Michaels – Ascended Master Answers

Daily calls for protection

Question: I have noticed that if I do not give a daily invocation for protection, I begin to feel afraid to go outside where the sense of something negative could happen to my physical body. How can one move beyond this state and avoid falling into such a psychological trap? Is it correct to understand that this invocation protects for approximately 24 hours from the time it is given? Or does it have a cumulative effect over time?

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, it is correct to understand that an invocation or decree for protection works for a certain time. I do not want to give you an exact hour because that means it depends on how you give the invocation, how much there is a flow through your heart, or whether you do it mechanically. But it does give a certain protection. It will also accumulate over time in the sense that as you gain more and more momentum or experience with decrees and invocations, they will carry over for a longer time.

However, there is a factor that changes this picture, and it is that the purpose of giving you spiritual protection is to give you a reprieve for the forces that are attacking you psychologically. This pause gives you an opportunity to work on the subconscious selves you have that make you vulnerable to these forces. If you do not take that opportunity, then the Masters will gradually decrease the acceleration of your decrees so that you do not have as much protection. And that is why you feel the forces projecting at you that you do not normally feel.

You see, these projections that you experience, and they are just projections, they are an opportunity for you to look at your psychology and say: “Why am I affected by this? Why do I even pay attention to this?” I can assure you that all people on earth are exposed to projections from lower forces. But some people do not pay attention to them. In some cases because they are so dense, their consciousness is so dense, they do not even notice them. But other people are just not concerned about it. They are not afraid that something is going to happen if they go outside. You need to look at why you have this subconscious self that believes this? And then use our tools and teachings to work on dissolving it.

The psychosomatic causes of breast-related illnesses

Question: Can difficulties in communication with one’s spouse and the absence of sexual intimacy in marriage contribute to the development of psychosomatic breast conditions? For example, if a husband refuses intimacy and does not show initiative, explaining he is feeling unwell, or are psychosomatic causes of breast-related illnesses more often associated with other factors, such as a woman’s tendency toward overprotection or excessive caretaking towards her husband? Are there more common or significant psychosomatic factors that may influence breast health, particularly in cases where medical examinations do not reveal clear physiological causes?

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

This is a very individual dynamic. It depends very much on how you look at sexual intimacy, the purpose of it, how you look at your role as a woman in fulfilling this. But it is clear that if you feel neglected or rejected as a woman, it can influence your sexual organs in the sense that you are projecting something upon them that can filter down through the identity, mental and emotional level and either lead to a direct disease or even a feeling of unease or various sensations of pain.

What you can do here is examine your entire role to sexuality, to being a woman, and especially the shame that has been associated with the sexual act for millennia. Depending on your culture, your religion, how is this looked at? And have you been programmed by a religion, for example, to associate shame with your sexuality? Or have you been programmed with other cultural conditions that you should be attractive as a woman and if your husband is not attracted to you, there must be something wrong with you. I am just mentioning a few examples. There are many such beliefs, of course, in various cultures.

What I would recommend is that when you do not have a physiological cause, you look for the psychological aspects, the subconscious selves you have related to your body, to sexuality, to your relationship with the opposite sex and how that is played out in your culture. There are, of course, other factors, including physical factors that can cause various diseases. But what you can immediately start doing something about is the psychological aspect of this by simply taking our tools about becoming aware of a subconscious self and examining what beliefs are behind it. What expectations, what view do you have? What is the view in your approach to sexuality that is the reward for sex or that is the punishment for not having it?

More than one focus in my Divine plan?

Question: Dear masters, could you please clarify whether it is possible that my Divine plan includes developing in several professional directions simultaneously. For quite some time I have found it difficult to choose just one direction. I have many interests and my attention tends to become scattered. In some areas I have more experience and they appear more profitable. In others I am still a beginner. Yet those fields resonate more deeply with me. This also affects my ability to earn a sufficient income. I would be grateful for clarification as I am still unable to decide internally whether to focus on one area or whether to combine my talents and realize them simultaneously in a professional sphere.

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, you look at your question and you ask yourself: “Why did I start becoming interested in more than one field?” Most people will focus on one field.

Why did you feel the need to study more than one field? Because that was your intuition. Now you are looking with the outer mind on the practical aspects of this and evaluating: “Is it profitable, does it scatter me, does it do this and that?” But that is an evaluation.

What you need to focus on here is your intuition. What does your intuition say? And you need to recognize that this is very individual. I am not here saying that anything should apply to all people. There are clearly some people where it would be the best way to fulfill their Divine plan to focus on one area. But there are also some people who need to focus on more than one because it gives them different perspectives that eventually leads you to see what is the main focus of your Divine plan. For some people it is right to focus, for others it is right to spread themselves out. You can, of course, spread yourself out too much. That is what you need to evaluate. But first of all, tune into your intuition.

The war in Iran

Question: Could the masters please share their perspective on the recent war involving Iran, Israel and the United States and on the spiritual significance and possible future direction of this crisis?

Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, we have commented on it previously, but I will say here this is of course not something I would have ever supported. It is an ego based decision by people in Israel and the Trump administration who were partly overshadowed by dark forces and fallen beings. Now you can of course always look at and say: “Why did the regime in Iran attract this situation to them?” Well, because they are also ego based and overshadowed by dark forces and fallen beings. What you are really seeing here is sort of a clash between two groups of fallen beings that are seeking to assert some dominance in the world. There are certain dark forces that are working through both the current Israeli government and the current American government who are seeking to establish a, we might call it a new world order where the rule based mutual respect approach that has been developed since the second world war is replaced by a might is right approach where those who feel they are the strongest do whatever they want to do.

You can see this might is right approach in Israel’s actions in Gaza, you can see it in the United States approach to Iran, Venezuela and basically the rest of the world and even internal opponents of the Trump regime. This is what is going on behind the scenes and Iran just seemed like an easy target for these forces for being taken over and cementing the invincibility of the American military and the Trump administration’s approach to foreign policy. This of course does not mean that I in any way approve of the regime in Iran who have been suppressing, torturing, and killing their own people for decades. Naturally this regime needs to go but I look for solutions that involve a raising of awareness not that one force-based regime is removed by another. What will give growth to the Iranian people is of course that they internally change their consciousness so that this regime simply cannot stay in place. But as I have already said there are too many people in Iran who cling to this traditional lifestyle and the Muslim world view that they have been indoctrinated with for so long and that they are afraid to question.

You cannot improve anything without questioning the status quo. It is simply impossible. What the fallen beings have attempted to do with all dictatorial regimes seen through history is to get people into a situation where they are trapped by a certain belief system. But this is reinforced by the threat of violence, torture and death and therefore, they do not dare to question the belief system. It is a matter of when people will work up that willingness to question Islam itself or at least the version of Islam that exists in Iran. They also need to question of course traditional lifestyle, traditional values and realize that they are in a fixed situation and they will not get out of it until they start questioning their view of the situation. One intermediate step could be a realization that by questioning the Iranian regime’s use of Islam, their interpretation of Islam, their use of it to justify violence against their own people, by questioning this they are not necessarily questioning the pure teachings of the Koran.

They need to see a difference between Allah, Muhammad, the Koran and the Ayatollahs of Iran. They need to see that this is not the same thing and therefore, they can question the regime without questioning Islam. In the longer term they need to of course question Islam itself but as an intermediate step this would be the beginning of breaking the stalemate. In terms of the United States and the Israeli regimes, well they have put themselves and their countries in a School of Hard Knocks so they need to keep running that course until the knocks become so hard that a critical mass of people say this is enough. Far the supporters of both Netanyahu and Trump feel emboldened by the aggression, by the use of force. They think it validates their view of their leaders but that of course will eventually change when the knocks become hard enough and as it is now there is little realistic possibility that either of them will change course so the knocks can only become harder.

The horizontal flow of energy

Question: Is the chakra system that we are supposed to use for the horizontal flow identical to the chakra system that assists us through the vertical flow? I am asking this because in my experience this vertical flow exists in me already, flowing in perfect balance and thus produces the feeling of being a Presence in itself, almost independent of me but assisting me.

