About jokes 

Question: Is something such as an event or joke funny because it is funny to a separate self?


Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

If a joke puts down other people, then it comes from a separate self or it is funny to the separate self. But there is, of course, a higher sense of humor that does not put down other people. There is nothing unspiritual about having fun or joking in a good-hearted manner as long as it does not hurt or belittle other people.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

Why did I choose to have a child with special needs?

Question: My son is 15 and has autism and other related developmental delays. That means he is fully dependent upon the family, mainly myself to fulfill all his needs. I am also in a toxic marriage and my situation with my husband has been very difficult during the 17 years of our marriage. I am conflicted between thinking I can serve my son best by continuing to stay in the marriage and keeping the family together or to leave. But I am worried that leaving the marriage will cause my son suffering because of a broken family. I also feel it may be my primal or other self-projecting that I need to get out of this marriage because it seems so unbearable at times. I have been trying to resolve this dilemma for a while but not successful as my desires keep swaying and I am plagued by doubt as I am not sure about the inner guidance I think I am receiving from you. I would like to know from the masters what I should look at and focus on so I know the best way to work through this situation. If you can also elaborate on what this tells me about free will. What could I possibly want to learn about free will by choosing to have a child with special needs? What aspects of free will am I not looking at because of which I am so conflicted about how to proceed in my life?


Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well whenever you are conflicted and divided and then you are not sure about your direction, this is caused by subconscious selves that are in conflict with each other pulling you in different directions. The best recommendation I can give you as an ascended masters student is to use the books Healing Your Spiritual Traumas and the others, to expose these selves, work through them until you get down to your birth trauma.

There are people in the world who as part of their Divine plan take on this burden of having a handicapped family member and there can be various reasons why people do this. In some cases, it is because they have a history from past lives of not wanting to make decisions for themselves, always wanting to have some external force tell them what to do. They deliberately put themselves in this very difficult situation that can bring them to this point where they simply have to make their own decision and stand by it whatever the decision is.

There are also people who choose this situation because it teaches you that there is a difference between outer freedom and inner freedom. There are examples of people who have spent a long time in jail but who have worked on their state of mind to the point where they were more free psychologically than people who were not in jail and in a sense you could say that you are in a form of prison. You can consider what you can do to come to a point where you feel more free within regardless of the outer situation.

Of course, the conflict in the marriage also has to do with some subconscious selves that you have, obviously some subconscious selves in your husband as well, but it is, of course, easier for you to work on your own and then see if that changes the dynamic of the relationship or the family. You could, of course, also consider, just as a general remark, what institutions are available in your country for helping you with this so that you do not have to bear the entire burden yourself. I certainly feel compassion for your situation but in order to give you something that might help you change the equation it is almost always to seek to expose the separate selves that cause your reaction, cause you to have doubt and then you will gain greater clarity.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

The Olympic games

Question: How do the ascended masters view high level or elite sporting competitions such as the Olympic games, World Cup football or European champions in football? Why is there such a high value placed on winning a gold medal, scoring the winning goal, holding up the trophy cup, etcetera? Why do certain individuals invest so much of themselves and their lives to attain a level of technical excellence in a chosen sporting field and what is the consciousness behind the mass adulation for major sporting figures and spectacular international sporting events?


Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, we have previously commented on the Olympic games and they have a value of bringing people together in what should originally have been a spirit of friendly competition. But of course, this has become rather unfriendly competition especially after the emergence of the Soviet Union and China where they used sport as a way to promote the superiority of their system. And you see, of course, also nations that have made winning sporting competitions part of their national pride and you see certain nations that in general have a very competitive mindset such as the United States which is what causes individuals to invest so much of their lives in winning these sporting competitions whereas in the other states it is more that they are pushed by the state into performing in order to giving prestige to the state.

