What do you think about Benjamin Creme, the coming Maitreya and Share?
This is a question I’ve been avoiding for some time. Personally I don’t see why Creme is interesting at all. I haven’t seen that he gives solid spiritual food and sets his followers on the spiritual path. He says nothing that gets me thinking about life, or truth or anything else at all really. I have published a letter by Eric Marsh on my site – he disagrees with me and obviously does see something interesting in Benjamin Creme. The main thrust of his argument seems to be that it is useful that Creme simplifies theosophy. Well, for some that may be useful, for me it is merely boring. As for the Maitreya – this is a time-honoured Buddhist myth. The next Buddha to come is Maitreya, and he is currently a Bodhisattva, according to Buddhist ideas (Theravada and Mahayana ). According to Blavatsky the next age in which Maitreya will teach humanity is far into the future, certainly not in the 21st century. Even if the Maitreya were to come this century, I don’t know what difference it will ma
