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The Wheel Of Time.

The were and are few very advanced souls among us ( Avatars, as they are called in India ), and while they are present on earth they don't teach in our Universities, but teach very few and selected individuals only. If one of those Avatars (like the teacher of Paramahansa Yogananda, a high soul selected to bring Kriya Yoga to the western world ) writes a book, and if his book explains some of bigger pictures ruling our world, then I feel the obligation of repeating some of his teachings and making them available to a larger audience.

As we know, cultural evolution occurs in a cyclic motion, a pulse or frequency that reflects the very breath of our pathway.

From the limited amount of known history we perceive that cultures come and go, cultures with different degrees of knowledge and wisdom. Old scriptures tell us that earlier civilizations than ours existed, civilizations with a far advanced cultural level than ours.

The following abbreviated explanation of the so called wheel of time gives us the theoretical background to understand the cyclic appearance of knowledge, wisdom and spiritual development. We will hear about the different eras called YUGAS and will learn about their relation and limitations to human development.

The highest aim of religion is Self-Knowledge.

But to attain this, knowledge of the external world is necessary.

A short discussion and a mathematical calculation of the Yugas or ages will explain that the present age for the world is Dwapara Yuga and that 287 years (=1997) of this age have now passed away, bringing us rapid development in man's knowledge.

We know from oriental astronomy than moons revolve around their planets, and planets turning on their axes revolve with their moons round the sun; and the sun, with its planets and their moons, takes some star for its dual and revolves around that star in about 24,000 years of our earth, a celestial phenomenon which causes the backward movement of the equinoctial points around the zodiac. The sun has also another motion by which it revolves around a grand center called Vishnunabdi, our central sun.(very well explained in Jakob Lorber's books!)The central sun is the seat of the creative power, Brahma, the universal magnetism.

Brahma regulates Dharma, the mental virtue of the internal world. When the sun in its revolution around its dual comes to the place nearest to this grand center, the seat of Brahma ( an event which takes place when the autumnal equinox comes to the first point of Aries), dharma, the mental virtue, becomes so much developed that man can easily comprehend all, even the mysteries of spirit!

After 12,000 years, when the sun goes to the place in its orbit which is farthest from Brahma (Autumnal Equinox on the first point of Libra), dharma, the mental virtue, come to such a reduced state that man cannot gasp anything beyond the gross material creation. Each of these periods of 12,000 years brings a complete change, both externally in the material world, and internally in the intellectual or electric world, and is called Daiva Yugas, or Electric Couple.

Thus, in a period of 24,000 years, the sun completes the revolution around his dual and finishes one electric cycle consisting of 12,000 years in an ascending arc and 12,000 years in a descending arc.

Development of dharma, the mental virtue, is but gradual and is divided into four different stages during the period of 12,000 years. The time of 1200 years during which the sun passes through a 1/20th portion of its orbit (see Diagram) is called Kali Yuga. Dharma is then in its first stage and is only a quarter developed; the human intellect cannot comprehend anything beyond the gross material of this ever-changing creation, the external world. The period of 2400 years during which the sun passes through the 2/20th portion of its orbit is called Dwapara Yuga.

Dharma is then in the second stage of development and is but half complete; the human intellect can then comprehend the fine matters or electricity and their attributes which are the creating principles of the external world.

The period of 3600 years during which the sun passes through the 3/20^th part of its orbit is called Treta Yuga. Dharma is then in the third stage; the human intellect becomes able to comprehend the divine magnetism, the source of all electrical forces on which the creation depends for its existence.

The period of 4800 years during which the sun passes through the remaining 4/20^th portion of its orbit is called Satya Yuga. Dharma is then in its fourth stage and completes its full development; the human intellect can comprehend all, even God the Spirit beyond this visible world!

Every age has its transition time (dawning)

The period of Satya Yuga is 4000 years in duration; 400 years before and after are the periods of mutation for the preceding and succeeding Yugas respectively; its full duration is therefore 4800 years. 3000 years, the length of the Treta Yuga therefore corrects to a full length of 3600 years.

The Dwapara Yuga with 2000 years, extends to 2400 years ( 200 years before and after its beginning). This corrects the Kali Yuga to a total of 1200 years.

From 11.501 B.C. , when the Autumnal Equinox was on the first point of Aries, the sun began to move away from the point of its orbit nearest to the grand center toward the point farthest from it, and accordingly the intellectual power of man began to diminish. The period of 500 A.D. was thus the darkest part of Kali Yuga and of the whole cycle of 24,000 years.

History indeed bears out the accuracy of these ancient calculations of the Indian rishis, and records the widespread ignorance and suffering in all nations during that period. From 499 A.D. onward, the sun began to advance toward the grand center, and the intellect of man started gradually to develop.

During 1100 years of the Ascending Kali Yuga, which brings us to 1500 A.D., the human intellect was so dense that it could not comprehend the fine matters of creation. In the political world also, generally speaking, there was no peace in any kingdom.

Subsequent to this period, when the 100-year transitional time of Kali Yuga set in, to effect a union with the following Dwapara Yuga, men began to notice the existence of fine matters, and political peace began to establish.

About 1600 A.D., William Gilbert discovered magnetic forces and observed the presence of electricity in all material substances.

In 1609 Kepler discovered important laws of astronomy, and Galileo produced a telescope. In 1621 Drebbel of Holland invented the microscope. About 1670 Newton discovered the law of gravitation. In 1700 Thomas Savery made use of a steam engine in raising water.

In the political world, people began to have respect for themselves, and civilization advanced in many ways. In 1899, on completion of the period of 200 years of Dwapara Yuga transition, the true Dwapara Yuga will commence and give mankind a general understanding of electricity and their general attributes.

The period of 3600 years during which the sun passes through the 3/20 ^th part of its orbit is called Treta Yuga. Dharma, the mental virtue is then in the third stage; the human intellect becomes able to comprehend the divine magnetism, the source of all electrical forces on which the creation depends for its existence.

The period of 4800 years during which the sun passes through the remaining 4/20^th portion of its orbit is called Satya Yuga. Dharma, the mental virtue, is then in its fourth stage and completes its full development; the human intellect can comprehend all, even God the spirit beyond this visible world.

Such is the great influence of Time which governs the universe. No man can overcome this influence except him who, blessed with pure love, the heavenly gift of nature, becomes divine

and understands the Kingdom of God.

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