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When the Winds of Kali Rage
When people in general become accustomed to greed and deceitfully endeavor to attain more than
the need,
When dealings between friends become so demanding and in family relations there's
misunderstandings
When between husband and wife there is always strain that is the age when the winds of Kali rage.
When men become quarrelsome and have but short lives and are disturbed, lazy, and think spiritual
truths are all lies,
When those who are spiritually advanced are no longer
respected and women, children and old
men no longer protected,
When innocent beings are caught and mercilessly caged that is the age when the winds of Kali rage.
When smoke and dust linger and darken the skies and rains cease to pour and rivers start to
dry
When natural disasters leave destruction after they've hit when the earth reflects the minds of people
who inhabit it
and when they think it's peaceful another holocaust will
blaze even scientists will not know why
the winds of Kali rage.
When the leaders of this world become so corrupt and cruel employing torture and high taxes over the
people they rule
Out of ignorance only people will say, "This is a beautiful
life," while ignoring those who are dying and living in strife
They take such troubles in stride saying, "There'll be better
days," but such words are
meaningless when the winds of Kali rage.
When property alone confers rank, wealth the only devotion, lust the only bond of the sexes, falsehood
the only promotion,
When women are slaves to man's passion, rich men reputed as
pure, presumption substituted for
learning, dishonesty subsisting the universe,
When morals and piety decrease until the world is wholly
depraved, that is the age when the
winds of Kali will rage.
When people develop cruel habits without ever questioning why thinking that making the mind and body happy
is all there is to life,
Like a cult of robots they try to keep up with the times One person does what the others do, ignoring
the warning signs,
Controlled by unquenchable desires, they'll run in a craze, that is the age when the winds of Kali
hopelessly rage.
Of course, this age has not gotten so bad that we can't find a bit
of peace
but it's said that in the future all such pleasures will cease
So before the trouble gets worse and we no longer have the time
let's try to make some advancement and elevate our minds,
Because if we wait too late
we may find there's nothing we can change, for we'll already be caught in the
age when the winds of Kali rage.