Kali Yuga

Ancient Vedic texts outline the timeline of our Earth. There are 4 major stages in the evolution of our planet. These are called Yuga Cycles. The cycle repeats 4 yuga's: Krita Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, and Kali Yuga. 

In English, this is referred to as the Golden Age, The Silver Age, The Bronze Age, and the Iron Age (the Dark Age).

As a Yuga Cycle progresses through the four yugas, each yuga's length and humanity's general moral and physical state within each yuga decrease by one-fourth.

The Golden Age (Krita Yuga) is when virtues are at their highest and vices are non-existent. It is where everyone is in Divine Alignment and recognizes God within them and God as them. There is no separation between the universe and the individual. There really is no such thing as an individual, because it is understood that everything and everyone is connected.

The Golden Age is also the longest of the Yugas. 

The Silver Age (Treta Yuga) is where virtues start to break down a little bit and vices are introduced. 

The Silver Age lasts 3/4 of the time of the Golden Age.

The Bronze Age (Dvapara Yuga) continues into further destruction of virtues and vices are widely used by almost everyone.

The Bronze Age lasts 1/2 the time of the Golden Age.

And then we get to The Dark Age (Kali Yuga) where we currently are today. This is where virtues are non-existent amongst everyone. People use vices daily. Vices take over individuals lives and everyone feels separate. 

What's interesting about the Dark Age (Kali Yuga) is that everything is backwards. For example, in Kali Yuga, police are criminals, judges are crooks, priests are perverts, and bankers are thieves. Sound familiar? Education disables the youth and Spirituality is based on fear, separation, and not being like the "others." Addiction runs rampant. There's a strong sense of attachment to material items and unhealthy attachments to others. There's a lot of suffering.

Kali Yuga (the Dark Age) lasts for 432,000 years (1/4 of the length of the Golden Age). It is believed to have started in 3102 BCE. Near the end of Kali Yuga, when virtues are at their worst, a cataclysm and a re-establishment of dharma occur to usher in the next cycle's Golden Age (Krita Yuga).

Epilogue (Intended to be humorous, don't take this too seriously):

And this brings us to Donald Trump. He's not a savior that will make everything better. He is simply the modern energy of the Goddess Kali (The Hindu Goddess of death and destruction). He is here to bring knowledge to the people of the evils and outdated systems within our government. This is probably why we have a businessman instead of a politician as President for the first time in history- The old ways need to be destroyed.