Message #42124

[guest587]

Excuse my naivety on the subject- is Yukteswar saying we've already had a golden age? And then, we somehow fell from grace, and have to go back to it?

Is he saying it's cyclical?

I wonder what the great fall could have been, and what it means for us- if we are evolutionary creatures, how then could we have all this biological knowledge reset with a blank slate?

Well. This may not sit well with others but I also had the thought today:

Consider that we are evolving from animal nature, then, I think- as a catalyst to entering into a higher age that some "evil men" are actually Gods chosen. Not that I believe God is fond of what man calls evil, but that maybe as a soul contract there are men who have committed great atrocities which have ultimately helped bring the evolution of mankind into a higher age. Did not Yogananda call himself a ruthless conqueror as one of his incarnations?

I think of the Law of One, which often talks about positive oriented beings and negative oriented beings- and the necessity and functions of such negative beings in a world of duality. I think we can evolve out of duality, I don't think evil actions need to take place... But I also think this is a school of hard knocks and we have both fight or flight, self preserving wisdom as well as selfless evolutionary wisdom.

It's also interesting to think just how intrinsic the biology of a person is with their spiritual reality. Not in all cases, but in many such cases, we inherit even things like addictive personality disorder from our lineage which provides its own karmic opportunities.