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SEPTEMBER 1992                                              Volume 11 Number 7
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This is an abridged, electronic version of SHARE INTERNATIONAL magazine.

The magazine has a non-paid staff only, carries no advertisements and is
published by SHARE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION, a non-profit, non-governmental
organization in association with the United Nations.

SHARE INTERNATIONAL is a monthly magazine, bringing together the two major
directions of New Age thinking -- the political, and the spiritual.  It covers
news, events and comments bearing on Maitreya's priorities: an adequate supply
of the right food; adequate housing and shelter for all; healthcare and
education as a universal right; the maintenance of ecological balance in the
world.

Abridged hard-copy versions available in Dutch, French, German and Japanese.


SHARE INTERNATIONAL has two general editors:  Peter Liefhebber, a Dutch
journalist concerned with the creation of a new world economic order; and
Benjamin Creme, British artist, esotericist and author. His challenging message
has evoked a world--wide response: Maitreya, the World Teacher, is now among us
in full physical presence.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Growth of Consciousness, by the Master --

Editorial:  They listened, albeit with only one ear

Energetic Medicine:  A new science of healing
Interview with Dr Hiroshi Motoyama
by Adrian Jackson

Questions & Answers

Background Information

Hard-copy subscription information

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GROWTH OF CONSCIOUSNESS
by the Master -- through Benjamin Creme

Throughout the world, there is a growing understanding that humanity is
undergoing a profound change in consciousness.  This reflects itself in many
ways, not least in the efforts being made to explore the nature of
consciousness itself, to investigate the connection between consciousness, mind
and brain, and to study the effect that these three, singly or in unison, may
have on matter and the natural world.
        The old, mechanistic views of nature and of the forces at work within
her are fast disappearing and a new awareness is dawning of the unity
underlying all manifestation.  More and more, the concept that all is energy,
that energy and matter are different states of one reality and can be affected
by thought, is being accepted on a wide scale and is changing men's view of
life.  Enlightenment is growing apace and soon the methods and technology will
be found to demonstrate this fact.  This is of profound significance for the
future evolution of the race.
        As we enter the new age, a new urgency is being felt to explore the
outer and the subjective worlds and to understand the relation between these
two aspects of creation.  Many scientists around the world are bending their
enquiries in that direction, prompted by the need to demonstrate and prove
their intuitive belief that all is interconnected.  The acceptance of a
super-personal self or soul is gradually gaining ground and is leading to a new
synthesis in men's view of reality.
        Eventually, the common ground of all such investigations will exist in
the awareness that consciousness is the attribute of the soul, that the mind
and brain are conduits, vehicles for its manifestation, and that there is no
break or separation in the connecting links between them.
        Until now, the nervous system has been seen as the pathway for signals,
electrical in nature, from the brain; brain, the command post, through that
intricate system, initiates the actions and reflexes, mental, emotional and
physical, by which we recognize and demonstrate our livingness.
        To a limited degree, this, of course, is true.  The complex computer of
the physical brain does indeed co-ordinate and organize the multifarious
information and stimuli streaming, moment to moment, through that sensitive
apparatus.  However, as understanding grows of the nature and source of
consciousness, a truer picture will emerge of the status and function of the
brain as the focal point for the infinite variety of impulses reaching it from
higher principles.

Identification

        For many, too, the mind is the man.  They see themselves, through
identification, as mental beings, capable of thought and action, completely
autonomous and separate, whose very existence stems from the ability to think
and measure.  This, likewise, is but a shadow of the true relationship existing
between man and mind.
        Man's mind is an instrument, a body, more or less sensitive, depending
on the person, by which the mental planes can be contacted and known.  The
plane of mind, the mind-belt, is infinite in extent and serves as the conduit
for all mental experience.
        When men realize this, they will understand how telepathy is the
natural result of this relationship, and a new era of mutual communication and
understanding will begin.
        The nervous system will be understood as the connecting link between
the soul and its vehicles, the means by which the soul, in incarnation, grips
and demonstrates itself through its reflection.
        In this way, consciousness, the nature of the soul, expands and grows,
shedding its light though all the planes, awakening man to his destiny as a Son
of God.


(The Master -- is a senior member of the Hierarchy of the Masters of Wisdom;
His name, well-known in esoteric circles, is not yet being revealed for various
reasons.  Benjamin Creme is in constant telepathic contact with this Master who
dictates His articles to him.)



