Conclusion  
The human civilizat0ions that develop during these two halves of the cycle have their characteristic differences of mentality. In the Descending cycle consciousness is decreasing from a point of fullness, while in the Ascending cycle it is increasing from a point of deficiency. It is difficult for cultures in the Ascending half to understand those in the Descending half. Descending cultures like those of the India, are traditional, conservative and authoritarian. They are trying to preserve the light of truth from the past. Ascending cultures on the other hand are non-traditional, liberal and revolutionary. They are moving towards the light of truth which has yet to be properly defined. Present Western culture is based upon Greco- Roman influences which do not go back before 500B.C. and did not entirely surface until the Renaissance. Hence it cannot understand cultures, which originated from previous world cycles. 

Present America is a good example of an ascending culture since it origin go back only a few centuries. It is basically an ascending Dwapara Yuga culture. It is characterized by seeking of light and truth but in a hurried way. 

There is thus a natural misunderstanding between descending or traditional and ascending or non-traditional cultures such as we see in the world today. Descending cultures are based on a higher spiritual truth but has become rigid, and stereotyped and often misrepresent what was originally meant as with the caste-system of India. Ascending cultures are more open and creative have freedom of thought and inquiry, but often in a superficial way that may be far from the real truth. 

What is necessary is to combine both these cultural influences in a positive way. The freedom and humanitarianism of the ascending mind needs the balance and the reverence and spirituality of the descending mind. 

In this ascending Dwapara Yuga America is leading the world and American culture is the first of the Dwapara Yuga culture. This explains why in the last hundred years more than 100 great Yoga Masters from India had gone to America. There is a book, " How the Swamis came to America" They did not go to Russia, China, Australia or Latin America. They all went to America because America was destined as the Statue of Liberty proclaims to lead the world into this age. Since America was a new culture the masters from an ancient culture India went to show them the way. Now that the way is known to them they are progressing at a very rapid pace. Though America is leading the world, and may continue to lead for some more time it is not the only culture in the world. I am seeing and feeling that close in the heels of America, India, China and Brazil are also becoming Dwapara Yuga cultures and may be other parts of the world as well. India's rising to the status of a Dwapara Yuga culture is what brings joy to my heart.