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JULY/AUGUST 1992                                            Volume 11 Number 6
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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

Editorial:  The snake of freedom

The people's voice, by the Master --

The signs have arrived:  Interview with Colin Andrews
by Monte Leach

"Jesus" of the poor, the Messiah, guardian angels and healing water

Transpersonal Psychology:  a midwife of the New Age
by Dorothy Jones

US must do its share in post-Earth Summit world
by Chuck Woolery

Questions & Answers

Background Information

Hard-copy subscription information

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EDITORIAL:  THE SNAKE OF FREEDOM


        "The Soviet Union is facing a growing crescendo of corruption, chaos
and confusion, much of which is not being reported.  The people are being freed
from the bondage of the past by the policies of openness.  However, it is like
letting a deadly snake loose from a basket."
        This is an extract from statements made by Maitreya's associate and
passed each month to London-based journalists.  This one was made three years
ago, on 16 April 1989, and, indeed, at a time when the media was not reporting
much on upheavals in the former Soviet Union.  In a way this seemed an absurd
and dubious assertion.  How could the new politics of glasnost (openness)
seriously be described as a "deadly snake"?  Share International readers in
democratic countries as well as those living under repressive dictatorial
regimes may have read these comments with astonishment and some reluctance, or
even rejection.
        Nothing daunted, Maitreya's associate repeated this idea in the months
that followed: "Freedom is like a snake that has been released from a basket
and goes around biting people.  Mr Gorbachev's policies of openness are
creating selfishness as people suddenly begin to demand material things.  They
want this and that, and all this will create crisis, corruption and chaos.  Mr
Gorbachev will be blamed for this situation and be replaced," wrote Patricia
Pitchon on 24 May 1989, quoting Maitreya's associate.
        Could it be that Maitreya (the source of the associate's information)
objected to freedom?  Was it not freedom that people in the then-Eastern Bloc
had demanded for so long?  Is not human freedom one of the basic tenets of the
ancient wisdom teachings?  On 7 February 1990 Maitreya's associate expanded on
his earlier statements:  "Eventually Mr Gorbachev will go, as nationalist
strife, for which he will be blamed, increases.  He allowed the 'deadly snake'
of freedom loose from its basket before the people were ready. It was the right
thing to do, but at the wrong time."
        Just how incisive and accurate that judgement was has now become clear.
Freedom, a basic human right indeed, came too suddenly for the Eastern Bloc
countries to handle wisely.  Many had for years gaped at the easy life in
industrialized Western countries and had only one aim:  the same freedom with
the same fairy-tale level of consumerism.  Their desires and expectations were
titillated by Western economists and politicians who advised (or rather,
demanded) that the communist structures and state-run economies should be
cleaned up using short, sharp shock-tactics.
        The social consequences have been disastrous -- much worse even than
critics (like Share International) of such draconian measures feared.  Neither
the people nor the politicians had any idea how to handle this suddenly
acquired freedom, apart from a few astute opportunists who knew how to make the
chaos work to their advantage and became millionaires almost overnight.  For
the huge numbers at the bottom and lower rungs of society their dreams turned
Znto nightmares.  A cursory glance at a country like Romania, for instance,
reveals instantly what the much longed-for freedom has produced.  Journalist
Peter Michielsen (writing in the Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad) made the
following observations:  "Social networks have melted away like snow in late
spring.  In Bucharest, thousands of children who have run away from orphanages
are now living rough, in the sewers, rubbish containers and the metro-stations.
They are hungry, sick and desperate, living by begging and stealing.  They
sniff glue; no one knows what to do with them.... Elsewhere it is little
better.  The stations of Sofia, Budapest and Warsaw are teeming with the
homeless ... In Moscow last year, 60 per cent of the population were living
below the poverty line.  Crime figures are soaring. The ranks of the army of
unemployed are swelling daily." etc, etc.
        Proponents of economic shock-therapy maintain that these are simply
temporary "side-effects".  And, come hell or high water, they continue to swear
by the trickle-down theory:  give the economically strong freedom and, in the
long run, everyone will benefit.  Apart from the fact that it is not helping
the street children of Bucharest, Budapest and Warsaw right now, the theory
just does not hold water.  It is an illusion; no, worse than that -- it is a
lie, enthusiastically perpetuated by politicians who have no supporters among
the hordes of the poor (too disillusioned to vote) but who count on the votes
of the better off.
        Unlimited freedom for the economically robust does not in itself lead
to an improved standard of living for the poor.  There are numerous examples --
Los Angeles is a case in point.  The economic boom of the 80s and the
simultaneous financial scaling down of welfare services (the ideal conditions
for the trickle-down myth) made life increasingly unbearable in poor
neighbourhoods.  In a brilliant sleight of hand, President Bush turned the
facts right round when he blamed the April riots in Los Angeles on the
Democrats who, he said, were too generous to the poor in the 70s.  President
Bush's most sacred economic credo rests on two simple premises:  If the wealthy
acquire more money (for example, through tax cuts) they will work harder; if,
on the other hand, the poor get money (even a pittance just enough to keep them
alive), they become even more lazy and refuse to work again.  This monstrous
philosophy -- naturally, in a perfectly worded package -- has been let loose in
countries all over the world for years through the agency of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. In South America, country after country
in recent years had the dictates of the market and 'freedom' imposed on them.
And indeed it worked:  hyper-inflation was brought under control, stock-markets
soared, economies staggered to their feet once more.  How sad then that there
was none of the promised financial fall-out for the poor -- as hard-line
monetarists argued there would be.  And how sad, too, that for the so-called
'soft' sectors such as education, health care and housing, there is little or
no room in the palace of unlimited freedom.  Now, more than half of Latin
America's population is suffering the effects of worsening poverty:  they are
worse off today than they were 10 or 15 years ago.
        The World Bank (until recently the IMF's lackey) is beginning to admit,
albeit it hesitantly, that the economic shocks and the free markets do not
automatically benefit the poorest, and that even the opposite can be the case.
The population of Eastern Europe has discovered this bitter lesson more
quickly.  Their painful experience teaches that Maitreya's associate was right
to call freedom a "snake", a snake that bites unless controlled by humanity
through the realization of our mutual responsibility, and by the implementation
of measures to fulfil our shared needs.



