Confluence age and renewal of the world
The present era is seen as decisive moment of spiritual transition and global renewal.
What it is: The tradition teaches that humanity lives in a special phase of confluence between the end of one cycle and the beginning of another.
How the tradition understands it: This period is seen as time of purification, spiritual service, and preparation for the renewal of the world.
Textual basis and context: The doctrine appears in materials about the drama of the world and in the institutional pedagogy on collective transformation.
Objections and debates: There is debate about apocalyptic language, historical predictions, later reinterpretations, and the symbolic or literal way of interpreting this transition.
Supportive
Brahma Kumaris, Confluence Age
Institutional explanation of the confluence age.
Reference: Institutional material on confluence age.
Content: Describes the current phase as moment of encounter between end of one cycle and beginning of another.
Use in debate: Central for the doctrine of renewal of the world.
Brahma Kumaris, Self Transformation and World Transformation
Institutional theme linking interior change and collective renewal.
Reference: Institutional material on self transformation and world transformation.
Content: Sustains that renewal of the world begins with change of individual consciousness.
Use in debate: Very used formulation to explain service and public mission.