"Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom." — Charles Spurgeon
Friends from around the world—
The goal of this blog, social media, and books in 2025 (Dwapara 325) is to share knowledge around Ascending Dwapara Yuga, a different and unique perspective on history. At the time of writing, now a generation ago in 2007 (Dwapara 307), little was available online. The materials I presented then were the fruit of a prior generation of research in out-of-print publications, from international travel, and in-person meetings.
I am a part of the Gen X cohort, a student of the yugas, who met with many disciples of Swamis Yogananda, Sri Yukteswar, and Kebalananda in Europe, the US, and India.I trained in physics, meeting many hi-tech and business leaders in Silicon Valley and around the world. My interest in the vedas and the yugas was sparked from attending a conference on "300 years of Newton's Gravitation" (Hawking, 1987). It also came from a childhood steeped in the Church of England, Eastern Religion, and books of the era like Ways of Seeing, Chariots of the Gods, The Third Eye, and the Teachings of Don Juan.
The Autobiography of a Yogi was the "door opener" for me, as it has been for millions of others, mostly famously in George Harrison, Steve Jobs, and Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek. As for the other books mentioned above, I can only repeat Babaji's exhortation to be "be like the wise ant which seizes only the sugar, and leaves the sand untouched!" It has been a joy to have had a small part in recent tech revolutions from dot coms, to mobile, and quantum.Yogananda did make a poignant observation about Dwapara Yuga and its fascination with technology — "The trouble with this second age is that there is not enough security, because science plays the part of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Man uses science not only to create and do good, but to destroy as well."
A debt of gratitude is owed to Swami Kriyananda for the exceptional clarity of his writings and to the Kriya Yoga line of gurus who so generously made this knowledge ever more widely available.
— Gyanananda, Dwapara 325
Notes
- All profits are donated to charity - historically OLPC and now GiveWell.
- The views expressed in this blog are my own and not intended to reflect the views of any other individual or organization.
- Gyanananda is my spiritual name that means bliss thru (divine) knowledge. I take it as a motivation for daily self-improvement / self-mastery — kaizen
- The Sanskrit word for knowledge can be spelled out in several different ways in English, e.g., Gnana, Jnana etc.
- This site is associated with the gyanananda.com, gyanananda.org, dwaparayuga.com, and dwaparayuga.org domains.
- Poor Richard was a pen name used in the original blog and books as an homage to Ben Franklin, America's founding father.