THE PEOPLE'S VOICE
by the Master --, through Benjamin Creme

Very soon, another sign of Maitreya's presence will be presented to an
expectant world.  From far and near, the news of an astonishing manifestation
will travel, awakening the slumbering sceptics to the miracle in their midst.
In time, even biased and cynical media will find it difficult to gainsay the
experience of thousands that the "age of miracles" has no end.  Naught can
halt this process, for the seeds are already set.
        Without doubt, we are entering a new phase in the reappearance of the
Christ, one that will convince many that the time is not far off when He can
openly walk among His brothers and sisters once more.
        Meanwhile, those whose intuition leads them to believe in His return
will find their faith strengthened and assured, their hope uplifted, their
aspiration quickened.  Many are the ways to serve but one among all today has
priority:  the Christ needs your willing help.  Tell the world of His presence
and His imminent emergence and aid Him more than you could know.  Build
together the thoughtform of this event and create a climate of hope.  More than
anything, this will ensure His smooth re-entry into a troubled and chaotic
world.  Wherever men gather today their thoughts turn to the future.  Dark or
bright, according to their natures, men sense that the future is suddenly upon
them, that it cannot be a continuance of the past and present they have known
but will be altogether different, for better or worse.
        The powerful events -- now daily happenings -- throughout the world are
awakening men's realization that they are witnessing the death-throes of a
dying culture, and, by implication, the creation of a new.


New culture

        The form that the new culture might take remains, for the most part,
vague and unsubstantial, but one factor has already registered itself in the
minds of public and media alike:  the growing strength of the people's voice
and the growing determination to make that voice be heard.  This is the most
important political event of our time.  Throughout the world, the peoples of
the nations are taking control of their destiny and demanding their rights. The
inner call for freedom, intrinsic to their divinity, unites people of all races
and creeds, and, in growing crescendo, will echo and re-echo until the last
bastions of tyranny crumble and men can inherit their birthright.  That is the
future awaited by all men.


(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.)



THE SIGNS HAVE ARRIVED

Interview with Colin Andrews
by Monte Leach

        Colin Andrews is an electrical engineer and former senior officer with
local government in West Hampshire, England.  He is founder of Circles
Phenomenon Research, an international organization dedicated to the
investigation of the crop formations.  His 1989 international best-selling book
Circular Evidence, co-authored with Pat Delgado, brought widespread attention
to the phenomenon, and has been translated into Japanese, German, Spanish, and
Italian.  A more recent book, The Latest Evidence, was published in 1990 (see
Share International July/August 1991). Monte Leach interviewed him.


SI:  What is the latest update on the crop circle phenomenon?

CA:  We have been showing evidence, arrived at by a German distillation process
at HSC laboratory, at Stroud in Gloucestershire, that there had been a change
in the crystalline structure of the [crop circle] plants.  This is an
unconventional process that's worried a lot of scientists, who were concerned
that we were travelling up the wrong road in our research.
        I disagreed, and continue to disagree.  But because it was an
unconventional approach, we had to find a laboratory prepared and equipped to
undertake more conventional analytical processes.  Dr W.C. Levengood, a
biophysicist and plant expert in Michigan, took up the challenge.  He already
has secured two major discoveries.  One is that the cells at the nodal point,
the point at which the plants bend, about a half to one inch above ground
level, have fractured and scarred.  That cannot occur by the trampling of feet,
or whirlwinds, or the other processes that we hear about.  Dr Levengood is not
able to state precisely what causes that to happen, but is suggesting that it
is due to a rapid increase in temperature within the plant.  This fracturing
and scarring of the cell structure supports the HSC Laboratory results.


SI:  What was the other important finding?

CA:  Dr Levengood planted the seeds from the cereal crops involved in this
phenomenon (those that were involved last year) and germinated them in
environmentally-sound conditions.  He found that the date at which the plants
germinated was consistent with the controls, the plants outside of the crop
circle area.  What he then found, and this is consistent with what we have been
looking at over the years, is that the plant growth is positive.  That is to
say, the plants, once they've germinated, grew at a very much more accelerated
rate above ground level [than the control samples].  The root structure was
also much more extensive and healthy below ground level, as compared with the
control samples -- indeed many-fold healthier and more productive.  That, too,
is a very important discovery.  The plants were taken from three sites in the
world -- Australia, America, and Great Britain.  We're looking at a consistency
here.  Again, comparing that with wind damage, hoaxing, and trampling by human
feet, it isn't an effect than can be replicated.


SI:  Will these results be published in any way?

CA:  Yes, they will be. In fact, in a limited way, they have already been
published recently.*


SI:  Are there any other developments with the scientific research?

CA:  Yes, the work of Gerald Hawkins, the respected scientist in Washington,
DC, who has written books on the geometry of Stonehenge.


SI:  What has he found with the crop circles?

CA:  It's looking very exciting indeed.  Prior to the launch of Circular
|Evidence, we had an 'uncontaminated' period, a period during which -- I would
pretty well put my life on it -- we were not receiving any hoaxes at all. Since
the book was launched, the public became aware that something unusual was going
on, and of course now we have a high number of claims of hoaxes and indeed
physical hoaxes as well.
        But in the crop formations of that pre-contaminated period prior to
1989, what Gerald Hawkins has proven is that, well beyond a chance of over 90
per cent, we are looking at diatonic ratios within the crop circles.  And
perhaps we're looking at ancient geometry which could relate to sound itself,
because these are the same ratios which underlie the diatonic scale in music.
It's an extremely significant development.  What's for sure is that I doubt if
there is any hoaxer in the world who would begin to even know what it is we're
talking about, let alone calculate his handiwork to compare ancient diatonic
ratios of that kind.


The Gulf Breeze incident


SI:  Anything that we can look forward to in the coming months?

CA:  Early this summer, there's going to be a surveillance operation.  It will
be similar to what happened when I planned Operation Blackbird with the British
Army, but it will involve no media whatsoever.  It will be confidential.  A
site has been chosen.  It's in central-southern England, and it will be at a
site where the ground markings have appeared regularly, and also where aerial
phenomena are occurring regularly.
        We're interested in those two particular elements because of a major
development which took place in Gulf Breeze, Florida, on 13 March this year.


SI:  This is your work with Steven Greer?

