Up to the end of 2025, the online edition of Share International magazine presents a selection of items from the printed edition. Each online edition includes a complete article by Benjamin Creme's Master. Most other articles reproduced here, covering a wide range of topics, are excerpts. The online edition usually also includes a selection of Questions and Answers, Readers' letters, and photographs of Signs of Maitreya's presence. From the beginning of 2026, the printed edition is no longer being produced, but the entire magazine is available on this website.
See the full table of contents of the printed edition at the foot of the page.
From the inception of Share International magazine, Benjamin Creme’s Master provided an article every month for nearly 35 years. These were intended to be published not only at the time they were written, but also whenever appropriate according to world circumstances.
More and more, men are beginning to understand the severity of the problems which face them today. On all fronts — political, economic and social, these problems multiply and cause much heartache and sad shaking of heads. Add to these the environmental problems which man’s cavalier attitude to nature and its resources has engendered, and the future for mankind looks bleaker still. The realization is dawning that mankind’s life is in crisis and that something radical must be done before it is too late.
What, indeed, can man do to save himself from disaster? What steps can he take even to mitigate the threat to his well-being?
The answer is relatively simple but, it would seem, difficult for men to grasp, caught, as they are, in the net of their own conditioning.
Men must release themselves from the poison of competition, must realize it for the glamour which it is, and, seeing the Oneness of all men, embrace co-operation for the General Good. Only co-operation and justice will save men from a disaster of their own making; co-operation and justice alone will guarantee their future. Considering that this is so, man has little option but to accept co-operation as the key to his salvation.
When men co-operate rather than compete, they will find a magic potion entering their lives. The ease with which long-lasting problems will be solved will astonish, the impossible will yield to the lightest touch, and, through co-operation alone, men will learn the true art of living. Thus will it be, and thus will men learn to appreciate the beauty of relationship which only co-operation can bestow. Through co-operation the new civilization will be built, the new science revealed, the new understanding manifested. Thus will men grow together in the discovery of their divinity. Thus will they know the joy and happiness of such togetherness.
The Masters, your Elder Brothers, are not strangers to co-operation. In all that They do, co-operation plays a central role. It could not be otherwise in the manifested Brotherhood where the canker of competition is unknown.
It is Our earnest desire that men learn the art of co-operation, and to this end shall We act as mentors, teaching through example. So liberating is co-operation it is surprising, is it not, that men have been so tardy in learning its joys.
The era of competition is fast coming to an end. With its demise, violence and war, starvation amid plenty, greed and separation, will likewise fade from the memory. To replace these sorrows will emerge blessed co-operation, to guarantee to men their essential divinity. Thus will it be and thus will men come to understand another facet in the nature of God.
(Share International, September 2000)
These articles are by a senior member of the Hierarchy of Masters of Wisdom. His name, well-known in esoteric circles, is not yet being revealed. Benjamin Creme, a principal spokesman about the emergence of Maitreya, was in constant telepathic contact with this Master who dictated his articles to him.
At every lecture he gave around the world, and virtually every day of his life, Benjamin Creme was asked numerous questions covering a vast range of topics. We draw on this large recorded resource and present here a selection of previously unpublished answers provided over the years by Mr Creme and his Master.
We present a selection of quotations on the theme of the importance of being aware, awake and open-minded. The quotations are taken from Maitreya (Messages from Maitreya the Christ), Benjamin Creme’s Master (A Master Speaks, Volume One), and Benjamin Creme’s writings.