EDITORIAL:

THEY LISTENED, ALBEIT WITH ONLY ONE EAR

It requires no great effort to dismiss the Rio Earth Summit which took place in
June as a total fiasco.  Disappointed environmental groups too easily
surrendered to this temptation.  Greenpeace called the Summit a "historic
failure", doubtless voicing the opinions of many sister organizations. However,
the outcome of the grand United Nations ecology spectacular deserves a subtler
approach.
        Obviously, it is true that the agreements reached and the deals made
are not far-reaching enough to solve the colossal problems which exist -- or
even to keep them in hand.  The hoped-for treaty on climate was seriously
watered down.  Protection of the forests failed to reach the treaty stage and
ended up as a pretty feeble "declaration".  The treaty on the conservation of
bio-diversity -- the riches of the planet's flora and fauna -- was badly
whittled down but still failed to win general support.  Financial commitments
to implement environmentally protective agreements remain veiled in
obscurities.  A number of countries refused to say whether any "new" money will
be made available or whether they will simply continue to scrape the bottom of
the same old barrels.
        All these criticisms are true, and those who are aware of the twin
dangers of ecological destruction and poverty can hardly be unreservedly
enthusiastic about the Earth Summit's achievements.  But it would be unfair to
view the conference in Rio only in this light.  Never in our history have so
many participants convened for such a length of time to consider such complex
issues.  This fact alone illustrates that we are beginning to form closer ties
with one another.  Furthermore, countries managed to formulate a more or less
common vision in Agenda 21, despite their own national interests.  Granted, it
has not become the "plan of action for sustainable growth" as was hoped but the
800-page document provides enough foundation for further more concrete action.
A Commission for Sustainable Development has been created to oversee and
monitor the implementation of the policies agreed on in Agenda 21.  In this
agenda for the 21st century it has been agreed, for instance, that Western
countries will co-operate in the transfer of 'environmental-technology' to
other countries.  In fact, this is a remarkable success, as it is only
relatively recently that this idea was first mooted.  The above-mentioned
treaties on bio-diversity and climate, signed by 153 countries, have certainly
fallen short of the mark, yet in this field, too, it was not so long ago that
all international agreements seemed impossible.  It is in itself a small
miracle that climatic destruction is now accepted to be a problem which must be
approached globally.  The onslaught on forests, the threat to the diversity of
plant and animal life and the thinning of the earth's ozone layer are all of
vital importance which, thanks to 'Rio', will stay where they ought to be -- on
the international community's agenda.  Even the relationship between the West's
wasteful life-style, on the one hand, and, on the other, the ecological, social
and economic impoverishment of the globe did not escape unnoticed and was given
a brief mention in the final communique of the Earth Summit.
        Neither should we underestimate the unique involvement of 'ordinary
citizens' in this mammoth conference.  Never before have political leaders had
their work so closely scrutinized nor their knuckles so emphatically rapped. At
the parallel shadow conference, the Global Forum, many thousands of
representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) spoke seriously and
knowledgeably about the problems posing a threat to humanity.  They agreed on a
series of treaties which, more than the official Summit meeting, expressed the
spirit and concept of humanity as one indivisible organism.  The Global Forum
did not flinch from addressing questions and issues which 'Rio' politicians
found too problematic and rash, too dangerous or simply undesirable:  racism,
urbanization, the fate of ethnic minorities and indigenous populations,
repression and discrimination, militarism, economic alternatives, etc. 'Rio'
did not deliver all the 'goods' the idealists might have hoped for but this
should not be allowed to dampen their enthusiasm or sap their energy.  Without
their initiatives and their indefatigable efforts there would have been no
Earth Summit.  Now, a record number of government leaders and heads of state
felt obliged to attend the Rio Summit.  This fact guarantees that the debate on
the environment and development cannot be closed until global solutions are
found.  What was seen 15 or 20 years ago as a scattered handful of Don Quixotes
fighting not against windmills but for them is now a mature, strong,
self-confident, world-wide network.  A Global Forum indeed.  The ideas of a few
are becoming the ideals of many.
        Other developments appear to bear this out.  A large number of
businesses have formed the International Business Council for Sustainable
Development.  Scores of banks have committed themselves to an agenda of
ecological demands, which will help formulate policy and influence their
dealings.  In the shadow of the mainstream conference, agreement was reached on
the setting up of international Green Cross.  The stimulus behind this proposal
was provided by a group of parliamentarians and religious leaders advocating a
change of values.  This group included such eminent figures as the tireless
Dalai Lama, Archbishop Helder Camera of Brazil and, perhaps not
insignificantly, Al Gore, Democratic candidate for the US vice-presidency.  The
aim is that the Green Cross, just like the Red Cross in its field, will be an
independent, non-political organization for the support and relief of victims
(in the broadest sense of the word) of ecological disaster.  It was the
visionary Michael Gorbachev, former President of the then Soviet Union, who two
years ago was the first to advocate the creation of an international Green
Cross; that he is to be its first President seems very appropriate.
        These developments in and around 'Rio' make disappointment an
unrealistic reaction to the Summit's shortcomings.  "Will they listen?" we
asked in an earlier Editorial (March 1992) in this magazine.  The conclusion
may now be said to be that "they", the politicians, did listen, albeit with
only one ear.  But the group which will continue to beat the ecology drum has
grown so large, and the noise they can make is now so loud, that it cannot be
long before politicians lend them their other ear too.  "The environment will
become the number one issue throughout the world," forecast Maitreya's
associate in June 1989.  Political relationships and alliances at that time
seemed far too immature for such a development.  However, they have very
rapidly grown up -- as 'Rio' demonstrated.



