'Light Is A Temporary Happening, But Kali Is Forever'

In Sanskrit language, the word kala—and the femi-nine form of it, Kali—mean time and space, which are seen as one thing.

- Sadhguru

When we refer to space, we are talking about emptiness or darkness. It is not a coincidence that in many Indian languages, kali means empty and kala means darkness.

It is important that we do not look at darkness as some evil force. The whole existence is pure darkness. If you look up in the sky during the day, the sun dominates, so you cannot see things the way they are. In the night, generally, you notice a lot of stars, but the stars are just small specks. The vast expanse of the sky is pure darkness.

In the lap of a boundless expanse of darkness, just a little bit of light is happening here and there. Light is a burning up of something. Whether it is a lamp, a bulb or the biggest source of light that we know as the sun, all of them are burning up. An electric bulb may last for a few hundred hours, and the sun will last for a few billion years, but they will both burn up. When everything burns up, only darkness remains. So darkness or empty space represents eternity. Light is a temporary happening, but Kala or kali is forever.