Basically it means that in the Age of Kali there is a catharsis, a release of all the hidden repressed tendencies. If we try to keep the good and discard the bad it is a near impossible task because these two get intricately mixed up in the flow of Time. Hence there is a release of both these tendencies leading to a wiping out of the past. Once the past is cleared in the Age of Kali, there is a lightening of the burden and humanity very naturally rises towards a new future which is bereft of both, the good as well as the bad. It creates a clear ground for a new Satyuga which is higher than the previous one and not, as is commonly presumed a return to the greatness of the Past. The essence, the spirit is intact but the outer form changes to accomodate a greater heightening of the general collective consciousness.
The word caste is an imposition of the British. Caste means Jati, the profession and occupation often inherited by birth. The fourfold social order was based on varna, which took into consideration both guna and the karma. A person could be Brahmin by birth, like Ravana, but his guna was Rajo-tamasic and karma Asuric hence he was an Asura. In fact there were no surnames in ancient Indian stories, including the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. There was gotra, the lineage to which one belonged and there were actions and temperament that spoke for itself. All these are much later additions that got crystallised into the Indian psyche post invasions. The Mother did not speak directly of castes as such. However She did hint that there are people, especially certain servants, who do have a low consciousness which sometimes remained impervious to change despite providing the best of outer facilities. She does speak of human beings with a low consciousness as well as the refined human beings. She was not in favour of either blind mixing and mingling nor of discrimination based on birth or work or colour. In fact, She said half jokingly that all my children are Brahmins pointing to the deep truth that Brahmin is the seeker after truth and knowledge as well as the well known truth that all these outer distinctions, whatever their merit outwardly for social functioning, lose their importance once one turns to the true spiritual life.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
