The present era we live in is the Kaliyuga, part of the Kaliyuga, part of the Kaliyuga, part of the Kaliyuga, part of the Kaliyuga, part of the main Kaliyuga. We are therefore living in the darkest part of this mini-cycle of the main Kaliyug era where materialism, lack of Spirituality and selfishness of man has reached its peak. All these are representative of an increase in the tama component in people.
In 2006 the balance between the good and evil forces is 70:30. Presently evildoers in society have reached the 30% mark. For this part of the era, this means that the Sattva component has hit rock bottom. It is something akin to a share market where when the index goes below a psychological barrier we say that the share market has bottomed out.
One may ask, “If the balance is currently 70 to 30 in favour of good then how can there be a problem?” The answer is that most of the good forces are in the higher regions of the universe. In these high planes of existence they are so one with the non-manifest form (nirgun) of God that they maintain an observer attitude. The evil forces take advantage of this state of the good forces and set themselves up to strike and establish supremacy on Earth.
In the current times, mankind is on the threshold of witnessing a historic change of the mini era of Kaliyuga to the mini era of Satyayuga within the main era of Kaliyuga. This change of era will also bring a way of cleansing the planet of Tama predominant people and elements.
Unknown to most of mankind, in the years 1999 – 2006, a major battle of good versus evil has taken place in the subtle regions. In the past decade, this subtle battle has also manifested a little in the physical Earth plane. We have seen an increase in intensity of natural disasters and also rampant wars and anti-social activity. The primary reason for this is because of the increase in the basic subtle Tama component that is associated with evil i.e. ghosts (demons, devils, negative energies etc.) and a society that lacks in spiritual practice and a lifestyle of Righteousness.
9.1 Details of the present subtle battle of good versus evil
Starting from the year 1999, the battle between good versus evil has been intensifying in the subtle regions. Deities and Saints have been fighting this battle against very powerful forces of evil i.e. ghosts (demons, devils, negative energies etc.) in the subtle world. Basically this fighting by the good forces is totally in the subtle and takes place at the existence level of power. The existence level of power can be understood by the analogy of the Sun. Everyday when the Sun rises, the flowers bloom. The Sun does not ask or make the flowers to bloom. It happens automatically by the very presence of the Sun. Similarly by their very existence the omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent Saints and deities through their divine consciousness that is transmitted continuously the battle is fought. Refer to the article on the Hierarchy of power in the universe.
Seekers of God doing spiritual practice for the sake of society participate in the battle with their little might. When they spread the awareness of Spirituality within society as part of their spiritual practice they are attacked by ghosts (demons, devils, negative energies etc.). Seekers of God are able to overcome these attacks by the use of spiritual healing methods as well as through their spiritual power gained through spiritual practice and blessings and grace of God. The forces of evil in the subtle world also possess and give energy to the anti-social elements on the Earth plane as shown in the diagram below. The result is when we switch on the news on television we see a world that is increasingly chaotic with lack of morality, rampant terrorism and wars.
Since most people do not understand the spiritual cause or perspective behind the chaotic present times, they try to rectify the situation through physical means such as waging a war against terrorism, etc. or psychologically by having conventions, summits etc. However this is not the solution. Basically as all the anti-social elements are powered by (i.e. are puppets of) the subtle evil forces, it is not possible to annihilate or overcome them by physical or psychological means. Even if the worst of the anti-social elements on Earth were to be eliminated, ghosts (demons, devils, negative energies etc.) would simply possess another anti-social element giving them their spiritual power. This spiritual power is far more powerful than any physical power.
The state that the world is in 2006 can only be rectified if the evil in the subtle world is overcome. This is the reason why deities and Saints have been engaged in a subtle battle, fighting superior ghosts (sorcerers) from the deepest regions of hell, with their spiritual strength in the years 1999 to 2006.
