Dick Larson is a counselor with a background in education, business, and communication. In addition to being a guest on radio talk shows nationwide, he has co-hosted a radio program and produced and hosted a series of public access television shows that air around the nation.

Dick served in the US Air Force, was a special education teacher with the Los Angeles School District, and worked as an international corporate business executive for over 20 years. He then became a chemical dependency therapist and is now at a university in southern California teaching other adults how to do therapy.

Creator of the audiotape series Points to Ponder, Larson is a native of Minnesota, where he obtained a degree in sociology and psychology before duty in the Air Force ultimately brought him to the Los Angeles area in 1971. Larson’s familiarity with the spiritual side of life comes from facilitating adult Christian Bible studies, from his study of the world’s major religions, and from the Ageless Wisdom Teachings and participating in meditation groups and teaching meditation for many years.

In these difficult times, he is very hopeful about our future and tries to help others see the positive as well. Larson entertains and inspires as he shares his strong conviction that we are now in a very special time of world change -- an exciting time -- one that marks the beginning of a new era of awareness that will offer tremendous opportunities for personal growth, enlightenment, and willing cooperation among all men and women around the world

Who Is Maitreya?

According to Dick, "Maitreya is awaited by the world’s major religions as the Christ, Buddha, the Messiah, Imam Mahdi, Krishna, and the Bodhisattva. This is a momentous event that will lead to the transformation of the world.

"Maitreya’s message is very simple: We are brothers all, and only through the relinquishing of division and competition and the acceptance of sharing can mankind manifest love, compassion, social justice, and brotherhood. Sharing will solve our most pressing problems. It will also create trust between nations and people needed to secure world peace.

"Maitreya has been giving television interviews around the world for several years. He does not use His real name or make any claims to status. As time goes on, more and more people will become interested in Maitreya’s insight and the vast extent of his knowledge of the problems besetting humanity, and start asking who he really is.

"This will lead to the Day of Declaration, when Maitreya will be invited to address the world. We will see him on our televisions, but he will not speak. Rather, people will hear him inwardly (or telepathically). This will be after a predicted collapse of the world’s stock exchanges takes place, expected at any time."