Introduction:
Sal-Om everyone. Welcome to the
second, or actually first due to Paltalk
issues, session with Maitreya.
Hope you all are well and enjoying the
Feast.
Before we begin let us take a moment of
silence to center ourselves, remove
ourselves from other places and thoughts,
and be completely here that we may receive
from Maitreya what he
wishes to give us, in its purest form.
[Silence.] Sal-Om!
Today we have the great honor and
blessing of having Maitreya
himself, God Is With Him (GIWH), in the
room. Other names and titles given to
him, as we know, are many and all deserved.
They include: The First Begotten Son of God,
the Christ, the Kalki Avatar, the Mehdi, He
Whom God Shall Make Manifest, the Blue
Kachina, the Seventh Angel, Satrio Piningit,
and many, many others. He is the
representative of God, the Formless,
Invisible, Nameless, and Eternal, FINE, on
earth, come to reveal the Mystery of God,
unify the religions of the world and
humanity, and bring the Kingdom Of Heaven On
Earth, as has been prophesied.
He will be available for the next hour
and a half, from 9:30 to 11, to do whatever
he would like. I don't know exactly
what he will be doing but whatever it is, it
will be great.
So, you all know the rules for room
conduct. I will just go over them
briefly once again. To ask a question
of Maitreya, you are
expected to have visited the website,
www.maitreya.org, and know the base of
his teachings. You are expected to
have searched the website for the answer to
your question before asking it. There
are hundreds of questions available,
answered on the website. It is your
responsibility to find those answers before
asking them.
If you do have a question for
Maitreya, please type it in text.
If your question is chosen to be answered, a
Mission representative will
read your question, or you may be asked to
come to the mic and ask it yourself.
Of course, this may not apply anymore with
the new rules, but we will see what happens
in the session.
Please be courteous and ask only one
question at a time. If there are no
questions, we will read from Mission
literature until another question is asked.
If you do not follow these guidelines, or
attempt to grab the mic without
Maitreya's permission, you will be
red-dotted and/or bounced.
Please note that this is a public forum,
and whatever you say is in public domain.
We do record these sessions, and may
broadcast them later and use them as we see
fit.
The mic is now released to
Maitreya; please give him your
respect and undivided attention.
Thanks be to God!
Maitreya: Sal-Om everyone.
I guess with that introduction my ego is pretty
large and (laughing) big - but not really.
We are here just, today, we are going to
have a session of family. I came here
to answer questions which we probably get to
them. But how is everyone doing in the
room? I know every one of you.
If you want to grab the mic and tell about
how are you doing and what is going on in
your life and would like to talk about
yourself a little bit and see how you are
enjoying the Feast and what is happening, go
ahead. Just grab the mic. Just
give a couple of, just probably a minute you
do that, if you would like to do that.
And just let's be just a session of friends
together. [Silence.]
Come on, anybody. Just come on here
and let's, let's be a friendly session.
If you do not do it I am going to give a
very deep Satsang that you never understand
it...
Tahirah: [laughing]
Thanks God, Maitreya.
That made me laugh. So I think again, I
think everyone is sitting back waiting for the
other person to come to the mic again. So
maybe in the future we all have to just raise
our hand. That way we are not looking to
see who is going to jump up and... hmm. So
I will go first.
I am just thanking God for the Feast, for
the energies of this Feast and for being
able to share. I am just however
wishing I could share with more people.
I have invited a few people but it seems
at this point no one has been able to get
here, which is OK. That is the way it
is. But this Feast is not over so we
shall see with that.
As far as my, my house and my home and my
environment, being at the Feast and being
home and working at the computer, and it is
a little challenging, I must say, between
the time difference and taking care of
family matters in between. Although I
told everyone that I am not here for the
next week, just forget that I am here.
I cannot do that with my father, of course.
So it is fun. It is, God is Good.
And just loving, loving the opportunity and
just very excited in my heart.
[Reading something Maitreya
typed in text.]
Maitreya: How is he doing?
Tahirah: Thank you,
Maitreya. He is
incredible actually, you know. Sometimes I
think, "Oh I have to take him back to the
hospital, something is going on," or whatever
and we are OK with that or stable or he like
re-grows again. And he is 96 and he is
amazing. He has a wheelchair so is, thank
God, able to maneuver around by using his feet.