ENERGETIC MEDICINE:  A NEW SCIENCE OF HEALING

Interview with Dr Hiroshi Motoyama
by Adrian Jackson


Dr Motoyama is a scientist as well as a yogi, philosopher and priest.  He is a
man of many varied interests and talents specializing in oriental medicine,
computing and electrical engineering who is also a parapsychologist, spiritual
healer and seer.  He is head of the Institute for Life Physics, Tokyo, and the
California Institute for Human Science, California.  He is concerned with
elucidating the nature of religious experience and the existence of 'subtle
energies' using scientific methods.  To aid in this he has built two machines:
one to measure the 'ki' energy in the meridians (the AMI machine) and another
to measure the energy of the chakras or energy centres of the body (The Chakra
instrument).  The AMI instrument is in use in some American and many Japanese
medical institutions as a diagnostic tool and for research into health and
disease and also the paranormal.  In this interview with Share International he
talks about some of his scientific ideas and thoughts for the future
development of this area of research and diagnosis.


SI:  Dr Motoyama, could you tell us how you got the idea for building the AMI
machine and what are the actual physical principles on which it is based?

Dr Hiroshi Motoyama:  Yes.  I had many experiences, beginning 40 to 45 years
ago, of the flow of vital energies during my yoga exercises and I clearly felt,
around the meridians [energy channels], some vital energy like water and heat
going around my body.  Particularly I felt Kundalini Shakti or power was very
strong around the spine.  At about this time I suffered a lot from disease and
instability and for this reason I often couldn't get up, so I decided to
practise Yoga.  After six months to a year I was so much better that I began to
experience for myself the ki or prana energy in my body.  Later when I was a
young lecturer in science at Tokyo University, my students did not believe me
when I told them of my experiences, using logical arguments only.  I thought
that their minds were too heavily influenced by science and so I wanted to
verify such vital or subtle energies flowing in the body by scientific methods
or research.  The first time I measured this type of body function was with the
EEG Electroencephalogram or ECG Electrocardiogram methods used in traditional
Western medicine, but it is very difficult to detect such energy, and Western
medicine can 'catch' only the nervous or muscle tension in the form of
electricity, electrical potential or active potential in the nerves.  One day,
about 25 years ago, I was invited by a visiting professor to his university in
India where we examined, using EEG and so-on, Yogis and T'ai Chi Chuan masters.
I think all the hard work we did gave me a stomach ulcer, partly because during
the spiritual consultations I did with many people I used only the Manipura
(solar plexus or Hara) chakra, which connects to the stomach meridian.  After
my stay in India I thought perhaps my investigations of such an idea of prana
or ki energy were wrong, as we cannot measure or detect these energies with
traditional medical instruments.  So I decided to develop a new machine.  I had
studied electronic engineering while at the naval academy and at university, so
now I was able to build a circuit to make a new machine to find a way of
detecting the 'body fluid function'.  That is the history of the AMI, which
stands for Apparatus for measuring the functioning of the Meridians and their
corresponding Internal organs.


SI:  Have you built any other machines apart from the AMI?

HM:  Yes.  My other machine is the chakra machine which was developed
two-to-three years after completing the AMI machine.  By directing energy from
the subtle energy centre of the chakra the surrounding electromagnetic
environment can perhaps be changed.  Also the lower body has a kind of static
potential which disappears when energy is discharged from the body.  So, in a
completely dark room, insulated from physical energies from outside, a person
with psychic ability can direct energy via their awakened chakra and produce
light and we can detect this light and its direction.  The instrument to detect
this light and the changes in the electromagnetic field is called the chakra
machine.  This machine's first aim was to register light or psychokinetic power
and to see if it could influence an electrical atmosphere, or whether a person
can produce light or not.


SI:  Can you yourself detect or see whether an illness has a karmic cause, is
incurable, or whether it can be cured?

HM:  That depends on one's understanding of the human being.  I understand the
human being to consist of three dimensions: a body, mind and spirit and each of
them has individuality.  If the problem or cause comes from the spiritual
dimension it is generally caused by previous karma and cannot usually be cured
by Western medicine.  Disease at the mental level is caused by things that
happen in a person's present life, producing unstable states of mind, and this
can be cured by hypnosis or psychotherapy or psychological approaches.  In that
case the person only needs to understand the reason, the causes that create the
problem in the mind.  On the physical level, if the body has been affected by a
germ, one only needs medication and often in a short time the person will be
cured.  A karmic disease, or constitutional handicap caused by karma, is very
difficult to cure, but if we always pray to God to help such people, then in
many cases they can be cured within five or 10 years.  The key point is that
they should accept the previous life that relates to their disease.  This is a
first step in controlling the emotions and one can then observe oneself from
the outside.  That is the starting point.  They pray to God and gradually they
can control their emotions and the very egocentric persistence (attitude) of
the person gradually disappears.  They can then be intact and in a balanced
state with other people; and they will be cured.