CA:  We've been working with Dr Steven Greer, a physician here in the US. He's
now heading his own SETI project [Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence],
and has worked out over a period of 18 months a protocol for interaction with
an airborne object.  He took his team of 33 observers to Gulf Breeze, opposite
the Pensacola military establishment there.
        On 13 March, his team of 33 observers established their position. Using
powerful one million candle-watt search beams they formed a triangle of light
in the sky.  Within seconds five white lights with orange balls on the under
side appeared, moved across the sky and took up position at the triangle's
apex.  They maintained this position.
        In the next stage Steven flashed the search beam at a pre-determined
rate onto one of the objects.  Meanwhile, everything was being filmed on video
camaras.  There were, I believe, another 20 or so members of the public
observing this from six other locations around Gulf Breeze.  The team then
traced a course with a beam from above the five objects down onto the beach,
suggesting to the objects that they move along this line to ground level.  Two
objects broke away from the five, and moved along that beam.  But they stopped,
took up a hovering position directly over the observers there.  They maintained
their position for quite some while, and at that point, through binoculars, all
of them, Steven included, could see the structural detail of those objects.  At
this point, the objects gave out two flashes of white light, and all of them,
the two and the remaining three, just simply disappeared.
        A CBS television film crew was there on the following Tuesday filming
something quite different.  Some of Steven's team were still in the area.  I
don't know how they made contact with one another, but apparently they
suggested to CBS that they should stay and that Steven's team would have a
second try at this.  They did, and the television crew filmed two UFOs, which
responded similarly.  Quite an extraordinary case.
        If it is as reported, we have something here of great importance.
Steven and his team will be coming over to Britain, and carrying on that
particular process over the fields where these markings have appeared. I have a
very positive feeling about this, as Steven does himself.  We may well be
entering a critical phase.


Response to a sick molecule


SI:  Could you talk a bit about what you believe the crop circles mean?

CA:  We are entering a very crucial and important phase in our evolution.  The
crop markings are only a part of a major shift in the consciousness of mankind,
and moving us forward, probably the biggest leap forward in our evolution in
history.
        In terms of this planet, I believe that we are looking at a single,
living molecule.  The Gaia theory makes perfect sense to me, that we are indeed
looking at a living planet, a living organism.  It's what the indigenous
peoples have always tried to tell us.  They have survived only because they
have understood how to interact with nature.  They found their place in nature.
We are here in a material way, and are on a course to folly.  We have a limited
time to put things right.  It's 10 seconds to midnight.  Unless we learn to
harmonize, to interact with all living things, I'm afraid we are going to see
the closing down of a living organism on which we rely.  This message is also
coming from those who are working in pure science right now.  We have a big
problem.  The planet has a big problem.  The evidence is there.
        I believe that the crop circles are graphic markings that have within
them, in their entirety, a meaning.  That meaning, and the response to that
visual intake, is automatic, because it's within our blueprint.  It is within
us subconsciously to recognize them.  Many people feel this, but they are
unable to establish where they've seen them before.
        It is, I believe, part of the change of consciousness.  There are high
levels of energy which are being intelligently placed into position in critical
parts of the planet.  These, if you like, are probably the chakra points, to
give it a term, important energy points of the living organism.  They are not
random, and they have never been random.  They are at specific points, and they
recur at those locations.  I believe that they are occurring literally at the
interface between this dimension of the world that we know quite a lot about
and those other dimensions of which we know so very little.  We are beginning
to see that we can interact in a limited way, directly with other dimensions.
        We are seeing, I think, the reaction of the brain end of the universe,
the thinking end, which is automatically responding to a very sick molecule. If
you were to cut your finger, the brain end of your universe, your head, would
react subconsciously to that.  You certainly wouldn't be saying, "Send me
haemoglobin and white corpuscles."  But the brain end automatically responds.
If we could watch the processes going on within your framed universe, what we
would see in a microscope is white blood corpuscles moving to that point and
interacting.  The behavioural tendency would be the equivalent of the UFO. That
would be the UFO response from the brain-end of the universe to this planet.
That's the analogy.


The manifestation to come


SI:  In the video 'Undeniable Evidence' you say that this crop circle
phenomenon is leading to a manifestation of some type. What do you think is
going to happen?

CA:  I have felt for quite some years that we are certainly going to experience
something of great magnitude.  It is going to be very soon.  We are going to
encounter something here which I don't think any man or woman is going to
doubt.
        This coming few months is going to see one or two events which are
going to shake the world.  It is going to focus our attention and the reality
of knowing we are not the only thinking components of this living planet.  We
are going to be stunned into accepting that we have much more to consider.


SI:  Do you have a bottom line? Do you know what it's going to be, but hesitate
to make it known in public?

CA:  I do, because I still feel it is most important at this juncture, as it
has been for the last 10 years, that this research, this effort at
disseminating what we already know about this phenomenon, must be kept
rational.


SI:  You believe this event will take place soon, and will leave no doubt that
we are not alone here. Is that the main purpose of these events?

CA:  It is indeed.  We will be receiving assistance of new knowledge, new
abilities, because we will be working at a different level.  We will see
manifestations of the Fatima** type.  That is the picture that is in my mind.
It is a very clear picture.  I see certainly a Fatima-type experience
occurring. I believe it will be in the vicinity of Silbury Hill, Stonehenge,
Avebury in southern England, because that's where the focus of attention is.
There has to be a reason why this is happening right there.  Having said that,
I believe that will be the door opener.  The whole world is going to experience
something of tremendous importance.


Close to a Golden Age


SI:  What you are saying correlates in some ways with Benjamin Creme's message.

CA:  I would like to say on the record that I have great respect for Benjamin
Creme's work.  Indeed, I hope to meet him.  I have read a fair bit of your
magazine, in fact.
        The thinking end, the brain end of the universe is the way I have been
putting it in recent times.  We could easily fall out with society here because
there is potential for great difficulty when we are talking about the thinking
component of the universe.  That could be Jesus.  It could be God.  It could be
extraterrestrial.  It could be high nature.  I don't feel that we have time to
fall out over that.  We have something which has thought, something which is
intelligently interacting with us, and providing us with proof of its
existence.


SI:  I believe that all of these phenomena are very much connected. I think the
appearance of the Teacher, the crop circles, the UFOs, are all working together
to raise the consciousness of humanity. That's my opinion.

CA:  It's one that I share totally.  We are living in special times.  There is
no doubt that at this time next year, the world is going to be very different.
We are living very close to a Golden Age.  I really feel that.  But equally,
one has to say a word of warning, that always there are equal quantities of
blackness right alongside.  It's as easy to get it wrong as it is to get it
right.  We have to put out that white light, to put out there positive
thinking, with sincerity and good heart.  At the end of the day, we'll be doing
all we possibly can for humanity.
        It is also worth bearing in mind the Hopi Indian prophecy.  We have
reached a stage at the very end of the evolutionary path where the Hopi are
awaiting the white man who left their land to return with the missing piece of
a tablet on which there will be the signs.  I would suggest to you that if we
can focus our attention on the crop circles and the interaction with the UFO,
in the very near future we will appreciate that the signs have arrived.  As the
Hopi prophecy shows, we are about to hold and shake the hand of the Spirit, the
very Spirit that started us on this path.


