This is the, what we call is the illusion, is the bhrānti, and this illusion has to go away. And for Kali Yuga it is said this is the era of illusions, and this illusion, if you fall into it you are finished. But if you see the illusions then you try to seek the truth. That’s why today the seeking is very strong, because they can feel it’s an illusion. It’s not the truth, they know. And once they know it is not the truth, what do they do? They want to know what is the truth, where is the truth and they try to find it. That’s how also in this Kali Yuga the seeking has started.
The story about Kali Yuga is told in also another Purana, of Damayanti Purana where Damayanti, the wife of Nala, was separated from him because of the same illusions created by Kali. So one day it happened that Nala got hold of this horrible Kali and he said, “Now I am going to strangle you and finish you off.”
So Kali said, “All right, you can do it, but first listen to my importance, my mahatmya – what importance I have, why I am there.”
So he waited. He said, “Now agree, if you listen to me I’ll tell you. When I will come and I will rule the world – means when there will be Kali Yuga – people will get into bhranti, means illusions. They will not know whether this is truth or not and they will then try to seek the truth. But not only the people, those who go to the jungles and those who renounce everything; but there will be another type, the same people who are doing this, who are doing this kind of seeking will, in the Kali Yuga will take birth and will be normal householders, and they’ll get into these illusions of every kind. And at that time when they get into this illusion, then only they will start seeking, realizing that it is untruth, and they will seek the truth at that time. At that time only they will get their Self Realization.”