Yugas and Ages - Epochs and Eras

Yugas and Ages

“How have humans evolved throughout the passage of time?”

~ By Vimal Kodai ~

Throughout the span of time, from the everlasting existences that have derived from divine creations, onto several universal forms that have shaped our human epochs—reside the notions of time and space. Time, which has an everlasting bond to the eternal universe, and, Space, which has an eternal bond to the infinity of time; each has been shaped to structure the timeless divine objectives of our galactic universe.

Born with the instinct that is limited, but thoroughly driven by senses and sensual attributes, the human mind and body have been shaped to endure lots of sufferings and several painful episodes throughout its existence. It has been created to face challenges that surpass the unseen and made to meet with the unmet. These unseen and unmet challenges are described as being prescribed by divine orders—divine beings, who are the controllers of human fates.

Humanity has evolved from the passing of several main epochs and eras that have existed from the beginning of time. Humans have existed and coexisted with this solemn objective of being progressive, prospective, successful and wise. Overall, this human race has had a definitive decline in being prospective and progressive as its ability to be truthful and sincere has been depleted by several wicked and demoniac forces tamed by sensual ideas and pleasurable desires.

Human evolution has faced several definitive periods of times and eras that have transcended into ages and epochs—lasting for tremendous amounts of years and millenniums. Each of which has transitioned into being called a Yuga (or, Age). The Western world has its notion of Age, based on the several metallic ores—namely known and called: the Stone, the Iron, the Bronze, and the Golden Ages, etc., the Western European empires which have even walked, invaded and conquered continents and countries around the globe; have also defined the other Ages as being called: Spiritual Age, Mental Age, Energy Age and Material Age. These have shown the equivalent meanings to the Yugas, as shown below.

                                     

Comparison and Contrast - Yugas and Ages

Prehistoric times, prehistory and human history have been the known historical periods to our recorded human recollections of events. Beyond those known events of our human history, are some unanswered questions that arise in the minds of humans; these are namely and these are mainly:

1.     How vast is the extent of time and space?

2.     To what extent does time and space expand?

3.     Who created time and space?

4.     What are the true physical components of time and space?

5.     How does time and space really influence our human existence?

Although such questions have been attempted to be answered with the assistance of theories and principles that have been studied by humans, no factual answers are accounted for to have been stated with in-depth accuracy.

Yugas which are composed of Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dwapara Yuga and Kali Yuga—are the known relevant ages to our human existence. These portray the required needs and resourceful knowledge to propel our human survival to an obvious attainability. Such attainability are filled with the immense knowledge instructed by the Vedas, Upanishads, Mahabharata, Bhagavad-Gita and Ramayana.

Satya Yuga is the longest and lengthiest known Yuga.

Treta Yuga is the second least lengthy Yuga known to our human knowledge.
Dwapara Yuga is the third least lengthy Yuga known to humans.

Kali Yuga is the very least lengthy of all the four Yugas.

Kali Yuga is the only known Age where religious decline, moralistic declination, spiritual degeneration, technological growth, material gain, materialistic mindset and materialistic mentality are at its peak. Kali Yuga (or, Kal Yug) is known as the Material Age, Technological Age (or, Age of Technology); and it is also known as the darkest of all the four ages that have been portrayed by our human history.