Kalpa

The Hindu theory is
 Very odd
 Every Kalpa in the Manvantara period whether
 It's the manifested world
 Is divided into 4
 Subdivisions of time
 Each one of which is called the Yuga
 That means roughly an epoch or a era
 There are 4 Yugas
 And they are named after the different throws in
 The Indian game of dice
 There are 4 such throws and the first is called Krita
 That means
 Kri, means to do
 It's when we say something is done
 Truly done
 It's the perfect throw of four
 The second is called Treta
 Which is the throw of three
 The next is called Dvapara
 Which is the throw of two
 And the final one is called Kali
 Which means the worst throw
 Which is the throw of one
 Now each of these periods of the Kalpa
 Are of different lengths
 Krita is the longest
 And Kali is the shortest
 And so eranged
 So that when the world is first manifested as in those
 Dreams that I was mentioning to you
 The world is in a golden age to begin with
 It's perfect
 It's perfect
 And that is the longest period of time
 And then when we get a little bit more adventurous you see
 Treta means that, in this era a kind of
 Disharmonious element enters into things
 It's like a three-legged chair isn't so secure as a four-legged chair
 It's just a bit inclined to tip
 And as it were a fly in the ointment
 The snake in the garden
 Then comes Dvapara
 In which the forces of good and evil
 Are equally balanced
 And finally, Kali
 Which is the shortest period
 Where the forces of evil are triumphant
 And the world is destroyed at the end
 For then the Godhead appears
 In the form of Shiva
 Who represents the destructive
 Aspect
 Of the divine energy
 Whereas Brahma is the creative
 Vishnu, the preserver
 Shiva, the destroyer
 Shiva is always the destroyer in the sense of the liberated
 The guy who breaks up the ruts
 And he comes on with a blue body and ten arms
 And a necklace of skulls
 Indian gods have many arms
 Because they are cosmic centipedes
 They do all things without having to think about
 Like the centipede doesn't have to think about
 How to manipulate its legs
 Like you don't have to think how to grow your hair
 And as Shiva dances what is called the Tandava
 Which is the dance of destruction at the end of the
 Cycle at the end of the Kalpa
 You will see that his hands contain
 Clubs and knives and bells
 But one hand is like that
 And that gesture means, don't be afraid
 It's a big act
 It is all
 As it were the outflowing
 Of your own consciousness
 Of your own mind