A tribute to Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013 Benjamin Creme writes: I would like to remind readers of the extraordinary part played by Maitreya, the World Teacher, in the events leading to the release from prison of Nelson Mandela in 1990 after 27 years incarceration (as reported in Share International, Jan/Feb 2008). In September 1988 Share International announced, in the magazine and in a news release to world media, that we had received information from Maitreya that Nelson Mandela “would be released soon”. When President de Klerk first became president of South Africa, Maitreya entered Mandela’s prison and asked him to write to the President requesting a meeting. Mandela laughed and said: “I cannot even get a meeting with the prison governor, let alone the President of the Republic”. Maitreya said: “Yes I know. But write the letter anyway and I will do the rest.” Mandela duly wrote to de Klerk on the day of his inauguration in August 1989. Maitreya approached the President while he was at prayer, and put in his mind that the time had come to end apartheid in South Africa. The President was a religious man, a sincere Christian, and took it to heart. He ‘talked to God’, asking what he should do and received the answer: ‘the time has come to end apartheid’. In December 1989 Mandela and de Klerk met and on 2 February 1990 de Klerk dramatically announced in Parliament the dismantling of apartheid and the unconditional release of Mandela from prison. There had been contacts with the former President, P.W. Botha, before and after his stroke in 1989 but the crucial instigating factor for Mandela’s release was this intervention by Maitreya. People have asked me over the years why Mandela never spoke of this event. Personally, I am not at all surprised. Had he done so no one from the media would have believed him (any more than they believe me about Maitreya’s return). I have no doubt that Mandela thought that he had been visited in prison by Jesus Christ. Had he made this known he would have been laughed at and probably discredited; the Christ is generally believed to be a disembodied entity sitting in ‘heaven’, whereas Maitreya is a physical, knowable and accessible person. Nevertheless my information is that Mandela wrote an account of this meeting and left copies to trusted friends. Mandela has been heralded as an extraordinary being who, after incarceration for 27 years came out of prison not longing for revenge but speaking of forgiveness, reconciliation and love. This has made him respected throughout the world. I have no doubt that this policy of rapprochement and reconciliation was inspired in him by Maitreya. Let us hope that Mandela’s example will inspire other world leaders to take a similar approach of forgiveness and restraint. A tribute to Mandela by Roelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha, former foreign minister in P.W. Botha’s government, concludes with a fitting plea to the world to honour Mandela’s legacy: “His death is irreversible, his legacy, undying. All of us, the government, the voters, civil society, the churches, are faced with an inescapable challenge: are we going to honor and sustain his legacy or deviate from it? Indeed, leaders across the globe ought to reflect on his legacy – particularly while they have the option to resolve disputes through peaceful negotiations instead of violence; abolish all nuclear devices or retain them to destroy our planet; take the quantum leap required to avert the lethal consequences of climate change and the depletion of the planet’s natural resources or enjoy our daily greed to such an extent that it forbids us to preserve our planet for our children to survive.” Q. Please can you give the ray-structure and point of evolution of Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), former President of South Africa? A. Soul: 2; Personality: 4 (6); Mental: 3 (7); Astral: 4 (6); Physical: 7 (7). Point of Evolution: 2. Q. Did Nelson Mandela meet Maitreya more than once? A. No. Q. Was Nelson Mandela’s forgiveness and his desire for reconciliation, which was so much part of his political ethos, inspired by Maitreya? A. Yes. Maitreya told him at the meeting that he should forgive and forget the ills of the past: that there had to be reconciling, forbearing and a need to halt all disruptive action of the ANC. Apart from the quality of the man, it was the direct inspiration of Maitreya that made reconciliation a cardinal point in his approach to the white minority government. Maitreya assured him that this was the only way to a peaceful future in South Africa.