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well there is only one chakra system, so it is the same thing you will use. This chakra system is really designed for the vertical flow because it is designed to receive energy from the spiritual realm and transmit it into the physical. And what happens to many people of course is that there is also a reverse flow so that energy flows from the physical world into people’s chakras or even from the emotional mental realm into people’s chakras and burdens them. And basically when you work on the horizontal flow you are learning to overcome that so that you are only allowing energy to flow from above to below.

You see it is one thing to exercise your co-creative efforts and evaluate what comes back to you, but it is another thing to take in energy that comes back to you from other people. You do not need to take in energy to re-evaluate and refine what you are projecting out.

Necessary protection when working with addiction

Question: We have a specific method for overcoming nicotine and alcohol addictions, based on the teachings given by the masters during the previous dispensation, and we have successfully used this method in our work with people. Now we have both the desire and the opportunity to share this with others, with those who, of course, are ready to listen and truly hear. Is additional protection necessary to work with this level of collective consciousness on a larger scale, or will it be sufficient to connect to the masters and give invocations to Archangel Michael, Astrea and Shiva?

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

You do not need additional protection other than giving the decrees and invocations to the masters. You might need to give some more decrees if you feel that you are more burdened by energy. You just need to use your intuition and sense whether you are being too burdened after having worked with people, and then you give the calls or you take a break from the work so you do not overextend yourself.

Children and free will

Question: Beloved ascended masters, I ask you to break the vicious cycle in my mind. If I understand free will correctly, parenthood seems to violate it. This happens both in everyday situations and in psychological dynamics, especially with young children when they want something and I forbid them from experiencing it, acting for my own beliefs and level of consciousness. Or does free will function differently with small children? As I understand it, this violation creates karma. At the same time, I see parenthood as the balancing of past life karma, a process of loving a child and accelerating those energies that are previously misused in my relationships with these very beings. Please clarify my understanding.

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Imagine that you create a wonderful playroom or nursery for a young child. You take all of the toys you can think of and put them into the room. Then you put the child in there and leave it alone in the room with no human interaction. Now there is no human being, meaning you as a parent, to violate the child’s free will and tell it it cannot play with this toy or that toy. Would you be doing a service to your child by doing this? You can see that you obviously would not because the child would not have any human interaction. It would feel lonely, but first of all, it would not develop its sense of self.

What is it that enables a young child to develop its sense of self? It is that it interacts with other people, first of all the parents, but also siblings. You have to shift your focus and realize that as the parent, you have a right, you even have an obligation, a job, to present the child with a situation that gives the child something to react to, but also sets boundaries for the child. Because you are teaching the child how to basically function in life, which really means functioning with other people. Your child has to somehow learn that its own will must be balanced with the will of other people.

And it learns that by experiencing you and how you are and how you set boundaries for the child.

To break this vicious cycle, as you say, you need to rethink your view of free will. Of course you can violate a child, but that is not what we are talking about. We are talking about you having a right to be yourself in your own home. And you do not have to be perfect to be a parent. You just have to look at the parent-child relationship as an opportunity for you to see subconscious selves in your mind, to work on these. And that is essentially also how you balance karma. You are not making karma by setting boundaries for a young child. You would be making karma if you did not do so. And there are many parents, especially in the more developed countries, who have gotten into this state of mind where they think they should not set boundaries for the children, they should be allowed to do whatever they want. And they are actually making karma for doing this, or rather not doing this.

It is true, of course, that you can have karma with children from past lives. But the way to overcome that karma is simply to look at your own psychology, your reactionary patterns, and work on those subconscious selves with the tools we have given you.

You can even look at the dynamic you describe here. You are afraid of violating the free will of a young child. Why? What is it in your mind, what is the belief you have that you should not do this, or that this would create karma? Does it relate to something in a past life? Perhaps that you were too controlling towards someone else, or that you were being controlled, so you made a decision that is a typical dualistic decision where you say: “Well, that was too much control, so to correct that I have to go to the opposite extreme and have no control.” That is how many people swing back and forth. But that is, of course, still on the dualistic scale. You need to step back from that and find the middle way, the balanced approach. What you are basically also teaching your child is a balanced approach to life, to dealing with other people, to balancing its own will and the will of others. The child needs to learn to balance its will with yours, and it can only do that if you assert your will.

Chakras and memory

Question: Are our chakras involved in the process when we recall something?

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

No, not generally.

Ability to access memory

Question: Could you elaborate on my conclusion, from many experiences, that our ability to access memory, our remembrance, and all that is associated with it, seems to be closely related to my identity, by which I experienced it. And if I try to recall a memory by being in a different identity that is of the same level of consciousness or higher, I can access this memory. But when I express, through an identity that is of a lower consciousness, I keep totally forgetting what I knew, which happened primarily when I embodied. And two side questions about memories or recollections. Are they retained through something similar to a self?

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, it is a complex topic, so to give you a simplified version that is not meant to be complete, there are some memories that are experienced, there are some situations that are experienced through a particular subconscious self. And those memories are colored by the self, and therefore, you can recall those memories when you are in that self, but if you are out of that self, whether you are in a higher self or a lower self, it can be difficult to recall the memories. Because the memories are not just observations, they are imbued with feelings. Through a self, you will often have a very emotional reaction to a situation, and your memories are therefore, colored by that, and they can often be triggered by similar emotions or similar situations, where you react through the same self.

But there are also memories that are more neutral, that are not particularly colored by strong emotions, you are just observing. And those memories are not attached to a particular self, and therefore, in some cases, can be easier to recall, or they can be recalled in more different situations. But of course, memories can also be obscured by many factors, anywhere from physical factors that impede the brain’s ability to tune into memories, or even emotional mental and identity level subconscious selves that can block memories.

There are some memories that are created through a self, or your reaction to a situation was created through a self, that you do not want to remember, the self does not want you to remember them. And even the Conscious You can decide that it does not want to remember certain things. And if the Conscious You decides, then you need to become aware that you made that decision and become willing to remember before you can remember.

As I said, some memories are retained through a self. But we have explained at this conference that there are elementals that form your identity, mental and emotional bodies, and that they form, like a screen that you can write upon. And one of the things you write upon these screens is memories. But of course, even what is written on the screen, it is not as simple as a flat screen, can be obscured by subconscious selves. But there are also processes in the brain that make it difficult.

Now contrary to what science claims, memories are not stored in the brain. They are stored at the emotional, mental and identity level. How you recall a memory is, in most cases, that the brain must connect to the emotional, mental and identity body or all three. And there can be factors at the level of the brain that makes it difficult for your brain to connect in general or connect to certain memories. And this is often completely random. It is not because you do not want to remember. It is just that the brain is so complex that it cannot connect. It is a little bit like a computer where a particular data set is stored in a particular location on the computer’s drive. But somehow, the operating system has lost the connection to where it is stored. There are other factors, of course, such as fatigue or various diseases that impede memory.

How to dissolve a self

Question: Is it enough to see a self and decree for it and direct light at it, and will this dissolve it? Would invoking light into a separate self, would that dissolve the self?

Answer through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

I’ll just give a brief summary here, because the masters have talked about this before. A self does have a certain amount of energy, and you can dissolve that energy by invoking light. But the self is based on a belief, and no matter how much light you invoke, the belief is not going to disappear until you consciously look at it and release it. You see it is an illusion, you see it limits you, and you let it go.

You have to let the self die, but it is very possible that the energy obscures the self and prevents you from seeing the self. That is why it is beneficial to invoke the light when you become aware of a self, make the calls for it, but you have to be willing to also look at it and see it. And what I always say, this thing about it is going in circles, it is because you have not actually seen the self. You have seen that there is something there, but you have not seen the belief behind it. You can see, for example, that you react to certain situations, but you have not seen the belief of why you think you need to react, and why you think you need to react that way.

You have to continue to look at it from different perspectives. And usually after some time, it can take some time, but there usually comes a point where now you see it, and then you can release it.

