Is Maitreya putting out thoughtforms for us to respond to?
A. The Hierarchy are putting out thoughtforms all the time – the mindbelt of the world is saturated with thoughtforms, many of no value at all, created by humanity; but some are major ideas to which the sensitive minds of the race tune in. Suddenly, all over the world, a group of scientists, for instance, have the same idea, which was placed there by a Master, or even by Maitreya. The Masters see the need for a certain step forward to be taken, a certain technology, for example, to be discovered. They are the inspirers, the ‘muses’, of the world. Behind all the great teachers, scientists, painters and artists of all kinds have stood the Hierarchy, down through the centuries. Rembrandt is Rembrandt because he was a third-degree initiate, inspired by his Master; likewise Titian and Mozart. Leonardo was 4.4 degrees initiate, practically a Master. All the culture of the world has been created by the initiates of the world, sent to stimulate humanity in the gradual expansion of consciousnes