And it gives him a little exercise at the same
time. So he sort of scoots around the
hallway and, which is good.
I had him in the room here yesterday...
[laughing at something in text]. Well,
you know we learn a lot from each other.
So also it gives, it helps, you give me
strength to work, to continue to be someone
that can see a bigger picture of things.
So, anyway... what else was I going to
say? Working on the lecture has been
also a challenge. I have not finished
it yet. Tomorrow is my lecture day.
So I am working on it at points here and
there.
And it is just a beautiful, beautiful
time to share and to learn and go over these
teachings. As many times as we have
read them alone there is nothing like being
in a Community and sharing these teachings.
It is just the greatest.
And so I just give thanks for Maitreya
and Maitreyii, and all of the Divines for
keeping on, keeping on. And I will
turn the mic over now to someone else.
And again, all thanks to the Father.
Maitreya: I am sure your father
appreciates being home... [sound cut out] ...life
of an old person. And if humanity creates
Communities of Light, and old people being used,
they are going to be much happier. And the
younger people also do not have to hire a
stranger to take care of the family because the
community is going to be having the support. The
Communities of Light really is the answer of all
the things we need.
And I am sure you are going to do just fine in
the lecture. Whatever God comes through, that
would be great. And everyone else is encouraged
to give lectures. You know, even fifteen minutes,
thirty minutes, whatever.
And probably that is not a bad idea for you to
raise your hand if you want, so we can get you
one after another, if you want to say something.
Go ahead. [Silence, some people typing in
text.]
That is great, it is good to hear that everyone
is doing good there and overcoming.
I feel it is just like a session we used to have
in the first Feast that everyone would come in
the Satsang and we talk about what they are
doing and everything going and everyone would
participate in it. Of course you do not have to. You just, I would like to see we are more having
an informal session.
Unus, if you want to take the mic, go ahead...
anyone who wants to talk, raise your hand.
Go ahead, Radah.
Radah: Sal-Om
Maitreya. Sal-Om everyone.
I am not better with my English language.
Sorry about that but I do not use it very often
here.
But here life is going on as everywhere.
My mother is still alive, 96 years old also.
But she is in a residence, a place for old
people. It would not be easy for me to
keep her with me. But she is OK.
She is fine. But her head is not there
at 100%. But physically she is very
fine, OK.
I am going between my mother and my two
daughters. My daughters are in another
city, in Montreal. I am just going on
and on with life.
And I am still in the Mission.
Not very present all the time but I am still
there. [Maitreya
typed something in text.] Yes,
everyone keeps me busy.
Maitreya: Well, how are you
yourself, Radah? It is good to hear your
voice. We haven't talked with you for a
long time, but we always appreciate your
presence in the Mission and we
all here love you, and love everyone. And
we appreciate what you are doing for the
Mission. And sorry to hear you
are so busy. But it is good busy, taking
care of the family.
Radah: I am fine.
No problem. Even if I am getting old but
it is OK. Everything is fine with me.
Thanks Maitreya. I hope
it is the same for you.
Maitreya: Yes, well, for my age
everyone says I am doing pretty good.
Apparently the Mission is
working. If everyone does what is
recommended and exercise and good food and good
environment, and having loving people around you
and love them, apparently it is working.
Something I am doing good that everyone say,
"Hey, you do not look 69."
So I hope, and actually everyone in the
Mission, even people in the
Center, they don't do and look their age.
I think maybe it is the beginning of the
lengthening the life of the human from the
120 eventually to 900 in 1,000 years.
But I am doing just fine. Thanks.
Go ahead, take the mic if you have
something else to add. [Something
typed in text.]
Yes, sure. Our Soul sure is ageless
and eternal, for sure.
OK Unus, if you want to try again, I am
not sure what is happening with your system.
And anyone else can just raise your hand.
Otherwise I am going to start giving Satsang.
Go ahead, Ananda Ma.
Ananda Ma: It took me
so long to get my hand up that you said
otherwise you would give Satsang. That
would be a good idea [laughing].
Anyways, things here at the
Mission are wonderful. It is
just amazing how God comes through and
everything gets done. It is just so
beautiful.