*Linda Moulton Howe, an award-winning documentary filmmaker and a UFO
researcher, has helped to co-ordinate Dr Levengood's work.  Howe had these
comments at a recent conference in San Francisco:
        "Dr Levengood has found under microscopic examination that in the
plants that were affected, the cell pits -- the tiny holes in cells of plants
where fluid moves back and forth, and keep the plants growing and healthy --
have been expanded.  The only way that Dr Levengood could duplicate this cell
pit separation was to put plants inside of a microwave for up to 30 seconds.
He's not saying that it's microwave radiation that did it.  He's saying that
rapid heating was the only way he could duplicate the cell pit separation in
the plants.
        "Further, a nuclear design engineer in Tennessee has done preliminary
work on some soil samples and has found that there were three different types
of isotope changes that were found in the soil underneath at least two crop
formations.  That work is now considered to be tentative.  They need many more
soil samples from many more formations to make any kind of definitive
scientific presentation.  But at least the preliminary findings are intriguing
because they suggest that some kind of energy is being applied in the formation
of these crop circles that is not understood."


**Three children in Fatima, Portugal, reported a series of visions of the
Virgin Mary in 1917.  The experiences culminated in October of that year in a
manifestation which included miraculous phenomena witnessed by thousands.



'JESUS' OF THE POOR, THE MESSIAH, GUARDIAN ANGELS AND HEALING WATER

"Those who search for signs will find them..."
(Maitreya, Message No.10, 8 November 1977)

Wearing a long white tunic and army boots and surrounded by believers, Marcos
Antonio Bonilla speaks:  "My name is Jesus, the same who was here 2,000 years
ago.  The same spirit exactly."
        The sick and the poor are flocking from miles around to Bonilla's small
shack in Managua, Nicaragua.  According to reporter John Otis of the San
Francisco Chronicle, Bonilla has "a broad grasp of the Bible's teachings, a
serene voice and a slight resemblance to the popular image of Christ".  As he
wanders through Managua's slums, he brings a message of peace and talks about
God, healing people along the way.  The local press has dubbed him "Jesus of
the poor" and CNN has come for an interview.
        His presence has provoked tremendous response, both positive and
negative.  While the people flock to see him, others call him the "Anti-Christ"
and Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo of the Catholic Church refuses to meet with
him.  Nicaragua's main pro-Sandinista newspapers have given major coverage to
Bonilla, and contrast his work with the poor with Obando's preoccupation with
building a $5 million cathedral across the street from a Managua slum.  But a
conservative newspaper says Bonilla's appearance is part of an "historic
campaign" by the Sandinistas to divide the church.
        Although people who knew the 33-year-old former teacher and handyman
before his conversion say he used to be something of a womanizer, those who
have been healed by him are convinced of his authenticity.  "Mercedes del
Carmen Benavides, who used to sell rice and beans in Managua's Eastern market
is one of the faithful," according to the Chronicle article.  "She complained
of body aches and a nervous condition to Bonilla, who instructed her to close
her eyes and relax.  Benavides claims she felt a strong vibration race through
her body and that her pains suddenly vanished.  That day, she closed her market
stall to become an apostle of 'Jesus' ".
        When asked about his healing powers, Bonilla says that God works
through him to relieve the poor of their burdens.  "These people don't have
anyone to help them. They have been forgotten by the whole world."  (Source:
San Francisco Chronicle; Miami Herald, USA)

(Note:  According to Benjamin Creme's information, Marcos Bonilla is not Jesus,
but is able to respond to the healing powers of the Master Jesus who Himself
has appeared in Nicaragua.  See June issue of Share International.)


The Messiah

According to a group of San Francisco Bay Area rabbis, the Messiah has arrived
and is living in New York.  In what they said was the first US press conference
to make this announcement, the rabbis revealed that while they believe that
90-year-old Menachem Schneerson, head of a Brooklyn-based Jewish sect, is the
"most likely candidate" for being the Messiah, he has not confirmed this
himself.  Rabbi Sholom Kalmanson, a spokesman for the Bay Area group, said,
"For 2,000 years, Jews have yearned for the Messiah...  It's not something that
will come down from Cloud Nine.  It is a physical human being.  He is here."
Ten thousand followers recently gathered in a Tel Aviv sports arena where they
expected him to reveal himself.  He did not come.  Kalmanson said it was up to
the sect to "keep the ball rolling", that "the arrival of the Messiah is a
process.  Every clergyman has the obligation to open the eyes of the community
to act to hasten the messianic arrival.  It can happen today."  (Source:  San
Francisco Examiner; see also Share International, May 1992, p11.)


Virgin of Guadalupe

Images of Jesus Christ and the Virgin of Guadalupe have appeared in the window
of a small apartment building in Long Beach, California.  A steady stream of
visitors now comes to the building to pray and pay homage to the images.
Seventeen-year-old Guadalupe Orozco was among the first to notice something
unusual in the window.  "We were parking the car and one of my friends felt
something telling him to look toward the window.  That's when we noticed the
image of Christ."  Not everyone sees the images, but those who do have set up
an altar of flowers and candles beneath the window.  "We just want people to
feel comfortable coming here and looking," says Carmelo Contreras, a building
resident.  (Source:  Press-Telegram)


Healing waters

The healing waters of the oldest Mary Shrine in the United States drew 2,000
people to services on Easter Sunday.  The spring at the National Shrine of Our
Lady of Lourdes, on the grounds of Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg,
Maryland, has reportedly cured ailments from deafness to tuberculosis.  The
Virgin Mary appeared to one of the visionary children of Medjugorje during his
visit to the Shrine in November 1990.  (Source: Baltimore Sun, USA)


Guardian angels

There is a resurgence among a diverse US population who believe that guardian
angels not only exist, but claim to have a working relationship with them.
Angelogy seminars and lectures, and a noticeable rise in publications about
angelic contact indicate a growing acceptance of angelic presence in everyday
life.  Accounts of angelic contact contain common elements that angels are
incorporeal, sexless, highly intelligent, able to move at the speed of thought,
full of warmth and joy, are co-operative not competitive, and often say the
same thing, "Don't be afraid."  (Source:  Wall Street Journal, USA)



TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY:  A MIDWIFE OF THE NEW AGE
by Dorothy Jones