SI:  There is a dichotomy between orthodox medicine and the new type of healing
arts based on the meridians and chakras.  Do you think your work has helped to
bridge this gap, or is doing so?

HM:  Yes, I think it has, because medicine is mostly concerned with mass, the
material aspect.  Matter is a kind of accumulation of energy in a fixed order.
Chaos is energy but random, not in order.  But when the energy is fixed, in
order, in a certain frequency, etc, it becomes quantum, and this quantum is the
origin of mass.  So this quantum forms an electron or a proton or nucleus and
thence an atom.  The atoms combine and they make molecules and the molecules
combine to make DNA and protein and then us:  matter-with-consciousness.  So
any kind of mass is created by energy.  This energy is now divided into four
kinds:  the weak nuclear, strong nuclear, the electromagnetic and
gravitational.  Before it was divided into these four, maybe the energy was one
and this energy, I think, is the ki energy.  (Both ki energy and physical
energy are important in healing and this has been the focus of my work.)


SI:  Ah, this is the ki, you think?

HM:  Yes, but ki energy is still in the physical dimension even if it is the
'beginning of the physical dimension'.  So it will be restricted by space and
time, for example the T'ai Chi Chuan master we studied can only project his ki
energy within a fixed distance.  This ki energy is a mediator between the
mental or psychic and the physical dimension.  So we are proceeding now from
Western medicine, which deals with mass in the chemical form only to the
medicine of energy.  Then, beyond that, maybe we will reach the psychic and
spiritual level.


SI:  Your work, I would say, verifies the existence of the chakras and
meridians.  Do you have any scientific theory as to why the chakras and
meridians are of their particular form or why they follow their particular
paths?

HM:  Before we make a theory we must find out the facts.  So at my Research
Institute we measured many subjects, maybe about 100,000 so far (over 20
years), and fortunately we have been able to investigate many psychics, martial
arts masters and yogis as well as students of our own disciplines, yoga
exercises and meditation, and so-on.  We have been able to detect the chakras,
and also I have some ability to see the chakras and whether they are awakened
in a person or not.  So firstly I would clearly see with my ESP ability
[psychic ability], which chakra is awakened.  If the chakra is awakened we can
see the very bright colours of the aura and also feel much energy from this
awakened chakra.  Then we measured subjects with the AMI machine and have been
able to determine if particular chakras are awakened, for example those who
have the manipura chakra awakened have highly energized spleen, liver, stomach
meridians. After analysing much data obtained from many kinds of psychics or
'normal' people, I found, on the basis of this data and on the basis of my own
super-natural understanding of such people, that we could connect the specific
meridians with each chakra and link this with traditional theories about the
chakras.  For example, a person with an awakened manipura chakra can control
the emotions, and also the functioning of the digestive system.  We learnt much
about each meridian and chakra from working with yogis and could link this with
our AMI data.


SI:  I know you have done some work on telepathy between individuals and have
found how different kinds of telepathy affect the different chakras.  Could you
say something about that?

HM:  Telepathy usually affects, in different ways, the different chakras.
Mostly, telepathy in which companions are connected or related by their
emotions or by the imagination is due to the manipura centre (solar plexus)
receiving that telepathy.  The person who has awakened the manipura is very
sensitive, can be affected by other people very easily and finds it easy to
receive information from 'outside'.  They can easily be influenced by the power
of the other person and information can easily come in.  However if a person
has awakened the ajna chakra [the energy centre between the eyebrows] the
telepathy is very different.  Then it is a very pure, intellectual telepathy
and very clear, whereas the telepathy given through the manipura chakra is very
much connected with the emotions and with a person's own imagination. Sometimes
it can be mixed with unconscious thoughts.  If either the manipura or the ajna
centre is awakened, it is possible to both receive telepathy or send telepathic
transmission at will to others.  However in the case where the svadisthana
chakra [the sacral centre] is awakened, all such people have some telepathic
ability and can receive some information from others, but the ability is only
spontaneous; they cannot control it at will and cannot send telepathic thoughts
to others.  So if people say they sometimes have intuition or telepathy but
they cannot control it at will, that means their telepathy mostly belongs to
the svadisthana chakra, and is very raw.


SI:  Could you explain a little bit about what you mean by subjective and
objective science?

