The Endless Cycle

Indian mythology operates on a scale that dwarfs Western narrative. The universe moves through four yugas spanning millions of years — four successive ages of gradual decline, from a luminous golden age down to a dark final age, ending in destruction and rebirth. This is not apocalypse but cosmic rhythm, as natural and inevitable as breathing.

The Mahabharata and Ramayana are set within these vast cycles, making their heroes participants in patterns far larger than individual lives. Indian culture never developed the Western obsession with linear progress because its foundational stories taught that everything returns.