remembered as Paradise, Heaven on earth, around 4,000 - 5,000 years ago when
the world was one kingdom and there was complete purity of the soul and
peacefulness and happiness in all human affairs. Sorrow in any form or at
any level was unknown.

Silver Age or ‘Tretayug’ (also the day or summer time of humanity) - still
relatively like Paradise, still unity, but the purity of soul and matter
were beginning to decrease. Sorrow was still unknown.

Copper Age or ‘Dwaparyug’ (also the evening or autumn time of humanity) -
the loss of spiritual awareness and stepping down into the consciousness of
the body, succumbing to the five vices. Also the beginning of separation and
breaking up of the world, the beginning of sorrow and conflict. Ego begins
to rule in the minds and hearts of men and women.

Iron Age or ‘Kaliyug’ (also the night or winter time of humanity) - the dark
night of the soul and the darkest period of the world, a time of greed,
lust, sorrow, peacelessness, conflict, war and hatred at all levels of human
activity.
Looking at the complete human story explained yesterday, we are now at the
darkest period in human affairs i.e. the end of the Iron Age or ‘Kalyug’ .
Our spiritual power is at its lowest level. We are no longer one world but
broken up into around 200 nation states. Like children playing all day in
the forest until night has arrived, we realize that we don't know where we
are or how to get home. We start to argue and fight with each other and
small groups break away and go in their own directions. Many of us feel a
sense of being lost. Our cries for help take many forms.

The world is full of fear instead of love, vice instead of virtue, sorrow
instead of happiness, conflict instead of harmony. These are all symptoms of
ill health at the spiritual and mental levels. When they have an impact
within us as individuals, they result in physical disease and, when they
become a part of our relationships, we harm each other (mentally and
physically).

The only way we can heal, renew and re-energize our spirit or soul is to
turn our faces to the Sun of Spirit or the Supreme Spirit (God) and, in that
spiritual relationship, be open to receiving the pure light and love which
reawakens, heals and re-energizes the soul. The healing of our relationships
can only happen when we, as individuals, realize that we are sources of
love, children of the Ocean Of Love.
A circle is not a circle unless the line turns perfectly consistently to
join up with itself. A cycle of time is not a true cycle unless it repeats
itself identically. From such an angle, we can become aware of a fifth Age,
the Age we are now in - the Confluence Age (‘Sangamyug’ - a short Age
between the Iron Age (‘Kalyug’) and the Golden Age (‘Satyug’)) - a time of
change from old to new, from night to day and from vice to virtue. From the
end of one cycle to the beginning of another. It is in this Age that our
spiritual Parent i.e God hears and responds to our collective cries for help
and relieves us from the pain and the fear that we ourselves have created.
Like a good Parent, He intervenes at this time, the only time during our
entire journey, to tell us the whole story - who we are, what has happened
to us and how to find our way home. He reveals the complete picture and, as
a result, sets us free from our false beliefs.

The importance of this time period now sets us free from wondering why the
world seems to be so full of pain and suffering, as we can now understand
that this is the end of the cycle, thus all souls are settling their karmic
accounts at both the individual and collective levels i.e. souls are
experiencing sorrow in various forms as a result of all the negative actions
they have performed in the Copper and Iron Age. Debts are being settled
amongst souls. Knowing this, we find it easier to detach from the numerous
negative scenes that we come across, while staying focused on settling our
own karmic debts through the power of spirituality. At the same time we are
available to those around us when they need a little help to settle their
own karma in the easiest way possible.
When we recognize the precise and exact nature of cyclic time, we can also
joyfully expect and work for a new day or the Golden Age. For this to
happen, great changes must take place in human affairs. It is a process of
change that can only begin from within the individual. Just as we have been
responsible for the degradation of the physical environment, of our world,
so it is we who must take up the repairs. When we understand that all change
is from soul to mind, from then from mind to body or matter we realize that
it is our own spiritual awakening and purification which can change our
world at all levels. As we turn to face the Source of love and light and
fill ourselves with spiritual energy, the process of reduction in spiritual
energy of the world is slowed down and slowly reversed. The soul returns to
its original pure and loving state. The result is a change of the inner
world of consciousness which, in turn, is reflected in the change of the
outer world that we all share.

When we change, the world changes.
When we see and realize the significance of this current Age, the fifth Age
or the Confluence Age (‘Sangamyug’), we also find greater clarity in our
life's purpose. It becomes obvious that the world will not become a better
place through more resistance or conflict; this only adds to the sum of fear
and anger in the world. To fight for peace is a false belief which has taken
over the human mind. To think that peace comes from conflict, or that
conflict is necessary to achieve peace, is to think right comes from wrong.
Deep change is an incognito process (process which cannot be seen) within
individual souls.  Through meditation or ‘yoga’ (union), we awaken and
restore our true, peaceful selves; we absorb the light of truth and love
from the Supreme and we are spiritually empowered. This we can then share
with others. As we radiate our spiritual energy and reflect the light of God
into the world in gentle and humble ways, the effects of our self-change
reach out to other souls as an invitation to do the same.

The nagging questions which must enter most minds at least once in a
lifetime (such as ''Why me?", "Why here?" and "Why now?") are answered - our
highest purpose is to help others know themselves as they truly are i.e.
souls and to help in reconnecting them to the Supreme. This is why simply
sitting in meditation, generating and radiating vibrations which are
peaceful and loving, can help to heal others and the world itself. That is
our primary responsibility at the Confluence Age. When we take up this
responsibility we assist the Supreme in his task at the Confluence Age, i.e.
bringing about the Golden Age.** *



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