HM:  Objective science means we can understand or observe something from a
common base with other people.  Sometimes also objective means the science that
is based on the sense perceptions.  For example, I can see this cup: you can
see it also, and this means we can say it is objective.  But the subjective is
always there.  For example we both see this cup but perhaps you perceive it
differently from me according to your subjective feeling and understanding
which is different from mine.  We can say the same thing about intuition or
telepathy.  Sometimes people say that intuition is very subjective, but I don't
think so.  If you have the same ability as I have, you can, for example, see
the same kind of spiritual entity as I do, so sometimes during meditation with
my disciples and students we receive the same kind of telepathic information.
That means some activity common to all, doesn't it?  So there are many meanings
of objective and subjective.


SI:  My understanding of quantum physics is that the observer can actually
affect what is observed, that the two are linked.  Doesn't this form a link
between Western science and Eastern philosophies or religions?

HM:  The quantum, for instance, as in the Heisenberg uncertainty principle,
depends only on the instrument we use to observe things.  For instance if we
use a photon to observe elementary particles like electrons or neutrons,
according to the type of measurement used we can measure the position of the
particle but we don't know it's velocity.  But if we observe the particle in a
different way then we can know its velocity but not its position.  So from this
we can understand the uncertainty principle, but we still separate the object
and the subject.  They say if we look in a different way we can see a different
thing even though it is the same thing.  In the case of psychokinetic energy,
we send out some energy and an object can be created or changed.  In quantum
physics they are still separated, things are not affected by the mind.  That's
completely different, is it not?  But now in order to bridge this kind of
scientific view we are proceeding more and more in the subtle area, in the
subtle dimension, and then we can soon reach the subtle energy system like the
ki.  Physicists now understand the Big Bang but we cannot explain, or we cannot
find out, the initial state [ground state] of the Big Bang, where there is no
causation, time is at zero or almost at zero.  Why Xnis the energy not divided
into four?  Because in science we know only particular forms of energy like
electricity or gravity or something like that. We can measure these with our
machines so we cannot measure the energy before this discrimination but we are
now getting there.  As to ki energy, if we have someone whose chakras are
awakened, then with a specially designed probe we have been able to measure
points on the subject's body with a high potential which I believe corresponds
to the chakras and their level of activity.  My hypothesis is that the nuclei
or electrons at this part of the body gives off much energy and then the energy
changes and discharges and comes out as the energy of the photon.  To verify
this hypothesis, we measure photons with a photon counter.  If the chakra is
awakened and the potential is high then we are able to detect many photons
discharged from the body from the point corresponding to the awakened chakra.
We can verify the existence of the chakras and psi [psychic] energy given
concentration of the mind and an awakened chakra, because more photons
discharge.  If we concentrate the mind and there is not an awakened chakra then
nothing happens.  After three seconds or 10 seconds or 20 seconds, maybe only
one photon is detected.  That is usual but the awakened chakra gives a very
unusual amount of photon discharge.  Because we have concentrated at the point,
this near-mental concentration of power, psychic power, gives the energy to the
photon.  That is how we can find this mechanism of the interaction between the
mind and the body.  That is a new science, or not a new science perhaps but a
new medicine which is closer to other religions or philosophies.  So now we are
just approaching this door, to open it.


SI:  Would you say then that science is approaching a new paradigm, a new
methodology?

HM:  Yes, although many people talk about the new paradigm, but they haven't
got it, they are just speculating but actual research, like ours, embodies this
new paradigm.  So I think this is completely different and much more meaningful
than just 'New Age' thought.


SI:  Yes, perhaps what is needed to bring this new paradigm to the fore is a
new type of clairvoyant scientist?

HM:  Yes.


(For further information, write to:  The Motoyama Institute for
Life Physics, Inokashira 4-11-7, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181, Japan)



QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Any questions dealing with the activities of Maitreya and the Hierarchy of the
Masters of the Wisdom, and about the Ageless Wisdom Teachings, which have not
been answered in the book The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of
Wisdom or in Maitreya's Mission are answered in this section by Benjamin Creme.
        Send your written questions to:  Share International/Questions, 59
Dartmouth Park Road, London, NW5 1SL, UK.


Q.  Has Maitreya continued to make appearances before groups as He has been
doing this year?

A.  Yes.  On 24 May He appeared before 600-plus Christians at a Convention in
Geneva, Switzerland, and on 28 June (if my memory serves) He appeared before
another such gathering in Zurich, this time to around 700 people.  On 19 July
He appeared to a large Catholic group (around 900) in Austria.  In the vicinity
of each of these appearances, healing water, as at Tlacote, Mexico, will in due
course be found.
        I am informed by my Master that at the same time (and for some time
past) Maitreya has been making these same miraculous 'out of the blue'
appearances in the Middle East, North Africa, India and Pakistan to
fundamentalist Moslems, Hindus and Sikhs.