It is an open question whether the Olympic games brings the world together or pulls the world farther apart. Certainly many of the soccer competitions push nations apart because they are such intense competition and such unbalanced prestige related to winning them. But on the other hand these competitions do focus people’s attention. And they can bring people together in a country when their team does well and it brings people together when there is one of these worldwide events. I will not say it is a negative at the present level of the collective consciousness it is just one of these things that we need to accept and then over time gradually transform it into a less competitive, less prestige oriented activity.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

More frequent contact with the masters

Question: Why cannot the ascended masters communicate and interact more with us outside of the conferences? Especially when we have the technology of the internet and a messenger in embodiment at the same time. Why do not they capitalize on this unique opportunity?


Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, the answer is that you have a messenger in embodiment which means he is subject to the constraints of time and space and having to perform many functions. There is a limit to how much he can do. Naturally more could be done, more might be done in the future but quite frankly with the amount of teachings we are bringing forth right now there are many people who do not have time to read them all, certainly not to study them and really internalize them. The common experience for many people who find the teachings is that they feel completely overwhelmed by the amount of teachings brought forth through this messenger already.

We have to walk some kind of a balance here, balancing the messenger’s time, balancing people’s time and balancing the possibility of people to internalize and integrate the teachings and we do this based on our evaluation from our vision from the ascended realm. As you can see we have been in a phase where we have instructed the messenger to reach out by creating websites that are not stated as coming from the ascended masters, the Age of Higher Awareness website, the Explaining Evil and the Higher Awareness Psychology websites. We have also instructed him to do the YouTube videos which is another way to reach a broader audience. All of this takes time, it takes attention and it is necessary to take a basic approach because we have seen in the past how a messenger can become obsessive-compulsive about doing the work to the point where people burn themselves out. And this messenger has so far avoided this and we would like to have him continue to avoid this crash and burn syndrome.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

Divorce today 

Question: Dear Jesus, in the book “Gospel for Busy People” there is your statement about divorce (This is from the scriptures). It has been said: “Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement. But I say unto you that whoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of fornication causes her to commit adultery. And whoever shall marry her that is divorced committed adultery.” Recently a member of my family in the United States converted to Catholicism, according to him the original true one and as a result of an inner revelation. His church forbids him from spending the night with his divorced parents and their new partners under the same roof. In practice this means that he cannot visit or host parents with their new partners. Would you like to comment on this situation?


Answer from the Ascended Master Jesus through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, the quote from the scriptures was given 2,000 years ago in a very different culture and time where a woman who had been divorced often would become destitute and had no way to sustain herself. Therefore, there was a more practical measure to maintain the marriage for life and that is why there was this statement against divorce. In today’s age this has been transcended and as you will see most people in the more evolved part of the world have more than one relationship during their lifetime. This is because growth has been accelerated so people can attain more growth by being with different partners. It is, of course, also because women have become more independent and can more easily sustain themselves. In terms of what you describe from the Catholic Church this is, of course, a completely unbalanced approach that has no bearing in the scriptures. It is simply a form of fanaticism that is completely unkind, completely unloving and completely un-Christ-like.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

The rank of fallen beings 

Question: Some time ago Saint Germain stated that Vladimir Putin was not really a very high ranking fallen being. With all that has happened concerning Ukraine in the past year, has Putin now risen higher in the ranks of the fallen hierarchy? How does a fallen being climb to higher and higher levels of merit within the false hierarchy system? And what are the defining features of a high ranking fallen being as opposed to those of a lower ranking?


Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, we have said before that there are two types of fallen beings, two basic types. Those who are the more sophisticated, who have a stronger mind, a more evolved mind and ability to think and come up with sophisticated ideas. And these are the fallen beings that rise higher in the false hierarchy because they are able to persuade or deceive or manipulate the others. Then the other type of fallen beings are those who are more destructive, who are not really a sophisticated intellect but who are willing to do these radical extremist things and often self-destructive things.

