The “Ascended Masters” are spiritual beings of light who have risen above the human level of consciousness and are dedicated to helping us do the same. The Masters offer us teachings and tools that can help us reconnect with the purpose for which we incarnated on this difficult planet.

It is important to remember that the Ascended Masters can help us because they have risen to a state of consciousness that is fundamentally above our own. Therefore, if we think that we can fully understand or comprehend what the Ascended Masters are from our level of consciousness, we are making it more difficult for ourselves to transcend our current level of consciousness. We must be careful to realize that there is much to be said about who and what the Ascended Masters are, and no simplistic explanation will suffice.

However, the most universal way to explain who the Ascended Masters are is to say that they are the spiritual teachers for all people on Earth. The Ascended Masters have chosen to take on the task of helping all of us to raise our consciousness (individually and collectively) to a higher level than what we have now. This is not an easy task because people are on many different levels of consciousness.

A quick look at history and the current situation shows that people’s outer behavior, beliefs and opinions cover a wide spectrum. Therefore, the Ascended Masters cannot help all people in the same way. The Masters have to adapt what they offer people to their level of consciousness, and we can speak of two different levels:

The vast majority of people are not on a level of consciousness where they are ready to consciously acknowledge the existence of Ascended Masters.
Some people have risen to a level of consciousness where recognizing Ascended Masters is the next logical step in their personal growth process.

The Ascended Masters have worked with the Earth for a very long time, but for most of that time they have remained anonymous or unknown. They have tried to give both spiritual and practical ideas (such as inventions, technology, art and culture) that could raise the consciousness of people. This has led to a raising of the collective consciousness, as can be seen in the rise of democracy and an increasing sensitivity to life and human rights.

The collective consciousness is always raised by a few people being open to certain new ideas which then gradually spread to more and more people until a shift occurs. Examples of such shifts are the rise of democracy, the abolition of slavery and the increasing equality of women.

As the collective consciousness has been raised, the ascended masters have begun to make their existence known in ways that all people can find (books and the internet). This has led to an increasing number of people becoming aware of the existence of ascended masters, consciously studying the teachings given by the masters and using the spiritual tools released by the masters.

This website is not intended for everyone. It is dedicated to those who are open to the existence of ascended masters and are willing to consciously use the teachings and tools being released here. By using these teachings, you can raise your own consciousness and improve your outer situation. You can also contribute to raising the collective consciousness and thereby help this planet rise above many of the problems we see today. This can give you the sense of purpose and direction that you have probably been searching for all your life.

How do you know if the teachings of the ascended masters are for you? You can only know from within, through your intuition. If you are ready for these teachings, you have probably already developed your intuition. It is a matter of tuning into the sensation that you get in your heart as you study the teachings or experiment with the tools. If this is for you, you will know it within.

How the Ascended Masters Give Direct Teachings

The Ascended Masters have been giving public teachings for over a century, using various people as messengers for a direct teaching. A “direct teaching” is a teaching given by the Ascended Master through a human “messenger.” This means:

It is openly stated that the teaching comes directly from the Ascended Masters, meaning that the human “messenger” is not the creator of the teaching. The teaching comes through the mind of 'the messenger', and this may give the teaching a certain cultural flavor, but the teaching goes far beyond what the mind of 'the messenger' could produce on its own.

The ascended masters have used different messengers in different capacities, but the most direct teaching given is through what is called a 'dictation'. This is where a messenger is trained to raise his or her consciousness to a higher level than normal and tune in to an ascended master, who then speaks directly through the mind and vocal cords of the messenger. The master dictates a message through the messenger, hence the name of such messages being called 'dictations'.

A dictation is not what is normally called channeling, because a messenger for the ascended masters is not in a trance and is fully conscious during a dictation. The messenger can stop the process at any time. The messenger is in a neutral state of mind and therefore does not intentionally color or distort the message.

However, the message comes through the mind of the messenger, meaning that it is adapted to the language and knowledge of the messenger (both words and concepts) and the cultural background and knowledge of the messenger. For example, if the messenger knows very little about quantum physics, the masters cannot give dictation on that subject. The masters work by multiplying what is in the consciousness of the messenger.

While this limits what the masters can say, it also has the advantage of making the message more relevant and understandable to people of the same cultural background as the messenger. Of course, this also means that no single messenger can bring forth all the teachings that the masters wish to release on Earth. No messenger or organization has ever had or will ever have a monopoly on the ascended masters.

Why are the ascended masters valuable to us?

The greatest – potential – value of the ascended masters is that they are in a clearly higher state of consciousness than we are. The masters have transcended all human egoism, opinions, prejudices, fears and illusions. They also stand outside of any particular authority, nationality or culture on earth. The ascended masters try to help all people, regardless of their background. The only question is whether one is open to the masters.

The ascended masters see the world from a clearly different perspective than we do. The value of this is that the masters can offer us a frame of reference that does three things:

It shows us that there is a state of consciousness that goes beyond what we call normal human consciousness. There is something outside our mental framework.
It is possible for a self-aware being to rise above normal human consciousness and reach the higher consciousness of the ascended masters. We can all do this, but to do it, we must become more conscious than we are now.

There is a systematic path we can follow that leads from wherever we are in consciousness now to the expanded consciousness of the ascended state. We too can become ascended masters and thereby rise above all human suffering and limitations. This is called the spiritual path.

This higher state of consciousness is the way in which we can rise above all personal problems and limitations. It is also the only viable way to help the planet rise above all man-made problems (and all problems are man-made). This can happen because we are all part of the collective consciousness and when we raise our individual consciousness, we pull on the collective.

While the expanded consciousness of the masters is the greatest potential value, it is also the most difficult to grasp. The reason is that while we are still blinded by the veil of illusions that are part of what we call normal human consciousness, it is very difficult to understand what it is like to be free of this veil. We tend to evaluate everything based on our limited vision, wanting every new idea to match and validate what we think is true.

This is illustrated by the allegory of the cave by the Greek philosopher Plato. The allegory states that there was a cave in which a group of people were chained so that they could only see a wall that faced the entrance to the cave. Outside the cave other people were walking around, but the people inside the cave could only see the shadows that these people cast on the wall. The people inside the cave tried to find out what life was like outside the cave, but they could only see the shadows of the real world.

Traditionally, people have used any idea (whether it be a religion, a philosophy, a political ideology, or a spiritual teaching) in an attempt to validate what they already believe. It is possible to do this with the teachings of the ascended masters, but if we do this, we cannot free ourselves from our current state of consciousness.

The question we face is: will we attempt to pull the teachings of the ascended masters into our current mental framework, or will we use the teachings to gradually challenge our illusions and expand the framework? If we do the former, we will not raise our consciousness to a significantly higher level. If we do the latter, we can gradually expand our mental framework until there is no more framework and we can walk out of Plato's cave and see the world as the ascended masters see it.

The entire purpose of this and other websites is to help you walk the spiritual path that leads to a higher state of consciousness. Every effort has been made to explain this path and its various stages. How you apply the teaching is entirely up to you, as the ascended masters have the ultimate respect for free will.

 

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