Well, this is not surprise as the Trimurti have been telling us the Universe is created when Lord Brahma wakes up in the morning, and destroyed at sunset. One day in the Lords time-frame equates to billions of years in ours. Now science has caught up with spirituality to explain the mechanism used to make it all happen.
They progress from the Golden Age, when people lived among the gods, through the warlike Bronze Age and on to the Heroic Age. His narrative ends with the Iron Age, a period of toil and misery for mankind.
- Golden Age (or age of truth), 1,7 million earth years. Good virtue reigns supreme in this age; humans grow to 9 meters; lifespan is around 100,000 years and death occurs only when willed.
- Iron Age, 1.3 million earth years. Good virtue still dominates (75 %) but sin has also been created accounting for 25%. humans grow to 6 meters and lifespan is around 10,000 years
- Bronze Age, 864,000 earth years. Now we have half good virtue and half sin; our lifespan is around 1,000 years.
- Iron Age (also commonly known as Kali Yuga), 432,000 earth years. Also known as the . This is the age in which we are presently living. Sin reigns (about 75%) and good virtue is only about 25%; humans grow to 2 meters; lifespan is around 100 or 120 years (we are currently in this age, which explains all the suffering in the world and lack of integrity).
Needless to say at the end of the Iron Age, there are plenty of disasters. We are currently living in the Iron Age and still have 426,000 or so years so no need to panic.