The garden is growing and it is doing
great also. I posted some pictures of
the pomegranate tree because that was
another beautiful feature out there in the
garden and it is new this year.
And we had a beautiful meal last night.
And we had two of my walking buddies, Lael
and Lucille, who came and enjoyed dinner
with us and the movie of Mohammad
afterwards. So it was very, very nice
to have them here and have them interested
in this movie and get a couple questions
about our Mission and our
Message answered.
But it is a wonderful Feast. I am
enjoying it so, so much. And I hope
everyone else is too.
And that is about it for me.
Maitreya: Usually you say, "This
was the best Feast ever." Is it the best
Feast ever?
Ananda Ma: It sure is.
I am a lot busier this year than usual but other
than that, oh, it is wonderful. It is
very, very nice. Well, that is enough to
be said. It is the best Feast ever so far.
Maitreya: Sounds like we are not
there, you are having a lot of fun. Do you
still want us to come back? Or you want we
stay away [laughing]?
Noor: Well, Ma has
kept herself extremely busy cleaning things that
only she can see as dirty. So she tells me
that the carpet is much cleaner now and the beds
are much cleaner. And I believe her
[laughing].
Ananda Ma: Oh, you can
hear me? It says the voice is activated
but there is no mic.
Please come back, yes, of course.
But we feel your presence here and God's
presence, and it's the Mission.
Thank God!
Maitreya: Yes, I am sure that
everything is cleaner than ever there
[laughing]. And enjoy it because we are
going to be back pretty soon.
Everything is great. And it is good
for everyone to start the Mission
without expecting for me to be present.
So you all should get more responsibility
and involve yourself, to see if I am not
around if still the Mission
is going to go to not. And I hope it
will. And I am sure it will. But
it is good for everyone to just assume more
and more, do the Mission
without me.
But that is great, I hear you guys are
doing good there in the Center and enjoying
yourselves. And I am sure we are going
to have fun when we come back.
Anyone else? Go ahead or raise your
hand. Keyosha, you raised your hand,
go ahead.
Keyosha: ...my
headphones for you to hear me well, so I hope
that the sound is coming through well.
Thank you, Maitreya.
Thanks God.
I am celebrating the Feast here on my own
here in Ashville, North Carolina. I
had to work the first day of the Feast, but
I am able to have all the rest of the days
off. So that is wonderful.
My work is for the Autism Society.
I work with a little girl named Kelly who I
have been working with for about five or six
years now. She is a joy, and a terror
[laughing].
She can be the most joyful... I am sure a
lot of it depends on me and the spirit of
God coming through me. She can be the
most joyful, wonderful, incredible, has
taught me so much, and then at other
times... and actually it is much, much
better now. She used to have very bad
tantrums. She is much better but she
still has her times where it is very
difficult to deal with her. I think
communication, sometimes, is the biggest
frustration for her.
But I do like my job very much. And
her family is wonderful. I feel at
times like I am a part of their family.
I also am tutoring a young lady, who is
20 years old, for her GED. She has
trouble with math and just needs to pass the
math portion of the GED. So I just
started tutoring her, which is good.
Let's get back to the Mission.
I am continuing to post on Facebook. I
often have people come to me on Facebook and
ask questions about the Mission
and the Mission teachings,
always directing them to the website,
posting URLs for them for what might be
valid for what they were asking.
Like just yesterday I had a lady named
Bunny asking me about feeling through the
heart. So I was able to post the essay
on the different kinds of feelings, like the
Bhakti Yoga, and the Jnana Yoga, etc.,
posted that URL. And also the time,
place and person, ignorance, passion and
knowledge, how everything... because that
also went with her question. So it is
wonderful to be able to search and use this
wonderful knowledge that you have shared
with us, Maitreya, that God
has shared with us.
And I may feel like my progress is slow
sometimes, and I am sure it is, but it is
there, and I am still hanging on. And
I pray that my life be about this
Mission.
I want to say one more thing. I
also looked into... I do not know if you
guys have seen those tiny houses, those
teeny tiny homes. I am still
interested in moving in New Mexico, if
someone would like to take part in that or
to start a Community of Light
somewhere, where it is good for the
Mission. And the teeny tiny
homes are something that's actually doable.
