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Contributions of a Dedicated Disciple, Now Passed
John Norton joined the Mission in late
2013. He steadily became more and more dedicated, from paying regular tithes,
to helping find website corrections, to suggesting creative ideas on how to
spread the Mission further. However, we learned that he
suffered from some mental difficulties, including schizophrenia. We were glad,
and praised God, when he told us that the Teachings were helping him with his personal
struggles.
In 2015, John made the
Covenant and was given the spiritual name Xhaiden by
Maitreya. The name Xhaiden has an
American origin and means "beam of cleansing light," its
deeper meaning being: To always contemplate on the Beam
of Light emanating from God to Know what is His Will in
every situation.
In November 2016, the Mission
received an anonymous gift of
a
star being named after Maitreya
(PDF file) in the International Star Registry. It was a
beautiful gift and gesture. We later learned that
Xhaiden was the one who had done this.
Unfortunately, soon after, in December 2016,
we were greatly saddened to receive the news that
Xhaiden had been overcome by his illness and committed
suicide. His parents wrote an
obituary of him
(PDF file) for a local newspaper in their area which
mentioned the Mission as being an
important part of Xhaiden's life and a great comfort to
him, and included the Mission's mailing
address as a suggestion for donations in lieu of
flowers.
Although we consider suicide to be a
serious sin and a greatly destructive act to both the self and
others (rejecting the opportunity provided by God to be
incarnated in and learn from the manifested universe), and wish Xhaiden had not taken this route, we
would like to acknowledge the dedication and good works
he did for the Mission while he was
alive (all thanks go to God), and also show appreciation
for his parents acknowledging the Mission
in their remembrance of him. Therefore, we dedicate this
page to Xhaiden to memorialize him and his actions
(Fruit) for the Mission.
We pray that, if God Wills, Xhaiden
will be given another chance to overcome, learn his
lessons, and further serve God's Plan.
All thanks to God, and Sal-Om, brother.
The Round Table (RT) of the Mission of
Maitreya
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