Theos-Talk Archives (May 2000 Message tt00293)

David C.,

>I am sincerely interested in what you 
>are saying, so please IŽd like you to say
>which are the proofs of that information, real proofs.

Well, certainly.  But what sort of proofs would you like?  What I mean to
say is, there are literally thousands of stories of individuals who have
claimed to have had some personal meeting or circumstance with this One
individual, Maitreya.  But that can be dismissed as "hearsay" or "astral
glamour".  Perhaps a form of group illusion.  Maitreya also gave out a
series of "forecasts" in the late 1980's which he said would set the stage
for the eventual Emergence in the public world stage.  Many news reporters
sat up and took notice after they started to occur one after another.  His
forecasts seemed utterly ridiculous at the time they were made and included:

- Mandala would be freed from prison and become president.
- Thatcher would not finish her term in office and would resign.
- The Palestinians will get their homeland and there will be Peace.
- Ireland will make peace.
- Communist reign would fall in the Soviet Union.
- many, many more forecasts about international/global changes that have
come true one after the other. One of the few forecasts that remain to come
true is that there will be a world stock market crash. Soon after that
(whenever it occurs) Maitreya will begin to be seen on TV in interviews
that He has already arranged with some major American Networks.  In these
interviews He will appear as an ordinary man and present His plans and
bluprints for the future.  It will be up to Humanity to respond to His
message of hope and renewal.  His major emphasis in this process, as far as
I have understood it, has been the need to NOT infringe on Humanity's free
will.  That is why the Emergence is occurring step by step and is being
"orchestrated" or "guided" by the Hierarchy along certain lines.  It will
all appear as a natural event unfolding.  The state of the stock markets at
this time makes me think that perhaps the time is very near when Humanity
will see this man and be able to judge for themselves.

>From what He claims is His insight into the law of cause and affect, these
events have unfolded exactly as stated and continue to unfold through time.
 These, and many more were all published in Share International at the time
they were made in the late 80's.  You can see them if you go to the current
website, I think they are listed there <http://www.shareintl.org>.  So that
is another proof, I suppose.

In June 1988, Maitreya appeared "out of the blue" in front of a crowd of
6000 Christian worshippers in Nairobi, Kenya.  That is, He manifested 'out
of thin air' in front of the crowd to their surprise.  The crowd
immediately and intuitively recognized Him as the Christ and fell to their
needs.  The beuty of this story is that there happened to be a reporter
there at the time would was documenting the huge outdoor religious
gathering.  He snapped several photos of Maitreya in the middle of the
crowd.  Maitreya spoke to the people in  "perfect swahili" for about 18
minutes and then vanished as easily as He had appeared.  This story was
reported in the Kenya Times and the next day was picked up and played
throughout the day on CNN, pictures and all.  Within a few days, however,
the major media dropped the story for other headlines.  
  This is one of many similar stories about appearances of Maitreya.  It is
the largest one too so I use it here as an example. It was also published
in Share International, The Kenya Times, and CNN.  You may be able to find
it (confirm it) on CNN's online archives. 

This is perhaps a start to the proof you want.  There is literally volume
more if you start to look into it.  The book by Wayne Peterson is due out
to be published this summer, I believe.  He names more names in it about
figures in the public who have met Maitreya and know His identity.  Wayne
also lectures throughout the US and Canada about this and says that the
future is bright, despite the difficulties of change that we appear to be
passing through at this time  

>The Vatican trying to meet with Maitreya ... 
>WasnŽt it said in the Bible that the
>Christ would come back in his full glory?, 
>that every nation of the world would
>recognize him?  

Yes, but that doesn't conflict with what I have described above.  It also
said that He would return "like a thief in the night".  If this story is
true, then that has certainly been fulfilled. How else would every nation
know him but by television (satellite) and radio?  Too often we look in
clouds for vision when perhaps things are happening in the most practical
way in front of us.  That, to me, would be something that the Hierarchy
would insisit upon in something lie this - practicality and efficient use
of the tools at hand.

>There has been nothing like that still.  
>Just people saying always (as it was
>informed us that there would happen) 
>that the Christ is here, or the Christ is there.

True, it is hard not to be skeptical.  But this isn't *just* a claim.
There has been literally thousands of sighting, experiences, pictures
taken, verifications by public figures with reputations to maintain.
Certainly this may be a hoax, but if so then many of our current leaders
have been taken in by it including Mandela, Gorbechev, Prince Charles,
Yasser Arafat and others, who have met him.  Many have come out and
confirmed that already.

Remember, Maitreya is not a side-show for the public to toy with.  He comes
as the Head of the Hierarchy and a World Teacher to inspire a massive
reform to society.  It may be hard to track down a personal interview or
check Him out at His home address, etc. That doesn't mean, however, that
the signs of His presence are not there. 

>I just think that if we believed in all 
>the New Age thinkers, the Christ would
>have come in this century, in different 
>persons, a lot of times.  But the Kali
>Yuga still goes on.

True. But we are generalizing here a bit.  What you say does not deny that
perhaps this story, perhaps, IS the right one.  Certainly we don't want to
believe every story we see or hear.  That is why we need to check it out
more thoroughly.  Of course, if your intuition doesn't point you in this
direction, or if your thought-forms about the Reappearance are already
formed and crystalized then you won't be interested in checking it out and
simply dismiss it with the rest of the stories.  Obviously that is not the
case with you and you seem to have a genuine interest in investigating it
further.

>I repeat that I am very interested in what you are saying, 
>but if you donŽt want that we consider you just as a 
>"believer" more of one " modern guru" more, it would be 
>very important (for the truth, and for all of us), 
>that you can indicate the proofs of what you are saying.

I hope that I have at least given you enough here to get you started on.
Just so that you know, I *am* a "believer" that this story is true.  This
is so to some degree through the factual evidence, but also because of my
own personal experiences.  

I know the greatest concerns abut this is that Maitreya is, perhaps, some
channelled astral entity or something.  At least, that was what *my* first
concern was. But that wouldn't explain His appearance in front of large
gatherings of people such as at Nairobi, Kenya.  There is very real flesh
and blood evidence here.

As to any notions of being a "follower", that is quite impossible I would
think.  First of all, there is nothing to follow.  For instance, if you
came to fully believe that this was, in fact, Maitreya, there would be no
way to follow him.  There is no real organization to join, no memberships,
etc.  You would still be left sitting where you are right now with the same
issue to contend with in life.  This story is about an event which is
unfolding in the state of the planet's history.  It affects more kingdoms
than just the human kingdom.  It is happening whether we want to believe in
it or not. So, I am offering this information because I believe it to be
true and therefore believe that it is important to our conversations
(especially within a group that actually *believes* that the Hierarchy
exists), but there is no particular advantage to me (or any group, or
whatever) for you to believe in it or not. 

That is one of the reasons why I stepped in the other day to say something
in the first place.  There appears to be a lot of mis-information
circulating about this story.  I think it is one thing to honestly look at
the facts and decide that you believe it or not.  That is fine either way.
It is quite another to be bogged down by rumors, speculation and
mis-information.  It does us no good and it is the sort muck that Blavatsky
had to contend with also.

There are a few books I can recommend, if you're interested, that give more
details and can describe the things I have mentioned in more detail.  But
you might want to simply check out the website first
<http://www.shareintl.org>.

Best Wishes,
  Todd

PS.  There was a big article in the Toronto Star (Ontario, Canada) a couple
days ago about Maitreya that looked at the possibility, so it is out there
in the media if you look for it.


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