Theos-Talk Archives (June 2000 Message tt00076)

Todd Lorentz wrote:
> >       Well, make up your mind. Was he Jesus,
> >or Maitreya? Jesus, if he ever
> >existed, was born 2000 years ago. The guy
> >in the photo didn't look THAT
> >old. He looked especially good for a dead guy.
> 
> The gathering was a religious gathering of 6000 Christians.  They
> recognized Him (IN THEIR HEARTS!!!) as Jesus (Christ).  They weren't
> looking at the color of His skin or whatever. They knew it in their 
> hearts and were proclaiming it.

	Are you saying that they were acting through their emotions, through
kama manas? We are in the 5th Root Race, not the 4th. We have better
ways of determining the truth.

> Later, Ben confirmed that the man, in fact, was Maitreya.  And many 
> stories since and after have corresponded to this, apart from Ben.  The 
> people in the crowd did not know Him as Maitreya, which is His personal 
> name. 

	Moria, in Mahatma Letter #10 (#88 in chronological sequence), wrote,
"Neither our philosophy nor ourselves believe in a God, least of all one
whose pronoun necessitates a capital H."

> They recognized him as Christ (or Jesus).  People from other faiths have
> believed Him to be Krishna, or the Imam Mahdi or whatever is their
> representative.  They see Him as their Divine Representative.

	In the English NIV Bible, in Matthew, 4, 5-7, it says, "Then the devil
took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the
temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For
it is written: "`He will command his angels concerning you, and they
will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot
against a stone.'" Jesus answered him, "It is also written: `Do not put
the Lord your God to the test.'" 

	It seems like your Maitreya said "yes" to Satan's offer.

> I note a specific air of condescension in your letters Bart.  If you're
> really not serious about it, 

	I am quite serious about my condescension. You are assisting a con
artist who is using people's faith to enrich himself.  Your actions are
excusable, as you obviously believe in what you are doing. Benjamin
Creme, however, is despicable. In Theosophical doctrine, you are
supposed to take hold of your own evolution, not wait around for some
self-proclaimed savior to do it for you.

	Bart Lidofsky

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