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Don’t Ignore The Call of The All-Conquering Time-Spirit(Translation of a discourse of Pujya Gurudev on “Mahakala Ki Pukara Ansuni Na Karen”)
Let us begin with the collective chanting of the Gayatri Mantra:
“Om Bhúr Bhuvah Swah, Tatsaviturvareñyam Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi,  Dhiyo Yonah Pracodayat ||”
Sisters and Brothers,
The present times are of extraordinary significance! It is the period of yug-sandhi –– the crucial juncture of era transition. Junctions of day and night are called either the “evening”, when the day ends and the night begins; or the “morning”, when the night is over and the dawn declares the advent of day.  This yug-sandhi is a junction of an epochal change that is going to mark the end of the Dark Age (Night) of the Devil and the dawn of the Bright Age (Day) of Divine Radiance.  
The almost magical materialistic achievements of the present time are truly amazing! But that is only its outer glaze; the inside is dark and filthy. This advancement of material science and technology is a blind, egotist and luxury-driven growth, which is hazardous, as it has ignored and even suppressed the foundational elements of human nature and culture. The glittering progress of today is like the golden kingdom of Ravana. It is mighty and gigantic like his ten allegoric heads and twenty hands. Although Ravana was a great warrior and intelligent emperor and had also attained super-human capabilities by devout tapa, his demonic ego overshadowed everything. He tortured every one, be that the innocent masses or the sages and saints, whosoever did not accept his slavery. He wanted to possess everything for his pleasure, as per his will. As we all know, his kingdom was charred into ashes and he too was eventually obliterated with all his kith and kins, power and pelf. The giant, apathetic, single-tracked, selfish progress of the modern times, that has undermined human values is also going to meet a Ravana-like pathetic end in the last phase of yug-sandhi. This yug-sandhi will pave the way for the emergence of benevolence, cooperation and compassion among the people, harmony between progress and Nature, and, simplicity and truthfulness in life. 
Today’s man is entrapped in demonic mentality and is no less devilish than the demons of the ancient times. Why do I say that? Just see! Every one is engrossed in blind pursuit of petty selfish ends in some form or the other; mad rush for possessing more wealth and power by any means dominate the human psyche. This is the basic instinct of devilish nature. Avarice, worldly passions, unchecked ambitions and corruption are the solders of devil’s army, nurtured by mass of humanity within themselves. Tell me, who has time for selfless service or altruistic missions? Who cares for divine discipline and ideals? Who is truly sincere in God’s devotion? Our prayers also revolve around worldly rewards –– to achieve some difficult goal, to fulfill some aspiration, or to ward off or alleviate some adversities. It looks like a demon (daitya) has entered the human psyche whose hunger and thirst keep on growing endlessly. Their perverted self-seeking devotion and worship are in no way less single-pointed than those of Ravana and Marich. We see many such 'demons' all around us, among us – having enormous powers, resources, high degrees, talents, wealth, advanced gadgets and what not.  But you just wait! All the evils that have turned humans into demons are going to diminish in the coming decades.
Whether you believe it or not, the new era will witness revival of divine culture – the culture of virtues, sensitivity, humanity, morality, altruism, integrity and righteous intellect. The modern culture of opportunism, commercialization, advertisement, power-grabbing, oppression, deception and exploitation is worse than the culture of daityas, because it is hidden in the glitter of intellectual diplomacy and cleverness.  But the foundations of falsehood, howsoever gigantic its expansion might be, are always shaky.  The light of truth dispels it in no time.  I am clearly visualizing this happening in the near future.   The searchlight of a ship is seen in the radar at the shore, much before the ship’s actual arrival. Many of us sometimes get the glimpses of premonition but only a few pay attention and decipher them correctly. Several animals have the extrasensory sensation of natural events such as – tremors, cyclones, tornadoes, heavy rains, etc. Study of their hectic movements and unusual behavior, together with computer analysis of remote-sensing data are often used for preventive measures. The clairvoyance of prophets works beyond these, at the level of seer-vision. 