Q.  Since Maitreya appeared in Germany people in Transmission Groups from
around the world are asking the Munich group questions like:  "Why don't you
investigate the appearances?"  "Are there no publications about them?"
        Although Maitreya has appeared three times in Germany and twice in
Switzerland, no one has apparently reported on these events and the pictures
taken of Maitreya have still not appeared in any news media.  The people from
the local Transmission Meditation groups there have not done any serious
investigation.  You have suggested that these groups should not even try to
investigate.  Would you please ask your Master why these Transmission groups
shouldn't obtain information?
        In contrast to the open response by viewers of the crosses of light,
it's hard for many of us to imagine how it can happen that hundreds of people
have actually seen Maitreya, taken His picture in Germany and yet no one openly
speaks about it.  Would you please ask your Master why the people who saw
Maitreya seem to be so tight-lipped?  Are these people scared out of their
wits?  Was it something that Maitreya said? Or are they just quiet types?

A.  First of all, unless Maitreya appears before them, it is not the
responsibility of the groups connected with His reappearance to do other than
report that He appeared in such and such a place.  It is up to the groups to
whom He has appeared (so far, and to my mind, significantly, fundamentalist
religious groups) to respond according to their free will, to make their
experience known or not.  Up till now they have chosen, through fear, not to do
so, except among themselves, but no doubt the German and Swiss Lutheran
Communities are alive with rumours, hopes and fears all at once.  Maitreya's
purpose in making these appearances to 'hard-line' religious groups is not so
much to make Himself known to the world as to 'soften-up' the major opposition
before the Day of Declaration.  People reading this magazine, working in
Transmission Groups, or watching from the side-lines should, I suggest, learn
to be more patient and more understanding of the subtlety of Maitreya's
processes.  To put all of this in perspective, let me ask a question.  When
Maitreya appeared in June 1988, before 6,000 people in Nairobi, Kenya, how many
of these people made it known?  The Swahili Editor of the Kenya Times who
happened to be present sent it out over the Associated Press wires.  Otherwise,
we would still know nothing about it.


Q.  How does Maitreya respond to or comment on the many predictions of great
earth changes?

A.  My understanding, not only from Maitreya but in particular from my own
Master, is that these predictions, 'channelled' through mediums and
astral-sensitives all over the world, are enormously exaggerated.  As we come
to the end of the age, or cosmic cycle, and the beginning of another,
inevitably there are upheavals, but these are mainly within the psyche and
structures of humanity:  political, economic, religious and social.  The earth
destructions which do occur -- the earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions,
bizarre weather patterns, and so on, are largely the result of the wrong
thought and action of humanity itself and can be righted by us.  For example,
every underground nuclear test results in an earthquake -- inevitably.  Man's
inhumanity to man through war and lack of sharing and justice results in
destructive tensions leading to disasters which we call "acts of God".  These
"acts of men" are totally preventable.
        There will not be the colossal earth movements as predicted by many (it
is so popular today!) where great areas are said to go under the oceans.  What
they are doing, did those who spread such misinformation but know it, is
playing into the hands of the evil forces of this planet whose aim it always is
to keep humanity in thrall through fear.  To quote Maitreya:  "Fear not.  All
will be well.  All manner of things will be well".


Q.  I belong to a Transmission Meditation group which started three years ago.
Lately the Great Invocation has been omitted at the start of the Transmission.
When I asked why I was told that the Masters now know we meet at this time and
place.  Do we still need to recite the Invocation?

A.  Yes. Every group, no matter how long it has been in existence, should use
the Invocation.  Of course the Masters know that the group meets at that time
and place but there is value for the people involved in saying the Invocation.
Apart from anything else, it strengthens their subjective link with Hierarchy.


Q.  In Esoteric Psychology II by Alice Bailey, the Master DK speaks of an
Avatar to come who will have the "materializing power" to found a divine
power-house upon the physical plane.  Is this the Avatar of Synthesis or Sai
Baba?

A.  The Avatar of Synthesis, who overshadows Maitreya from the mental plane,
the lowest plane to which this Avatar can come.


Q.  Re:  Service:  The Master says if there is a desire for a result, then the
motive is wrong.  I can understand this in certain circumstances.  If you are
trying to heal someone who is ill it may not actually be in their best interest
to get well at that time.  And if you give someone information they cannot
accept, it does not matter; they must progress at their own pace.  But surely
if I were to give bread to a starving child it would be because I wanted the
result of ending starvation and suffering.  I must have misunderstood
something. Could you clarify?

A.  It is a question of acting with detachment, not of not acting at all.  Of
course, you feed the starving child because it is the right thing to do, not
for any result that might accrue to you.  It is a question not so much of
desiring, or not desiring, a result, as of being detached from the result --
doing what needs to be done because it needs to be done whether you succeed or
fail.