And you can see that Vladimir Putin has never been seen as a particularly intellectual or sophisticated thinker. He belongs to the second type. And therefore he will never rise to any higher levels of the false hierarchy because those who are the sophisticated minds look down upon him and consider him a useful tool that will be discarded when they no longer need him. They are fully aware that he has entered a self-destructive path by invading Ukraine and that there is nothing they can do to stop it but he has done what they wanted him to do for them and so they do not care what actually happens to him after that. There is very little loyalty among fallen beings and certainly not between the, we might say, sophisticated minds and the lower ranking fallen beings that are just expendable.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

Inner dialogue

Question: Why do some people not experience an inner voice, also known as an inner dialogue? It is the voice some people hear in their heads that helps when thinking through things, making decisions or rehearsing what to say out loud.


Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, there are some people who are not as auditory but are more visually oriented. They do not think in words as much as in images. It is natural for them not to have an inner dialogue with words. However, it must also be said that those who do have an inner dialogue, it can very much be some of the subconscious selves that are dialoguing with each other. If you are a more intuitive person you can, of course, also have some dialogue with your Christ self or even with an ascended guide.

But that is not really what is the common experience. There are, of course, some people who hear inner voices in terms of lower forces who are projecting words into their minds which can often be very disturbing to them. There are various aspects of this phenomenon. And generally what I will say is that as you rise higher towards the 144th level of consciousness you will have less and less of this inner dialogue and you will go into more of a state of neutrality and equilibrium where you just receive an impulse from your I AM Presence and you act it out without having to have a dialogue about it first inside your head. There is we might say a shorter time from impulse to action with less need for going over it inside of your head before you implement it.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

Slowing down aging

Question: Is it possible to transcend aging at this time in our evolution or does it lead into a blind alley to seek this at this time? I sense that aging is a result of our dualistic or unhealthy behavior and inability to be the open door for our I AM. As we ascend in consciousness, will immortality be a by-product of the path or is it simply just a longer lifespan? Will some of the ascended master students be the first people to transcend aging? Do we have this potential? Did Jesus transcend aging? If we did not age, what would that mean for humans? How would we leave the planet?


Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, you need to make a distinction here between aging and immortality because these are two different things. You can certainly slow down the aging process and there are many ascended master students who have given a lot of violet flame who look younger than their actual age. But in terms of immortality, that is an unrealistic goal, partly because it will never be realistic in the physical octave in an unascended sphere but also because of the density of the collective consciousness and the density of matter on earth.

You can certainly slow down aging and you can see, of course, that the lifespan has been increasing in many nations and it will continue to increase as new knowledge of the body and new healing technologies are brought forth. It is not unrealistic that within the foreseeable future that average lifespan will go over 100 years even up to as high as 120 years. But beyond that it is not practical for a long time to reach. Now, as an ascended master student, why would you want immortality in the physical octave?

Why not simply live out whatever lifespan is specified in your Divine plan and then ascend? The natural process for leaving the planet is to ascend or to reincarnate if you want to stay for another lifetime or two and help bring in the golden age.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

The unsolved problems of the theory of evolution

Question: Can you use this opportunity to look at the mass consciousness and discuss the theory of evolution and give me something that you have not yet pointed out in your dictations that I can use to share with people so that they can ponder and question it or look at some specific research and ask further questions? Also I am asking you to use this opportunity to speak into the collective consciousness.  

Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, the first thing you can point out is that the theory of evolution is a theory. It has for many people come to be seen as a scientific fact, but you can then point out that not so long ago, if you consider that a century is not so long ago, the worldview based on Newton’s theories or laws of motion was considered to be an infallible scientific fact and it has since then been replaced by more sophisticated scientific theories such as Einstein’s theories and quantum physics.

There is a constant movement in science. You can, of course, also find books out there that talk about this such as a book called “The Science Delusion” by Rupert Sheldrake that talk about the fact that many biologists are beginning to look beyond the theory of evolution because there are too many questions it cannot answer. One of the questions that the theory of evolution cannot answer is, of course, how did life originate? How did inorganic, unconscious substances suddenly give rise to life forms?

