Earth Cycles
One Day in the Life of Brahma
With many people wondering if our civilization will survive, it may be time to visit the wisdom of the ancients to gain a perspective of the duration of creation. According to both Eastern and Western traditions, the worlds were created by sound, “the word” or “aum” or the manifestation of spirit by the Creator. In the Indian tradition, day and night alternate as periods of activity and rest. One day in the life of the Creator, Brahma, is 4.32 billion years. It is followed by a night of the same length. This is remarkably similar to what geologists and astronomers in our times see as the age of the Earth based on the analysis of the breakdown of radioactive isotopes.
Brahma’s lifespan is 100 of his years so trillions of our solar years. This will become mind-boggling for those who hate math or whose imaginations simply do not stretch this far into cosmogenesis. So, my goal is to break this down into bits and pieces we can almost handle, starting with a “day in the life Brahma”. This is a day of 12 Brahmanic hours, not both day and night. For those who are curious, the terminology for the day is kalpa and the period of rest is called pralaya.
Right now, we are only talking about the day. It is divided into 1000 periods, each lasting 4.32 million years. Try not to become confused. The “day in the life of Brahma” is 4.32 billion years; and these are divided into 1000 periods, each of which has 14 sub-periods called manvantaras. It is the manvantaras I want to discuss today.
The word manvantara is a composite of manu, the progenitor of humanity, and antara or duration. Each manvantara is divided into 71 parts, and we are currently living in a time period that is about half way through the current segment of this immense scheme. In short, the world is not scheduled to end. If this is all you need to know, this is the bottom line, and you can stop worrying about the end of the Earth as we know it.
If your mind can wrap itself around the bigger picture, then the current manu is number 7 of the 14 in this cycle. His name is Vaivasvata. He is the son of Surya, the Sun God. Each manu has a sort of council or court of gods and sages. For dating purposes, we can assume that the Vaivasvata Manu is the post-deluvian Manu who rescued our ancestors who survived the Great Flood. In the current cycle, 28 of the 71 subcycles have passed. Each subcycle ended with a crisis or disaster and was followed by a golden age.
As we look at the fads and fashions of the current prognosticators of the future, several issues pinch my nerves. One of these is the notion that we can leap frog over the fourth dimension to become fifth dimensional. Having facilitated so many altered states of consciousness, I can say that no one who tried to function coherently in the fifth dimension came anywhere close to succeeding. This is more or less what I see among those who are daring to proclaim the advent of pervasive fifth dimensional consciousness. All I see is confusion, including the notions that technology and artificial intelligence can propel us into the fifth dimension without mastering the fourth dimension.
I quiver when contemplating the consequences of acquiring mental prowess before perfecting the virtues of the fourth dimension. The fourth dimension is really, really beautiful. It is where the soul can be experienced as the higher reality of the imperfect third dimensional being. In the fourth dimension, it is impossible to imagine harming another living being. It is impossible to imagine competition or even self-assertion since the soul is inclusive, compassionate, and wise. Without benevolent intent, the fifth dimension is an accident waiting to happen.
If we want to access the fourth dimension, we might set aside a few minutes each day to reflect on what we could have done better. Harvest that lesson and use it next time a similar situation arises. It is that simple, but it is likely to work much more effectively if we disconnect from the grid.
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Excellent post, Ingrid. How fascinating to read how your mind weaves together such knowledge and understanding. Grateful for all that you write and contribute to the evolution of spiritual maturity.
Mind boggling, but beautiful. And beautifully presented with a tangible connection to the past—they “rescued our ancestors who survived the Great Flood”.
I have never worried about the world ending. The thought of jumping to a 4th and 5th dimension is interesting and maybe intimidating, but I am still working on mastering this one.
Thank you for a wonderful post!