Q.  Who taught you so that you have reached the stage where you can meet a
Master?  This is my first meeting here and I feel very frustrated because there
seems a lot to know and a lot to learn.  Why can't Share International have a
sort of Entity that people who want to know and learn can learn from?

A.  You mean why don't we start a school?  A school would require a group of
teachers who know at least a page more than others do in order to teach -- and
there are groups all over the world who do nothing else.  Our task is not to
set up a school but to make known that the Christ is in the world, that the
Masters are returning -- there are now 14 Masters in the world besides Maitreya
-- and to prepare the way, to create the climate of hope, of expectancy, for
His coming, so that He can enter our lives without infringing human free will.
        That is a full-time job -- just to publish Share International is
pretty-well a full-time job.  To travel around the world as I do is almost a
full-time job. Besides that I am a painter, I am married, have two children, I
have to sleep occasionally, I have to eat sometimes ... you are asking the
impossible!
        Let me just say, if you want to know about the esoteric teachings in
the academic sense, read the Alice Bailey teachings.  There are 24 books, they
are available in all the esoteric bookshops.  The first was published in 1922.
Start with these, with Initiation Human and Solar and go on.  No one need be
short of something to read.


Q.  Please give the ray structure and point in evolution of the late Arthur
Rubinstein, the famous pianist.

A.  Soul 2; Personality 4, sub-ray 4; mental body 4, sub-ray 6; astral body 6,
sub-ray 6; physical body 7, sub-ray 7.  He was 1.75 degrees initiate.


Q.  It is thought that the late Vicky Wall, who was given the formulas for the
soul colour therapy 'Aura-Soma' through direct channelling, has returned to
Sirius.  Could you confirm this please?

A.  I must confess that this question makes me smile.  Sirius is the alter-ego
of this Solar system and only Masters of the fifth initiation or higher may --
if it is Their destiny -- go to Sirius and, by the same token, only Avatars can
come from Sirius to this planet.  The late Vicky Wall had not yet taken the
first initiation; her point in evolution was 0.8.  So much for "direct
channelling", 99.999 per cent of which comes from the astral planes -- the
planes of illusion.


Q.  I have a friend who is a "follower" of a man who claims to be the
re-incarnation of Lahiri Mahasaya, who, I am sure you know, was a direct
disciple of Babaji.  He seems to have many followers in the New York area and
especially in Argentina.  Is it possible he could really be what he claims?

A.  Those familiar with Swami Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi will know
Lahiri Mahasaya as the disciple of the divine Babaji, and the guru of
Yukteswar, the guru of Yogananda, all avatars.  According to my information,
the only one of that line of avatars now in incarnation is Babaji Himself who
has pledged to remain till the end of this earth cycle.  If you are going to
make claims why not aim high!


Q.  How accurate is the Tibetan Book of the Dead?

A.  Allowing for the changes in language and expression since its compilation,
its accuracy is remarkable -- 85-90 per cent.


Q.  Are the images described in the Book symbolic or should they be taken
literally?

A.  Some are described in a symbolic manner while others may be taken quite
literally.


Q.  How is one to understand all the phases described in the Tibetan Book of
the Dead?

A.  They are descriptions, symbolic and/or literal, of the experiences
pertaining to each of the seven planes of the astral plane.  On death, the
individual spends a greater or shorter 'time' (depending on his or her point in
evolution and karma) in the Bardo or astral planes.


Q.  (1) Does everyone go through these stages of death or (2) do some people
'skip' some phases?

A.  (1) No.  (2) Yes.


Q.  Could you please give the ray structure and point in evolution of Jacques
Tati (died 1982), French film maker and comedian?

A.  Soul 4; Personality 4, sub-ray 4; mental body 2, sub-ray 2; astral body 4,
sub-ray 6; physical 7, sub-ray 7.  He was 1.57 degrees initiate.


Q.  Are those in Transmission Meditation groups also (and automatically)
members of the New Group of World Servers?

A.  Not necessarily.  Some are, many are not.


Q.  Are the New Group of World Servers only esoteric in their field of service?

A.  No, not at all. They are working in every department of life.


Q.  (1) Are the New Group of World Servers a completely separate group from
people working in Transmission Meditation groups, or (2) do these two groups
overlap and intermingle?

