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Q. What is the relationship of Benjamin Creme to Maitreya? A. All the Masters of Wisdom are direct disciples of Maitreya. Benjamin Creme is a disciple of one of these disciples. Q. What does Maitreya think is the most urgent problem in the world at present? A. The most important action with which Maitreya is concerned is the saving of millions of people who currently die from starvation in a world of plenty. He says that nothing so moves Him to grief as this shame: “The crime of separation must be driven from this world. I affirm that as My Purpose.” So the first aim of Maitreya is to show humanity that we are one and the same: wherever we live, whatever our colour, background or religious belief, the needs of all are the same. Equally important and just as urgent is the saving of our planet from the destruction on which it is set from our misuse of the resources of the planet. Governments today are more and more becoming aware, after many years of information from scientists, that global warming is a reality. Global warming is now understood to a degree, but man’s responsibility for it has not yet dawned on all the national authorities. This is one of the most important realizations that we have to make – that man is responsible for at least 80 per cent of the warming up of the planet, and if this continues it will drastically affect our daily lives. Maitreya and the Masters alone have the exact knowledge of how to proceed but we already know the first steps to take (the need to restrict carbon emissions and so on) but the urgency of action is probably not fully realized by governments. Maitreya will emphasise how really urgent this action is. The destruction of trees on the planet – for example, an area the size of Belgium of primal forest is destroyed every year in Central and South America – has a profound effect on essential oxygen in the world. The necessity for sharing the resources of the planet is the number one action which Maitreya will emphasise. This will create the trust which will open the way to the solution of all further problems, national and international.

The existence of great spiritual teachers, known as the Masters of Wisdom, became public knowledge in 1875 through the writings of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society. Blavatsky, who worked directly with the Masters, revealed that these perfected beings have guided humanity from behind the scenes of everyday life for countless millennia. Periodically, at times of great human crisis, they send one of their own into the world to show humanity the way forward. We know some of these teachers as Krishna, Confucius, Zoroaster, the Buddha, the Christ, and Mohammed. Anticipation of the imminent appearance of the Master of all the Masters, the World Teacher, Maitreya, grew and waned in the early part of this century.

Jesus of Nazareth and the Christ are not one and the same person. This is one of the most difficult claims for many Christians to accept in connection with Maitreya, the World Teacher, and it therefore needs some further explanation. In fact, the title Christ does not refer to an individual at all. It is the name of a function in the Hierarchy of Masters of Wisdom, that group of advanced beings who guide the evolution of humanity from behind the scenes. Whoever stands at the head of this Hierarchy automatically becomes the World Teacher, known in the East as the Bodhisattva, during the term of his office. Maitreya, who embodies the energy we call the Christ Principle, has held that office for over two millennia.

The forecasts were given primarily to illuminate one of the most important spiritual laws governing our lives: the Law of cause and effect. By grasping and working within this law, Maitreya says, we can resolve the present social, political, economic and environmental crises. Benjamin Creme writes in MAITREYA’S MISSION, Volume Two, “They (the forecasts) are predictions of trends and events set in motion by humanity itself under the Law of Cause and Effect. Maitreya seeks to illuminate the working of that law for us through His scientific understanding of the law in action. He is not enunciating divine fiats nor seeing into the future by clairvoyance, divine or otherwise. He is showing that our actions, if pursued, eventuate through the Law of Cause and Effect, in specific events. However, humanity has free will and at any time can change the course of those events, for better or worse.

To help humanity in its task of global transformation, Maitreya the World Teacher has formulated certain priorities. They cover the essential needs of every man, woman and child: an adequate supply of food; housing for all; health care and education as universal rights. Other top priorities include the restoration of the environment and the establishment of peace. The key to achieving these goals is a more equitable sharing of the world’s food and resources. According to Maitreya: "Without sharing there can be no justice; without justice there can be no peace; without peace, there can be no future."

In April 1988, Maitreya began to present forecasts of world events and fragments of his teachings through a close associate in London. This information was published in Share International magazine, and press releases of his forecasts were sent to the media. Maitreya's purpose in releasing this material was to further prepare humanity for his emergence and to help us understand the spiritual laws governing our lives, primarily the Law of Cause and Effect. Following are excerpts from Maitreya's teachings on: world peace... only through sharing politics market forces and commercialization crime, violence and drugs the environment the art of Self-realization more on Maitreya's teachings

Since his sudden appearance 'out of the blue' in Nairobi, Kenya, on 11 June 1988, Maitreya has made many more miraculous appearances. In most cases, he has magnetized water in the vicinity before he appeared. So far, people have discovered the healing properties of this magnetized water from wells in Mexico, Germany and India. On this page you will find a list of Maitreya's appearances since 1988. [For further information, also read: Why aren't these appearances covered by the media?] Maitreya's appearances have been halted temporarily since 2002.

Site présentant des informations, en français, sur la présence dans le monde de L'Instructeur mondial, chef de la Hiérarchie spirituelle planétaire. Il est accompagné d'un certain nombre de Maîtres de Sagesse.

Many now expect the return of their awaited Teacher, whether they call him the Christ, Messiah, the fifth Buddha, Krishna, or the Imam Mahdi. Millions now know that the Teacher who fulfills all these expectations is already living among us. Maitreya, the World Teacher, has not come alone, but with a group of wise Teachers who have long guided humanity from behind the scenes. They are returning to the everyday world to help us solve our most critical global problems. Maitreya is not a religious leader, but an educator in the broadest sense.

He has been expected for generations by all of the major religions. Christians know him as the Christ, and expect his imminent return. Jews await him as the Messiah; Hindus look for the coming of Krishna; Buddhists expect him as Maitreya Buddha; and Muslims anticipate the Imam Mahdi or Messiah. Although the names are different, many believe that they all refer to the same individual: the World Teacher, whose personal name is Maitreya (pronounced my-tray-ah). Preferring to be known simply as the Teacher, Maitreya has not come as a religious leader, or to found a new religion, but as a teacher and guide for people of every religion and those of no religion.