The Bible says, “Be careful not to let yourselves become occupied with too much feasting and drinking and with the worries of this life, or that Day may suddenly catch you like a trap. For it will come upon all people everywhere on earth. Be on watch and pray always that you will have the strength to go safely through all those things that will happen and to stand before the Son of Man”.
Long ago, the cold war between the materialistic greed and the integrity of character began in the end Satya-Yuga* (The era of Truth). In its journey to Kali-Yuga (the era of Untruth), the materialistic hunger for name, fame, money and position has reached massive proportion with a cancerous grip on the human psyche. The worship of God has become a farcical demonstration. Sage Vyasa and Sri Krishna realized this inner drift of the human character more than five thousand years ago. They foresaw the innermost commercial vibrations of the human psyche and declared, "It is impossible to repair the world until the Kali-Yuga ends"
According to Sage Vyasa, Kali-Yuga is the commercial era and the Kali is the disposition that exposes only the virtuous part of the mind and hides the sinful part. It is a devious force, untruthful and selfish oriented. Srimad Bhagavata metaphorically declares that Kali's basic psychological fodder is name, fame, money and position. Without this nourishment Kali cannot exist in the inner roots of the human psyche. Nevertheless, one need not look for Kali elsewhere. It exists in all of us as the voice of selfishness.
* Sage Vyasa is the first person in the spiritual history who divided the past, present and future movements of humanity into four basic eras (Yugas) as Satya-Yuga (The era of Truth), Treta-Yuga, Dwapara-Yuga and Kali-Yuga. The Yugas are connected with the four Vedas, Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharvana Veda.