I mean you could probably only have like
two persons, or maybe three persons, with a
small child, in one of those homes.
But just think how easy it would be to be
able to clean, Ananda Ma [laughing].
You would not have to spend very long
cleaning it. And I think it is good
for me because I get so attached to
possessions that it is a good way for me to
look at giving up things. So that is a
train of thought that I have going in my
head.
And the Feast is wonderful.
Although I am by myself here, I am enjoying
every minute, getting some extra rest.
And good to hear from all of you. Sal-Om.
How do I let go? There we go.
Maitreya: That is great Keyosha,
your positive attitude and being so positive.
You are the only person seems not having any
problem whatsoever, and you are all positive
about your life. Keep that up and just
march on, and it is just going to... the most it
is going to take is another thousand years and
that is not that much.
Go ahead, anyone else. Unus, you
want to try again, or you gave up?
Unus: OK, Sal-Om, any sound?
Sal-Om. Sal-Om. Good sound.
Great. Never give up [laughing].
Sal-Om everyone. Sal-Om from
Turkey. We are doing great. The
Feast is going good even though I am working
again. But this time it is much
better. We have been kind of resting
with Niama. And I am studying, of
course, for the lectures and learning a lot.
And also have the chance to now look back
to our regular lives and what is missing and
see how it affects you and how to get
stronger, you know, the Feast is helping us
to reflect on the regular life's mundanity.
In fact, not regular life's, but realize how
lucky we are and how to improve ourselves
because you have this knowledge, you know
it, but when you are not really in the
middle of the world with everyone else it is
kind of difference. It is different
when you are working out there and
everything and the people are not even aware
of spirituality, things can be different.
But you, I think we have to learn.
I think I had to, I needed to learn how to
also apply this knowledge, this lifestyle in
the middle of all this, that is also.
So all thanks to God, we are doing great.
It is great to be here and hearing you guys.
So Sal-Om.
Niama wants to say Sal-Om too. Say
Sal-Om. [There is a whisper and Unus
laughs.] But she is shy. Maybe
next time.
Maitreya: That is great, that is
beautiful. Sal-Om Niama. You are a
part of the Mission for sure.
And how did you trip to Stockholm go?
Unus: Yes, I went
to Amsterdam in Holland. We stayed
there for about, I think, five days.
It was good. It was great. There
was this convention going on and I learned a
lot of information necessary, technical
things, for this job. And also met a
lot of people all around the world, a lot of
companies in our market, and made some
connections.
And also it is a very good city even
though it is under the sea level. It
is a very nice city. I liked it very
much. It was a good experience.
I remember... because Turkey is,
countries like Turkey or Middle Eastern or
even some Eastern countries are, can be a
little bit too chaotic, not too orderly
sometimes, and the five days I was there
reminded me of the US a little bit and how
organized things are. And, I don't
know, it made some sort of effect on me.
Niama says I am more relaxed now. This
chaos here doesn't bother me as much as
maybe it used to, seeing that things can be
orderly.
So yes, we have the order in the middle
of chaos here, at least in our house.
So yes, all thanks to God.
Answering Tahirah [she had typed
something in text], no, I am not sure if we
are in the middle of the world per se,
literally, but what I meant was being in the
middle of, like, mundanity. That is
what I meant.
Maitreya: If you
want to take the mic and converse with each
other that would be fine too, if you want to
answer each other back and forth.
Yes, Stockholm. That is great.
And what happened to Jean, or its Gene, from
that area that you were talking about him
and you visit or come and see? It
sound like he vanished or she vanished or
something happened. Anyone knows what
happened to her?
Unus: It looks
like he or she is not active in Facebook
anymore. No, I did not talk to her.
In fact I wouldn't have a chance to talk to
her even if, unless she lives maybe in
Amsterdam and would come and to meet where
we are. But otherwise we were, like we
left the hotel that we stayed in usually at
7:30 or 8 the latest in the morning and will
be in the convention usually until like 11
PM or 12 sometimes. Or, even if not in
the convention we will be with the people
that we work with.
So, but I have not heard from her yet.
No news. Maybe after all she/he
disappeared or maybe...
