In Hindu cosmology they have something called the Yuga cycles where the state of the universe seems to change over time and generally becomes more chaotic (one might say going from “solid” to “gaseous” over time) and I think time runs quicker as things generally spiral out of control. Each Yuga in the cycle is 1/4 shorter than the previous, so it works out to a 4:3:2:1 ratio. However, I’m not an expert and only first heard of it from Alan Watts and looked up the wikipedia article.
A Yuga Cycle (a.k.a. chatur yuga, maha yuga, etc.) is a cyclic age (epoch) in Hindu cosmology. Each cycle lasts for 4,320,000 years (12,000 divine years) and repeats four yugas (world ages): Krita (Satya) Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, and Kali Yuga.
As a Yuga Cycle progresses through the four yugas, each yuga’s length and humanity’s general moral and physical state within each yuga decrease by one-fourth. Kali Yuga, which lasts for 432,000 years, is believed to have started in 3102 BCE. Near the end of Kali Yuga, when virtues are at their worst, a cataclysm and a re-establishment of dharma occur to usher in the next cycle’s Krita (Satya) Yuga, prophesied to occur by Kalki.
In Hindu cosmology they have something called the Yuga cycles where the state of the universe seems to change over time and generally becomes more chaotic (one might say going from “solid” to “gaseous” over time) and I think time runs quicker as things generally spiral out of control. Each Yuga in the cycle is 1/4 shorter than the previous, so it works out to a 4:3:2:1 ratio. However, I’m not an expert and only first heard of it from Alan Watts and looked up the wikipedia article.