Quicksand: The Middle East

[Ananda Ma]

This is an article by Maitreya (GIWH) taken from the Mission of
Maitreya August Newsletter: http://www.maitreya.org/english/Newsbrief/2010/8-August/Maitreya/Quicksand.htm

Quicksand
The Middle East
It seems that all through history many great empires tried to conquer
the Middle East, and in the end they were either dissolved into that
part of the earth, or fell apart themselves! As it has been said:
Those who do not learn the lessons of history are bound to repeat the
same mistakes! Should we learn this lesson of history?
Alexander The Great, the Roman Empire, Genghis Khan, the Tartars,
England, Russia, etc., all failed as empires after they attacked the
Middle East! All these empires entered this region believing it was
an easy target to conquer. Then they became more and more drawn into
it until they could no longer come out, like falling into quicksand.
They were exhausted in the process. It was their greatest historical
mistake.
Probably the first conqueror of this region was Alexander The Great.
He seems to have been the most successful in his conquest. He made it
all the way through the Middle East and to India. However, by the
time he reached India, he had already been conquered by the Middle
Eastern cultures! He adopted those cultures to the point that his
generals became dismayed and a rift developed between him and his
original supporters. He started relying more and more on people from
these cultures rather than on them. After his death, his empire was
divided into four pieces and never recovered and/or became as great as
he expected it would be. In a sense, it was destroyed.
The Roman Empire and the Persian Empire fought each other for
centuries. Neither of them ever conquered the other, but by the time
the Muslim armies marched towards them, neither had the resources or
the will to stop them. Both were conquered by the Muslim armies.
Genghis Khan, the Tartars, etc. also tried to conquer the Middle
East. In the end, however, they were conquered and captivated by the
culture and its depth. Indeed most of them became Muslims, and Islam
spread in their empires. That is why the Turkmen, and a large part of
China, are Muslim. Their empires eventually broke into pieces, which
were either taken over by local leaders and/or their original leaders
adapted to the local cultures to the point that they were no longer
recognized as different from the locals.
Then, around 200 years ago, European power increased and many of the
nations in Europe established colonies in this region. The loudest
example of this was the influence of England over Afghanistan.
Eventually England was defeated in that country and their influence as
a great empire further diminished.
Next was Russia. It conquered Afghanistan. It seemed pretty easy in
the beginning but turned out to be not as easy as they thought it
would be. Russia eventually accepted defeat. The Russian Empire
failed afterwards! Of course, the US helped this process and trained
many of those who fought against Russia. These very same fighters
later on formed the Taliban, who created a safe haven for Al-Qaeda,
and the result was the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, etc.
Now it seems that it is time for the US to try the same process. They
went to Afghanistan. Then they went to Iraq. They increased the
number of troops in Iraq. Then they increased the number of troops in
Afghanistan, and most probably will increase them again. Still it
does not seem that they are accomplishing what they went there for. A
huge amount of classified information on the war in Afghanistan was
leaked by wikiLeaks last week. It shows that the war in Afganistan is
not going well. Will more troops help the situation? Or will it make
the US sink deeper into the quicksand?
Is there a message for us in all of this! The Middle East seems so
disorganized, chaotic, vulnerable, and wrong (to the Western mind).
Why is such a place so protected? Remember, all the great Prophets
have come from there. Maybe the Middle East has something that God
Likes! In fact, we did refer to why God is protective of this region
in another article on how all races were mixed together there, etc.
In one sense, the relationship of the West and the Middle East reminds
one of the relationship between the Atlantians and the Lumerians. The
Atlantians were scientifically-minded, and the Lumerians were
spiritually-minded. They complemented one another. It was after the
Atlantians destroyed Lumeria that they themselves were destroyed. It
seems the Lumerians brought the Grace and teaching of the Spirit to
the Atlantians, and the Atlantians brought technology to the
Lumerians. Maybe we have to respect this balance, and accept one
another as necessary to have this balance.
A mutual respect is what the developing situation between the Middle
East and the West needs. Not to minimize the effect of the 9/11
attack on the US, but the question never was asked: Why did they
attack, and continue doing so? That question might be something that
should be studied and the causes identified, and maybe then the
situation can be resolved!
Of course, another way to look at it is that: Neither will listen to
our call and will not follow this advice. The result will be the same
as all those who do not heed the Call of God, especially after this
last Revelation. They will follow their own whims and wishes, will
lead all to the tribulation, and will suffer for it. Even God is not
enthusiastic that they will listen. He predicted that they will not
and so the tribulation will come. As always, man has a choice to
follow God or follow his ego and suffer for the choice!
The Mission again has given the solution, in this case the way out of
this disaster that is brewing between the East and the West. Will
they listen, or will they ignore God and His Call and bring great
tribulation to everyone (most probably the latter)? We have the
answer to all human calamities. God indeed has come to help man. All
these events, which have been predicted by God, will happen so that
man eventually realizes that God’s Ways are the only way.
The day of Sundering is upon us!
Note: After I finished this article and was looking for a nice picture
to accompany it, I was amazed by how many pictures there were
depicting the same idea: Do not go to the Middle East, it is
quicksand! It sounds like it is common knowledge; it seems that it is
only the politicians who do not know this!