But, Maitreya says, that energy cannot just disappear; it has to go somewhere. This energy has been roaming the world and suddenly it has found a new womb: the commercialization created by market forces. This represents a serious new threat to the world, Maitreya warns, one that could even compromise human life. "Market forces," says Maitreya, "are the forces of wickedness, confusion and chaos, and its children are competition and comparison. They have created social and natural havoc. People have been condemned to death, literally, in the name of profit and loss."

The new creed of the superpowers has become 'the economy', which is the soul of commercialization. This represents a serious new threat to the world: commercialization is more destructive than any nuclear bomb. The quality of commercialization is greed, which, in Maitreya's view, means making money while others starve.

Commercialization has affected all nations and is part of the continuing pattern that will result in a final collapse of the world's stock markets, which has begun in Japan. After this crash, the first duty of governments will be to feed people with the right food. Their second duty will be to ensure adequate housing. Next will come health and education. In short, the crash will lead to a reordering of priorities.

In the new systems, social consciousness will guide market forces, not the other way around.