Messiah watch: Savior of all mankind already on TV so keep your eyes peeled
As we all know, the world is in a terrible state and likely to end very soon. That being the case, we should be well advised to keep an eye out not only for manifestations of Satan but also for possible messiahs who might extricate us from this unholy mess. Alas, with so many claimants to the title, how are we to know who is the real deal? According to Benjamin Creme we should all be watching our TVs very closely right now, because the ‘Maitreya’ (the coming future Buddha in Buddhist eschatology) has already appeared on our screens.
Creme– an artists/mystic from Scotland– has been keeping an eye out for the Maitreya for several decades. I first encountered his thinking in a free newspaper I found in a plastic box in downtown Austin, between another plastic box containing apartment listings and yet another plastic box containing a Spanish language newspaper. There was a strange photoshopped image on the front page of a vaguely Asian looking Jesus type figure in robes alarming a group of Indians. This, apparently was the Maitreya. According to Creme (who is in telepathic contact with those in the know) the messiah was already on earth and a new age of enlightenment was about to dawn, any day now. All very interesting.
Anyway, since then I hadn’t heard much but according to Britain’s Daily Telegraph, just before Christmas:
…Mr Creme announced that a “bright star” would shortly be appearing in the sky, heralding Maitreya’s first appearance on American television. Such is the purchase of his optimism that shortly afterwards, the internet was flooded by reports of the star being seen all over the world – most notably, for some reason, in Norway.
On January 14, Mr Creme announced that Maitreya had made his long-awaited television appearance. Maitreya, Mr Creme went on, had not been introduced by that name, “but simply as a man, one of us. He spoke earnestly of the need for peace, achievable only through the creation of justice and the sharing of the world’s resources.”
Cue a frantic search by Mr. Creme’s followers for who this Maitreya might be. The general consensus was that it was Raj Patel a writer, activist and academic who was spotted on Youtube talking about justice, equality, equitable distribution of resources, the rottenness of the free market etc while plugging his latest book, The Value of Nothing. (Praised by the tinfoil-hat wearing Naomi Klein but let’s not hold that against him).
Alas, although he might be out to save us, Dr. Patel makes no claims to being the messiah. Indeed, he quickly put up a witty post denying that he was the Maitreya but simply ‘a very naughty boy.’ As you can see from scrolling through the comments this enraged some of the disappointed believers, who accused Dr. Patel of being a false prophet, fake messiah, Antichrist and so on.
Benjamin Creme however denies that he ever pointed the finger at Patel. Again, from the Telegraph:
He (Creme) had never said, he told me, that Patel was Maitreya. Indeed, he had never heard of him until two weeks ago, when their names were linked on the web. “I’ve said all along, it’s not for me to say who is Maitreya. Raj Patel has said it’s not him, and that’s fine by me.”
In the meantime, he went on, the real Maitreya has made “several” appearances on American television, without declaring who he is: “It’s important that people follow him because they want what he is advocating for the world, rather than because they think he’s the Messiah.”
He had seen Dr Patel speaking on YouTube, he told me. “He’s very charming, very fluent… but to my mind he is not somebody who could be taken as the Messiah.”
Interesting. Thus there is no reason to lose hope– not yet at least. The Messiah is among us. Indeed he’s on TV. But which channel? Could it be him? Or him? Or why not a woman? Then again, none of them have spoken much about world peace and the sharing of resources.
Guess we’ve just got to keep looking.
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Actually, it is not the followers of Mr. Creme who have identified Raj Patel as Maitreya, but Christian fundamentalists who are anxious to identify him and denounce him as a false Messiah, in fact the Anti-Christ.
Maitreya will be known to most people in good time as he appears to more people and spreads his message of oneness, brotherhood and sharing of resources between people and nations – so we need to wait and be patient.
Just to help you recognize him (he has indeed come as a man) – he will appear as a South Asian, perhaps from Pakistan and very likely with a Muslim name.
Dave- thanks for your comment although I must say that it seems that some (if not all) followers of Creme definitely identified Raj as Maitreya, even though Creme distanced himself from these reactions. After all, Christians do not accept Creme as an authority and so would not have been looking for the signs he predicted. He is a false prophet in their eyes.
On the other hand, I can imagine that once identified as a messiah/Maitreya, some of the more excitable elements may well have denounced him as Antichrist, out of fear that he might begin to attract followers- because Revelation predicts that there will be many false messiahs in the End Days.
Here is one of the persons to who started the Raj Patel rumor (some Creme followers may have believed it though):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_kw0ZsUXd4
and
http://www.youtube.com/user/maitreyaisthebeast
You can follow up on his username and those of his friends to see where they are coming from.
Thanks
Dave
Oh, if only it were true. But alas, Benjamin Creme’s own writing say that Meitreya lives as a Pakistani in London and goes by a Pakistani name. As far as I know, Patel is an Indian name. On his website Raj Patel states his family is Indian. So if Meitreys has come forward it must be as someone else. As an author, I’m sure all the attention being lavished on Raj Patel by you guys is only helping to accomplish one thing – help him sell his books!
Actually, I think the messiah could be-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dima_Bilan
I’m not so sure, HP. I was inclined to believe it might be true when Bilan saved the mullet from infamy, for only a superhuman could achieve that kind of fashion resurrection. But then his English language CD went nowhere, thus damaging my faith. He seems only marginally more powerful than Alsou (http://www.alsou.org/)
Good point Daniel. I recant.
Raj Patel is being used as a mouthpiece for maitreya. Don’t be fooled by any of these smooth talking liars.