Why People’s Memory and Lifetime are coming down in kaliyuga?
A male devotee asked (Name hidden):
“hare krishna prabhuji! prabhuji i want to ask why the memory of people decreasing i think because of increasing sins? prabhuji give any example so that i can understand fully! when we have more enjoyments we will breath frequently?”
REPLY:
It is the nature of the creations. It is a programming.
One’s Memory will be sharp only if he has no diversions and he follows a focused approach in everything.
During the previous centuries, the people had no much diversions. The Vysias, brahmanas, kshatriyas, etc worked without any diversions. Every person focused only in their assigned duties. Since the violations were rare, the people had to have enjoyments only with their spouse. So, controlled sense gratification.
Moreover, they took natural and healthy food culture, not the fast food culture.
So, the memory level were strong in the previous centuries.
But, now, the people do multitasking. They focus on multiple tasks simultaneously.
Nowadays, there are no control in sense gratification activities. Because of the inducing media and surroundings, the people involve in sense gratification more. They use even medicines to extend their pleasure time.
Moreover, the food they take nowadays is not healthy. Vegetables and fruits stored in the air conditioned godowns for months are used by the people. They show priority for unhealthy fried food much.
So, their energy levels are less than before.
If the senses are controlled, the Memory and lifetime increases.
If the senses are more engaged in gratification, the memory and lifetime comes down.
Since Sense gratification is more in kaliyuga, the people’s memory is also less.
The tension in job, family, etc have increased many times. So, the people face heart problems in large numbers that cost early death in some cases.
Yes, People’s Memory and Lifetime are coming down in kaliyuga.
Living for more enjoyments is the symptom of kaliyuga.
In this Kaliyuga, only sense enjoyments dominate.
(Is Liberation without Stopping Sense Gratification Possible? READ HERE!)
When there are more sense enjoyments, there will be less memory and short life.
Less enjoyments….. Long Life. Sharp memory.
More enjoyments….. Short life……Less memory.
How more enjoyments reduce our life time?
Our life has been fixed as the number of breathings.
It is said that a person at rest takes about 16 breaths per minute. This means we breathe about 960 breaths an hour, 23,040 breaths a day, 8,409,600 a year. The person who lives to 80 will take about 672,768,000 breaths in a lifetime.
(Is Sense Gratification without getting children possible for devotees? READ HERE!)
When the person is actively doing physical duties more, he breathes more than 16 times in a minute. It may be even 25 times a minute.
When we have more enjoyments, we will breathe frequently; So, that count of 672,768,000 breathings will be reached within the 50-60 years of age.
When we control our senses or when we practice some Yoga practices like Pranayama, our every breath will be long and hence the count 672,768,000 will reach very late.
That is why, some siddhas & saints are living for more than 300 years in some himalayan caves even now. Because, they do not have sense enjoyments and are always engaged in breath control Yoga practices. So, less breathings. That 672,768,000 breath count will be reached only after 200 or 300 years.
Not only enjoyments. The mental stress and strain are increasing in this kaliyuga that increases the breathing frequency.
(Should a devotee couple stop sense gratification after getting child? READ HERE!)
This is the secret behind the reduction of life time for men and the extension of life time for some siddhas and yogis.
The reason for more breathings during mating is a sensitive question that can not be answered openly in a spiritual site. However, as you asked, I reply: S….xual activities need more breathing frequently. That is the wastage of breathing. So, more involvement in s…xual activities reduces the life as they breath frequently.
Our Indian Yoga system and Vedic practices such as Pranayama, Surya Namaskar, etc., are based on this breathe control only. That is why, it is a proven fact that some yoga practices extend our lifetime.
Hope you are clear about why People’s Memory and Lifetime are coming down in kaliyuga.
(Why should Krishna give senses and also expect Purity in devotion? READ HERE!)