Origin of human beings

Question: Mainstream science posits that all humanity originated in Africa, sharing a common ancestry traced through mitochondrial DNA. I find this narrative flawed. For instance, if the population from the Congo were to migrate to Iceland, they would not spontaneously develop the light skin and sharp nose of Scandinavians, even after a hundred generations, as their foundational DNA is fundamentally different. Instead, my theory is that the diverse races on earth actually originated from all different planets, whether through physical migration or immaterial incarnation. I postulate that elsewhere in the universe, the basic unit of race and culture is the planet itself, resulting in homogenous planetary populations. Earth, therefore, is a highly unique anomaly, a convergence of various origins, which perhaps explains the perpetual turmoil and conflict we experience here. How do the masters perceive this theory regarding the origins of earth’s diverse races?

Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, we have talked about this before, so I will give a brief summary here. The current scientific theory is, of course, incomplete for a variety of reasons, but even because science is contradicting itself. And science has put itself in a catch-22, because they are using DNA to disprove the biblical theory that all human beings originated with Adam and Eve. They are saying it is impossible that all people could have just two ancestors, because the gene pool would be too narrow and humanity would not survive. At the same time, they are saying that the appearance of human beings is a result of a random process of genetic mutations, and they realize that the likelihood that random mutations would bring forth a body as sophisticated as the human body is very small, and therefore, they want to believe that it only happened once. You see, whether they originated in the Garden of Eden or somewhere in Africa, it is the same problem. The gene pool would be too narrow. The reality is that despite fossil evidence, you will never find one physical location on earth where human beings appeared physically. It happened in several locations at the same time because, as we have explained in this conference, elemental life brought forth human bodies because the Elohim superimposed the thought matrix of human bodies upon the elementals, and they did it in different places at the same time.

But the Elohim did not impose a matrix of different races. That is a result of what we have also called this elemental evolution, where the Elohim projects a matrix, then withdraws and lets the elementals evolve variations over the theme. And that is why the elementals have created or generated the different races, or what you call races. This is based on the fact that the elementals who were allowed to take on the form of human bodies were very advanced. They were the most advanced elementals working with the animal kingdom. They had a lot of experience of how to adapt to circumstances, to environments, and therefore, they adapted different populations to the climate, and this is what you perceive as races. Biologically, there are many scientists who say there are no races. You cannot find genetic causes of what you call race. It is a cultural construct.

It is correct that earth has a greater diversity than a natural planet, because beings from many different planets, both natural and unnatural, have over time been allowed to embody on earth. But this has nothing to do with race. And it certainly is not correct that beings from other planets migrated to earth physically. That is simply a human construction that is not in alignment with facts.

A regime change in Iran

Question: The recent removal of Khamenei presents a complex moral dilemma. As a ruthless dictator responsible for the massacre of 30,000 civilians demanding democracy, his departure is undeniably a positive development for the Iranian people. However, the method of his removal, a sudden targeted strike by the United States, without a formal declaration of war, is a clear violation of international law. While the elimination of a tyrant brings immediate relief, is it ultimately beneficial for the Iranian people that this was executed through foreign military intervention? Or for the sake of their nation’s true historical progression and liberation, must the overthrow of such a regime be achieved organically by the citizens themselves?

Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

A regime change does not have to happen by the citizens themselves physically overthrowing or executing the dictator. But it should ideally happen by a shift in a critical mass of the people where they shift out of the consciousness that has allowed the dictator to control them. And it is perfectly true that removing Khamenei himself has not removed the regime, neither the political leaders, nor the military leaders, nor the Republican Guard. Really, the situation of the Iranian people so far has not really changed. They are probably even more suppressed and feel more suppressed than before.

Now you can look to Venezuela and say, was not this a successful coup by the United States? But what did they do? They basically left the Maduro regime in power. And do the people of Venezuela feel more free than before? Not really, because they are not more free.

What you need to recognize as a spiritual student is that you can look at the physical regime and you can say, if you take a traditional view, “these are the people suppressing the population, these physical people are physically suppressing the population.” But that is never the case. There is always a component of consciousness. There is an element in the Iranian people’s consciousness that has allowed this regime to stay in position for so long. And this is a complex matrix, but the main element is that many among the Iranian people, especially in rural areas, have what we have talked about before, this unwillingness to change themselves and their lifestyle, this suspicion of change, this fear of change, this wanting to hold on to traditional values.

Then you have the element of Islam, which was not there before this current regime came into power. It was not as strong. But it has now been really very heavily put upon the Iranian people. And because they have not been willing to question Islam and they were not really willing to it before either, they have become pulled in by this propaganda of Islam. And if you can see the emotional, mental, identity level, you will see that there is a very, very heavy, very aggressive collective beast hanging over the Iranian nation.

And it is not the physical regime that is preventing change. It is this beast. But the thing is, how does the beast survive? Because there are still too many people feeding their energies into it by being afraid of change and by not wanting, not daring to abandon Islam and demand a secular nation. Now Iran is not the only Muslim nation that has such a beast. All the others have it also. But it is very strong in Iran. And this is what needs to shift. And this is what the people can do, regardless of the physical suppression. They can change the entire equation by stopping to feed their energies to the beast. But so far, not sufficient numbers of people have been willing to do this. And that is why a regime is still in place.

Now of course, what the Americans did and the Israelis did, yes, it is a violation of international law. But it is also an expression of an incredible arrogance of thinking, as we have said so many times, that is characteristic of fallen beings, that they can formulate an image in their mind of how reality should be, and then reality just has to conform to their image.

And you see how Trump, when the Maduro situation happened, felt validated that he could declare how reality is and it would conform to it. But this time it did not work. The question now is, in terms of the American people, will a sufficient number of Trump supporters, including congressmen and senators and members of the Republican body, will they be willing to question the infallibility of their leader? He of course will not be willing to do it himself, as Netanyahu is not able or willing to do it. You can see that there is also a very heavy beast or cloud over America, especially in the Republican states and around Washington, D.C., that is blinding people so they do not dare to question Trump. There is a similar beast over Israel, so they do not dare to question Netanyahu and the aggression of Israel against its neighbors. There are too many people in Israel who have the attitude of living by the sword and thinking this is the only way Israel can survive. And I am not saying that Israel cannot survive by living by the sword, but it cannot survive as a democracy supported by other democratic nations.

12-year cycle and the end of the regime in North Korea

Question: If I recall correctly, Master Saint Germain mentioned last year that the upcoming 12 years would be highly volatile, characterized by significant shifts in dictatorial regimes. Barely a year has passed and we have already witnessed the removal of two such leaders, Maduro in Venezuela and Khamenei in Iran. In light of this, can we expect a tangible shift in the power structure of North Korea within this 12-year time frame or perhaps over the next two decades?

Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Yes, you can indeed expect significant shifts in North Korea over the next 12 years. Again, there is always free will. We have explained before that Putin has exceeded his natural lifespan and is kept in embodiment partly because many people still support him, partly because many people are afraid of what is going to happen in Russia if he is not there anymore.

And you have a similar dynamic in North Korea, where there are people who have been so brainwashed their whole lives, that they will support Kim Jong-un no matter what. But there are also a growing number of people who are simply afraid of what would happen if he was not there. They are partly afraid of chaos, but they are also afraid that they would be taken over by South Korea because, again, they have been brainwashed to believe that the people of South Korea would be more tyrannical towards them than their own government. This is, of course, a complete fiction, a result of very heavy propaganda, because the people of South Korea want only the best for the people of the North. But nevertheless, this needs to shift before Kim Jong-un, his sister, his daughter, and others can be removed from power. And it is very likely that it will shift within the next 12 years, and it is not necessarily towards the end of the 12 years. But as I said, there must be a shift in the North Korean population where they begin to disbelieve the propaganda and ask themselves some questions of why, if they have such a divine leader, they are so poor and barely have enough to feed their children. And what would actually happen if he was removed? Would they be better off than they are now?

I foresee this happening. It is already in the process of happening, in large part because the students of South Korea, the ascended master students, have been so steadfast in their cause and their vision of a united Korea.

How can you know whether it is time to step out publicly?