Maitreya: Well, we
pray for her. And like everyone else
that is in the Mission, or
who came and left, may God guide them, and
if not this lifetime maybe next lifetime
they shall return to us. Sounds like
this lifetime really as God predicted we
would be thief of the night. And as
God predicted, even next lifetime we will be
the thief of the night to the end.
And that means that although we know
those who have seen the Vision and the
Mission, they have seen the
power and the truth in what God has revealed
to us, humanity is way away from wanting to
be Godly and Good and unfortunately are
falling away from it every day more and
more, and it is not going to last. As
history has shown us again and again,
anytime humanity goes away from God they
will bring destruction to themselves.
So unfortunately the only thing we can do
at this lifetime is to pray for them and to
pray for the Elects that they are not lost
and they are not fallen off the Path.
And hopefully they won't. But if they
do, the only thing we can really do, to pray
for them and say, "God help them, please,
guide them back to the fold," as I have been
instructed not to go after them. It is
not the life of going after the lost sheep.
It is the time of sundering. Those who
fall off, fall off. We can do nothing
about it.
That is why it seems a little cruel and
all of them become very unhappy when we see
what is happening on the earth. And we
say, "What can I do?" or, "Why it is
happening?"
Just how many people died in those wars
in the Middle East. And how this
person a couple of days ago takes a gun and
kills another 12 people in Washington.
Or even in Europe. All this affects
you. You do not like what you see.
But what can you do? God said that
two-thirds of the earth is going to vanish.
So it is very human. And at the
same time we have to stay with God and
Godly, and see things according to God's Way
and His, through His eyes. And He
predicted these things are going to happen.
Unfortunately the world... even you guys
that are dedicated to the Mission,
each of you have been here for a long time,
you realize that when you go to that
external world how powerful it is and it
just wants to change you. They do
everything possible to take you away from
God and Mission and
teachings, and it affects you no matter how
dedicated you are. And maybe that is
why God sent all of you back to earth, you
become stronger, you become a tantric people
that can go in the middle of the dragon's
fire and not get burned.
So, yes, it is unfortunate that people
like Jean come and somehow, as Christ said,
"The seeds falls into the place and the
weeds come and choke it." It take them
away. It affects them. You see
out there, there is so much Maya.
Especially in the West there is so much
Maya. It just pulls you in different
directions. And you have to be a
pretty strong person not to get sucked in.
So as usual, we have said these things
many times, and we are going to repeat, and
hopefully, eventually it sinks into, not our
spirit, but the spirit of those out there so
we can help them also see the Vision.
Anyone else like to raise their hand or
take the mic? If you want, just raise
your hand. Otherwise, we have some
questions. The people who asked it are
not here but we are going to go ahead anyway
and just see what the questions are and just
work together to see what are the answers.
Go ahead Shirin. Go ahead.
Shirin: OK, let's
see if this is working OK. It says you
are talking. The sound OK?
Great. I've got a new laptop here and
I am trying to figure out the settings.
And Windows 8 is a challenge [laughing].
Well, it is good to hear everyone's voice.
Sal-Om Maitreya, and Sal-Om
everyone.
As far as just what is going on is with
family, my daughter, Sarah, is doing great.
She is still in Colorado Springs. And
Brody, of course, is eight years old and he
is doing great, in third grade in Montessori
School. And his passion is
skateboarding and he is very good. He
has been to competitions even.
And for the first time last night... [Maitreya
typed something in text] yes, eight years
old now. Well, he will be nine in
December. It has been a while.
And then last night for the first time I
was on the Skype with my grandson, Elliot,
who is five months old, and that was just
wonderful seeing him doing his thing.
And he thought the computer was incredible.
He kept looking around the screen wondering
where the rest of gran-gran was. It
was just her face. So that was fun.
And Randy is doing well and we constantly
talk about THOTH
and the teachings and how it applies in our
lives and the lessons we are learning and
how we progress. And so it is the rock
in our life that keeps things steady.
Even though crazy things go on with his work
and where I am at, and different things, and
it is like we can always bring it back to
the center with
THOTH and the teachings.
