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Is it credible? Or, was it only the voice of their own inner intuition?

There is some order in the four Yugas. The consciousness of man grows grosser and
grosser as time rolls by. In the previous Yugas, man’s consciousness was subtler than it is in this
Yuga.
In the Satya Yuga, Bhagavan used to move amidst mankind. Human consciousness was
not far removed from divine consciousness. In the Treta Yuga, man’s consciousness grew
grosser. Though God was not constantly moving amidst human beings, there were frequent
Avataras of the Lord. In the Dvapara Yuga, man’s consciousness grew grosser still; and only the
immortal Brahma-Rishis like Narada, Visvamitra, etc., used to move amongst men, and also,
Akashvanis used to warn people of coming events.
Now we feel that Akashvani is a very rare and miraculous thing; in the previous Yugas it
was not so. Devas themselves used to move amongst men. And Akashvani used to forewarn the
people regularly. Just as we have our Government, the celestials also have their own
Government. Whenever they wished to communicate with mankind, they used to do so through
Akashvani.
Nowadays the deity communicates with the people mainly through dreams and visions.
That is practically the only form of communication with human beings that Devas have retained
in this Yuga.
From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Society, Photographs of Swami Sivananda, German Pages on Swami Sivananda