Clarification About: Maitreya The Christ,
Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth and
The Apostles


8.)  Lord Maitreya the World Teacher:

•  Was the first among our Mother Earth
mankind* to achieve the highest degree of
spiritual evolution in the shortest time—so
He is also called our Eldest Brother.

•  He is the Head of the Office of the Christ /
or 2nd Ray (Love-Wisdom) Ashram / or
Teaching Department of Spiritual Hierarchy.

•  Chief of all Ascended Masters, Angels and
Holy Prophets on Earth.

•  Teacher of Jesus of Nazareth—
Jesus is now also known as Master Jesus.


9.)  Jesus of Nazareth:

•  Is a Disciple of Lord Christ.

•  Is One of approximately 69 Ascended
Masters and Senior Disciples of Lord —
Who are now actively working in the world.

•  When Lord Christ (Maitreya) worked
through Jesus of Nazareth to carry out his
mission in Palestine 2,000 years ago —
we refer to him as Jesus Christ.
10.)  "Could you explain the relationship
between the disciple Jesus and the Christ?"
(1/2/77)

•  “[Jesus of Nazareth] who is now the
Master Jesus, was born in Palestine as a
third-degree initiate. The five major
initiations which take one to Liberation have
their symbolic enactment in the life of Jesus.
That is what the Gospel story is really about.
It is a very ancient story and has been
presented to mankind again and again, in
different forms, long before the time of Jesus.”

•  “He was, and still is, a Disciple of the Christ
and made the great sacrifice of giving up His
body for the use of the Christ. By the occult
process of overshadowing, the Christ,
Maitreya, took over and worked through the
body of Jesus from the Baptism onwards.

•  “In His next incarnation, as Apollonius of
Tyana, Jesus became a Master.

•  “He lives now in a Syrian body which is
some 600 years old, and has His base in
Palestine (and in the outskirts of Rome,
Italy). He has, in the last 2,000 years, worked
in the closest relation to the Christ, saving His
time and energy where possible, and has
special work to do with the Christian
Churches. …” †
Master Jesus / Lord Maitreya
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*  Also see: a short history of Maitreya.
**  Benjamin Creme, Maitreya's Mission Volume One (1986)
“The process of gradual overshadowing of Jesus by
Maitreya began when Jesus was twelve and was more
or less complete by the time Jesus was 24. Maitreya
later worked through the body of Jesus for the three
years from the Baptism, when Jesus was 30, to the
Crucifixion.”  **

•  Maitreya's level of consciousness is equivalent to a
Full Buddha (and by now, probably higher than an
8th-degree Initiate)—while Jesus' is in the process of
becoming a full Buddha (now at a senior level of
Buddhahood, or 6th-degree Initiate).
†  Benjamin Creme, The Reappearance of the
Christ and the Masters of the Wisdom (1980)