To: long-gone who wrote (26420 ) 1/18/1999 3:44:00 PM From: The Street Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 116762
Well-- this guy is my guess for the Beast-- Maitreya. BTW, his organization, Share Int'l is partially funded by the UN.shareintl.org To quote: THE EMERGENCE OF THE WORLD TEACHER-- IN BRIEF 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 appeared miraculously to large groups of people and individuals all over the world. In this way, more and more people receive proof of his presence and, hopefully, in due course will demand media response. Maitreya expects that this approach will 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 among us. The information about Maitreya's emergence has been presented to the public since 1974 by Benjamin Creme, chief editor of the magazine Share International. his training for this work, under a Master of Wisdom, began in 1959. According to esoteric teachings, Maitreya manifested Himself 2,000 years ago in Palestine by working through his disciple Jesus , now the Master Jesus. After the Day of Declaration, Jesus will be one of the first Masters introduced to the world . 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." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------