A.  (1) No.  (2) Yes, they overlap.



BACKGROUND INFORMATION

All the great religions posit the idea of a further revelation to be given by a
future Teacher.  Christians hope for the return of the Christ, the Buddhists
look for the coming of another Buddha (the Lord Maitreya), while Muslims await
the Imam Mahdi, the Hindus a reincarnation of Krishna, and the Jews the
Messiah.
        Students of the esoteric tradition know all these as different names
for the same individual -- the Lord Maitreya, the World Teacher, the head of
the Spiritual Hierarchy of Masters, and they look for His imminent return now.
        In July 1977, Maitreya emerged from His centre in the Himalayas, when
least expected, "like a thief in the night".  Since then, He has lived in
London as an ordinary man concerned with modern problems -- political, economic
and social.  Since March 1978, He has been emerging as a spokesman in the
Pakistani-Indian community.  He is not a religious leader, but an educator in
the broadest sense -- pointing the way out of the present world crisis.
According to esoteric teaching, Maitreya manifested Himself 2,000 years ago in
Palestine by overshadowing His disciple Jesus -- now the Master Jesus.  This
time Maitreya has come Himself.
        Maitreya's spiritual teaching: Maitreya does not intend to build a new
religion around Himself, nor to create followers, but to teach humanity "the
art of Self-realization".  The first steps are "honesty of mind, sincerity of
spirit and detachment."
        Maitreya's social concern is reflected in His list of priorities:  an
adequate supply of the right food, adequate housing and shelter for all,
healthcare and education as a universal right.  His social message can be
summarized in a few words: "Share and save the world."  Maitreya knows we will
accept His advice and that we are on the threshold of an era of peace and
goodwill.

The preparations for His public emergence have now been completed.  Maitreya is
planning a series of appearances like the one in Nairobi, Kenya.  There, on 11
June 1988, He appeared miraculously, "out of the blue", at an open-air
prayer/healing meeting.  He was photographed addressing (in their own language)
thousands of people who instantly recognized Him as the Christ.  He now intends
to show Himself again to large numbers in different countries.  In this way,
more and more people will have proof of His presence and demand media response.
Maitreya expects this approach to lead to the Day of Declaration, when He will
leave no doubt that He is the World Teacher.  Maitreya will mentally
'overshadow' all of humanity simultaneously.  Each of us will hear His words
inwardly, telepathically, in our own language, and all will know that the World
Teacher is now among us.

The information about Maitreya's emergence has been presented to the public
since 1974 by Benjamin Creme, one of the chief editors of the magazine Share
International.  His training for this work, under a Master of Wisdom, began in
1959.

To summarize the historical perspective:
1982, 14 May:  Creme reveals during a press conference in Los Angeles that
Maitreya lives in the Asian community in London, and challenges the media to
invite Maitreya to come forward.  Unfortunately, the media do not react.

1985, 31 July:  Twenty-two journalists representing the media of East and West
gather in the East End of London, hoping for contact with Maitreya or His
representative.  This belated interest from the media makes it possible, at
last, for Maitreya to take the steps that will finally culminate in His
Declaration.

1987, August:  Benjamin Creme announces:  "In the coming three or four months,
Maitreya will be working intensively to bring about a breakthrough in
international relationships in the world."  Less than a month later, in
September, the breakthrough comes, in the meetings between the Americans and
the Soviets, followed by the armaments agreement in December that no one had
thought possible.

1988:  Maitreya appears, both in person and in dreams, to well-known leaders in
various countries, and to many ordinary citizens.  World detente and the
release of tension which ensues allows more open signs of His presence.
Manifestations of crosses of light are reported in the US media and are seen by
many thousands.

1990:  In London, Maitreya initiates a large conference of dignitaries from
around the world.  They include diplomats, royalty, church leaders and
journalists.  Maitreya appeared (and disappeared) several times, and spoke of
His mission, teachings and plans.

1991, 29 September:  Maitreya appears 'out of the blue' before 500 to 600
people in Mexico city.

1992, January-August:  Maitreya appears miraculously before large groups of
people in Mexico, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Middle East, North
Africa, India and Pakistan.

Since April 1988, through one of Maitreya's closest associates in the Asian
community of London, Share International has received a series of articles.
These outline Maitreya's teachings and draw attention to developments and
happenings which He expects to take place in the world, both in the short and
the long term.  Outer events have demonstrated Maitreya's insight.  As early as
1988, He foresaw the release of Nelson Mandela and the process of detente in
South Africa.  Again in 1988, when Mrs Thatcher stood at the very peak of her
powers, Maitreya said that "her wheel of fortune" had turned against her and
that she would resign.  In the same year He stated that governments everywhere
would have to give way to the "voice of the people", a statement which found
its most impressive proof in Eastern Europe.  Furthermore, weeks or months
ahead of time, Maitreya forecast the cease-fire between Iran and Iraq; the
withdrawal of foreign troops from Angola; the global rapprochement between
guerrilla forces and national governments; the Armenian earthquake in 1988, and
those in California and China in 1989; the internal problems of the Soviet
Union; the establishment of peace in the Lebanon; the worldwide trend towards
disarmament and reduction of tension; the increasing impact of ecological
issues.
        Some major developments which, Maitreya says, we may expect to see in
the near future: the Palestinians will have their homeland; the Israelis will
greet Palestinians as brothers; the Syrians will leave Lebanon.  Also, there
will be an international stock market crash, beginning in Japan, announced by
Maitreya as early as 1988.



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