Theos-Talk Archives (August 2003 Message tt00124)

Thank you Dallas, Leon, and Etzion, for responding to my questions. 

Dallas, I will spend some time looking up the references you 
suggested, very helpful, as always. The information about the Epoch 
of the Mahabharata is especially interesting, striking as it does 
near the 5000 year cycle suggested by some astronomers for this 
activity of the planet Mars. It is fascinating that astronomers are 
not sure if the figure is 5000 or 60,000, widely different in some 
estimation, but in terms of occultism, perhaps there is a 
correspondence?

Leon, I suspect you are perfectly right in mentioning the wars and 
conflict that seem to proliferate in our era as related to the 
proximity of Mars. And apparently you are correct also in linking our 

current strife to the kali yuga cycle beginning with the wars of the 
Mahabharata. I was wondering about possible alternative 
interpretations, opportunities for courage, nobility, self-sacrifice, 

qualities that pertain to war also, in the sense that the warriors 
may personify them, and their possible application to the current 
crisis in the evolution of humanity. 

Etzion, let's hope that the influence of Mars may be a positive one, 
maybe even that the red planet of war and aggression may have another 

message for humanity at this time, another level, perhaps, of the 
conditions brought about by war, putting us to the ultimate test, 
finding out if we really have the strength to give all we have for 
the benefit of others, of the whole. In the Bhagavad Gita, for 
instance, it is quite clear that the battlefield described there is 
the one in each individual heart, the war the one between the higher 
and the lower self for domination of the individual. 

Best wishes to all,
Adelasie