During what "yuga" did this transition take place? Was it the beginning of a particular descending arc?
And furthermore, at this point in history, where it FEELS like we are nearing the point of "no where but up", where are we in terms of yugas?
Hi Ari, this transition was set in motion during the descending arc of the Treta Yuga.
Descending arc of Treta Yuga: 6700 BC - 3100 BC (note that the 1st Sandhi for Treta Yuga was from 6400 - 6700 BC)
Descending arc of Dwarpara Yuga: 3100 - 700 BC
Descending arc of Kali Yuga: 700 BC - 500 AD
Ascending arc of Kali Yuga: 500 - 1700 AD
Ascending arc of Dwarpara Yuga: 1700 - 4100 AD
So we are now in the ascending arc of Dwarpara Yuga..and therefore you are right, it's up from here. And just to further clarify on the descending/ascending arcs within the cycle of yugas: the nature of the descending arc is YANG. The nature of the ascending arc is YIN. Also, each yuga correlates to a specific kind of spiritual knowledge, and that type of knowledge is reflected in the nature of each yuga's age. This is covered by Sri Yukteswar in The Holy Science.
And by the way the spiritual knowledge correlating to the Treta Yuga = Divine magnetism. hmm...
The Dwarpara Yuga correlates to knowledge of (in Sri Yukteswar's words) "the knowledge of electricities and their attributes"