Presently I am busy with... [something
typed in text] oh, speaking of Keyosha, you
said you wanted a tiny house, I already live
in a tiny house [laughing]. Will do.
Thank you, Maitreya.
And so I've got... it always seems to
happen that my renters give notice during
Feast time. So I am interviewing a new
renter this afternoon. So property
management keeps me busy and challenged at
the same time because there is all the
personal interactions.
I have found that people do not tell you
the truth when they want something. So
that is not fun. But you have to wade
through that and ask for God's Guidance in
every one. I had to turn down someone
yesterday because his life just fell apart
between the time he said he would take the
apartment and the time he wanted to pay the
deposit. He just could not do it.
Maitreya: That is
good to hear your voice Shirin and to hear
you are doing well, and the family and Soulh
is doing good. Give our love to him
and say Sal-Om to him.
Sounds like your grandchildren are
growing up. Eight years old.
That is pretty old. I didn't expect
him to be this old. That is great.
That is all a good positive thing.
And that is true, people who want
something from you or you have something
they desire, they lie. They lie to you
to get it. That is pretty disturbing.
We have to create a human that they should
not lie at all, no matter what, unless the
lie saves someone's life or it is lie
because it is against some injustice that
you have no power to justify it.
And that is great, that is fantastic.
All right, any other person like to talk
or... some of you might not have a mic and
that is OK. Or you have a mic and just
like be anonymous. I am sure that
Tapes Playing does not want to say anything
at all. OK. Well, we go ahead
and let... [something typed in text] yes, he
is very shy [laughing].
We let the procedure go on and we read
the first question.
Question: Is it
good for a person to join a group such as
the US Army or Navy?
Maitreya: OK, the
question is, is it good to join an army or a
navy? Is it... do we encourage people
to join this kind of the organization?
What do you guys think the answer can be?
Why yes, why no? Why we want them to
join them or we do not want them to join
them? So the session is really a
discussion and a brainstorming session.
So think about it. The question is:
Should we join the army? [Something
typed in text.]
Well, the answer, one of the answers
already is, "Only join the army of God."
OK. Why and why not? Go ahead.
Keyosha: The
reason that I put, "Joining the army of
God," is because, as you teach,
Maitreya, about the different
relationships in life, God is the highest so
that is where we should strive to have our
focus. And I feel like this family
here is the army of God on earth right now.
The Mission is the army of
God.
However, thinking back... the movie was
wonderful last night. And thinking
back about Prophet Muhammad's time, we are
free to defend ourselves should anyone come
against us, slandering God, etc. So in
that case maybe you would be part of the
army but you would still be with the army of
God, defending God.
So I will release the mic.
Noor: Well, it has
to do with time, place and people involved,
right? So an army or a navy in and of
itself is not a bad thing. It in fact
it has many useful potentials. But
every army and navy currently in service is,
has a purpose of defending a nation.
And we do not believe in nations.
So it would be difficult to justify
purposely or willingly, without compulsion,
joining one of those based on our feelings
that, in fact, we would be going against our
universal view by such a narrow idea.
But fighting or armies or navies in and of
themselves are not bad and will be useful
for the Kingdom.
That is what I think.
Maitreya: Well, I
am going to play the devil's advocate.
Why not? It is a fantastic
opportunity. There are no jobs out
there. Even if you have, are well
educated, still getting a job is not easy.
And you join the army, they pay for your
education and you go and study a career, and
then you come out. And if you get a
career that you are not sent to the front
lines, you probably stay alive for 20 years.
And then, at the age of 38 you can retire,
or a little later, and have a pension for
the rest of your life, and you do not have
to do anything if you do not want to, but if
you want to make more money, you can.
Now you are well trained for 20 years in
your career and you can easily get a job.
And so it is a pretty nice cushiony life.
Why not?
Unus: But at the
same time everything comes with a price.
You never know what a person will encounter
when he is in the navy or army, that he
could be sent to a place like Iraq,
Afghanistan, and could be in the middle of a
situation that he might not like his
consciousness, in his consciousness, or
regret even. He might be in a
situation that he might do things that he
will regret the rest of his life. So
he might gain some world but lose his
Spirit.
But again I think, as Noor said, doing
things from knowledge, even that could be
depend on the person, time and place.
