Steve, are we entering, or have we already entered Dwapara, although in the first fase?
The age of bronze or Dwapara Yuga began in 1698 AD and will last for 2400 years ending in 4098 A.D. This puts us presently in the year 334 Dwapara. We are now beyond the transition phase of the Dwapara Yuga from Kali to Dwapara. Although since we are only 334 years into the Bronze age of Dwapara there is still much resistance and old influences of ignorance affecting this planet from the last Kali Yuga of darkness which reached its lowest point in about 498 A.D. The intellectual and spiritual power humanity (in the Bronze or Dwapara Yuga) will be twice as great as the common man in the Dark Ages, but Dwapara is only half as great as men and women will be at the peak, 12498 A.D. of the Golden age or Satya Yuga.
The intellectual and spiritual power of humanity is twice that of the ordinary person in the Kali Yuga of 498 A.D. The earth has already experienced a greater 'freedom, intellectual light and scientific advancement' since the event of the Bronze (Dwapara Yuga) age. Although there are admittedly pockets of resistance; dogmatism, religious persecution and intolerance of the dark ages, they are slowly becoming a thing of the past. The understanding of the fine attributes of matter and the energy released in us and the finer elements of matter has become more and more a part of our daily life.
Recognizing that the material plain we find ourselves in is only a dim reflection of the true reality of spirit, we represent a higher age that our consciousness brings to the planet through meditation, spiritual practice and understanding.