The advent of yug-sandhi has already dawned in the subtle world and is advancing to visibly manifest the magnificent change in our perceivable world.  Is ‘all this’ going to happen like magic? No! Nature does not allow anything to happen against its universal laws.  These are the moments of the ‘birth’ of a new era. The ‘labor pains’ are also going to be historic and will be experienced within and beyond the physical peripheries of the world.  The demonic forces won’t accept defeat so easily. As you might know, the losing gambler puts at stake all that he owns in his last vain attempt to win the game. The intensity of darkness is thickest before the advent of dawn.  The flame of a candle shines and spreads its light best before it’s extinguishing. The respiration rate of a person accelerates the most at time of death. Similar is going to happen now with the devilish forces; their negativity would put up a last ditch resistance before annihilation.
Uptill the past few decades, most foretellers were mum on the future of the world, and interpretations of some ancient prophecies were also decoded in a negative sense. The unabated pollution, toxicity of air, scarcity of water, pathetic exploitation of natural resources, population explosion, malnutrition, multifaceted corruption, etc, seen across the globe signal the possibilities of tragic extinction of life on the earth. All the statistical analyses and environmental and meteorological predictions support this likelihood. The efforts of to starve off the colossal catastrophe, technological, social and economic levels have so far, proved to be sporadic, superficial and ineffective. Ecological inferences indicate high probability of devastating natural calamities, spread of varieties of diseases, epidemics, famines, earthquakes, cyclones, floods, etc, even the imagination of which appears horrifying. In its craze of overpowering Nature, the human race has driven itself to the edge of ghastly suicidal precipice.            
As we all know, existence of life on our globe is blessed by the grace of balanced energy radiations from the Sun. Without it our planet would have been either a snow ball like Pluto or Neptune or burning volcanoes on Mars or the gaseous ensemble around the Saturn with no signs of life. It is only the harmonious linkage between the Earth and the Sun, which has made our survival so comfortable together with diversity of other creatures, flora and fauna, here. Perturbation in this harmony results in devastating effects on the Earth. The damaging of ozone layer has invited harmful ultraviolet and other radiations. Adding to the concerns of our future, the occurrence of the extraordinary series of ‘Sun spots’ has begun since 1989 and is expected to continue for two decades. Each such ‘spot’ is due to unusual flames (of over hundred thousand miles length) emitted from the Sun that cause dangerous effects on the earth giving rise to dreaded natural calamities. Moreover, in this phase of yug-sandhi (lasting for a few decades from 1980 onwards….), there will be series of rare solar eclipses that have not been recorded since the past 800 years. The excessive heating of the Jupiter is going to further aggravate the obnoxious changes in earth’s atmosphere. 
We have been presenting detailed reports on the above aspects in Akhand Jyoti (Hindi) to apprise the readers of the facts. From time to time, we have also cited the predictions of noted prophets, interpretations of the scriptures –– ranging from Bhavishya Puran, Kalki Puran, to the ‘Prophecies’ of the Bible and ‘Qayamata in the 14th Century’ referred in the holy Quran. All these indicate one thing for sure that the period we are going through at present is really going to be testing. It is the phase of the climax of the struggle between death and life, between the devil and the divine.
But there is no need to panic. If you have faith in God, rest assured that Almighty would not let His supreme creation to end this way. The present phase of yug-sandhi is an emergency time, repercussions of which are to be fought collectively by the elevated souls and all those who regard themselves as His devotees and care to save humanity.  The present calamities should be viewed as the process of germination of a seed. The seed dissolves and decays beneath the soil, sacrifices its identity to let the sapling sprout and gradually grow into a mighty tree. The tumultuous times of today are witness to the ‘digging’ before the ‘laying’ of foundations of a new edifice (New Era).  The awakened souls have a unique responsibility in the yug-sandhi phase to look after this preparation and dedicate their potentials for the firm establishment of the foundation of the new era against all odds.    
I consider you all as awakened souls in the sense that you are not the ones who live only to feed the stomach and quench sensual thirst as most other people do. They don’t realize that ‘eating and reproducing’ is easily done by every animal, every creature. But I believe you are humans not only in form but also in nature and conduct. You as awakened, duty-bound citizens, intelligent, talented beings, and above all, kind-hearted persons, devotees of Gayatri owe this collective responsibility of working on a war footing in these critical moments.  Indeed, this is an emergency time. Do you know what does that mean?  For example, if a major fire is spreading in your colony, in front of your eyes, then you will naturally leave all other things and rush to render urgent help. If there were a train-accident in which several lives were lost and hundreds injured, then will anyone present in the nearby houses relax or be occupied in his personal chores or important work? Will such a fellow deserve to be called a human? 
