The Great Approach: New Light and Life for Humanity

Here is a book that brings together the great ideas from the East and West and convincingly forges from them a comprehensive guideline for what we must do now and in the future to create a viable, sustainable life for people of all cultures and spiritual traditions. Inclusiveness, long a hallmark of this author's work, suggests great hope for the future, attainable by practical, real means. A superb alternative to the counter-productive ways of competition, and to the politics of divisiveness, hopelessness and despair. First-rate!

...we are approaching a time when all humans on this planet will have enough food to live, war will be a thing of the past, and nations will see the obvious benefits of co-operating rather than competing. This information offers astounding hope and reassurance, something so desperately needed during this crucial transformation of mankind. We are in the middle of a transition period, struggling to drop the individualistic, separative, selfish ways in exchange for brotherhood, justice and unity. Mr. Creme's insight, including Maitreya's and his Master's messages, offers the reader a realistic look at the global problems facing us and how extraordinary spiritual guidance is producing (and will produce) unimaginably positive outcomes. However, we as humans will have to put our highest ideals into action. This kind of reading is intended for anyone who has any interest in what lies ahead for humanity - spiritual changes manifested in the everyday world of political, economic, and social contexts. The only thing I can say for sure is that my life has changed tremendously since first coming across this book. Books alone won't change you, but the hope this one brings and the chance to serve humanity by spreading this information could very well change you.

...few things could preserve my faith in humanity better than Benjamin Creme's new book.Affirming once more his title of "messanger of hope," Creme presents with clarity, candor, common sense and conviction the "New Light and Life" for humanity in the years ahead. One may ask, yet: Is there any future at all for humanity...?Contrary to fear and disbelief, and against the recent tide of pessimism about human affairs, the answer is an emphatic yes. And it is so, because no isolated action can reverse the "Great Approach," the subject of Creme's book.A momentous, unprecedented event is unfolding below the threshold of media coverage: the coming together of the spiritual and the human kingdoms. As a result of this process, new and potent energies overflow the planet and condition human life in all its aspects. So powerful indeed these energies are that, if directed to evil schemes, they can produce devastating misery. We cannot get rid of them; only turn them into constructive purposes. To help us in this task, a group of spiritual educators are coming to the fore. Their vast knowledge of the law of causality and their radiant, unconditional love make them uniquely equipped to help humanity out of the present confusion.That is Creme's story, and as a story we may accept it or not. But Creme is more than a story teller. Profoundly concerned with the explosive social problems and the moral failings of our age, he issues a call for action: Let us put our house in order. Let us manifest the best within us by addressing the problems of the world. Eliminating hunger, distributing more equitably the planet's resources, educating all children and tending to the ill and the needy, is how we can establish peace, diffuse tensions, and disarm the hands of terror. Creme gets even more specific when he recommends the Brandt Commission Report as a starting point for reconstructing our ailing world..... Starvation produces no less a violent death than any terrorist attack. Institutional poverty condemns children as much as the deprivation of a loved parent... And environmental pollution is, should we but realize it, an ongoing biological war against our planet.World service, according to Creme, is the most effective way to manipulate the new energies of "The Great Approach" and restore our humanity to its true nature. Service to the world is also, I would add, the proper reaction to evil and the definite answer to terrorism. If you are searching for a book to start the new century on a realistic yet inspiring note, you might want to consider "The Great Approach" first.

The time is short that we have to halt the current path of destruction on this planet - our only home. Our response will determine which path we will take. I have faith that humanity will choose the right way - the way to peace, freedom & justice through the acceptance of the simple principle of sharing and the love of our fellow men. We now have the capability to destroy all life on this planet - both human and subhuman. We also have the capability to restore the damage and create a society where each person, a soul in incarnation, has the opportunity to realize his or her own potential. I think that Benjamin Creme's straightforward, logical approach to the fundamental issues facing humanity can be utilized as a sort of road map - one can trace both the history and future of humanity and easily come to the conclusion that we must change our ways. This book is both a great reminder and a wakeup call. Sharing is not a new concept - just one that many have forgotten in the onslaught of greed. Awareness is the key. Maitreya and The Masters are giving us the tools - it's up to us to build the New World in a unified effort. In Message Number 13 from Maitreya, The Christ, He states "...Each Man is a lighthouse and sheds abroad his light for his brother. Make bright your lamp and let it shine forth and show the way. All are needed, every one. No one is too small or too young to take part in this great Plan for the rescue and rehabilitation of our world." I recommend this book to those who are prepared to light the way!

This book, the latest by Creme, further clarifies the history and problems of humanity in a spiritual context. Maitreya, the World Teacher, and the Masters, are beings who have evoleved ahead of us and now point the way forward for humanity, if we will only listen. Having free will, which cannot be infringed, gives us the choice to listen and act or remain stuck in outmoded ways of relating. The book is enlightening, fascinating and most of all hopeful. Read this for the macro view of history. Creme's material tells us not just the facts of history, but why certain developments took place and what we can expect in the future.