Charles was despondent and depressed.  He had sought assistance through
counseling on three occasions.  His first encounter was oriented toward using
behavior modification methodology to produce more active and involved behavior
in his daily activities.  There was a temporary improvement, but his inner
sense of purposelessness prevailed.
        In his second attempt at therapeutic intervention, Charles received
anti-depressant medication and was encouraged to record his thoughts.  The
cognitive restructuring work assisted for a time, but the medication left him
feeling even more out of touch and isolated.  While these methods are helpful
to many, they were unable to help Charles break through his emotional barriers.
He ultimately became even more despondent.
        In a third desperate effort, he contacted Dr Richilieu, who included in
her initial inquiries questions related to what Charles felt his purpose in
living to be.  She also asked what his involvement with others might be and
whether he contributed in a positive way to the lives of those around him.
Charles was relieved by her questions as to whether he had had any unusual
psychic or 'spiritual' experiences which he might wish to discuss.  He indeed
had, but had always been denigrated by others when speaking of them.  His
feeling of being different from and less than others increased as a result.
Charles hoped that therapy which included these concerns among the more
traditional might be productive for him and, once again, he gave the counseling
his best effort.
        Charles's therapist, Dr Richilieu, uses an approach based on the
principles of Transpersonal Psychology, an innovative system of new thought
which has unfolded in the last quarter century.  It has sprung from the minds
and hearts of those in the mental health field who are attempting to
incorporate an expanded, more inclusive vision of humanity into the field of
psychology.
        Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, and Humanistic Psychology were the first
three major theoretical movements to emerge in the psychology of modern times.
Each represented a different stage and perspective in the understanding of
human thought, feeling, and behavior.  Each has offered treatment modalities
which have uplifted many.
        Psychoanalysis, initiated by the teachings of Sigmund Freud, was the
first to emerge.  Freud was absorbed in the study of abnormal aspects of the
personality.  He believed that unconscious levels of awareness were the keys to
understanding mind and behavior.  Childhood experiences were thought to be
powerfully formative in our development, so much so that personality was
believed to be very largely determined during our pre-school years.  Only with
the greatest of therapeutic effort could the personality trends be altered in
adulthood.  Freud also emphasized the supremacy of biological instincts in man,
especially those of aggression and sexuality, and their opposition to the
demands of society.
        The second major movement was that of Behaviorism; theorists commonly
connected to this approach are Ivan Pavlov and B.F.Skinner.  They believed that
human behavior is largely determined by environmental conditioning.  Our
sources of motivation were thought to be external, originating in environmental
rewards and punishments, failures and successes, rather than coming from within
ourselves.  Therefore, studying the content of the mind as an influence
detracts from understanding the true sources of our actions.
        In the 1950s, Humanistic Psychology emerged as a reaction to what many
psychologists believed were limiting beliefs about the nature of man.  The
focus of this new approach was upon the positive and capable qualities of man
and our potential to achieve.  In contrast to the Behaviorists, the Humanistic
psychologists did not believe that man is ruled from without, but that he
chooses his actions and directions.  They believed that much of our inner
activity is of a conscious nature and therefore available to our everyday
awareness.  This allows us an innate ability to understand ourselves and adapt
productively.  Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow formed much of the early thought
comprising this school.
        Those actively involved in Humanistic Psychology were in many cases the
same individuals who delineated the initial composite of ideas which, in 1968,
became known as Transpersonal Psychology.  Various definitions of the word
transpersonal found in the School's literature have this flavor:
self-forgetting, a loss of self-consciousness, going beyond our smaller self to
the larger essence of who we are, losing identity with the individual
personality and gaining identity with the greater whole.
        In one of the first definitive statements made on the subject in 1968,
Anthony J. Sutich, co-founder of The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology,
listed the concerns of the field and the journal as:  "... metaneeds, ultimate
values, unitive consciousness, peak experience, ecstasy, mystical experience,
essence, bliss, awe, wonder, self-actualization, ultimate meaning,
transcendence of the self, spirit, sacralization of everyday life, oneness,
cosmic awareness, cosmic play, individual and species-wide synergy, maximal
interpersonal encounter, transcendental phenomena ..."
        Topics explored in this fourth major psychology movement contain many
likewise explored in the New Age literature.  These are often more cautiously
approached by Transpersonalists with a greater emphasis on study and research.
An exploration of transcendent experiences, including dreams, out-of-body
projections, past life recall, mystical union, and psychic events, is a high
priority with the goal that the awareness stimulated by these events is to be
integrated into our value system and lifestyle.
        A chief goal of Transpersonal Psychology is the study of healthy human
beings and their full potential, with the knowledge garnered used to foster
more productive environments for the nurturing of this potential.  Love of
others and self is to be cultivated.  Wise and loving service to humanity is
not only desirable but thought to be the natural expression of a being whose
centre of concern is no longer the small, separative self.
        A divergence from traditional psychology accepted in Transpersonal work
is the validity of 'experiential empiricism' as a tool acceptable and necessary
for higher learning.  Attention to our inner experience is thought to be a
worthy method for aiding the expansion of human knowledge and understanding.
Although this method is fraught with difficulties and possibilities for leading
oneself and others astray, there are currently few other reliable tools for
studying inner and higher dimensions.  Aids to growth and development
frequently recommended by Transpersonalists are meditation, objective
self-awareness, values/ethics self-inventories, visual imagery, hypnosis,
therapeutic assistance, yoga, and forms of movement and dance.
        One of the many positives about Transpersonal Psychology is its attempt
to identify and enunciate many of the traps potentially awaiting its adherents.
These sometimes correlate with the vices common to each of the Seven Rays.  The
development of spiritual pride, for example -- seeing others as inferior due to
their lack of similar spiritual study and erudition -- is eschewed.  Likewise,
spiritual materialism, with its transfer of worldly attachments and emotions
from the materialistic environment to the world of spirit is frequently warned
against.
        The Transpersonal psychologists have well appreciated the psychological
dangers so frequently encountered by the aspirant and disciple.  Committing to
the spiritual path as a conscious or unconscious attempt to avoid a commitment
to the personal, human-to-human interactions of life, so necessary for full
development, is not unusual.  Additionally, many of us wrestle with feelings of
guilt which have developed as we come to understand the true potential of a
human being, the necessary demands made upon the genuine disciple, and our own
often minimal commitment to the path of discipleship.  Similarly, inadequate
development of a sense of the worthy, competent self combined with an excessive
involvement in spiritual belief and practice can produce cultism, a fanatical
following of an ideology or person without the use of mature reason and
decision-making.  A knowledge of the virtues and vices of all the rays as well
as of our own ray structure is of tremendous assistance in avoiding or healing
these personal tendencies.
        Transpersonal Psychology has influenced the work of therapists, health
professionals, and educators worldwide.  The beliefs of Transpersonalists have
been integrated by practising therapists into various orientations to
psychotherapy and counseling.  Carl Jung has often been said to have been the
first modern Transpersonalist although the nomenclature was not used at the
time.  Modern examples would be the work of Roberto Assagioli as found in his
theoretical offspring,  Psychosynthesis. Victor Frankl's Logotherapy would be
another viewpoint with practical therapeutic directives which display many of
the Transpersonal understandings.
        In the field of medicine we find an increasing orientation to the body,
mind, and spirit as influential components of health.  The inner self as a
source of healing is more frequently referred to in the progressive literature,
as the emphasis on self-responsibility for health grows.
        In contemporary education, we find increasing acknowledgement that the
potential achievement of humanity is far greater than ever before suspected or
generally attained.  A goal is to produce teachers and learners capable of
developing both knowledge and wisdom.  We also hear more about true knowledge
being a combination of factual learning and our finest inner experience, the
wisdom within.  Cultivating a sense of awe and wonder in students of all ages
is increasingly held in great esteem.
        Although it is still an evolving perspective, and remains a
controversial force in the science of psychology in general, Transpersonal
Psychology has galvanized many an effort of study and practice and opened new
horizons in the understanding of the human being.  Transpersonal Psychology
appears to be one of the formative areas of study assisting us in moving into
the New Age.  It allows us to see ourselves and others in a broader way and
gives direction to the ongoing development of humanity.
        Dr Richilieu's client, Charles, has certainly benefitted.  His work
with Dr Richilieu, although using various traditional methodologies, also
offered an environment in which he could examine more closely the existential
and spiritual issues which had long concerned him.  He clarified and
incorporated his value system into his lifestyle in a way which enhanced his
ailing self-esteem.
        As Charles found the courage to explore his bewildering mystical
experiences with Dr Richilieu, he found her accepting and non-judgmental.  As
he determined the content and meaning these experiences offered him, Charles
further solidified a positive sense of self.  He found he was not so different
from others and certainly not more diminished.  Charles also began to meditate
daily.  Dr Richilieu validated and supported his efforts to transcend his
smaller self, to expand his concerns to the wellbeing of others.
        All in all, Charles is becoming more peaceful within and contributing
further without.  And he is no longer depressed.



