Maitreya's Mission (Volume 2) [Paperback]

Benjamin Creme (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1993

SYNOPSIS
This inspiring and heart-warming book offers new hope and guidance to a suffering world on the threshold of a golden age. It presents the teachings of Maitreya--the Christ and World Teacher for this age--on both outer (worldly) and inner (spiritual) levels, His uniquely accurate forecasts of world events, and His miraculous appearances to people throughout the world. It also contains a series of interviews with the Master of Wisdom whom author Benjamin Creme has been associated for more than 40 years. These interviews throw new light on some of the greatest problems facing humanity. More insightful information is offered on such diverse topics as the growth of consciousness, psychology, nuclear weapons, the environment, AIDS, the stock market, and science and technology in the New Age. Transcripts of Creme's lectures on "The Overcoming of Fear" and "The Call to Service" offer valuable guidance for those who tread the spiritual path.

Product Details

• Paperback: 753 pages
• Publisher: Share International Fdn; 3rd Ed edition (September 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9071484114
• ISBN-13: 978-9071484117
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #630,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A lifelong student of the Ageless Wisdom teachings -- first made available to the public in the late 1800s by H.P. Blavatsky and later by Alice A. Bailey -- Benjamin Creme has traveled the world for more than 30 years informing people that the greatest event in history is now unfolding. Humanity's Elder Brothers -- the Masters of Wisdom -- are once again among us. Soon these ancient guardians of the human race will be working openly at our side, showing us how to live together in peace -- with sharing, justice and Earth stewardship as the keynotes of a new civilization.

In the 15 inspiring and provocative books which have emerged from his lectures, Creme paints an ever more detailed picture of humanity's destiny, both worldly and spiritually. "We are talking about nothing less than the total transformation of every aspect of our lives", he says. Creme's message is both profound and immensely practical. Each book covers a vast range of topics: from meditation and the growth of consciousness to political and economic change, from initiation and group work to ecology and world service. Compelling explanations are offered for the ever-increasing 'miraculous' or unexplained phenomena such as weeping Madonnas, crosses of light, healing waters, crop circles and UFOs. Creme also clarifies misunderstandings about the antichrist and the 'last judgment'.

In close contact with, and trained by, a Master of Wisdom since 1959, Mr. Creme has access to constant up-to-date information on the progress of Maitreya's emergence and the total conviction necessary to present that information to a skeptical world. He is chief editor of Share International, a monthly magazine read in over 70 countries that addresses Maitreya's emergence as well as the changes that are both needed and actually occurring in every field of endeavor to bring about a more just and compassionate global society.

Creme lectures by invitation throughout Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim, and is regularly interviewed on radio and television. He receives no remuneration or royalties for this work and makes no claims about his own spiritual status. His books have been translated and published in numerous languages by groups worldwide who have responded to his message.

"My task," Creme says, "has been to make the initial approach to the public, to help create a climate of hope and expectancy into which Maitreya can emerge without infringing our free will."

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A healthy dose of hope and more than a measure of insight., May 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Maitreya's Mission (Volume 2) (Paperback)

Open Maitreya's Mission, Vol. II at random and you will, more likely than not, find a pearl of insight somewhere on the page: On the economy (p. 131): "Capitalism, in its pure form, is at an end in Europe. It has no future whatsoever. Instead, countries will model their governments on a form of democratic socialism. Gradually, this will become the model for all nations as the most effective way to ensure that the voice and will of the people is properly represented." On service to others (p. 613): "The basic impulse behind all evolution is that activity of the soul which we call service. Service is nothing less than the demonstration in relationship of the Law of Love." On overcoming fear (p. 287): "If we can simply look, without condemning at what *is*, without judging, making comparisons, without feeling superior or inferior... then I believe we can enter into communion with the Self, which is all Being, and know from then on the absence, the overcoming of fear." Such blending of spirituality and practicality is typical of Benjamin Creme, the British artist, author and esoteric scholar, whose previous books, The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom and Maitreya's Mission, Vol. I, are in circulation worldwide. The Scottish-born artist says that the chaos and turmoil now occurring in the world are the birth pangs of a new and brilliant civilization in the making. "We are standing at the beginning of an extraordinary period in the history of the world, a time when the true, spiritual nature of humanity will become manifest for the first time." In his books, as well as lectures worldwide, Creme says that the birth of this new civilization is being assisted by a group of illumined spiritual teachers known as the Masters of Wisdom. The presence of such teachers was first written about in the West in the late 18O0s by Theosophist H.P. Blavatsky and later by Alice A. Bailey. Creme says these Masters, long the inspirers and protectors of humanity from behind the scenes, are now returning to the everyday world. At their head is Maitreya, the World Teacher, the one awaited under various names by many religious traditions. When humanity, via its representatives, the world's media, invite Maitreya forward, according to Creme, Maitreya will begin to work openly, inspiring humanity to create a world based on sharing, social and economic justice, and global cooperation. Whether or not one agrees with Creme's views on Maitreya and the Masters, this tome is a treasure-trove of practical information on a wide range of topics, including: "The Art of Self-Realization", "Disease: Causes and Cures", science and technology in the New Age, meditation, the environment, global economics and politics, and the international drug problem. With corruption and crime reported ad nauseam these days in the newspapers and on television, Maitreya's Mission, Vol. II provides a needed antidote - a healthy dose of hope and more than a measure of insight.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A challenge to the "prophets of doom", November 21, 1999

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This review is from: Maitreya's Mission (Volume 2) (Paperback)

Maitreya's Mission, Vol. II is a chronicle of the work and thought of Maitreya, the Christ--the World Teacher for the Aquarian Age--since He entered our physical world in 1977. Its author, Benjamin Creme, says that His presence is the fulfillment of Christ's promise to return. Although He has, until now, worked quietly and out of sight with His group of Spiritual Masters, with each year His influence has expanded to affect world events ever more profoundly.

In 1988, through a close associate in London's Asian community, Maitreya began to impart a body of lessons for our time--teachings of economic, political, and spiritual import. Central to our future lives, He says, must be an acceptance of sharing--an assumption by all nations of the duty to feed and cloth the brothers and sisters dying of starvation throughout the world. When this burden is assumed, then all of the earth's inhabitants can enter the divine path of self-realization, finding and exhibiting the spark of Godhead within the soul.

Maitreya has given, as well, a series of predictions about world events--the freeing of Nelson Mandella, detente between East and West, the collapse of communism. Their accuracy has proven His keen insight into the affairs of humanity.

An appearance 'out of the blue' in Nairobi, Kenya on June 11, 1988 began a series of similar appearances on a worldwide scale. Wherever He appears, claims Creme, there will eventually be discovered a water source with healing properties. Furthermore, Creme relates, His presence has brought with it a worldwide phenomenon of miracles: healing waters, visionary appearances, crosses of light, the beneficent work of the 'angels' among us. These are transforming the face of the earth. The book offers, in addition, guidance for any who choose to respond to the challenges offered by Maitreya. Of particular import are excerpts from Creme's lectures on 'The Call to Service' and 'The Overcoming of Fear.' Several sections are teachings about group work, described as a necessary emphasis for the coming age, because the energies of Aquarius work most efficiently through groups, not individuals.

This book is a challenge to those who would predict catastrophe and doom for our planetary existence. It offers, instead, a future that is filled with hope. It envisions the beauty of a world in balance and at peace with itself, once again.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From Midwest Book Review, May 7, 1999

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This review is from: Maitreya's Mission (Volume 2) (Paperback)

Maitreya's Mission is a three-volume tour de force of commentary on social, religious and metaphysical matters.