So, going by the Gregorian calender, we are finishing a year today and starting a new one tomorrow. People are busy getting ready for all night parties to bring in the "new year". People also make resolutions for the new year and never keep them !
Looking from the vedic perspective, it isn't much. Each day gone by is basically one day closer to the end of our existence in the present body, that's all. Its nothing to get excited about. In the never stopping cycle of time, what significance can a year have ! Supreme Lord Krishna is the only master of Kala or eternal time. The present age, Kali yuga itself is 432,000 years and the catur-yuga cycle is 4,320,000 years ! One day of Brahma, the secondary creator, is 1000 yuga cycles long ! Brahma lives for 100 years based on the 1000 yuga cycle a day calculation. So, time is relative . What seems a long time for us is just normal for Lord Brahma. And this Brahma's lifetime is but a blink of the eye for the Supreme Lord !
So, new year or old year, let us resolve to chant better and become better devotees. We don't want another "new" material body, do we ?
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