US MUST DO ITS SHARE IN POST-EARTH SUMMIT WORLD
by Chuck Woolery


In the aftermath of the Cold War, the greatest threat to international security
comes from economic and environmental factors.  From 3 to 14 June, the Earth
Summit, the UN Conference on Environment and Development, convened in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, with the intention of finalizing agreements on protecting the
environment while reducing the poverty now leading half of the world's people
to acts of desperation.
        Humanity is quickly approaching a critical crossroads en route to an
uncertain future.  We have accomplished incredible feats in the past 50 years
-- splitting the atom, splicing the gene, and even slicing golf balls on the
moon.  But what would intelligent life from another world say if they examined
our current earthly dilemmas -- a rapidly decaying life support system; pockets
of comfortable, wasteful and self-serving populations surrounded by growing
masses of illiterate, hungry and impoverished individuals; sporadic outbreaks
of poverty-induced violence; and a nearly unlimited supply of affordable
weapons of mass destruction?
        With our abundant reservoir of natural resources, technology and
wealth, it would be difficult for these outsiders to understand the unequal
distribution of necessities, the wasteful practices and the lack of any solid
commitment to a long-range planetary management plan that threaten our
survival.  What would their evaluation be?
        What would they say after hearing our noble declarations about the
value of children, then learn that we allow 40,000 of them to perish daily from
easily preventable causes?  What would they think when they read our economic
ledgers and discovered that for the cost of a single state-of-the-art bomber,
all the world's needy children could receive a year's worth of health care
services?
        What would they think about Americans, who annually spend $1,300
thousand million on vitamins, $2,500 million on cigarette advertising, $4,500
million on movie tickets, $10,300 million on jewelry, $14,000 thousand million
on sports supplies; $20,400 million on tobacco products; $42,700 million on
alcoholic beverages, $253,000 million on gambling, and untold amounts on
illegal drugs, but wince at the suggestion that they donate $6,000 million a
year to aid the poorest half of humanity, people who are trying desperately to
live on less than $400 a year?
        How would they view many of these wealthy people who are overtly
thrilled about launching a $60,000 million war to liberate a tiny, oil-rich
country many are unable to find on a map, but who balk at the idea of
contributing their share of the $20,000 million price tag to provide all
humanity with primary health care, basic education, clean water and adequate
shelter and sanitation?
        What impression would these space visitors have of the same patriots
who, sitting in their air-conditioned homes and gas-guzzling cars, contribute
25 per cent of the world's CO2 emissions, but complain urgently about the
impoverished peasants burning the rain forest (who contribute less than 5 per
cent to atmospheric CO2 emissions)?
        What would extraterrestrials expect from intelligent life?  High
standards of air and water quality?  Planetary temperature control and
protection from harmful solar rays?  Protection of genetic and natural
resources?  Sufficient and sustainable production and distribution of food,
water, shelter and health care for all inhabitants?  Laws and privileges that
apply equally to all?
        Such visitors, witnessing our apathy and indifference to such massive
suffering and injustice, might be tempted to host the galactic equivalent of
the Nuremberg trials.
        The US' own hosting of a Children's Summit in 1990, and the Earth
Summit in Rio this year, could imply that we have some level of compassion and
intelligence.  It would be wise for the US to adopt all of the new and noble
goals presented at the Earth Summit.  But don't hold your breath.  The summit
was less than a complete success because of the failure of President Bush to
see the forest for the greed.  This self-proclaimed 'environmental' President
gives new meaning to the Cold War phrase "mutually assured destruction".  It is
now up to "us the people" to demonstrate the courage of our Soviet counterparts
and create a change we will all benefit from.
        Our first action in the US should be to insist that our elected
officials keep their promises, especially those made to the world's children.
In September 1990, the US administration joined 156 other nations in agreeing
to 27 specific child health, nutrition, education, water and sanitation goals
for the year 2000.  In March of this year the US Congress and the President
signed into law House Joint Resolution 456 which essentially removed $79
million that had already been appropriated by the House of Representatives for
these programs.  With little concern for the impact of this cut on children,
the politicians, attempting to avoid an angry public, called this a reduction
in "foreign aid".  The loss of $3 million for Vitamin A alone (also the cost to
taxpayers for the Gulf War victory parade) will result in the death of nearly
60,000 children in 1993 and untold cases of childhood blindness and respiratory
infections throughout the world.
        In the same vote, the US Congress reneged on another $3 million for
"Children in Difficult Circumstances (children orphaned by war, famine or
disease)".  This funding could have gone to help some of the Brazilian street
children who were 'removed' from the streets of Brazil (by murder and
imprisonment) in preparation for the Conference on Environment and
'Development'.
        Two bills have been introduced in the US Congress that would put the
government on track for meeting environment and development goals in
everybody's interest.  The World Summit for Children Implementation Act, HR
1633, meets the child health, education, nutrition, sanitation and water goals
mentioned earlier.  The World Summit Leadership Act, HR 5162, would
re-prioritize America's obsolete anti-communist foreign aid program to address
the economic and environmental needs of the world's poor.  In addition, this
act would set an attainable domestic environmental goal that could, according
to the Union of Concerned Scientists, dramatically cut US CO2 emissions while
providing "a net, cumulative savings to the US economy of at least $2.3
billion" (trillion in American terms) by the year 2030.  What will be the cost
of these legislative initiatives?  Not a dime.  Increases in aid funds could be
offset by reductions in foreign security aid (both military and economic).  The
cost of reducing CO2 emissions in the US would be covered by the net savings.
        If we think we can continue to live in a land of tranquillity while
allowing others to wallow in a sea of misery, we are citizens in the state of
denial.  Market forces are no replacement for moral action.  Star Wars will not
protect us from each other if we have little reverence for the sanctity of
life.
        By helping others we are helping ourselves.  By showing an unprejudiced
reverence for all life, we may gain for ourselves more than a sustainable world
free from hunger.  We may gain a place in the Universe worthy of our opinion of
ourselves.

