How long will there be between Maitreyas first TV appearance in America and the Day of Declaration?
A. That depends on us: it depends on the response of humanity, of the media of the world, which allows us to hear Him, and on the forces which are against this. Why do you think it has taken so long to get to this point? Because there are very powerful vested interests against this manifestation. They are not only what we call ‘the forces of evil’, but the forces of ingrained selfishness, greed, separatism and ignorance, both at the level of extreme power and also of the ordinary uneducated masses. I believe, from what I have been told by my Master, that it will be very quick. But when a Master says ‘soon’ he does not mean ‘tomorrow’, as we might think. ‘Forthwith’, which was the Master’s latest statement about Maitreya’s appearance, can mean ‘anything up to a year’, and ‘soon’ or ‘very soon’ could be anything up to a few years. The Masters are working in 2,000-year cycles – a few years is nothing to Them. Q. On the Day of Declaration, when Maitreya speaks to the whole world telepathic