Because, like here in Turkey it, as a
citizen, you have to go and do the military
service. And I have did it when I
first found the Mission, I
think after six months I was in the
Mission, I had to go to the
military service. It is mandatory...
[something typed in text] exactly.
And I learned a lot about military, guns,
the system. But all thanks to God I
was very lucky, I did it as a psychologist.
I was always dressed as a civilian.
But I think that is the Grace of God.
And it can teach a person a lot.
But I think it matters what is the
person's intention basically in going and
joining a group like that. Because we
know that the only organization we can
support for a solution or salvation is the
Mission. But we have,
of course, we know we have to live in the
world and do our part in daily life, at
least to survive and become at least
professional and support ourselves until
more humanity can realize the
Mission.
So I think it kind of depends too.
But never sell your Soul for the world, I
guess.
Maitreya: Not a
good bargain. That is what Christ
said. You sell your Soul for the
world, then you might gain the world, as
many have, but that is not a good bargain.
What is the first law in the military
anyway? When you go to the military,
what do you learn? The first thing you
learn is what? [Something typed in
text.]
Yes, if you are in a situation in the
military and the commander tells you, "Go
ahead, do it," can you argue and discuss and
say, "Hey, we can sit here and discuss to
see if it is a good idea or not?" One
of the first demands in the military is
what? Obedience, unquestionable
obedience. Actually, even if you do
not agree, you have to obey.
So the first thing is they train you to
completely be obedient to the will of the
commander. So most of the command and
idea that comes up in any military based on
what? On the philosophy that that army
went to war for. So how can you avoid
receiving an order that is absolutely
against your will and your philosophy and
your life? What do you have to look
for?
So the whole military is based on the
philosophy and belief of the people who
created that military, isn't it? So if
you want to join the military, what do you
look, not to get yourself in a situation
that is not based on your belief?
[Something typed in text.]
Exactly, what that military stands for.
What is the philosophy behind that military?
Is it based on defending a people or
defending a nation or people if they are
attacked, I mean real attack and their life
is in danger? Or is based on a
philosophy of converting them to Godly ways?
What does conscientious objective means?
[Silence.] Anyone? Objection.
You mean no one knows what conscientious
objection means? Come on, take the mic,
raise your hand. Participate.
Keyosha: I cannot
think of an example right now but it is like
if you are in a certain religion and it is
against your religious beliefs or going
against God, that you can object to doing
something that you are ordered to do, for
that reason.
Maitreya: OK,
anyone agrees with her or disagrees with
her, or you have another explanation?
Come on people. Answer the
question. Someone step in.
Otherwise I am going to answer it.
[Something typed in text.]
So whatever you are saying in the
writing, say it in the microphone.
When they transcribe this session they do
not know what you wrote but they hear what
you say.
Unus: I will read
what Tahirah wrote: "Objecting due to your
beliefs." And she also wrote: "The
individual who has claimed the right to
refuse to perform military service on the
grounds of freedom of thought, conscience,
and/or religion."
Maitreya: Well
actually the whole sentence is
self-explanatory. Conscientious
objection: Anything that your consciousness
objects or do not agree with. And even
then you have to prove that you really mean
it. And someone... they might even
take you to court.
And if it is mandatory, like Turkey,
probably pretty hard not to go to military
service because you do not have any choice.
It is not that you want to join or not.
They say, "We have a dictatorship and a
mandatory thing," or, "our nation is in
danger and we need you to come to the
military."
And then, maybe in Turkey, they send you
to fight with the Kurds because they are the
rebellious people against the Turkish
government. But you maybe believe in
the right of Kurds. Can you say to
that government, or any government, "They
are right, these people are correct, they
probably need more freedom" or say...
I do not know if they do or not. I
am not very familiar with the situation.
Maybe they do not. But, it is just an
example that you object to the way the
governments do.
And most governments, we know that they
are interested in self-interest and it is
based on the business objectives, not based
on a moral base of the military. So
probably those who go to those military,
they are also interested in the belief of
their government that the business should be
OK or they should be dominating the people
or whatever the reason is at this time that
these militaries are formed.
