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"Satyug is as sure as death", says Dadi Prakash Mani, head of the Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya. The 60-year-old woman-dominated order headquartered at Mt Abu in Rajasthan, India, abjures rites, rituals and idol worship and focuses on meditation and purity to bring people to soul consciousness, ushering in a golden age.With a last silent goodbye to the dazzling blue sky, crisp mountain air and our benevolent hosts, I shove my bag into the dickey of the video coach taking us back to Mumbai. I am conscious of walking with unusual care and precision, and I hug to myself the rest of my baggage: a newfound sense of purpose, rockhard focus and solemn stillness. Not a bad dividend for just four days spent at Gyan Sarovar, housing the Prajapita Bhahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidylaya's Academy for a Better World, at Mount Abu in Rajastha
"Satyug is certain as death," says Dadi Prakash Mani, implacably. "As night must change to day, so Kaliyug must yield to Satyug." While there is an undeniable New Age ring to their vision, their inspiration is wholly indigenous, rooted in the Vedic concept of cyclical time, where yug or era follows yug. Thus, according to the BKs, Satyug inevitable yields to a silver age and a copper age and finally the iron age (each lasting for 2,500 years) before the cycle starts again. Their mission has its root in the vision and visitations experienced by Dada Lekh Raj. Though he once used to be nattily dressed in three-piece suits and rubbed shoulders with royalty, he was a devout and upright man. In 1936, his increasingly contemplative temperament yielded a horrific vision of complete destruction and devastation. He saw the US and Europe blown up by a nuclear bomb and India driven by civil war, the culmination of Kaliyug. "We have told God that we will bring the whole world to soul consciousness," says Dadi Manohar Indra. "Before destruction, all must know God and purify the self." To this end, the
BKs unleash a vast array of initiatives of which the youth festival was one. Their members are everywhere, holding meals to promote the concept of holistic health, and padayatras (journey by foot) across the country to create awareness of the evil effects of substance abuse. In addition, they hold yoga camps, conferences and workshops for professional groups such as psychiatrists and jurists. They have held innumerable national and international conferences on subjects such as peace, spirituality, global harmony and global co-operation. Their distinguished panelists have included heads of state.
The BKs believe that as the millennium approaches, and the calamities of Kaliyug assume more fearsome proportions, more and more will reach their doorstep, all of whom must be accommodated. So what horrors lie ahead of us and what will Satyug be like? The BKs have all the answers. The Kaliyug scenario is grim enough. America and much of Europe will be destroyed by a nuclear bomb, and Australia will become an island. Much of the earth's land mass will be submerged. India will suffer a civil war. Mumbai will return to the sea. As time goes on, grain will become inedible and there will be no drinking water. Money will be valueless.
Life spans will increase to 150 years on an average. Males will not have a beard. And yes, reproduction will transpire through yogic power and not sexual union. Now for the catch. Only 900,000 souls will make the grade. If you would like to be one of them, you know where to go and what to do. From :lifepositive.com