Awareness
Awareness is crucial, not only in service but in every single action you take in life. In fact, in every moment, awareness is the be-all and end-all of your reason for being here. You are in incarnation to grow in conscious awareness. That is what evolution is about. You cannot separate awareness in service from awareness in general. If the reason for being in incarnation is to grow in conscious awareness, then conscious awareness should be the governing factor in every single thing you do. (Benjamin Creme, Maitreya’s Mission Volume Two)Waking up
Awake, friends! Awake, workers for the good! We need all who would work with Us to transform the world. … We rely on your co-operation to carry out the details of the plan. Service calls the vanguard of the new civilization to build the foundations of tomorrow’s better world. Take your places in that roll-call and aid Us in the work of salvage. Pass it not by, when the hour has struck! (Benjamin Creme’s Master, from ‘A call to service’)Open mind
To be open-minded doesn’t mean to be empty-minded. It means not to be prejudiced. To every new idea we bring to it what is really our conditioning, our prejudices built from the cradle onwards, by our parents, teachers, the life we lead, the things we read and so on. That creates thoughtforms in our mind which then become fixed and they prevent us from seeing something else. Being open-minded means being free. It means having a mind which belongs to yourself with nothing in it which prevents you from looking objectively at new information. … on the level of mind there is neither liking nor disliking. There is only what is true. If it is true it is interesting. It may not be your path but it is interesting. It has the ring of truth because you have not put something else in its place and rejected it. If you are free in this sense, your mind is open and you begin to learn, to self-educate. … The truth has its own power, the power of being which nothing can destroy. (Benjamin Creme, from The Gathering of the Forces of Light)
How do you have conversations about justice for Palestinians with people who reflexively defend Israel? On 16 June 2025, Voices from the Holy Land (VFHL) held an Online Film Salon entitled: What to Do When They Speak Israel? A Practical Workshop.
Attendees had been encouraged to preview four short documentaries that addressed various factors that influence the impact of a conversation, such as: the terms used; how issues are framed; the logic underpinning positions; the use of thought-provoking queries; and connecting versus being unnecessarily or unintentionally confrontational.
According to Alex McDonald, activist and author of two books on the language used to support Israel’s narrative — How I Learned to Speak Israel: An American’s Guide to a Foreign Policy Language and When They Speak Israel: A Guide to Clarity in Conversations about Israel — it’s essential to have these conversations, especially in the United States, because “our politicians are complicit” in Israel’s occupation.
However, creating the conditions for productive conversation can be hard. Many of us have found ourselves in situations where we are unsure how to talk with someone who holds opinions that are very different from our own. We may have tried to show the other person that they are uninformed by disputing the facts they tell us, only to realize the futility of this approach as the other person becomes even more entrenched in their convictions.
The panelists for this workshop emphasized that, rather than seeking to prove yourself right, you must recognize that any one conversation is part of a long-term process. In each of several conversations, you can spotlight those values you believe in — such as justice and equality for all — and show where those values are present or absent in Israel’s policies toward Palestinians.
As the panelists asserted more than once, the aim is not to convince our conversation partners. “You can’t convince them,” said McDonald. “They have to convince themselves, at their speed.” He reassured everyone that these difficult conversations can make a difference and also be enjoyable, connecting and transformational.
McDonald noted that conversations about Palestine/Israel can elicit change only if the person you are speaking with opposes racism — that is, opposes every form of ethnic discrimination, including religious discrimination. “If they don’t oppose all forms of racism, then there’s nothing really to talk about.”
He offered two main tips in approaching conversations. The first is changing the paradigm, that is, comparing the foundational Zionist story of a land bestowed by God on a chosen people who have to defend themselves against enemies who irrationally hate them (are Jew-hating), with the indisputable facts of occupation, refugees and settlements; Zionism reveals itself as “a preferential treatment of one ethno-religious group at the expense of another.”
Some people are scared to have conversations because they feel they are not completely informed but, McDonald noted, it’s easy, if you remember that the Zionist story is a mirage that doesn’t make sense logically and you bring the conversation back around to the question of racism.
The second tip he offered was to attend to the language used to defend Zionism — what he calls “Israel Speak” — because, although the words sound like English, they actually have different meanings. In conversation you can try to unpack actual meaning. He offered examples:
Defensive: Can we describe taking land by force, oppressing people and violating their human rights as a defensive action? In normal English we would say that this is not a defensive action.
Democracy: A people under occupation who have no right to self-determination clearly aren’t living in a democracy.
