| b.) This know also, that in the Last Days, perilous times shall come. • People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, • Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of those that are good, • Treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God; … (2 Timothy 3:1-4) 21.) From Agni Yoga Supermundane (1938): a.) “Urusvati knows that the decay of consciousness is worse than any war, pestilence, or earthquake. It steals up unnoticed and commits acts that will horrify future historians. It causes people to lose their self-respect, to become malicious, and to ignore their own necessary contribution to future generations. … (i) “Remember what is written in the Vishnu Puranas, in whose ancient prophecies one can recognize the present time. |
| (ii) “It is especially horrible that the majority does not want to understand present events. They dance, trade, and think that the present time represents the peak of achievement. Compare what is happening now with the events during other periods of decline, and you will find that they have symptoms in common**. People once dreamed of conquest and considered themselves the lawful masters of the world, but how suddenly these Towers of Babel collapsed! Many symbols have been left to humanity, but they have remained decaying relics.” (( ** I. There is an old saying that goes, “When disaster is imminent, the intellect is perverted.” II. “Only thoughts of God and urges to do sanctifying deeds will emerge during the last days for those who are equipped with divine virtues of eagerness to do good acts and to have good thoughts, faith in God, compassion toward all beings, contrition for swerving from the straight path, truth, non-violence, and love. “On the other hand, those who are immersed in selfishness, egotism, greed, vice, violence, and unrighteousness will suffer in their last days from evil urges and will destroy themselves.” °° )) |
| °° From Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Bhagavatha Vahini |
| Above: Tower of Babel artwork. Bottom: Tower of a dark lord (in the fictional series, Lord of the Rings). |