I challenge any BK to explain to me why the scholars' view of history is wrong, and give me the evidence to support the BKs' concept of the 5000 Year Cycle. "Baba says ..." is not evidence. If extraordinary claims are made, extraordinary evidence is required. Why can we not send a trance messenger up to Baba to request a rational basis for his 5000 Year Cycle. If there is no rational basis, there can be no Cycle.
OK, well let's sort out a rational basis for The Cycle.
I totally agree with the good doctor in that if claims are made then evidence should be made to back up those claims. Personally, when I heard the lesson of The Cycle during basic course my 1st reaction was 'excellent, God's introduction and explanation will be totally unique'. However, why should this Gyan be seen as 'extraordinary claims' required', certainly an aspect of common sense underlies much of the Gyan.
Science says 13.5 billion years ago the universe came into existence from what? From nothing. Several billion years later 'life' came into being from what? From random elements and circumstances. This 'life' is described as what? A 'simple cell' There is no such thing as a simple cell. Myriads of chemicals and structures have to operate precisely and in unity from out of nothing, not to mention how this cell 'knows' what to consume and that its sustenance was readily available at that moment ... etc. To be sure, for anything to exist, everything in the universe has to simultaneously exist in order to support that existence, without exception. There is nothing random about our world. The DNA of any single cell can stretch to about 6ft. There are billions of cells in the body, all the DNA in our bodies end to end can go around the earth several times, if not more. If a single strand of the DNA is out then the cell dies. Life is extraordinarily complex and varied, nothing can exist by itself.
Now then, science can say with authority what happened billions of years ago, but cannot say what will happen in the world next week! Hardly anyone remembers exactly what they were doing or thinking several months ago. How can anyone intellectually comprehend in an accurate way a humanoid evolution of several millions of years?
The civilizations of the Middle-East during this period were nothing like the Brahma Kumaris' image of the Silver-Aged world of the Deities Rama and Sita. The civilizations of Greece, Egypt, Sumeria, Assyria etc. all had temples and worshipped their gods and goddesses. They had military technology; bronze and iron swords and spears, bows and arrows, helmets and body armour, horse-drawn war chariots etc. Examples can be seen today in the British Museum. They were constantly at war with their neighbours. They certainly did not have their babies by yoga-power, without having sexual relations. They did not fly in vimans. It was not 'heaven'.
A brief study of any Murlis backed up by historical proof shows that 'heaven' can simultaneously exist in hell. Unless heaven is established in front of the world how will the world come to know of it? In Karachi, in the early days, a sample of heaven was prepared. Rivers of blood flowed during the partition but the inmates of Om Mandli reached safety and remained undisturbed by the violence. Peace can exist during chaos and upheaval.
The Silver Age souls are described as what in any case? Warriors. When the soul of Abraham and its followers incarnated at the end of the Silver Age what happened? The The Kshatriyas drove them out of Bharat.
''The people of Islam are chased away. In which direction? Towards the Arab countries. People of whichever religious land arrive, the land for them emerges above from the ocean well before. So, first of all the religious land of Islam [i.e.] the Arab countries, Egypt and so on rise above from the ocean first. They (the people of Islam) are chased to that place.
Their adulteration can’t flourish so much here. They become free after going there. Who? The people of Islam. They become so free, that marriages start to be arranged even between Brothers and Sisters born of the same parents (sage bhāī bahen)''.
- VCD* 1139 http://www.PBKs.info
Just suppose for a moment that the 5000 Year Cycle is accurate. The Copper Age must start after 493 BC. That implies that Abraham must come to start the Jewish religion no earlier than 493 BC. But we know that the Middle-East was controlled by the Persians from the fall of Babylon to Cyrus in 539 BC, until the conquest of the Persian Empire by Alexander the Great in 336 - 323 BC. If Abraham had come in 493, the whole of Jewish History: Moses and the Exodus, the conquest of Canaan, the kings Saul, David and Solomon; the separate kingdoms of Judah and Israel, the conquest of Israel by Assyria, the Exile in Babylon, must all have happened between 493 and 323 BC - about 170 years. Impossible! In fact Cyrus released the Jews from their exile in Babylon in 538 BC, allowing them to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their Temple.
Well, do you suppose for one moment that any historian from any part of history is unbiased and without religious or political leanings? Did they write independent 'as it happened reports?'' Of course not. Historians are completely controlled. Whatever was the history of one century is changed the next according to the dominant rulers, Kings are vainglorious, e.g. the Taj Muhal, purported to be built by the Mugals. Now research is showing the Taj Mahal was built centuries earlier by Hindu Kings, and was a temple to Shiva.
If we look at Herodotus, Greek researcher and 'storyteller' it is known that his 'history' was often taken from several sources, from where did his sources get their details from? History is approximate at best and just plain vainglorious propaganda at worst. What is history anyway? It is the record of sorrow and misery. There is no name or trace of Satyug or Tretayug as they are natural harmonious worlds, without buildings artificial clothes, or the need of education, military conquest, agriculture ... In the days of happiness the time goes quickly, no-one notices the time.
However I realise that time must be allowed, after 'vinash' for the 'Advance Party' to prepare for the Golden Age. Shri Krishna and Radhe have to be born and grow up. If the duration of the Confluence Age is reckoned as 100 years, from Baba's coming in 1936, to the Coronation of Lakshmi and Narayan in 2036, the formal inauguration of the Golden Age, which Baba calls 1.1.1.
Sri Krisna and Radhe would have to be born during the Confluence Age for the world to recognize their status. The date 1.1.1. really refers to the end of effort making and what results any soul has attained according to its efforts.
Deities are simple 'buddus'/fools they have no concept of The Cycle. the calculation of the good doctor is based on the asumptions/interpretations of the Dadis/Didis senior BKs. They are entirely incorrect. Detailed explanations of these points can come later.
There are professors of Ancient Greek, Assyriology, Egyptology, etc., in the major universities, and Curators at the British Museum, who could tell us quite a lot about the first half of the first millennium BC, that is, the period from 1000 BC to 500 BC
Whilst I can appreciate the effort of the learned scholars and curators of the various academies to create some meaningful world view for us I cannot accept their views and opinions as final. To begin with, many 'experts' disagree with each other, orthodox research receives greater funding than independent approaches, many findings are beyond the spectrum of their expertise. Ancient artefacts/structures shown to technical engineers can reveal acute scientific and mathematical understanding. The same objects shown to curators/professors are described as 'religious', meaning they have no idea what half the writings and objects in their collections are, if indeed half, and, of course, what about the ancient global phenomenon of Pyramid culture? and other megalithic structures. Built by unknown peoples. Structures placed on significant global alignments. Structures made from colossal stone blocks some weighing hundreds of tons. Millions of blocks placed within fractions of an inch. Do you think the architects of these structures were, as the good doctor describes, content to ride around in metal helmets and chariots killing each other? Where does the good doctor mention this in his historical diatribe? This academic history is absolute rubbish, and has no answers for ancient advanced global civilization. Nothing of any value or meaning has come out of it.
Now with IT technology the real research and development is going on. Truth seekers from the four corners of the world are coming together to present a completely new and revolutionary understanding of our world and history. Even the world itself will spin in a new way.
It's a worthy topic so more rationale on The Cycle to follow.
OK Aum