Return: if you have the deed and keys to your home and you want to return, in normal English we would say you can. But in Israel Speak, such a person is called an ‘infiltrator’. At the same time, Israel has a Law of Return that applies to all Jews, many of whom might not be able to name a single relative of theirs who ever lived in the land they would be ‘returning’ to.
For many people, the conversational journey out of Zionism can be traumatic. They’ve been taught a story by people they’ve trusted — their rabbis, ministers, parents and teachers — and when they begin to see the illogic and pull away from it, they are at risk of losing connection with family members and friends. So as their co-conversationalist, it’s important to go at their pace and stay empathetic. …
He encouraged everyone to develop friendships with people who hold divergent views and practice these conversations “because it is like a muscle: the more you do it, the more you will develop and improve your skills”. …
How do you handle your own feelings in heated conversations — for example when you feel frustrated, passionate and/or overwhelmed? How do you keep calm?
McDonald’s advice is to remind yourself that you are not having just this one conversation; you are in a process over time. If you’re feeling uncomfortable, say, “You know what, I’m feeling triggered. Would it be OK if we had a follow-up conversation sometime when I have had a chance to think about it?”
Peled said the key is to be well-informed. “The better informed we are, and the more we stick to the subject, the easier it is.” …
The importance of this Salon was underscored in the breakout room when a participant referenced Howard Zinn’s book, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History. The book’s thesis is that major social change in the world is the result of activism and always occurs from the ground up, not from the top down. One-on-one conversations can be part of that ‘ground up’ work. …
Monstrous Anger of the Guns [2024] is sponsored by the UK’s Peace and Justice Project, a left-wing organization founded in 2020 by former leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn. Twenty writers including Corbyn contribute to the book; all of them “united by a common understanding that the consequences of the global trade in weapons are indefensible, and that to end them we must expose the political and economic roots of war. …These snapshots showing some of the many ways that people are struggling against the arms trade and the pervasive culture of militarism can show us how and where to focus our efforts, and give us hope for the struggle for the future.” [Michie, Feinstein, Rogers*]
Yanis Varoufakis, economist and politician says the book “equips readers with the information they need to resist the lies that feed humanity’s urge to commit suicide. Read it!” …
Monstrous Anger of the Guns offers plenty of evidential material and expert analysis as well as reputable witness accounts from a wide range of conflict zones across the world. It shows how ‘they’, the powers that be, know how to grow Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and wealth for a few on an over-populated planet with diminishing extractive resources; how to sow the seeds of desperation among the ‘many’, fuelling division and wars — as many as possible — while mindlessly reaping the benefits of a burgeoning, monstrous war machine, and gambling on the outcomes.
“This book exposes the market of death, known in polite society as the arms trade. It is the product of many brilliant, well-informed people, who have spent much of their lives documenting how weapons companies, with the support of governments, enrich themselves and cause sorrow around the world. They tell the story, chapter by chapter, of how lobbying, corruption and networks of power prop up this deadly system.” [Corbyn] …
However, books such as this also inspire hope and determination simply through giving us the truth about the dire state of global politics and economics and what we can do to change them. As Anna Stavrianakis of Shadow World Investigations astutely comments: “despite these challenges, it is also clear that where power is exercised, resistance is generated. While the rich and powerful devote their energy, resources and connections to the production of mass violence, civil society activists devote theirs to resisting it. … ordinary people are confronting the forces of violence on a daily basis and reshaping [the] global order as they do so.”
And as Master Djwhal Khul says in Externalisation of the Hierarchy: “In every land and among widely differing peoples, the same desire exists for understanding, for the establishing of right and peaceful relations, and for the expression of that basic goodwill which is one of the deepest human characteristics and our divine inheritance.”
Part Two of this review will consider how people are mobilizing for the changes we need, based on the many examples given in the book.
* Rhona Michie and Andrew Feinstein, Directors of Shadow World Investigations, and Professor Paul Rogers, author of Losing Control.