Question: After experiencing the Presence, I began studying depth psychology and have been on this path for 10 years. Five of those years, I have been working specifically with my cosmic birth trauma. Recently, I had a spontaneous experience of a temporary dissolution of my personality. After this, a question arose. If the process of ascension has truly begun, what will happen to my children, my mother and my loved ones? At the same time, I feel a desire to enter into a committed partnership. I am a practicing psychologist and have developed a methodology that accelerates the psychotherapeutic process. My plans include creating a retreat center, a clinic and a school, with the possibility of expanding internationally to contribute to the renewal of the psychotherapy system by integrating meditation, body-based practices and more effective professional training. Over the past three years, I have experienced intense spiritual attacks despite inner preparation. There remains a fear of stepping onto the broader stage. My questions are, is this aligned with my Divine plan, and how can I recognize that? How can I avoid holding myself back from realizing that I have consciously been moving forward? And how can one reconcile the path of ascension with outer world manifestation and achievement?

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

First of all, you have to recognize that the experience you have of a dissolution of part of your personality does not mean that the ascension process has begun. This is part of what it means to overcome subconscious selves. This can happen as a very gradual process, but some people experience a more abrupt shift where it can feel as if part of your personality has dissolved, or even all of your outer personality has dissolved. This messenger a few years ago went through this sense as if he was a nobody. He had no opinions, no personality left. This is just a temporary phase, though, and there will come a point where you develop a higher sense of self, a higher sense of identity, based on the individuality of your I AM Presence. What happens is that the outer personality can be dissolved, but then you can lock into the individuality in your Presence. You do not need to say: “Oh, I cannot go on with my professional development because what if I am taken out of embodiment and ascend?” That is not a realistic evaluation. You need to continue to hold the image that you will have time left in your Divine plan to begin these activities.

Now, all people who step up to Christhood will feel some opposition, some projections from lower forces, from specific other people that are close to them or from the mass consciousness. That is just inevitable. It is so to speak the cost of doing business as a Christed being. This is just to be expected and dealt with. But it is, of course, a sign that you are getting so close to Christhood that you are being seen as a threat by the dark forces. And this is an indication to you that you are approaching the level where you are ready to step forward.

How can you know whether it is time to step out publicly? Well, you can only know from within, and you can only know intuitively. What we can say is that when you are at that point, the question: “Am I ready?” fades away. The fact that you are asking an external source this question shows that you are not quite there. Why are you not quite there? Because you have some separate selves that are blocking you, that are seeking to give you an excuse. You need to use your background in psychology, our teachings about the subconscious selves, to just deal with this last hurdle. And when you shift and see those selves and see them for what they are, the question: “Is it time to start?” will just fade away. It will be obsolete.

Armenia in the EU?

Question: I have a question about the future development prospects of Armenia. The Republic of Armenia is located in the Caucasus region and borders Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Georgia. In 1915, the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, carried out the Armenian genocide and killed 1.5 million Armenians. In 2020 and 2023, Azerbaijan conducted military operations at Nagorno-Karabakh, and around 100,000 Armenians from Artsakh were forced to leave their homes and flee to Armenia. What are the prospects for Armenia’s democratic development and possible accession to the EU in the near future? Will Nikol Pashinyan be able to continue the course towards European integration, or will pro-Russian forces come to power in the elections? What are the spiritual causes behind the Armenian genocide carried out by the Ottoman Empire? What qualities are characteristic of the Armenian people as a whole? Personally, I can point to their humanity, kindness, willingness to help others, strong family values and creative potential.

Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, it is a good development that you are seeking to approach the EU. It is not realistic in the near future, partly because there are certain demands for gaining membership of the EU that you are not meeting yet, and partly because there is a very strong opposition from Russia. You are talking about pro-Russian forces, but let us just talk about Russia itself who are directing these forces, and there is a very strong opposition to this. As long as the Putin Empire is intact and the current empirical attitude of Russia is intact, there will be that strong opposition, and they will simply attempt to inflame the conflicts within the country and with its neighbors so there will be more of these conflicts.

In terms of the spiritual causes behind the Armenian genocide, well, it is really—I understand the question, but it is not really realistic to talk about spiritual causes. You are talking more about karmic forces that go way back beyond recorded history. Really, what happens in these situations is that there is a group of people who in a distant past created karma by attacking another group of people, and now the roles are reversed. And it may seem that in the meantime, the Armenian people have made progress and become less aggressive, and I will not disagree that they have, but in 1915 it was not enough to stop the development. Today they have made more progress.

What you still see in these regions, not just in Armenia, but in the regions in general around them, is this wanting to hold onto something old, traditional values, a certain lifestyle, a certain way of looking at life. And many among the people still hold onto this, especially those who live outside cities in rural areas. And this goes for the entire region, including most of Turkey, where there is still this holding onto the old, and that prevents the unfolding of the creative potential.

Really, the situation could change once the Putin regime is no longer in power. But it depends on whether Russia can make the transition to abandon its ambitions of becoming an empire and its willingness to use force. In that case, both Georgia and Armenia could potentially, including Moldova, become members of the EU, and it could happen relatively quickly. But so far, it is not realistic in the near term.

A new mobilization in Russia?

Question: Material and human resources that Russia is using for the war in Ukraine are beginning to run low. This could push the Russian leadership towards desperate measures, such as another mobilization into the armed forces. Even now, many people are being summoned to military enlistment offices under the pretext of checking their personal data. I live in Russia and I myself have received a draft notice. Are Putin and those close to him planning to forcibly send people to war again, as they did at the end of 2022?

Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, let me just say one thing clearly. Yes, they are planning, but whether they are going to execute those plans is not yet determined. And the reason why it is not determined is, as I just explained in another answer, that nobody in Russia really understands how difficult the situation of the armed forces is. Because again, you have this situation where Putin and the people around him dictate that it is unthinkable that Russia could lose this war. And therefore, as long as Putin and his government is in position of power, this is the official line.

And that means that they do not want to know if Russia is actually losing. And there is nobody at the lower levels who wants to give them the really bad information because they could be punished for giving that information. People who know that there are problems tend to under-represent those problems when they report upwards. And those at higher levels do not want to pass the information to the next level up, and therefore, there is an information gap. Now, as I said in the second answer, in a system like this, problems continue to escalate until some kind of crisis precipitates that suddenly makes the problems undeniable. But by the time they are acknowledged by the top, it is too late to turn the crisis around. It is possible that a crisis will manifest that finally makes the top realize that Russia is losing the war on the battlefield. And this could cause them to then enact this desperate measure of another mobilization. But even if they did this, they could not turn the situation around. And of course, by carrying out such a mobilization, the resistance in the Russian people against the war would increase manifold.

As you know yourselves in Russia, the first mobilization was not popular. That is why it did not last a very long time, and that is why it hasn’t been repeated. You can ask yourself: “A country that is running low on finances, why would they offer big bonuses to soldiers who signed up instead of just drafting them into the military?” But that is because they know the mobilization is unpopular. From the ascended perspective, as we have said before, this war put Russia firmly in the school of hard knocks. And it is only a matter of how hard will the knocks become before something changes. And it is not likely that the change is going to come from Putin himself or those who are blindly loyal to him. What is more likely is that there will be a shift in the Russian people’s support for Putin. As we have said before, he has gone beyond his natural lifespan. He is held artificially in embodiment by the Russian people. But if that equation changes, he could die of natural sources, be assassinated, or be deposed. A mobilization would only push that eventuality forward into the physical.

And at some level of his being, Putin knows that this would be a very drastic step to take with a very high risk for himself, which is why he has so far been reluctant to take it. We also have a strange situation going on in the Russian leadership, where Putin is beginning to realize that this war is not going to end well for him or for Russia. He does not acknowledge this consciously, but at some level of his being, he realizes this. And because he himself is insecure, those around him who have known him for a long time, they sense this. And therefore, they are also beginning to realize that it is not going to end well. That means they are trying to, as much as they can, distance themselves from Putin so they can blame him. Because they are hoping, I am not saying it is a realistic hope, but they are hoping they can stay in power even if Putin falls. But in order to do that, they must label this as Putin’s war. You see what you have here. Putin is reluctant to order another mobilization. The people around him are reluctant to support him in ordering another mobilization.