(Chuck Woolery is Director of Organizing for The Alliance for Child Survival,
315 Dean Drive, Rockville, MD 20851-1144, USA.  Telephone:  1-800-369-7124.)



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.  I should be more than interested to know whether, following the report of
the appearance of Maitreya in Nairobi in 1988, further appearances have been
reported in other parts of the world.

A.  As regular readers of Share International will know, Maitreya has made,
since June 1988 in Nairobi, a series of appearances in like manner -- that is,
appearing (and disappearing) before large (until now, orthodox Christian)
gatherings in different parts of the world, on which we still await media
comment and reaction.  These have been, so far:  September 1991, Mexico City;
January 1992, Mexico City; 1 March 1992, Moscow; 22 March 1992, Leipzig,
Germany; 5 April 1992, Hannover, Germany; 26 April 1992, Dusseldorf, Germany;
and 24 May 1992 in Switzerland.  These appearances will continue until media
investigate and report on the phenomenon.
        As my Master reveals in His article in this issue of Share
International, they are being accompanied by mysterious and miraculous events
which have yet to reach the ears of the general public.  Already, at Tlacote,
not far from Mexico City, a spring of water has surfaced with amazing healing
properties.  Similar manifestations will be found in due course, near the
cities at which Maitreya has appeared -- further signs of His presence.


Q.  (1) There are plans for a major international Christian festival in
Birmingham, UK, featuring Reinhard Bonnke, one of the world's leading
evangelists.  Crowds of up to 35,000 are expected to attend the meetings at the
end of July.  Is this the type of gathering at which Maitreya would make an
appearance?  (2) Has He made such an appearance at a gathering at all in
England?

A.  (1) These meetings in Birmingham in July might well seem ideal
opportunities for Maitreya to appear before large gatherings of people with,
most probably, media coverage as well.  We can be sure, too, that Maitreya is
not unaware of this fact.  However, it is my information that He has no plans
to appear there.  Working strictly within the Law governing our free will
(which conditions the pace of His emergence), His aims at present are less
ambitious:  so far, apart from Nairobi in June 1988, He has been appearing to
groups of between 500 and 900 people.  However, with Maitreya, everything is
fluid and mobile, and, if circumstances permitted (due to humanity's action for
the better), I have no doubt He would avail Himself of wider opportunities to
make His presence known in this way.

(2) To Christian groups, no; but since 1977, He has spoken to large audiences
within the Asian community, not, however, appearing and disappearing but in the
ordinary way.


Q.  Is Maitreya 'in on' the "One World Government" of President Bush and the
infamous "Tri-Lateralists"?  I pray that the two are not the same.

A.  President Bush's vision of a "New World Order" and "One World Government"
envisages an order in which the US, and therefore capitalism, dominates and
celebrates its triumph over a defunct communist ideology.  As I understand it,
this is certainly not consistent with Maitreya's predictions of a new political
process (neither capitalism nor communism) in which the voice and will of the
peoples of the world are given expression; in which consensus rather than
confrontation and competition will be the hallmarks; and in which a new
political/economic structure -- Democratic Socialism or Social Democracy,
symbolized by the reunification of East and West Germany -- will become the
norm throughout the world.


Q.  Could you give the point in evolution and ray structure of the science
fiction writer Isaac Asimov (1920 -1992) ?

A.  Soul 3; Personality 4, sub-ray 6; Mental 7, sub-ray 3; Astral 4, sub-ray 6;
Physical 3, sub-ray 7. He was 1.6 degrees initiate.


Q.  Was Rasputin overshadowed by any of the Masters?  If so, were they trying
to bring about reforms to defuse an explosive situation which led to the
downfall of the Tsars and the ruling aristocracy?

A.  No.


Q.  In one of your books you say that the astral is only an illusionary level
of consciousness.  I don't quite understand that.

