So, it's all about Benjamin Creme.
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Michael Jackson <mjackso...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > From her very first book, Bailey showed her faith in Leadbeater by > promulgating the teaching that the Second Coming of the Christ-Maitreya was > close at hand. Always written in a distinctly Christian tone, Bailey's > books developed an increasing emphasis on this theme until by the time of > her death in 1949 she was writing about little else. She informed her > readers that Maitreya had made a definite decision at the Gemini Full Moon > of 1945 to reappear publicly on the world scene in person as soon as the > necessary preparations could be made. > > He was apparently intending to fly in an aeroplane from his retreat in > Asia and give mankind the new spiritual teaching it needs in order to bring > about the civilisation and force of the New Age of Aquarius, although it > was implied that he was not actually likely to do this until some time > after the year 2025 and that until then it was the "immediate and pressing" > task and duty of the Bailey followers to let the whole world know about it > and to smooth the way for the auspicious event by daily reciting a type of > prayer titled "The Great Invocation." > > Although Bailey - who readily admitted of her own accord that she was a > committed Christian - naturally preferred the name "Christ" to "Maitreya" > and thus referred to him in many of her books solely as "Christ," she > nevertheless made it clear that she agreed entirely with Leadbeater about > Christ and Maitreya being one and the same. > > Over the last few decades numerous individuals have come and gone, all > claiming to be Maitreya, just as many pretenders have come and gone > throughout history claiming to be Jesus. At the same time, the Alice Bailey > followers and other pseudo-Theosophists continue to spread their > Leadbeater-esque teachings, whilst Alice Bailey enthusiast Benjamin Creme > in London assures his large international following that the > Christ-Maitreya has already returned and has been living secretly in London > since 1977, waiting patiently (when not flying around in his "special > starship") for the day when he can at last reveal himself to the world. > Meanwhile, hundreds if not thousands of channelling enthusiasts flood the > internet daily with what they announce as being the "latest messages" - all > contradicting each other - fresh from Maitreya, for whom each of them > claims to be the chosen mouthpiece. > > All this nonsense, this sheer fantasy and psychic delusion, goes directly > back to C.W. Leadbeater, a man who has done more harm to the cause of > modern spirituality than many have yet realised. > > http://blavatskytheosophy.com/maitreya-in-the-light-of-real-theosophy/ > >
