That Chesterton is (astutely) remarking on it goes to show how far back in time this "movement" goes. It was in full bloom around the turn of the last century in the influential theosophist Madame Helena Blavatsky's London salon. She had many, many notable visitors including, it is said, Henry Ford and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Anyhoot, the Maitreya doctrine is a muddled mess of Buddhism and Christianity — mainly some sort of ersatz Buddhism with a tiny (yet reassuring to some) increment of Christianity added into the brew. It's interesting to note, however, that the Christian symbols are stripped of their accustomed meanings and given new ones altogether. I don't know whether a similar operation has been performed on Buddhist symbols. (I'm not at all well versed in traditional forms of Buddhism.) But I wouldn't be surprised if it had.
The anti-Christs have really outdone themselves with this Maitreya confabulation. For this time, they claim that Christ is not even "a" Way; he's actually pretty much a big stumblebum in the grand scale of things, only a third-degree initiate who must take a fourth initiation, which he might fail.
If Christ can "fail," then it logically follows that reliance on him is misplaced. Enter the "lord" Maitreya....
Cheers!!!
If Christ can "fail," then it logically follows that reliance on him is misplaced. Enter the "lord" Maitreya....
Thank you so very much, dearest sister in Christ, for sharing your insights into this anti-Christ cult!
He *swears* that while there (it was over Christmas) he saw a gigantic mural, on the side of a building, of a 30-foot-tall Santa Claus being crucified.
These eastern folks *always* get something wrong about Christianity ;-)
Cheers!