I come from a religious family and I grew up listening to religious books and seeing religious rituals. I could not relate to it and rebelled against it to find my own but after coming to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, I see there is some truth in both paths. However, one question comes to me based on what I heard while listening to Puranas in childhood. Its said that there are Yugas which come one after the other and this cycle keeps going on. If current one is Kali Yuga, does Supramental manifestation mean return of Satyayuga? Also, we started from Satyuga, then Treta, then Dwapar and then Kali Yuga, where were humans more evolved? And if I relate the human history and anthropology (based on book ‘Sapiens’,) we have evolved from Chimps and are on an upward evolutionary path. Then I am not able to understand the presence of Satyuga, Treta and Dwapar on the timeline where humans seems more evolved. I am not able to put it all in perspective?
August 13, 2024
The concept of the four yugas implies that there have been a number of cycles (six to be precise) through which creation and perhaps humanity