They do not want to give him any reason to order this mobilization, because they want to be able to say later: “Oh, it was Putin only who made that decision. We did not support it. We just could not stop it.” That is another factor that could delay, perhaps until there is a crisis, the mobilization. And therefore, it may not happen. But certainly the plans are there. There is no question about it.

End of the war in Ukraine in 2026?

Question: Dear Masters, could you please share whether there is a realistic possibility that the war in Ukraine may come to an end this year, or do the current conditions suggest that the fighting and missile attacks against civilians are likely to continue for years ahead?

Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, there is a possibility that it will end this year. But it is not a given. The fighting could continue beyond this year. But as it looks right now, it is unlikely that it will continue beyond 2027. Because the Russian economy has already entered a phase that has created a decline. And the decline is irreversible. But it can be delayed. And of course, the current government is doing everything they can to delay it. But the question is, will it be a slow, gradual decline, or will there be some bigger breaks in the economy? And if there is not a bigger break, then the fighting could go beyond 2026. There is also the state of the Russian military, which of course is also in a state of decline, regardless of the propaganda.

The question in Russia today is the same question you do have in many other countries throughout history. And it is that you have created a false hierarchy system, where information only goes down, but there is no feedback loop to send the information back up. The question really is: “Is there anybody in Russia who clearly sees the state of the economy? Is there anybody in Russia who clearly sees the state of the military?” There may not be anyone inside the military who sees every aspect of the military’s situation and problems. In fact, let me just say there is not. Likewise, there is nobody who is an expert on the economy or who is in the political field who clearly sees the state of the economy. Because the system is created so that instead of someone who understands and is in contact with the state of the economy giving information back up, you have someone at the top, someone named Putin, who dictates how the economy should be. And therefore, those who are closest to Putin do not want to give him information that contradicts his view that Russia is winning.

And therefore, nobody really wants to know, and nobody really bothers to find out. Because what would they do with the actual information when they cannot change what is coming from the top? This is the same that you see in North Korea, to some degree, high degree in China. You see it in Iran. You saw it in Hitler’s regime, under Stalin, in the Soviet Union. Nobody really wants to know reality. They want to maintain the official view, the propaganda, the rosy picture painted. Incidentally, much the same is going on in the Trump administration and much of the government apparatus under Trump. As always, that is why there is a decline. Because nobody wants to know what is going on, which means the problems keep accelerating and there will come a point where they get so severe that they cannot be denied. But you see, in a system like this, the problems can keep escalating for a long time without anyone realizing how bad it is. By the time someone realizes that there is a crisis, it is too late to stop it.

The effect of the war in Iran on Ukraine

Question: In light of the escalation of the current conflict in the Middle East, is it reasonable to assume that the United States and European countries might reduce their support for Ukraine? In what ways could developments in the Middle East influence Russia’s military actions against Ukraine?

Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, if you look at developments, you will see that under Trump, the United States has, almost from day one, reduced its support for Ukraine. But at the same time, the European nations have stepped up their support for Ukraine. No, it is not reasonable to assume that the war in Iran will reduce the European countries’ support for Ukraine. It will perhaps further reduce the United States’ support, but it is already not as significant as the European one.

The European nations are quite dedicated to supporting Ukraine with whatever it takes, because they look at it from a practical standpoint. They know that if Putin gets the impression that he won the war, he will attack a NATO country within the foreseeable future. And therefore, they see it as necessary for their own security to support Ukraine.

The developments in the Middle East, well, they can actually have the effect of increasing support for Ukraine in somewhat surprising ways for most people. You have already seen that delegations from Ukraine have visited the Gulf states, where they have offered their expertise in counteracting the Shahed drones sent by Iran against these Gulf countries, because, of course, Russia has sent the Iranian-developed drones against Ukraine for years. And therefore, Ukraine has greater expertise in all kinds of drone warfare than any other nation on earth, including Russia, because Ukraine has been far more creative than Russia. There are already signs that the Gulf states will buy technology from Ukraine and therefore help them continue to fight against Russia. Really, from my perspective in the Ascended Realm, the support for Ukraine will only increase even if it is reduced by the United States. It will increase from European and other countries.

There is, of course, always the possibility of free will, but definitely the highest likelihood is that support for Ukraine will gradually increase until it becomes obvious to somebody in Russia that the war cannot be won. And therefore, somebody in Russia decides to stop offensive actions. And of course, the question is whether there is someone who is capable of seeing this, willing to see it, and capable of taking action. If there is not that someone, then Russia, under Putin’s leadership, will continue to push on until something breaks, either in the Russian military or the Russian economy, that forces them to stop offensive operations. In other words, what I am communicating here is that from the ascended master perspective, Russia has lost the war. They just have not admitted it yet. And there is no possibility that they can turn it around and win the war the way Putin sees it. It does not matter what propaganda they are putting out. They are either trying to fool Ukraine or fool the West or fool their own people or fool themselves. The question is, is there somebody in Russia who is not fooled?

When was the matter-light manifested?

Question: In the beginning was the Word. At what stage of creation was the matter-light manifested, the light you describe as tiny particles or strings without vibration?

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, you are starting from a not very good translation of the original Greek. You will see some scholars who will say that the Greek word used in the Gospel of John was not really “Word”, it was Logos. And the Logos had a specific meaning at the time the Gospel was written. There were many spiritual people in the Middle East at the time who had a certain concept of the Logos. And the Logos was by some seen as the whole, but it could also describe the Christ consciousness that allows you to see the whole. You cannot really say that the Word came before the matter-light, because you will not be able to resolve that with the linear mind. And in fact you can discuss whether you can really look at this with the linear mind and say: “Well, something must have come first.”

What came first, the chicken or the egg? What came first, the matter-light or the Christ consciousness? It really is not a question that the linear mind can fully grasp. You can say that the Creator knew that it would give individual extensions of itself free will, and therefore it created the Christ consciousness, as we have described many times, to help you exercise your free will by even going into separation, but being able to find your way back. But on the other hand, there is no meaning of having a Christ consciousness if there is not a matter-light.

Really the Creator conceived of both in its mind in the same process of determining the parameters for this world of form. You cannot really look back at this and say, you cannot, in other words, you cannot make a timeline for how the Creator developed these very early phases of this world of form. It was not that there was a certain time, seven o’clock in year zero, where the Creator thought of the Christ consciousness, and in 705 he thought of the matter-light. You cannot really put it on a linear scale like that. But what can be said is that they are both part of the Creator’s vision for this world of form.

Balance between entertainment and creative activities

Question: I apply the teachings of the ascended masters, including practices and participation in videos and webinars. I share ideas online with many people and sincerely desire to uplift the whole, and of course to resolve my own psychology. At the same time, I also simply enjoy doing things because they are pleasant, for example, playing computer games or watching TV series. I allow myself to be imperfect at times on this rather challenging and unnatural planet. I understand that sometimes I direct my energy towards activities that cannot necessarily be multiplied or reinforced by spiritual teachers, yet I also have enough time and opportunity to express myself in more creative and elevated ways. Moreover, I can use spiritual tools to transform imperfect energy. If I were to open a new chapter of my Divine plan, I believe I would devote more time to creativity. At present, however, I find myself spending more time on entertainment. Could you please comment on this?

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, for all people, there is a need to find a certain balance in life. We have, over the many decades we have released teachings, seen many students who find the teachings, realize what it is about, dedicate themselves to a very strict program of living a certain way, giving decrees, studying the teachings and so forth. And many people become unbalanced about it so that they cannot sustain it over time. They sort of, so to speak, crash and burn because they are very eager for a while and then they must stop completely or scale it down.

Everybody needs to find their own balance. And it is correct, of course, that this is a difficult and challenging planet to be on. You need to find your own balance between what you might call entertainment and spiritual activities or creative activities.

