 Welcome to part two of the Yuga Cycles mini-series. In the first part of this mini-series we introduced the Yuga Cycles as taught by Sri Yukteswar. In his book The Holy Science, Sri Yukteswar explains that one full Yuga cycle has a duration of 24,000 years. While Yukteswar's profound work goes much deeper than the Yugas, in this series we will only focus on the Yugas and explain why they are important to understand ancient history. All creatures from the highest to the lowest are always eager to realize three things. Existence, Consciousness and Bliss. Because life on earth is often a battle for survival, consciousness and bliss are a rarity. Homo sapiens, together with other intelligent species like Homo erectus and Neanderthals, roamed this planet for probably longer than a million years. We have proven that over the last half million years massive extinction events have happened on earth. There are times of stability and there are times of chaos. Today we live in a period of stability. Seen from our current comfort zone, these long-lasting cataclysms are difficult to imagine. Such periods of chaos seem to be one of the causes why highly developed ancient civilizations have disappeared. The only thing that remained as a mute reminder are their massive stone structures. Yukteswar's description of the Yuga cycles is what we call today actual precession. The earth wobbles like a spinning top. In Yukteswar's time there was little astronomical knowledge regarding the exact timing of one precession cycle. Today we know that one cycle takes approximately 26,000 years. This wobble, which also has an astrological meaning, seems to be the principal driver or determinator of consciousness. According to Vedic traditions, very high levels of consciousness and also high intelligence suggest full mastery over matter. And that would explain in the simplest possible way why ancient builders were capable to design and to build massive structures with such awesome precision. According to Yukteswar's Yuga cycles, global consciousness was at its lowest around 500 AD. And indeed the medieval period, the Middle Ages, was between 500 and 1500 AD. During that period humans were generally unable to understand anything beyond raw matter and survive. The consciousness of humanity was submerged in darkness. Although earlier in history humanity was intellectually and spiritually higher developed during the Greek Empire than during the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire had no philosophers that could match the Greek philosophers. It seems that the reason for this is that the Greek era found itself in a higher Yuga cycle. The Roman Empire flourished but then floundered when consciousness entered the lowest Yuga, the Kali Yuga. There seems also to be a difference between a falling consciousness and a rising consciousness. An empire might appear during a falling Yuga, as the Roman one did, but it will inevitably disintegrate slowly when consciousness goes further downward. One of the greatest Greek philosophers Pythagoras said this simple quote, all is number. It is incredible that such a text was written 2500 years ago. Nobody understood these words many centuries thereafter. Today with quantum mechanics we start to understand these words again. Our consciousness seems to be at a similar level as that of the Greeks in their early days. Indeed because everything in nature vibrates and every vibration can be written in a mathematical equation. Mathematics is the numbers. Pythagoras refer to the ancient philosopher was right, even without access to modern science. Where did such ancient knowledge come from? We think this knowledge was inherited from incredibly advanced civilizations that thrived during a high Yuga, also called Satya Yuga. This period lasts for almost 10,000 years. During a stable pole position, thus during periods of global tranquility and during high Yugas, civilizations came and will come again to unseen heights of development. Why did these civilizations fall? Because of a downward Yuga cycle or due to periods of crustal instability or even both. During one of the long-lasting cataclysms, even with a very high consciousness, when there is no safe place to settle and to live, civilizations inevitably fall back to their basic survival mode. Finding food and finding a safe place to sleep is then the only priority. During such circumstances, there is hardly any attention given to philosopher musings or spiritual reflections. This then becomes something at the fringes practiced only by shamans and witches. During the medieval period, there was no crustal unrest. But consciousness was so low that people were unable to understand anything beyond raw matter. And because of their very low conscious awareness, they were constantly in a survival mode. Even today, we are still only guessing at the purpose why pyramids were built and for what purpose they were used. It seems that it has something to do with energy. But for what purpose exactly? That is still beyond our reach. We now have some understanding of energy and how energy can be transmitted and transformed. During periods of high consciousness, the Satya Yoga period, such a level of understanding would be at its highest. And that is why presently the function of the massive megalithic structures is very poorly understood. Do periods of crustal stability and high yoga go inside? Yes, it seems so. We have done a study regarding this subject and found that indeed high yugas also enjoyed stable periods, especially when we look at the poles 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6. During the pole 5 period, there seems to have been no evident period of extreme high consciousness. And during this period, we didn't find many of the magnificent megalithic structures that we found to have been created during the existence of the other poles. Obviously, there were civilizations present on earth that served on the waves of the high yugas over the last 500,000 years. It seems likely that Giza was built during the period between 6700 BC and 16300 BC. Pole 2 is associated with extreme structures such as Baalbeck and other works of huge size. Pole 3 is associated with structures as Teotihuacan and many other marvelous ancient structures. Pole 4 is associated with massive works such as the pyramid of Colula, which is more voluminous than the great pyramid of Giza. Pole 5 seems to be least endowed with extreme works, although some structures, like the Temple of Luxor, are still impressive. Today, we have passed the Kali Yuga and lived some three centuries into a high yuga called the Dwapara Yuga. The harvest of this higher consciousness is clearly visible. Humans are making enormous progress, although there are still many problems that need to be solved. The current Dwapara Yuga will last another 2,000 years. Imagine the progress that humanity might make during that period. It is followed by a tetra yuga and then by a long period of satya yuga. Consciousness will be at its top in roughly 12,000 years from now, if our progress is not stopped by another cataclysmic period. Give us a thumbs up if you like this video. Please share it with your friends and followers. Let us know what you think below in the comment section. One last thing. Our work is difficult. And because we dread uncharted territory, our progress is steady but slow. We are not here to entertain you with superficial daily videos. 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