Bette Brazel

“The Vishnu Purana states that, the Kali Yuga will be characterized by: “Kings of churlish spirit, violent temper, and ever addicted to falsehood and wickedness. They will inflict death on women, children, and cows; they will seize upon the property of their subjects; they will be of limited power, and will for the most part rapidly rise and fall; their lives will be short, their desires insatiable, and they will display but little piety. Wealth and piety will decrease day by day, until the world will be wholly depraved. Then property alone will confer rank; wealth will be the only source of devotion; passion will be the sole bond of union between the sexes; falsehood will be the only means of success in litigation; and women will be objects merely of sensual gratification. Earth will be venerated but for its mineral treasures. Dishonesty will be the universal means of subsistence; menace and presumption will be substituted for learning. The people, unable to bear the heavy burdens imposed upon them by their avaricious sovereigns, will take refuge amongst the valleys of the mountains, and will be glad to feed upon wild honey, herbs, roots, fruits, flowers, and leaves. Thus in the Kali age shall decay constantly proceed, until the human race approaches its annihilation.”
― Bibhu Dev Misra, YUGA SHIFT: THE END OF THE KALI YUGA & THE IMPENDING PLANETARY TRANSFORMATION

“Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither.” William Wordsworth,”
― James Hollis, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up

“The modern family is one in which the divergent values of our separate souls are supported, valued, encouraged. Diversity is not just tolerated, it is affirmed as the radical gift of relationship. Conflict is mediated with accepting love despite disagreement, and no one carries the assigned burden of becoming something other than what they are.”
― James Hollis, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up

“When we see the world through our thoughts, we stop experiencing life as it really is and others as they really are. When I have a thought about you, that’s something I’ve created. I’ve turned you into an idea. In a certain sense, if I have an idea about you that I believe, I’ve degraded you. I’ve made you into something very small. This is the way of human beings, this is what we do to each other.”
― Adyashanti, Falling Into Grace