It is, however, also correct that your life plan has stages. It may very well be that there comes a time where you begin to feel like you need to step up to a higher level or you become frustrated and dissatisfied with where you are at. And that is then when you need to try and step back and intuitively grasp what is the next phase of your Divine plan.

You need to then sense whether it is time to be more creative and therefore you need to let go of activities that take away your attention, your time, your energy. And of course, many entertaining activities are not necessarily created for the specific purpose of draining your energy, but this is often the effect of some of the music, the TV series, the movies or the computer games that are out there. Computer games can especially be a drain on your energy because they are designed to keep you playing, to draw you in. You can, of course, say television is designed to keep you watching and so forth. But there is a certain element of computer games that you need to be aware of in that they have an addictive quality because they are designed so that it is very difficult to master them and therefore you can, as many people do, decide that: “Oh, I have to master this game, I have to beat the game,” and therefore you keep playing until you do or until you no longer want to spend your time that way. Really it is a matter of you sensing intuitively rather than deciding with the outer mind.

Creation of the I AM Presence

Question: As I understand it, the I AM Presence is first created as a light image and then the Creator animates this light image by investing it with the Conscious You. Further, when the I AM Presence extends itself into the material world, does it extend its Conscious You or is it something else?

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Yes, your understanding is not what we teach. The I AM Presence is created as a mental image in the mind of ascended masters. In your case, being in the seventh sphere, your I AM Presence was created as a mental image in the mind of ascended masters in the sixth sphere. And they are the ones who are animating the I AM Presence. You can say it is the light of the Creator ultimately, but it is not the Creator who directly creates your I AM Presence. It is the ascended masters who formulate the mental image and they imbue it with the light that they have internalized, which of course ultimately comes from the Creator, but there are many steps in between in the cosmic hierarchy.

When the I AM Presence decides that it wants to experience the unascended sphere from the inside, it sends the Conscious You as an extension of itself. In other words, while the I AM Presence is developing only in the sixth sphere, there is no Conscious You. The I AM Presence has its own self-awareness. You can say it is similar to the Conscious You, but it is, of course, it has a much more complex individuality than the Conscious You. When the I AM Presence decides it wants to experience the unascended sphere from the inside, then it sends an extension of itself, which is the Conscious You, into embodiment.

People unwilling to transcend their consciousness

Question: For the golden age to become sufficiently manifest, the lifestreams embodied on earth would need to raise their level of consciousness significantly. I have noticed that ascended masters often see a certain potential for growth and change. Yet this potential does not become actualized. This seems especially evident in the case of Russia. Is it possible that billions of the original inhabitants of this planet might eventually be required to incarnate somewhere else? And could they be replaced by more developed and peace-oriented souls who are ready to take physical embodiment on earth?

Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Yes, that is entirely possible, which we have hinted at on several occasions. What we have explained is that earth has a certain level of consciousness, which we have described as the 144 levels that are possible. We have also said that as the earth is raised up towards the golden age, that level of the 144 will slide upwards. In other words, there are more possible levels of consciousness in this unascended sphere than the 144 that are currently possible on earth. When that entire scale of the 144 levels slides upwards, it means that there are new levels of consciousness that will be the highest, and what is now the lowest will no longer be allowed on earth. This means that there are now certain lifestreams that can embody on earth that could not embody here before, and there are others that will not be allowed to embody here anymore. However, this is not quite as linear as it may sound. I am not saying that: ”Let us say, that the 144 levels slides upwards two levels.” I am not saying that: “Only beings who have the potential to manifest those two levels of consciousness can now embody here”, there are still many other beings who have a higher level of consciousness who can embody on earth. Neither am I saying that: “Only those beings who are at the two lowest levels can no longer embody here.”

It can be determined, as you said, that there is a certain nation, there is a certain group of people, or there are certain people all over the world, who have not demonstrated a willingness to transcend their consciousness. They have not demonstrated a willingness to move closer to the golden age matrix. And it can be determined by the Karmic Board, not by me, even though I will have an influence on the decision, but by the Karmic Board, that certain lifestreams will no longer be allowed to embody here because they are not willing to step up towards the golden age consciousness. And therefore, other lifestreams that are willing to do this will come from either other unnatural planets or even natural planets.

Yes, that is entirely possible. And certainly, you can look at the earth, and Russia is not the only place where there are people like this. You find many people like this in the Muslim world. You find many in less developed countries where they cling to a certain lifestyle that has not changed for a very long time. You find many of these people in the United States where they cling to a certain Christian worldview, often this Christian nationalist worldview, and they cling to these traditional values. As I have said before: “You cannot manifest the golden age by clinging to traditional values”, because innovation is needed, and the gap between where the earth is now and where it will be in the golden age is so big that a lot of innovation is needed. It really is a matter of looking at people’s willingness to let go of their present worldview, their present lifestyle, and step up to something higher. And there are many ways to evaluate this, of course, their willingness to look beyond a certain religion and realize that some of these older religions, Christianity, Islam and Judaism, need to either be renewed or left behind. It is also, of course, important to look at people’s willingness to commit aggression or support aggression. There are, of course, many people in Russia who uncritically support Putin’s special military operation. A military operation that lasts longer than the Second World War must indeed be very special. But besides that, those who support this are not demonstrating a willingness to transcend the aggressive mindset.

Likewise, those who are part of the MAGA movement in the United States and who uncritically support Trump’s war against Iran also have not demonstrated that willingness to transcend that aggressive mindset, the willingness to use force to kill other people. And that must be transcended.

Then the third group of people that are not demonstrating a willingness to transcend are those who are not willing to let go of their poverty consciousness and realize that this poverty consciousness must be left behind for the golden age to manifest. You see these various groupings of people around the world who are not willing to transcend. And therefore, there can indeed, indeed you could say there will, come various shifts where certain lifestreams will be taken from the planet. In most cases, this will happen when their bodies naturally expire, but there can also be diseases, epidemics or wars that will take large groups of people out of embodiment, and they will then be replaced by lifestreams who are more willing to transcend towards the golden age mindset.

Technology transforming lead into gold

Question: Quote from Saint-Germain’s Discourse: “You cannot directly turn lead into gold at the physical level, but when you go to the higher level and change the vibration there, you can transform lead atoms by accelerating their vibration to that of gold atoms.” How can humanity come to the discovery of this higher level and what exactly within the atoms would need to change its vibration? I ask that at least some general ideas about this be expressed to give people an understanding that could accelerate the manifestation of such technologies.

Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, my original teaching was not really about developing technology as you conceive of technology today. It was about developing what we, in this conference, have called the non-force-based technology which is still dependent on mind and therefore, co-creating the shift from lead to gold by working with both the ascended masters and elemental light. There will not ever be a mechanical technology that anyone can use regardless of their intent that will allow humankind to change matter, because those who are in that level of consciousness would be so self-centered that they would abuse that technology in various ways. Really, the answer to your question of how the process can happen is what we are attempting to explain in this conference. Beyond what we have given and what we will be giving, I really do not have anything to add at this point.

An avatar: created or made?

Question: In Maitreya’s book it is stated, “a new co-creator has only a small portion of a spiritual being embedded, whereas an avatar has a greater portion, the size depending on the purpose for which it is created.” For what purposes do spiritual beings invest a greater portion of their own consciousness into a being descending as an avatar than into another being descending as a new co-creator? Can it be said that avatars are originally created for this purpose rather than becoming avatars later in the development of the lifestream?

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

You need to recognize here that your view of the teaching is not quite where it needs to be. A new co-creator can be a being on a natural planet or an unnatural planet. But a new co-creator has only a certain portion of the spiritual being embedded within it, the spiritual being meaning both the I AM Presence and the ascended beings that created the I AM Presence, because the whole process is that as you multiply the talents given you will receive more. An avatar was not created as an avatar, an avatar was created as a new co-creator and gradually grew in attainment on a natural planet. And that is why more and more was invested in the avatar. We could say it this way: “Co-creators are created, avatars are made by self-transcendence.” You can say that: “Co-creators are created for different purposes depending on the planet they are created for”, because planets can be very different. But you cannot say that:” An avatar was created for a specific purpose”, because an avatar is a result of the development of the lifestream.

