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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TABLE OF CONTENTS

Maitreya and the emergence
The process of the emergence since 1987 / The media and the emergence / Signs of Maitreya's appearance / Masters and Avatars / Master Jesus / Sai Baba

Maitreya's forecasts
Function of the forecasts / A new energy pervades the planet

Political change
A new form of government / East and West / Middle East / The Third World and Latin America / United Kingdom and Europe / Consensus: the new way for humanity / Tibet and China / The changing role of the United Nations / Use of nuclear weapons

Economic change
Commercialization and market forces / Stock market crash / The Principle of Sharing / The coming `peace dividend' / The future economic system

Life in the new age
Violence, crime, drugs and self-respect / Drugs: a world problem / Schools without walls / Mystery schools

Effects on the environment
Change in the earth's rotation

Science and technology in the age of light
Technology of Light / UFOs and Space Brothers / Crop circle phenomenon

Maitreya's teachings on religion
Christian churches/fundamentalism / Jesus / Bible stories / Turin Shroud / Religion in the new age

Maitreya's spiritual teachings
The art of Self-realization / On the Self / Honesty of mind, sincerity of spirit / On detachment / Prayer for the New Age / On spirituality / `Distortions' in communication

The overcoming of fear
Experience of the Self / Mitigate the effects of fear / Fear and ray structures / Experiences during meditation / Detachment vs. non-involvement / The legend of Hercules

Evolution
Evolution of consciousness / Evolution of form / Devic evolution / Soul and incarnation / Experience at physical death / Initiation

Growth of consciousness
Awareness and consciousness / Psychotherapy and consciousness / The nervous system / Telepathy / Energy and thought / Aspiration and imagination / Self-realization

The Seven Rays
Rays 1 through 7 / Rays of the nations / Glamour in group work

Transmission Meditation
A potent method of service / Its role in the development of the disciple / Mantrams and prayers

Discipleship and practice
Thoughts on group work

Disease: causes and cure
Disease and death / AIDS: its cause and cure / Cancer, tuberculosis, and other diseases / Birth control and abortion / Euthanasia and suicide / Healing

Practical psychology from an esoteric perspective

Individual initiates
Bailey, Blavatsky, Roerich / Krishnamurti, Steiner, and others / Mao Tse-Tung, Castro, and Kennedy / Channelled information

Towards group initiation
Initiation experience / Overcoming personality relationships / Particular task of this group / Inner and outer ashrams

The call to service
The soul's purpose / How to recognize the call to service / Maintaining the resolve to serve / Motive for service / Rhythm / Awareness and hope / Service and daily responsibilities / Transmission Meditation and Reappearance work / Use of ray structure in service

Appendix
List of initiates: their rays and stage of evolution

 REVIEWS

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

―Monte Leach Open Maitreya's Mission, Vol. II at random and you will, more likely than not, find a pearl of insight somewhere on the page:

On the economy (p. 131): "Capitalism, in its pure form, is at an end in Europe. It has no future whatsoever. Instead, countries will model their governments on a form of democratic socialism. Gradually, this will become the model for all nations as the most effective way to ensure that the voice and will of the people is properly represented."

On service to others (p. 613): "The basic impulse behind all evolution is that activity of the soul which we call service. Service is nothing less than the demonstration in relationship of the Law of Love."

On overcoming fear (p. 287): "If we can simply look, without condemning at what is, without judging, making comparisons, without feeling superior or inferior... then I believe we can enter into communion with the Self, which is all Being, and know from then on the absence, the overcoming of fear."

Such blending of spirituality and practicality is typical of Benjamin Creme, the British artist, author and esoteric scholar, whose previous books, The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom and Maitreya's Mission, Vol. I, are in circulation worldwide. The Scottish-born artist says that the chaos and turmoil now occurring in the world are the birth pangs of a new and brilliant civilization in the making. "We are standing at the beginning of an extraordinary period in the history of the world, a time when the true, spiritual nature of humanity will become manifest for the first time."

In his books, as well as lectures worldwide, Creme says that the birth of this new civilization is being assisted by a group of illumined spiritual teachers known as the Masters of Wisdom. The presence of such teachers was first written about in the West in the late 18O0s by Theosophist H.P. Blavatsky and later by Alice A. Bailey. Creme says these Masters, long the inspirers and protectors of humanity from behind the scenes, are now returning to the everyday world. At their head is Maitreya, the World Teacher, the one awaited under various names by many religious traditions. When humanity, via its representatives, the world's media, invite Maitreya forward, according to Creme, Maitreya will begin to work openly, inspiring humanity to create a world based on sharing, social and economic justice, and global cooperation.

Whether or not one agrees with Creme's views on Maitreya and the Masters, this tome is a treasure-trove of practical information on a wide range of topics, including: The Art of Self-Realization, Disease: Causes and Cures, science and technology in the new age, meditation, the environment, global economics and politics, and the international drug problem.

With corruption and crime reported ad nauseam these days in the newspapers and on television, Maitreya's Mission, Vol. II provides a needed antidote - a healthy dose of hope and more than a measure of insight.

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