So really, from our point of the view,
although we are not against anyone and we
are hoping eventually they realize what we
are saying is the truth and their salvation,
we are not going to... their fight is not
our fight. This fight in this world
really is not ours. It is their fight.
It is not our fight...
[From here on, the sound on Paltalk
started having problems and going in and
out, so there are missing words.]
So we say, "Hey, reach to space, there
are infinite resources there, instead of..."
So we can see that at least we do not
fight with them but we object to their
goals...
Sound going in and out for everyone.
Sounds like we have...
OK, well, in general is... ...is
different, our goal is the philosophy of
God... ...government and why they are
fighting and the order for something you do
not believe and if you have option not to
join... ...probably it is good idea not
to...
OK, Sal-Om. It is just this
computer is an old 10 years laptop and my
connection is here - I don't know if all of
you know or not, I am in Boise, Idaho.
Sound is good. OK, Great.
So we have only five minutes, why don't
we just read the two other questions.
The other question was, of course, you
have to see the philosophy of the army that
you want to join to see if you agree with it
or not. If you don't, then you really
you have an objection to their philosophy
and you do not want to do that, unless you
just go for the comfort of the life and the
good salary and all of that. So that
means selling your Soul. And if you
object to their philosophy then you do not
do that.
Anyway, let us read the two other
questions and go over it for the next five
or six minutes and we then can call this
session a success. OK, go ahead.
Question: Is eight
hours of sleep ideal?
Maitreya: Yes,
some people say that and they enjoy it and
use it that way, but it is not really a rule
or law for everyone. It depends on each
individual.
Some people say, "Not really, you should
sleep whenever you feel tired, not sleep
eight hours straight."
But some people like to sleep eight hours
straight and stay awake the whole day. And
they are fine with it. And some people are
not like that.
Actually, Einstein, for example - or it was somebody,
some genius and very effective person, and he
just took a nap here and there... ...period.
I myself have not slept for eight hours
straight for... sleep here and there and take a
techniques, and... ...do things that have to be
done.
So it is not a law. If you like 8 hours...
OK,
it is cutting in and out. OK, that is it.
No, not really, it depends upon the person who
likes the sleep.
I hope that got through. Next question.
Question: In the
book of Hosea, chapter 13, verse 4, God
says, "I am the LORD thy God from the land
of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me:
for there is no saviour beside me."
Does this mean that God is from Egypt?
And if God states there is no savior beside
He, then why do we refer to Jesus as our
savior?
Maitreya: Well,
God also said, "I am the God of Israel."
And Moslems believe God is theirs.
Does that mean that all of them are wrong,
or one of them is correct?
Not really. God belongs to
everyone, and that is why He does not mind
saying, "I am from Egypt, or I am the God of
Egypt, or I am the God of Israel." And
maybe that is a Masterful way to say, "I
belong to everyone. So none of them
really can claim I am their God because I
said, 'I am from Egypt,' or, 'I am the God
of Israel,' or, 'I choose Mohammad to bring
My Message,' therefore I belong only to the
Arabs..."
That is not the way God works. God
is everything. And He belongs to
everyone and everything. And therefore
when we narrow ourself in one sentence of
God, then we do not see the whole truth.
But when we see He said, "I am from Egypt, I
belong to the Israelites, I belong to
Arabs..." then we say, "Oh, He belongs to
everyone. He claims 'I belong' to all
humanity one time or the other."
So it means God belongs to everyone.
He does not belong to Egypt.
And Christ is the savior because he came
over and over and brought the Words of God
to humanity. And each part of them, of
course, saved a lot of people and helped
them. But, of course, the greatest is
the Eternal Divine Path,
which is the whole truth.
Just like Islam says, Mohammad in
Koran says,
"Islam is an essential part of the Divine
Records" or the Akashic Records. We
say, "Our teaching is the whole and the most
essential or complete part of the Akashic
Records." So even Islam is a part of,
essential part of the Eternal Divine
Path, but ours is much more
expanded than Islam or any religion.
Therefore, it is the Essence of the Akashic
Records.
OK, well, I leave all you in the good
hand of God for the next year. And be
good. We pray for you. Pray for
each other. Love one another and
become One.
Sal-Om everyone. See you all next
year, maybe. Sal-Om.
Q&A Sessions 2013