How to be free of mental illness

Question: I have been taking an anti-psychotic medication for more than ten years, after experiencing some episodes of psychosis when I was younger. Without the anti-psychotic I have trouble functioning and performing day-to-day tasks. But I am tired of dealing with the side effects and I want to become mentally healthy. Can the masters teach me how to perform a miracle to fully heal my physical brain?

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, unfortunately, the answer is no. Because it is not a matter of producing a miracle, it is a matter of realizing that your condition is not entirely produced by the physical brain. It is also a purely psychological condition. I am not saying there is not a component in the physical brain. I am not saying that you should stop taking medication. But I am saying that if you want to ever be free of the medication, you have to be willing to truly look deeply into the psychology and ask yourself: What does this condition do for you? And what I mean by that is: What does the condition give you an excuse for—or not looking at in yourself? In other words, the condition serves as an excuse for why you think you do not have to look at certain things in yourself. If you really want to heal this, you continue to take the medication, but you commit to a really deep effort to resolve the psychology. You will need to have a therapist, and you will need to also use the tools and teachings we have given about resolving psychology including subconscious selves.

Really, it is a matter of uncovering the decision you made in a past life for why you did not want to decide what kind of a being you want to be in this world. And therefore, you opened yourself up to external entities and beings who will come into your force field and take over your mind so that you, the Conscious You, can retreat into some hidden cave where you do not feel the need to deal with life or take responsibility for yourself. And you need to uncover why you made that decision and change it, so that you can take command over the four levels of your mind, your energy field, instead of letting other forces come in and take you in these different directions.

The lost continents and advanced technology

Question: The masters have said before that they will give teachings on the lost continents we have. We have Atlantis, but I am confused about the Mu and the Lemuria continents. Are they the same one, or one of them is in the Pacific and the other in the Indian Ocean? If they had advanced civilizations, why did they sink? Why can they have advanced technology when the inhabitants have not transcended their low level of the collective consciousness?

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

You need to recognize, first of all, that our teachings are based on progressive revelation. As we have said many times, we adapt a specific teaching to a specific group of people at a certain level of consciousness. The teachings about lost continents were given in previous decades, still in the Piscean Age, where people were very interested in the past. Of course, you can say: “Many people today are still interested in the past.” But still, there has been a shift. We gave teachings back then about these lost continents as we gave teachings, for example, about the prophecies of Nostradamus and other prophecies to attract people’s attention.

You can ask yourself a simple question here. Let’s say: “There was an advanced civilization 10,000 years ago or 70,000 years ago. What practical value does it have for me personally on my personal path to know this?” And you will find that the answer is: very little, personally. Now, you may still gain some value in understanding why a civilization disappeared, because it could have relevance to the current civilization, but still, if you look at your personal path, how important is it to know about these past civilizations?

This is one concern. The other is the question of how can a civilization have advanced technology when the inhabitants have not transcended their low level of consciousness? And this actually has an impact on present civilization.

You need to understand here, as we have explained, you can go from the 48th level to the 96th level of consciousness and on to the 144th. And by doing this, you are raising your level of consciousness. But raising your level of consciousness is not the same as acquiring knowledge of the material, physical world. And most spiritual people find that they need to focus on spiritual growth rather than mastering the physical world. What you see, as we have also explained, is that if you do not pass the initiation at the 96th level of giving up the self-focused self, you will continue to expand upon and seek validation for that self. And this can cause you to then go towards lower levels of consciousness. But in that process, you can still acquire greater and greater understanding of how the material world works. You can see that there are some fallen beings even, who are far below the 48th level, but they have a great understanding of the physical universe, even of human psychology, even of certain spiritual ideas and concepts, which is why they can become false gurus parading their wares before the unexpecting crowd. But there are also those who have used their certain mastery to gain power in the world or produce some technology that can give them power.

What I am pointing out here is that in these past civilizations, there was a lack of balance between what we have called the top 10%, mainly avatars and the bottom 10%, mainly fallen beings. The fallen beings had used their knowledge of the material world to create advanced technology that even with today’s technology you would call advanced. And this had given the people the idea that: “If they followed these fallen beings, well, it would be heaven on earth.” And therefore, the people had ignored the top 10% and the potential to raise your consciousness towards higher levels. But of course, everything the fallen beings do from the duality consciousness creates an imbalance. Even as a civilization is developing more and more advanced technology, it will at the same time develop greater and greater imbalance in the emotional, mental and identity levels. It seems like the civilization is doing very well at the physical level, but it is really a colossus built on clay feet because it does not have a solid foundation. And that is why there can come this point where the imbalance becomes so great that the entire structure starts falling over like the Leaning Tower of Pisa or the Tower of Babel. It cannot anymore sustain its own weight and there is a collapse. It might take the place or take the form of war. It might be natural disasters or a combination of both. But this is, really, the important lesson to take away from this is that there is a possibility of developing advanced physical technology without having the corresponding level of higher awareness.

You can see that this presents quite a dilemma for the ascended masters because what we have explained is that we made a calculated decision, a calculated risk, by releasing nuclear technology while knowing that humankind had not reached the level of awareness where they would only use it peacefully. But we made that determination based on realizing that if that had not been released, there would have been an almost continuous string of conventional wars that would have been fought with more and more powerful conventional weapons. And by releasing the technology for nuclear weapons, that most people can see would lead to the destruction of whatever civilization used it, even the destruction of civilization as a whole, we put a lid on this development towards more and more powerful conventional wars.

It is not a given that a nuclear war will not happen even though the further we move along the less the probability becomes, and it is already fairly small. It is not something we are projecting, that this will happen. But you see how in past civilizations there was not that proper balance between people who had developed higher levels of awareness and people who were trapped in selfishness. That balance is better today partly because we have released ascended master teachings but also because many other spiritual people have raised their awareness by following other teachings, many of which were, of course, inspired by us even though we did not directly make ourselves known through those teachings.

The fear of the unknown

Question: My energy field gets attacked during moments involving the unknown. People instinctively attack when the opponent is weak. How do I effectively deal with this and protect my energy field? Do I need to resolve my psychology so that I am willing to give up everything including my physical life in order to grow spiritually?

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, what you are describing as the fear of the unknown is typical for people who have experienced great trauma in past lifetimes. And of course most people on earth, avatars and original inhabitants have experienced some trauma. In many cases if you study this a little bit, you will see that of course a physically very disturbing circumstance or great pain can cause trauma. But really what causes trauma is in most cases that you were surprised. Something happened that you did not expect or that you do not think should have happened and this is what actually causes the trauma reaction.

What you can do is of course use the tools and teachings we have given about resolving the subconscious self because obviously you have several subconscious selves that gives you the fear of what can happen but also the unwillingness to be surprised again so that you are always trying to anticipate what could happen so that there is no unknown.

That is why you have this fear of the unknown that makes you vulnerable to various forms of attack. Now in the short term you can of course use our decrees and invocations for invoking protection but you really need to use the tools for resolving that trauma which may go back to your birth trauma and resolve that and then you will be over this fear of the unknown. You could say, as you say in the second part of the question, do I need to be willing to give up everything? Well, as we have explained at this conference giving up is a central aspect of walking the spiritual path. But the thing is when you have a reaction like this, a reaction to trauma, a reaction of the unknown, you cannot with the outer mind force yourself to give up everything. You can only give up something when you resolve the subconscious self that causes you to cling to it, to be attached to it. It is more a matter of resolving than forcing with the outer mind because the outer mind for most people finds it difficult to override the subconscious. You might decide with the outer mind to give up and it might work for a time but then suddenly a situation happens that you did not anticipate and it reactivates the subconscious self-based on this fear of the unknown and you are back in the reactionary pattern. You need to resolve that self that causes you to react.

