When I was a kid, I used to go to an amusement park in Santa Monica where you paid one price and could ride anything all day long, and I would ride the roller coaster (not as stressful an experience as modern roller coasters are because they could not engineer as much stress into the ride back in the old days) many many times until I got tired of it.
The Sat Yuga's saving grace (in terms of gaining enlightenment) is that people live very long lives, on the order of 250K years is possible, so people get tired eventually riding the roller coaster of "the abundance of enjoyable things" found in that Golden Age, and want to transcend and gain enlightenment. --- In [email protected], gullible fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The > > trouble with the > > Sat Yuga is that life is so delightful that people > > are less motivated > > to close their eyes and transcend the ugliness which > > is all around in > > the Kaliyuga. > > Reminds me of the following quote from Guru Dev: > > "To be born a human is more fortunate than to be born > a deva. Taking birth as a deva is considered > comparable to taking birth as any other life form. > Birth as a god is attained by those who perform > certain sacrifices and karma, etc. associated with > divinity, with the intention to enjoy divine > pleasures. The minds of the devatas wander incessantly > because of the abundance of enjoyable things in the > heavenly realms, and hence they cannot perform > purushartha [actions consistent with the goals of > human life and evolution]. For this reason, the human > birth is considered superior, because here, by doing > as much purushartha as possible, one can eventually > become one with God. A human being is like a lump of > pure gold, whereas gods are like pieces of fine > jewelry. Having been perfected as jewelry, their > progression is complete, and they cannot be further > improved. On the other hand, gold which has not yet > been crafted by the jeweler is completely unrestricted > in its potential. Hence the birth of a human being is > said to be the very best birth for action. Having > attained this birth, one should not act carelessly, > but should conscientiously perform the best > purushartha. Fulfilling one's own dharma while keeping > faith in Paramatma is the greatest purushartha. Strive > to become one with God in this lifetime. Have firm > faith in the Vedas and shastras and keep the company > of those wise people who also have faith in them. Only > then will the purpose of your life be fulfilled." > > --- Bob Brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], gullible fool > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Dang...I was just thinking of the famous story of > > the > > > sage who said spiritual progess was much, much > > faster > > > in kali yuga than in any other yuga. > > > > > > > > > > ************* > > > > That's why Krishna lets the Kaliyuga happen -- if > > Krishna only wanted > > the Sat era to exist, that is what would happen. The > > trouble with the > > Sat Yuga is that life is so delightful that people > > are less motivated > > to close their eyes and transcend the ugliness which > > is all around in > > the Kaliyuga. However, there reaches a point where > > life is simply > > unsustainable because of the vile behavior on earth, > > and MMY has > > apparently announced that the breaking point has > > been reached, > > regardless of the benefit to spiritual seekers who > > manage to survive > > the turmoil of the Kaliyuga and gain enlightenment. > > > > It's like Jesus' saying "Again I tell you, it is > > easier for a camel > > to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich > > man to enter the > > kingdom of God." People whose surroundings are > > satisfying and fun > > lack are less motivated to seek to unfold the inner > > light than those > > with surroundings that are not satisfying. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!' > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
