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The Beginning of a Dark Age Mankind in the beginning followed the Sanatana Dharma -eternal religion of God; Divine Law. But soon man committed a sin against the Will of God. That sin is centered around a great spiritual master (Satyatrana) in the lineage of Manu -first preceptor of mankind- who thought that ‘Aham Brahmasmi’ -I am the Supreme. It is significant to note that the prophetic religions, also mention that man committed a sin in the beginning against the Will of God, which perhaps might be referring to the sin of that great spiritual master. That error occurred in the 3rd Chaturyuga of the present 7th Manvantara. That is around 108 000 000 years ago. This egocentric statement caused the withdrawal of God’s Light, and resulted in the ego of humans with a big ‘I’ and ‘mine.’ So much so that the followers of Manu were entirely engrossed with this ego and even the name of Manu was forgotten!!! What followed was a long dark age of spiritual blindness. When men prayed for Light, certain deities started appearing in front of them, representing God. The Almighty sent Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva in order to correct this error. This process started from the 7th Chaturyuga and was completed in the 11th Chaturyuga, but these ‘gods’ were not able to fulfill their mission. They could not even attain spiritual liberation for themselves. Subsequently, the Dharma Shastras -divine codes of conduct-, the Puranas -Hindu epics, sacred literature- and Itihasas -Hindu epics such as Ramayana and Mahabharata- were written, wrongly glorifying these powers as the Supreme himself, forgetting the power that created them. What followed was the worship of multiple powers like ‘gods,’ devas -deities misconceived as fully realized souls-, angels, saints, etc. That was the commencement of a great fall of mankind. Even devils gained momentum all over the World. Thus spiritual realization remained below the stage of ‘gods,’ saints, angels, devas and Trimurti -Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva- cutting off the connection from God Almighty’s Light. Twenty-five Chaturyugas -age quartets- (108 000 000 years) have thus passed. This error was akin to the arrogance of knowledge. Nor was this error realized later, and because of this, the Guiding Light till then had withdrawn itself. The effect was for the very memory of Manu be banished from the heart of man. All that remained of that memory was Manu’s time scale, the Manvantara, the rest was lost. Ancient texts which might have spoken of the Manu are no longer extant. After this egocentric mistake, sin in thoughts, words and deeds flourished in the World, which in turn has affected the purity and balance of this planetary systems and of the whole Universe. Today the atmosphere of the Earth has become polluted, the seasons fail more often, eruption of epidemics, unknown diseases, natural calamities and wars, mental and physical deformity of man and the consequent unrest and violence, are glaring at the destiny of man. Nations against nations have teamed up with little nuclear weapons, which may at any moment, befall mankind in a holocaust of death and destruction. Is it not clear that an error is working here against the Will of God?
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