Corruption in the Philippines

Question: I know that Master MORE during the New Year webinar has said that the Philippines is an example of a nation who has a more balanced use of power in the previous year of 2025. However there are so many revelations of rampant corruption, especially in the Congress, where as much as 60 to 70% of the funds for projects are lost. The government is not able to prosecute these public officials and they are trying to bury the issue with the common people losing hope that these people will ever be held accountable. There is a lack of a violent uprising which is a good thing, but the ordinary Filipino feels this hopelessness and despair that corruption is so ingrained in the government that nothing will change as with previous scandals before. How can we bring these officials or make these officials accountable as well as give hope for a better future in our country?

Answer from the Ascended Master More through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, the very fact that people are becoming aware of the corruption is always the first step and it is a decisive step because corruption obviously thrives better when it is in the shadows, when it is not openly acknowledged even though everybody may know about it. But the fact that it is becoming more acknowledged means that there is hope for the future and that what will happen in the Philippines is what has already happened in many of the other more advanced democracies where gradually an awareness will begin to arise that a critical mass of the population will no longer accept corruption and then the politicians simply will have to change and they will change or a new breed of politician will come into power.

This has already happened. It is not like people can do anything decisive about it. As an ascended master student you can obviously make the calls for it, but it really is a growing awareness that is happening all over the world and you are simply part of that way and you are not as far behind as you might think. Of course I understand that most people will not change their sense of hopelessness until they see results, but the results will gradually be forthcoming in the Philippines and in many other nations. But of course it is a complex issue because you also have to find a way to pay public officials so they do not have to engage in corruption to survive in their jobs. But again other countries have done this. Many of the countries in Eastern Europe have overcome the systemic corruption that they inherited from communist times. When you look at this you can see that it can be done and just the fact that there is a growing awareness shows that you have already started the process.

Spiritual knowledge vs. spiritual experience

Question: Do the fallen angels embodied on earth possess the same knowledge about God, humanity, the universe, Christ consciousness and related subjects that spiritual people study today, perhaps from older or more modern sources, including in particular the teachings sponsored by the ascended masters?

Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well again a complex question because, and I am of course not saying there is anything wrong with complex questions, on the contrary, but you have to consider what do you mean with knowledge? You see, our teachings that we are giving are coming from the Christ mind, but as we have explained before, once they are expressed in words, they can of course be interpreted by different people from different backgrounds with different levels of consciousness.

And they can of course be interpreted by the mind of antichrist and therefore, distorted. What you see is that throughout the ages there have been fallen beings who decided to study spiritual teachings, whether it was this religion or that spiritual teaching, whatever you had at the time. And there are of course fallen beings today, both in and out of embodiment, who are studying the teachings of the ascended masters. They are of course not doing it for the purpose of using the teachings to transcend themselves, they are using it either to find a way to sabotage the teachings, to counteract the teachings, and to sow doubt in people’s minds about the validity of the teachings. My point here is this, do these fallen beings who are studying the teachings of the ascended masters have the same knowledge that sincere spiritual students have?

From one perspective you can say that all the fallen beings have is knowledge, they do not have experience. As we have said before, when you are a fallen being you do not see yourself connected to anything outside your own mind, you cannot have a direct experience of the Christ consciousness as the mind of oneness, the mind that unifies. You can have a mental image of the Christ consciousness, you can even have a mental image of unity, of oneness, but it is just that. You are seeing, studying a topic from a distance.

Now of course there are also some sincere spiritual students who are still at the level where they are acquiring knowledge from a distance, but most spiritual students have at least some direct experience of the Presence of ascended masters. There is a difference between the knowledge you can have in your mind where you are a subject studying an object, and then the direct experience where in a sense the subject-object barrier dissolves because the Conscious You steps outside the outer mind and now experiences some degree of Oneness with an ascended master or your I AM Presence. There is knowledge in the mind and there is knowledge that is direct experience, not a mental image in the mind. We have before talked about the conceptual mind, but there is also the mind that experiences.

Based on this we can say that fallen beings do not have the real knowledge based on experience, but some of them have a very sophisticated intellectual, rational, logical understanding of spiritual topics, but of course it is all based on a mental image, not on reality.

When fallen beings can have a very sophisticated mental image of God, it is of course out of touch with the real God. And in many cases, these fallen beings are using their sophisticated knowledge to manipulate other people or to even produce some superficial phenomena that seems like they have the mastery of mind over matter, but again this is acquired through the outer mind, not through oneness, not through what we talk about at this conference, co-creation.

The hierarchy behind European and Islamic countries

Question: Whose interests, whose will are the leaders of the leading European and Islamic countries serving as they discuss current international issues? What hierarchy stands behind their policies and decision making?

Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Kazakhstan Conference.

Well, that is a rather complex question because there is no clear cut answer. Of course there is what we have called a false hierarchy on earth where there are fallen beings that make up this hierarchy. But there are, as we have also said, certain groupings and divisions within that fallen angel or fallen being community because they cannot agree with each other. There are of course some nations that are tied to one of these false hierarchy groups, some that are tied to another. But there are also in many nations individual politicians who have at least some attunement with the ascended masters. Now it is clear that the more closed a society is, the less open it is to new ideas, the more it clings to what they often call traditional values, then the more likely that society is open to some false hierarchy group.

In order for a society to work with the ascended masters it has to be open to new ideas, new ways of looking at things. I have said this before, the golden age that I envision for earth is so much higher than current conditions on earth that many, many shifts will have to happen. Therefore, many new ideas will be brought forth and a society that clings to status quo or that clings to some Edenic state that they see in the past cannot tune into my ideas. You cannot manifest the golden age by clinging to traditional values, it cannot be done.

What you see is that in the more closed societies such as most Islamic nations, such as most dictatorships, such as currently the United States, they have a much greater openness to the false hierarchy and they get many more of their ideas from the false hierarchy and the false hierarchy is open to overpower, overshadow decision makers when they make these crucial decisions. That is why they will often be blinded to the actual consequences of their decisions. You can, as an example that is relevant right now, say why did Donald Trump decide to take action against Iran when all previous presidents in the United States had heeded the advice of their military and intelligence community that if Iran was attacked it was likely they would close the Strait of Hormuz and it would have devastating effects on the world economy.

Why did Donald Trump disavow this advice and instead make the decision to do it? Well, it is because his mind was overpowered by certain false hierarchy fallen beings who made him focus on what he dared to do, what no other president had dared to do, and that would cement his place as the most important, consequential, decisive president in history. You see what also causes people to be open to the false hierarchy is a personal ambition. The more a leader has a personal ambition of being seen as special, having a special place in history, the more that leader is likely to be overpowered by the false hierarchy and therefore, be blind to the potential and often very likely consequences. Putin was blinded by certain fallen beings when he decided to invade Ukraine. Hitler was blinded by certain fallen beings when he decided to start the Second World War. The Japanese emperor and leaders were blinded and so forth. You see so many examples of history.

But what you do see in the world today is that the nations that are more open to new ideas, that are more open to experimentation, because how is the golden age going to be manifest unless people dare to experiment, those are the ones who can tune in to the ascended masters and the hierarchy of light.

Sometimes they receive just a few ideas, there are others who are more attuned to us and who have a greater vision of what needs to happen. For example, we have, and if you even look at history of what I have said in previous ascended master dispensations, I said that in the Middle Ages, late Middle Ages, I attempted to create a United States of Europe by working with the kings. They were so blinded by their personal ambition that they listened to the false hierarchy instead of me. Therefore, we did not get it. Then I created the United States of America.

I have also said I am behind NATO, I am behind this cooperation among democratic nations that are dedicated to democratic values. Obviously, it is my long-term goal to create more and more cooperation between nations, which right now means between democratic nations. Obviously, I am not promoting anything that goes against that cooperation, as you see in the United States, threatening to withdraw from NATO, threatening to withdraw from the UN, not wanting to cooperate with Europe and the EU and so forth.

It is clear that I want a more united Europe. I want Europe to be more united with the United States and Canada. I want all regions of the world to be more united, but especially the democratic nations. I want to see them forge a greater and greater unity and cooperation. Those who can tune into that, you can see it by their actions, what they are dedicated to. Are they seeking cooperation or are they going their own ways and seeking actually to break down cooperation and unity?