Question: I have begun my education in psychology, and I am aware that my country has established professional standards and protocols that psychologists must follow. Could you please offer guidance on how, while practicing as a psychologist, one can ethically and responsibly reference the teachings of the ascended masters, without violating accepted therapeutic protocols, yet still allowing for the sharing of the masters’ insights when this is appropriate and supportive for the client?
Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 New Year Webinar.
Well, in general, going for all countries in the world, you cannot directly reference ascended master teachings as a psychologist, because of two things. First of all, the current science of psychology, going back to Sigmund Freud, was based on a desire to have psychology become an accepted science in line with the physical sciences. And that meant that certain compromises were made, from the very beginning, of trying to exclude the mind, the subjectivity of the mind, which, of course, is impossible to do when you are dealing with psychology. The whole point of psychology is the subjectivity of the mind. But science, the science of psychology, has attempted to do this in order to live up to the demands of materialistic science. And this has created a very artificial situation in the science of psychology. In order to be accepted as a science, there are certain things you cannot refer to, certainly not ascended masters, certainly not anything beyond the material universe.
Then the other problem is, of course, that in any education that gives you a certificate, that gives you a position, that education basically is meant as putting you in a monopoly position, where you can call yourself a psychologist as opposed to those who have not gone through the education. You see the same with doctors. You cannot call yourself a medical doctor if you have not gone through medical school. And in order to give you this exclusive position, they demand that you accept the paradigms, the worldview that the profession is based on.
Again, the science of psychology is based on a materialistic worldview. Therefore, you cannot talk about ascended masters. What you can do is, as we have said many times before, take the general ideas we have expressed about psychology and use them. You can, in some cases, talk about subconscious selves, even though they are not part of the science of psychology right now. But you can also use different words, talk about them in general ways. In other words, it is a matter of taking our ideas, and as we have said before, we are giving our ideas freely to all. We are not demanding that people can only use them if they reference ascended masters or this messenger. You do not need to give credit. The messenger does not need it. We do not need it. You take the ideas, you incorporate them in your psychological practice as it is appropriate and allowed in your situation. And then you see if they help patients.
You take the short view where you only focus on what helps the patients and use some general ideas. And then you take the long view that perhaps over time, these ideas of subconscious selves will become more accepted by the psychological profession if they actually help people. Because there are psychologists who will say, well, even if an idea is new, if it helps people, we are willing to experiment with it.
You need to look at it as an experiment. You need to not have this idea that using these ideas in psychology is a way to promote ascended masters. That is not a constructive approach. You are taking certain ideas and the goal is to help patients, not to promote ascended master teachings. That is not our concern at all. We are concerned with helping people resolve their psychology. And if you are a psychologist, you need to work within the framework that is set. And then as you become more established in a profession, you can help push the boundaries a little bit. But you cannot come in with the idea that the psychological profession should come to accept ascended masters. That will only be detrimental to yourself and not have a positive impact in the long run.
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