A.  The astral planes, the emotional/astral planes, exist as energy.  The
function of our astral-emotional body is to act as a physical-plane expression
or vehicle for 'buddhi'.  Buddhi is the second of the three planes of the
spiritual triad.  The nature of atman, of the Self, is spiritual will,
spiritual love/wisdom and spiritual intelligence, and these are reflected in
the soul as atma, buddhi and manas.  They all need a vehicle, and the vehicle
for buddhi (love/wisdom or group consciousness, -- intuition, group awareness)
is the purified astral/emotional body in the advanced individual, particularly,
of course, in a Master.
        The average individual is still caught up in the desire, rather than
the spiritual, principle.  Desire governs the function of the personality and
the vehicles of the personality (the physical body, the astral-emotional body
and the mental body); but the physical body purified, the astral/emotional body
purified, and the mental body purified eventually become the vehicles for atma,
buddhi and manas.  Until that point is reached the person is swept along by the
illusions of the astral plane which are created by the thoughform-making
process of humanity.
        We have a physical body with an etheric sheath.  The physical body dies
and is put in the ground or burned, but the etheric counterpart of that body is
a sheath which, normally within three days, dissipates and returns to the ocean
of etheric matter which surrounds us all.  We are then left in our astral
sheath in which we exist for a shorter or longer time on one or other of the
seven astral planes (hopefully the higher planes, because the lower are
terrible).  The more advanced a person is the more he or she will be on the
higher planes, and the less time will be spent on these planes.
        On the astral planes there are 'facsimiles' of various Masters -- the
Masters DK, Morya, Koot Hoomi, Serapis, Jesus, Hilarion and various other
Masters, created, as astral thoughtforms, by humanity.  There are many
mediumistic, astrally sensitive individuals who 'receive' from these
'facsimiles' so-called 'teachings from the Masters' which are more or less
erroneous.
        Originally, the teachings came from the real Masters through people
like Alice Bailey, Eleanor Roerich, Helena Blavatsky, and which are reflected
back on to the astral planes by the disciples of the world.  They are then
reflected back again through the astral sensitives with all the distortions of
the astral planes -- the planes of distortion.  It is like what happens in
dreams.  Can you believe what happens in your dreams?  The astral planes are
your dreams because your dreams happen on the astral plane, are the result of
the faculty of the lower mind during light sleep -- in deep sleep there is no
dreaming -- to create astral thoughtforms.  This activity of the lower mind
goes on and on, the most fantastic things happen.  Then you wake up.  The
astral planes are as real as your dreams; that is what I mean by the unreality
of the astral planes.


Q.  How important is diet -- the eating of dairy or vegetable products, for
example -- in the pursuit of perfection?

A.  It depends at what stage one is.  For those coming up to the first
initiation, vegetarianism is usually a requirement, and at that stage people
usually automatically become vegetarian.  They know, because as you come
towards the first initiation the soul prompts you.
        The first initiation becomes possible when you have made contact with
your soul.  For long ages the soul is not the slightest bit interested in its
vehicle, its reflection, the man or woman in these successive incarnations. The
person is so removed from the soul, so cut off from it, that there is nothing
the soul can do, but eventually, as it is approaching the first initiation --
say, two or three lives before the first initiation -- the soul sees that
things are beginning to happen; its reflection is beginning to respond.  It
stimulates its vehicles and begins to build the 'antahkarana', a column of
light from the soul to the person, and it introduces the person to meditation
of some kind.
        Meditation is a more or less scientific method (depending on the
meditation) of coming into contact with the soul and eventually becoming at-one
with it.  So the soul brings the person to meditation, and, more and more,
pours its energy into the person, on all planes -- physical, astral/emotional,
and mental.  It 'grips' its vehicle in this way, while the person meditating is
building this antahkarana up towards the soul.  He becomes more idealistic,
more aspiring, because the soul is pouring down what we call the Christ
Principle -- the soul is the Christ Principle, the principle of consciousness.
This stimulates the aspiration towards a higher life, and the person's
predilections, their interests, begin to change.  They usually become more
serious, less wasteful of time, they get bored with earlier pursuits and are
attracted to a deeper, more meaningful aspect, coming from the soul.  They
begin to relate to humanity in a broader sense, to feel responsibility, and
they begin to want to serve the world in some way.  They usually think they
should become vegetarian and eventually it becomes a must for them.  This is
because the first initiation is the result of the control of the physical
elemental.
        All of our bodies are made up of the life activity of tiny little
devic, or angelic, lives.  This body that we think is solid physical is made up
of the activity of little devas, little angels, tiny little devic lives, and
they control us or we control them -- it is one or the other.
        The first initiation is only possible when we control their activity
rather than they ours.  The second initiation is only possible when we control
the activity of the astral devas, the third when we control the activity of the
mental devas.  These three vehicles of the soul on the physical plane have to
be controlled.  The readiness for the first initiation demonstrates when we
have a good degree of control over the activity of the physical body -- not too
much food, not too much sex, not too much drink, not too much of anything; it
does not have to be a totally vegetarian diet.  There are fanatics around in
every sphere but you will find that there is always a purification of the diet
which leads to purification of the body.
        Then for the second initiation you begin to work on the control of the
astral/emotional reactions to life.  The soul through the mental body controls
the astral body, and then the soul through the mental body controls the mental
body itself.
        Once these three controls are established, the three initiations can
take place and you are divine.  At the fourth initiation the soul is no longer
needed -- it is the divine intermediary between the spark of God and the man or
woman on the physical plane.  The vehicle for the soul, the body of the soul on
the soul plane (called the causal body), is shattered and the soul is
reabsorbed into the divine Self, the spark of God.  The man then stands as a
living God, a divine God-man.  Until the third initiation is taken you are
potentially divine but not yet totally divine.
        So it is to do with the impulse of the soul that one comes into
vegetarianism.  Once you have proved that you have control, the need for
control does not become so marked.  The habit goes on but it is not essential.


Q.  Do animals have souls?

A.  Individually, no.  Animals are expressions of a group soul -- there is the
soul which is 'cat', or 'dog', or 'horse' or 'camel', but they do not have
individualized souls in the way humans have.  The individualization of humanity
occurred, according to esoteric teachings, no less than 18-and-a-half million
years ago.


Q.  Could you please give the ray-structure and point in evolution of the late
healer and medium Estelle Roberts?

A.  Soul 2; personality 6, sub-ray 4; mental body 6, sub-ray 4; astral body 6,
sub-ray 2; physical body 3, sub-ray 3. She was 1.2 degrees initiate.


Q.  Can you please give the ray structure and point in evolution of the late
German philosopher Martin Heidegger?

A.  Soul 4; Personality 3, sub-ray 7; mental body 4, sub-ray 6; astral body 6,
sub-ray 2; physical body 7, sub-ray 3. He was 1.7 degrees initiate.



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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:  21 and 22 April. 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.
1991-92:  Maitreya appears before large groups (500-1000) in:  Mexico City,
September 29, 1991 and January 26, 1992; Moscow, March 1, 1992; Leipzig,
Germany, March 22, 1992; Hanover, Germany, April 5, 1992; Dusseldorf, Germany,
April 26, 1992 and in an, as yet, undisclosed city in Switzerland 24 May, 1992.

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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