The subtle battle is at its peak in 2006 and it will slowly begin to subside in the subsequent years as the subtle forces of good overwhelm the forces of evil. The anti-social elements that were initially getting their energy from sorcerers among the ghosts (demons, devils, negative energies etc.) in the subtle will no longer have access to that spiritual energy. As a result, the anti-social elements on Earth and the rest of mankind that is being possessed and affected will reduce. Due to this they will be overcome and this will be followed by a gross war affecting the entire globe. The battle in the gross is also required to annihilate all the evil persons and elements from the face of Earth. In the major physical battle that will ensue in the coming years along with increase in natural disasters the world population will decrease considerably. The scale of the physical battle will be unlike anything one has seen before and entire mankind will be affected. People with a lower spiritual level i.e. below 30% are more likely to be adversely affected in this change. Those who are evil will be wiped out as they will be fighting on the side of the evil. Those who are sitting on the fence, i.e. neither on the evil nor on the good side will also be wiped out in the crossfire.
9.2 What happens after the battle
• For Demonic Forces:
After the battle when the subtle demonic forces have been conclusively subjugated, they stop fighting and go away to undertake rigorous spiritual practice to gain spiritual strength so that they can stake their claim on the universe afresh. Also as a result of the demonic forces being overcome, a period of Sattva predominance follows on Earth and all the regions above Bhuvaloka. The mini-Satyayuga known as the Divine Kingdom begins. This era is ushered in all the regions above Earth first and then comes on to Earth.
• For mankind
We are in the midst of a watershed in the history of mankind. After the physical battle, there will be a period of trial and error as the world adjusts to the new world order and picks up the pieces. During this time, the potential to run the Divine Kingdom will be generated in the surviving people. This will continue till the year 2022. After this period of flux, humanity will experience almost a thousand years of peace. In the new era, there will be renewed spiritual awakening and flourishing of disciplines such as the science of Ayurveda, hitherto unaccepted as a mainstream science by the world.
It is important to note that these thousand years will be the last divine era in the universe. The Sattva component generated in this era will be all that will be available to mankind till the end of the universe some 400,000 years later. There will be no fresh generation of the subtle basic Sattva component after these thousand years as the universe will slowly go downhill towards tama and hence its inevitable dissolution.
Among all the planes of existence in the universe, the Earth region is most conducive to spiritual practice. Unfortunately when the period of peace and prosperity ensues, over time mankind gets lost in worldly pleasures and forgets about spiritual practice. As a result of this the Sattvikta starts declining. Consequently there is a progressive rise in unrighteousness that further decreases the Sattvikta and increases the Raja-Tama. This decline in Sattva and increase in Raja-Tama affects all the regions. Though it affects the subtle regions only fractionally, even that marginal decline in Sattva component causes severe distress to the good subtle bodies in the regions above Bhuvaloka who are used to uniform high Sattva levels at all times.
10. The spiritual significance of the current times
One aspect of spiritual practice is to transcend the basic subtle components, i.e. one has to progress from the Raja-Tama present status to raja to Sattva and finally transcend even beyond Sattva. During the period before the onset of the universe the three basic subtle components are present in equal proportions, i.e. they nullify or balance each other. At all times after the universe came into existence, a particular subtle basic component has been predominant. For example in Satyayuga, the Sattva component was predominant and now in Kaliyuga it is the Raja-Tama component that is predominant.
It is beneficial to undertake spiritual practice during twilight periods such as sunset, sunrise and an eclipse. The reason is that during this period the three subtle components of Sattva, Raja and Tama are in equal proportions as in the pre-universe times. Due to this it becomes easier to undertake spiritual practice to advance to a state beyond these three subtle basic components. As God is beyond the three subtle basic components, by going beyond them ourselves we merge into God which is the ultimate point in spiritual growth.
The period between the years 1999 – 2022 represents a twilight period between two eras as we move from a darker age (mini-Kaliyuga) to a better one (mini-Satyayuga) within the main era of Kaliyuga. During this twilight period of 23 years, any spiritual practice undertaken by one according to the basic principles of Spirituality will benefit one immensely.
In fact, each year of spiritual practice in these 23 ‘twilight’ years is equal to 50 years during the course of an era. Taking adulthood to be about 50 years in an average human’s lifespan; spiritual practice undertaken in these 23 years would approximately be equivalent to 1000 years. Another way of looking at it would be that we would be getting the benefit of 20 lifetimes of spiritual practice in just one lifetime.
