MAITREYA'S APPEARANCES

On June 11, 1988, Maitreya materialized suddenly `out of the blue' at a Christian prayer meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. Thousands attending instantly recognized Him as the Christ. He spoke to them in their own language and many reported being cured of major illnesses. The KENYA TIMES reported that, afterwards, a man saw Maitreya take a few steps and then disappear. The TIMES photographed Maitreya, and the story was picked up and reported by international news organizations.

As in Kenya in 1988, Maitreya continues to appear miraculously throughout the world, mainly at meetings of orthodox religious groups. Prior to His appearance in different locales, He magnetizes water in the area with healing energy.

In Mexico, Germany, and India the healing waters have been discovered, and millions of people have been drawn to the sites. Many claim they have been cured of illnesses such as AIDS, cancer, arthritis, and glaucoma after drinking the water.

In August 1993, the American television program CBS "Up-to- the-Minute" aired a week-long series on the healing waters in Tlacote, Mexico. The reporter cited laboratory results which found the water to be lighter than normal water. She herself claimed that using the water cured an eye infection in less than one-third the time her doctor had predicted it would take.

MAITREYA'S APPEARANCES WORLDWIDE

What follows is a partial list of Maitreya's appearances through October 1996. After the list, we've posted Benjamin Creme's response to a frequently asked question about why these appearances are not covered by the media.

Appearances in 1996:

Italy - Rome (7 Jan)

Turkey - Ankara (14 Jan)

USA - Elko, Nevada (28 Jan)

Slovenia - Ljubljana (4 Feb)

USA - Denver, Colorado (25 February)

France - Lyons (10 March)

Mozambique - (17 March)

USA - Washington, DC (24 March)

Egypt - Cairo (14 April)

Sweden - Uppsala (28 April)

USA - Flagstaff, Arizona (5 May)

Morocco - Bouanane Figuig (26 May)

Russia - Volgograd (2 June)

Equador - Quito (9 June)

USA - Chicago, Illinois (23 June)

USA - Charlotte, North Carolina (30 June)

USA - Detroit, Michigan (28 July)

Russia - Novgorod (August 11)

Canada - Baie St Paul, Quebec (1 September)

China - Chunking (8 September)

Finland - Kuopio (29 September)

USA - Ashland, Maine (6 October)

Canada - Edmonton, Alberta (27 October)

Appearances in 1995:

Ireland - Dublin (Jan 1)

Sweden - Stockholm (8 Jan)

Japan - Osaka (29 Jan)

Turkey - Istanbul (5 Feb)

Finland - Helsinki (12 February)

Holland - Amsterdam (26 February)

Italy - Palermo, Sicily (5 March)

Greece - Ioannina (12 March)

France - Paris (26 March)

USA - Phoenix, Arizona (9 April)

Scotland - Aberdeen (16 April)

Mongolia - Ulan Bator (23 April)

Russia - Moscow (30 April)

Spain - Santander (14 May)

Russia - Volsk (21 May)

Australia - Sydney (28 May)

USA - Kansas City (June 4)

Madagascar - Antananarivo (11 June)

Venezuela - Caracas (25 June)

Morocco - Marrakesh (9 July)

Russia - Vladivostok (23 July)

China - Beijing (6 August)

Tanzania - Dodoma (13 August)

Pakistan - Lahore (27 August)

South Africa - Durban (17 September)

Spain - La Coruna (24 September)

Canada - Saskatchewan (1 October)

England - Liverpool (15 October)

Argentina - Buenos Aires (22 October)

Portugal - Lisbon (29 October)

Canada - Vancouver (5 November)

Kazakstan - (19 November)

Portugal - Oporto (26 November)

Tanzania - Zanzibar (17 December)

Appearances in 1994:

South Africa - Bloemfontain (January 2)

Uganda - Kampala (January 9)

Trinidad - (January 16)

Sweden - Stockholm (January 30)

Finland - Helsinki (February 6)

Thailand - Bangkok (February 13)

Kenya - Nairobi (March 6 )

Canada - Montreal (March 13)

Russia - St. Petersburg (March 27)

Sicily - Palermo (April 10)

France - Orleans (April 24)

Spain - Barcelona (May 1)

Philippines - (May 29)

France - Paris (June 5)

Turkey - Istanbul (19 June)

Jamaica - Kingston (24 July)

UK - London (31 July)

Denmark - Copenhagen (14 August)

Poland - Krakow (21 August)

South Korea - Seoul (28 August)

New Zealand - Wellington (11 September)

Greece - Athens (9 October)

Canada - Ottawa (6 November)

Wales - Cardiff (4 December)

Germany - Frankfurt (11 December)

Iraq - Baghdad (18 December)

Italy - Rome (25 December)

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH BENJAMIN CREME

Q. Why, if Maitreya appears before 600 or even more people at a meeting of a religious group in Britain -- as in Edinburgh and York -- do we see nothing about it in the media?

A. The people before whom He appears are in every case fundamentalists of one persuasion or another. Denominationally they vary tremendously but the consistent factor is that they are all extremely dogmatic in their beliefs. Maitreya appears to them to soften them up. These are the groups from whom, throughout the world, He expects the major opposition and rejection. If He appears as The World Teacher and they are expecting the Teacher in their own terms -- as the Christ, Maitreya Buddha, Krishna, the Imam Mahdi, the Messiah -- with their very fixed views, they would be inclined to reject Him.

The most important thing is the creation of the healing waters, which is done first. When Maitreya has magnetized the waters, in due course -- it might take a few weeks -- He finds a group of fundamentalists in a town nearby and appears before them. He speaks to them in their own language and many healings take place during the process. He does not say: "I am Maitreya" "I am the Christ" or "I am the Imam Mahdi", He just appears, out of the blue, but in a form which they will recognize -- as He did in Nairobi in Kenya, on 11 June 1988, an appearance of which we have photographs.

Maitreya leaves it to the groups, in the thoughtform in which He has appeared to them, to recognize Him or not. Some of them will say: "Beware, it could be the Antichrist: before the Christ comes, the Antichrist is coming." That is why they do not speak out and, if they do not speak, the media does not speak. Occasionally at these meetings there have been representatives of religious newspapers who do not write about it. Why not? I think they do not know what to do with this information: it is too hot. Either they believe it is the Christ or they believe it is the Antichrist; or they are mystified because He has not said who He is. Perhaps 80 per cent of the people believe they had an experience of the Christ, or the Mahdi, or the Messiah -- whomever it happened to be -- and they are perfectly content to accept that and just wait for something more to happen in connection with it. That must do something to their awareness, even if they do not talk about it except among themselves. When eventually they see Maitreya on television they will say: "That's the one who appeared to us -- perhaps he is all right after all; perhaps he is not the Antichrist."

The appearance in Nairobi was reported and photographed because the editor of the Swahili edition of the KENYA TIMES was present and wrote it up. It was picked up by various media and was a two-day wonder around the world. The media in general, as ordinary men and women, are deeply, profoundly skeptical, and professionally, not only skeptical, but cynical in the extreme.

[From March 1994 SHARE INTERNATIONAL magazine.]

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