I originally planned to post notes from a Benjamin Creme interview scheduled Sunday, but that interview-along with every other scheduled interview this month-was cancelled. I doubt it has anything to do with me, though I’m sure they know I would have been listening. Creme has a public lecture this coming Tuesday so perhaps he’ll make some sort of public announcement like he did on January 14. We’ll see…
In lieu of interview notes, I’ll give you my opinion about the speculation regarding Raj Patel. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the situation, here is some background information.
Benjamin Creme on January 14, 2010 announced that Maitreya (the leader of a group of beings called Ascended Masters, the “spiritual wickedness in high places” Paul spoke of in Ephesians 6:12) appeared on American television after nearly 30 years of promising that such an event would take place. Creme stated that Maitreya did not use his name during the interview and appeared with a different look than when he appeared in Nairobi, Kenya in 1988. Creme also stated that Maitreya emphasized the need for sharing the world’s resources during the interview.
Following the announcement, a lot of people began searching for the interview that Maitreya allegedly appeared on. It took only a few days for people to suspect that an appearance by a man named Raj Patel on the Colbert Report on January 12, 2010 was Maitreya’s television appearance. The video below is Patel’s appearance on the Colbert Report:
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
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People were suspicious about Patel for several reasons:
- Patel’s recommendations for change were very similar to the type of things Creme said that Maitreya would argue for.
- Patel was educated in London, which is the city where Creme says Maitreya lives in.
- Patel was extremely articulate in the interview and had a very friendly disposition.
- Patel physically reminded people of the images of Maitreya in Nairobi, Kenya.
In the following weeks, people who oppose Maitreya labeled Patel as the “Antichrist” and those who are pro-Maitreya hailed Patel as a messianic figure. The New York Times had an article about the controversy surrounding Patel’s linkage to Maitreya. Creme did Patel no favors by turning down an opportunity to deny that Patel was Maitreya when he was quick to deny that Obama was Maitreya.
With the background out of the way, it’s time to give you my thoughts on the situation.
Let’s assume that we’ve identify Maitreya in human form and that person was named “Mr. X”. I personally would refrain from stating that Mr. X was the man that is going to be the Antichrist because Maitreya is a spirit that can adopt human form. Maitreya could easily transform into a different man and assume a different name; leaving us with only footage of his activities. In addition, people who heard us screaming that Mr. X is the man that is going to be the Antichrist would be very skeptical of us in the future because we already wagered all of our credibility on a person who in actuality was a non-factor.
The reason I emphasized covering the Maitreya television interview situation is that it represents a lessening of the restraints the forces of evil have on this world. Creme claimed for nearly 30 years that Maitreya was going to appear on television, yet all of the sudden he claims that 6 television appearances have taken place in the past couple of months.
Revelation 17 tells us that Antichrist is going to be a king/ruler that will be “restored” from the dead. Verse 17:11 tells us that the 8th king/ruler (the man who will be Antichrist) will be one of seven potential kings/rulers.
- Rev 17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
- Rev 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
- Rev 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
Raj Patel is not the man who is going to be the Antichrist because he is not a king or a ruler. He’s posing as activist and author. Could Patel be Maitreya in human form? Given how close his message aligns with Maitreya’s and the reaction of Maitreya followers to him, I would not rule it out. But I definitely would not bet my mortgage on it. I think it still might be too early to tell...
Creme may not be so quick to deny that Patel is Maitreya because Patel’s ideas are pretty much aligned with his own. By fueling people’s suspicions about Patel, Creme is indirectly getting people to listen to his own ideas. Patel is now getting attention from people who may never have been exposed to his ideas without the attention, and now that people are paying attention to Patel they are being exposed to ideas Creme/Maitreya would agree with.
People can speculate about who they think is the individual that Maitreya is posing as in these alleged television appearances. I see some use in searching for footage of Maitreya television appearances because it enables you to have a way to track his activities and gives you some sense of confirmation that Maitreya is not the figment of a bunch of people’s imaginations. For instance, the following video from a religious celebration in Iraq a few years ago gives me some sense of confirmation that Maitreya is not some fictional creation of people with wild imaginations. Creme confirmed in April 2009 that the dancing figure was Maitreya.
