Friends from around the World:
The goal of this blog, social media, and books is to share knowledge around Dwapara Yuga, a different and unique perspective on history.
At the time of writing, now a generation ago, little was available online and the materials presented were themselves the fruit of a prior generation of research in print books (in and out of print), international travel, and in-person meetings.
The DY blog's focus is Ascending Dwapara Yuga rather than the yugas generally.
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.
My interest in the vedas and the yugas was sparked from a conference on 300 years of Newton's Gravitation in the late 80s and also from a childhood filled with connection to the Church of England, Eastern Religions, and popular "esoteric and mystical" books.
I have fond memories of books of the era such as Ways of Seeing, Chariots of the Gods, The Third Eye, and The Teachings of Don Juan. All books, sites, and teachings call to mind 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 so many tech revolutions from home computers, to nuclear power, to dot coms, fintech, smartphones, and more recently cybersecurity, AI, quantum technology, and autonomous vehicles.
These innovations parallel the East meets West world of the "Autobiography of a Yogi" (still my go-to spiritual book) and the subtle spiritual and societal changes that are behind them.
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, December Dwapara 324
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.
- Gyan - ananda 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.