Well, I was warning you that the present period of yug-sandhi is a state of global emergency. Mahakala (The Almighty Lord of Time, the infinite force of eternity) has blown the bugle of a decisive War between the divine and devilish forces. The Divine Power has called upon all of us to be the part of the divine army; to be the true disciples, devotees of Pragyavtar  –– the divine incarnation of preeminent discerning intellect. Please note that you are not (and should not be) mere ordinary devotees –– I mean those who worship the deities for worldly desires and thus attempt a bargain with the Almighty. Their conceptualization of God is mean and false like their faith; they have commercialized religion and their god as well.  You can’t be like them. You have to be different, worth the dignity of your divine faith. 
You all have come here for the three months’ sadhana course to refine your personalities, to inculcate elevated qualities. You should know that God is Supreme Ensemble of divine qualities, noble ideals and principles. Thy devotion therefore requires adoption of virtuous tendencies, integrity of character, purity of thoughts, enlightenment of intellect, sincerity and modesty of conduct and righteous service of human culture. Every bit of your devout endeavors in this regard would bring you near God. As you know, the bright rays of the rising Sun first fall on the high mountains and then come down on the tall tree and later, on the earth’s surface. Similar is the case of divine descent. The Divine Light first reaches those who have a deserving heart and mind of a true devotee. Godhead won’t arrive in some distinct satire, playing divine flute or damaroo or holding a miraculous bow; rather, His incarnation would manifest in the form of pure love, compassion, sensitivity, righteous illumination of thoughts, intellect. So, awaken your inner self, realize the need of the hour and the gracious opportunity God has bestowed upon you, upon every human to be a part of His divine mission of transformation of this dark age of crisis of faith and moral turpitude into the Age of truth, spirituality and angelic evolution.   
Apart from the hundred points of our Yug Nirman mission of social reformation, moral upliftment, mass awakening and education and eradication of blind faith and evil customs through religious platforms, total health, altruistic service, revival of Rishi-Culture in new scientific light, etc, I have designed four special plans for participation in the yug-sandhi project of Mahakala.  You might be well aware of the Yug Nirman activities and may get further information and guidance on it from Gayatri Pariwar Centres.  But these four experiments of gradual rise to higher spiritual level are very distinct. Doing the first one itself will initiate your spiritual ascent and enlightenment. For this, you will have to practice your daily Gayatri Upasana more sincerely and incorporate the sadhanas of atmabodh for a few minutes in the morning soon after getting up and tatvabodh for a few minutes in the night before going to sleep. (The details of these will be published in the next issue of Akhand Jyoti). 

The second experiment is the Yug-Sandhi Mahapuraïcaran for awakening of collective consciousness in which the dedicated Gayatri sadhakas across the globe will collectively do a specific meditation and prañayama at a particular time interval during the Sunrise time every day. The third one is that of Deva-Sthapana and higher-level sadhana by the deserving sadhakas amongst you to prepare the desired atmosphere in your family for the arrival of elevated souls who are assigned divine tasks for the new era. The fourth experiment is sublime in nature and is beyond your comprehension. It is the Sukïmikaraña Sadhana of spiritual illumination of the inner realms of consciousness and awakening of the Kuñdalini of the World. 
|| OM SHANTI ||
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China’s Emperor Mao was then a small child. His grandmother fell ill and hence was unable to move. She gave her grandson the responsibility to take care of her small garden. The grandson assured her that he would not let the garden dry up.
After a month the old lady recovered and went to garden only to find most of the plants withered. A few had even wilted completely.
The grandmother called the child and said, “Mao, you have not kept your words. You had promised to keep this garden fresh and blooming.”
Tears rolled down the child’s eyes. He said, “Grandmother, I wiped the leaves daily, loved them, and kept bits of my bread in their roots. Even then they dried. Where did I go wrong?”Seeing the nervous boy, the grandmother said gently, “Child, you should have irrigated their roots. They are strong enough to extract their nutrition from earth for survival, if kept moist.”
The child sank deep into thoughts and asked the grandmother, “Then where are the roots of man?”
“They lie in his courage and his arms. If these are not nourished no man can prosper and flourish,” she replied.
The grandmother died but Mao Tse Tung kept her words in mind. To keep people prosperous and flourishing, he followed her advice and became the sovereign leader of China.                              _____________________________________________________________________         

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