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*January 28, 1992
*January 28, 1992
===Lesson===
===Lesson===
Question: Is Machiventa Melchizedek known as the world teacher "Maetreeja" in London?
===='''''[[Discernment]]'''''====
Question: Is [[Machiventa]] [[Melchizedek]] known as the world teacher "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreya_(Benjamin_Creme) Maetreeja]" in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London]?
SERAPHIM: Your friend Joan seeks information as to the source of certain spiritual teachings. We are unable to give her a direct confirmative answer. If Machiventa were to choose to teach under a different name in a particular situation it would be for a good reason, and it would not be within our purview to announce such information to the world.
SERAPHIM: Your [[friend]] Joan seeks [[information]] as to the source of certain [[spiritual]] teachings. We are unable to give her a direct [[confirmative]] answer. If [[Machiventa]] were to choose to teach under a [[different]] name in a particular situation it would be for a good reason, and it would not be within our purview to [[announce]] such [[information]] to the world.
All spiritual teachings must be evaluated by their content, and not followed or rejected because of the celebrity of their supposed source. The time is long past on this planet when religion can be promulgated by asserting the authority of the teacher; that system of religious instruction was effectively demolished by the Master in Palestine and the later Protestant Reformation in Europe. Neither do we seek to create a "Star System" of religious instruction; "If He said it, it must be so!"
All [[spiritual]] teachings must be [[evaluated]] by their [[content]], and not followed or rejected because of the [[celebrity]] of their supposed [[source]]. The time is long past on this [[planet]] when [[religion]] can be promulgated by asserting the [[authority]] of the teacher; that [[system]] of religious instruction was effectively demolished by [[the Master]] in [[Palestine]] and the later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation Protestant Reformation in Europe]. Neither do we seek to [[create]] a "[[Star]] System" of religious instruction; "If He said it, it must be so!"
Such [[acceptance]] of any teachings does not [[lead]] to the kind of [[sincere]] searching and proving for one's [[self]] that we seek to promote. Again, it must be the teachings themselves and the [[effect]] they have on the [[students]]' lives, and not the claimed [[authority]] of their [[source]] that must be the final determinant in [[evaluating]] any religious teachings. That is all we can say on the matter.
==Session 25==
==Session 25==
*01/29/92 message, pace of process, return to school
*01/29/92 message, pace of process, return to school
