Light Will Return

Look around the world today — chaos, betrayal, division. It feels new, but it isn’t. Every ancient tradition warned of times like these.

In the Völuspá of the Norse Edda, the seeress spoke of a time when kin would betray kin, oaths would be broken, men would turn their backs on the gods, and the world would fall into chaos. Ragnarök wasn’t just fire and destruction — it was the unraveling of order itself.

In the Rig Veda, truth — ṛta — is forgotten, buried under illusion. Dharma is obscured, and the world loses its way. Later Hindu texts expand this into the great cycles of the Yugas: the Age of Truth giving way to the Age of Darkness, Kali Yuga, when greed, betrayal, and chaos seem to rule.

And in the Bible, the Book of Revelation tells of love growing cold, nations tearing each other apart, the beast of chaos rising. Some interpret it as a future prophecy, others as something that has already unfolded in history. Either way, it speaks to the same pattern: mankind losing its way, truth cast aside, and darkness growing.

But none of these traditions stop at the fall.

The Norse prophecies say the world will be renewed. From the ashes, green shoots will rise without seed. The god of light, Baldr, will return. The surviving gods will gather, and order will be restored.

The Vedas say truth is always rediscovered. The sage Atri restored the sun after it was swallowed in an eclipse. The Self, the Atman, is never lost — it is light even when everything outside is dark. And Hinduism promises that even Kali Yuga will give way to Satya Yuga again. Darkness is never the final word.

Even Christian scripture offers this: “The kingdom of God is within you.” Renewal is not only something to wait for — it’s something to live now. A new heaven and a new earth isn’t just far away; it’s a call to embody truth in the present.

The pattern is the same: fall, chaos, and then renewal.

But how is that renewal brought about?

It doesn’t come because we sit back and wait for someone else to fix the world. It begins when we step forward into righteous action — when we choose to listen to understand, when we take a stand against evil, when we pierce the veil of illusion and bring truth into the open.

It begins when each of us looks into the mirror and asks: Do I truly live the words I claim to follow?

It’s easy to talk about faith, honor, love, or truth. It’s far harder to walk them out every day. And that’s what I’ve learned: effort is the only thing that brings real reward.

Renewal comes when we put in the effort — to live with integrity, to take action, to carry the light into dark places.

We may be living in a time of betrayal and chaos — but that’s only half the story. The other half is what comes next.

Light will return. The only question is whether you will be the one to carry it.

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