And you can also see that there are some big gaps in the evolutionary process even in the fossil record where you for example have the Cambrian explosion where a large number of species appeared in a very short period of time and this is very difficult to explain based on the current theory of evolution. You can also point out that it is one thing that organic life arose in the form of single celled organisms, but how did those organisms begin to organize themselves into multi-cell organisms?

How did you make a leap from these very simple cellular organisms to more sophisticated life forms that could start moving around? How did you jump from these simple organisms to fish, insects, birds, mammals and so forth? How did life migrate from the ocean to land? There are so many questions that the theory of evolution cannot answer that if it had not been for the fact that materialists are so attached to this theory then it would not have been considered a scientific theory, certainly not a complete theory because how can a theory be complete if it cannot answer so many questions?

The other big question, of course, that the theory of evolution cannot explain is the arising of the sophisticated consciousness you have in human beings. The theory of evolution is based on some valid observations. As we have said before there is a gradual process in the world. The biblical image of an instant creation is not correct when it comes to the species and many other aspects of creation. On the other hand, there is a certain instant creation and if you do not consider the Big Bang an instant creation then what is an instant creation?

You could very well modify the theory of evolution and say that there are certain instances of instant creation that brings forth a new state in the world and then they are followed by a period of gradual evolutionary changes then there is another leap and then another period of gradual evolutionary changes. This would be perfectly in accord with both cosmology and the fossil record and so then that would lead to the question of well what then brings about these major leaps?

Then you can go to the fact that there are now scientists such as Donald Hoffman who are beginning to look at the role of consciousness and that there must be some consciousness that is involved with the process of evolution. He has a theorem based on the existence of conscious agents. This then could lead to the recognition that some physicists have also arrived at, that a complete theory cannot ignore consciousness and cannot consider consciousness an epiphenomenon of the physical brain but must incorporate consciousness as a fundamental element in the creation of the world.

And this can lead to the idea that there are conscious agents who are not in human bodies, who are not in the physical realm but who are then the beings who have manifested these sudden leaps in the process. In other words, there are conscious agents with a larger co-creative ability, a larger consciousness than human beings, they initiate one of these leaps and then they leave certain laws of nature to bring forth a gradual evolution for a time until they initiate the next leap. This could lead to a more fruitful theory that could actually answer more questions, many of the questions that the current theory cannot explain.

This of course would make many materialists rotate in their graves or wherever they are and that would require a willingness to look beyond the materialistic worldview. But there is a growing number of physicists who are becoming aware that space-time, as Einstein conceived of it, is doomed. It is simply not a model that allows us to go further. And if space-time is doomed, then it no longer makes sense to uphold an entirely materialistic theory about the origin of life.

For there must be something then that is beyond space-time and in order to understand that something we must incorporate consciousness. These are just some sketchy ideas but I can assure you that there are already many scientists in various fields who are open to some of the ideas that I am radiating and you will, in the next decade or a little more, see a major change in this field simply because there are many scientists who see the limitations of the materialistic paradigm including evolution, but also because there are many young scientists who realize that there is no new discoveries to be made within the current paradigm. And they realize there are many questions that cannot be answered so if you cannot answer them within the current paradigm, the logical step is to look outside the current paradigm.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

Making your own invocations

Question: There are particular invocation passages that appeal to me. Is it appropriate for me to make my own invocation to the masters using parts of other invocations?


Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Yes, that is quite appropriate. And you can feel free to be creative about this, for example, if there is a particular dictation that appeals to you, you can make an invocation out of that by taking the decree of the master and making a normal invocation with one or two sentences from the dictation, then a verse, and then another one or two sentences, and so forth. Theoretically, an invocation could be made from each dictation ever given, but that is obviously beyond what the messenger has time to do, and I do not suggest that any of you try to do it either. But maybe you take some dictations that speak to you, and then you do this.

You can, of course, also, as you suggest, take different invocations and put them together.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

Freedom from the primal self

Question: Dear masters. When we finally get a fairly good grasp of the basic framework of our birth trauma, and we try to dismantle it and make it die, it seems not to be an automatic liberation from the primal self. I feel that demons in the collective consciousness keep on pinching this old scar again and again despite my advances. Expecting this liberating epiphany from the primal self, is this an inordinate desire? Is it a subtler detachment and we have to live with these permanent attacks from outer energies?


Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

You are correct that expecting some ultimate automatic breakthrough is an unrealistic expectation that will most often lead to disappointment. You can certainly have a certain breakthrough in terms of resolving the primal self, but you will have other selves that were created after the primal self, and it may take some time to resolve them also. It may also take you some time to come to the point where you can come to identify the projections from the dark forces, see them for what they are and just let them pass through you. While you have the primal self and other selves, you are so used to taking these projections in because you feel that you are somehow obligated to pay attention to this because whatever feeling you have in your primal self will, of course, be magnified by the projections, and so you feel that if you really have done something wrong you should feel guilty, for example.

Yes, for most people, it will be a process to overcome all of the selves that were created as a result of your birth trauma and the long process where you have been in embodiment on earth and often been exposed to trauma in other embodiments. It is more prudent to expect that this will be a process, and, as we have said, you are not ever home free as long as you are in embodiment even though there can come a point above the 96th level where you go into this state of non-attachment where the dark forces cannot really influence you anymore and where you do not have those separate selves created in your birth trauma or from other traumas. What you have left is the selves that are associated with the levels between the 96th and the 144th level of consciousness, but these are not created as a result of trauma. You can certainly reach a state of inner peace and equilibrium, but it is wise to not expect some very dramatic breakthrough as some people out there are striving for or are talking about. It is wise to remain in the state of mind that there is always another illusion to look for as long as you are in embodiment.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

Full mastery of the Seven Rays 

Question: Paul the Venetian, in his book The Mystical Initiations of Love, said: “My beloved, love is not all you need if you see love as the soft pink passive love. If you can master all facets of love, then you can say that love is all you need because then love incorporates all of the seven rays in all of their aspects. All you need in the material universe is all of the seven rays. You can ascend by mastering the seven rays. It certainly helps to master the eighth rays of integration and even some of the secret rays but you can qualify for your ascension by maintaining mastery of the seven rays. The seven rays is all you need.” 

My question would be from the following citation, it seems that Paul the Venetian is saying that it is enough to master the seven rays to reach our ascension. So does this mean that it is enough to reach the 96th level of consciousness to reach our ascension? I do not understand how we should interpret those words because it seems from his words that the eighth ray of integration and the secret rays are optional.


Answer from the Ascended Master Paul the Venetian through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

While I understand your interpretation and your dilemma, I will say that this comes from the linear mind being too linear. If you read carefully, we have actually not said that by going through the self-mastery course and reaching the 96th level, you have fully mastered the seven rays. You have achieved a certain level of mastery that has helped you pull yourself above the collective consciousness, but it is at the 96th level that you start going into the levels of personal Christhood and it is only actually through oneness with the Christ consciousness that you fully master the seven rays and the rays above them.

For some people, it will be necessary only to focus on the seven rays, but there are others who have it as part of their Divine plan to focus on one or several of the secret rays. This gives you a higher sense of mastery. We have explained that it is really not the Conscious You as such that attains mastery. The Conscious You attains the pure state with which it descended, oneness with the Christ mind, oneness with the I AM Presence, but the mastery you build as you are walking the path is really anchored in the I AM Presence and your causal body.

The more different experiences you go through while you are in embodiment, the more you master all of the rays including the secret rays, the more you master certain physical skills, the more attainment you build in your causal body and I AM Presence, so the higher mastery you have after you ascend. I know it can seem as if all people ascend at the same level, and therefore, have the same level of mastery when they are ascended, but that is not the case. People can ascend by fulfilling certain basic requirements, and nobody ascends if they have not fulfilled those requirements, but many people go beyond the basic requirements and attain a greater mastery than the minimum requirement, and this, of course, has an impact on what you can do after you ascend and where you can go.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

Healing trauma and spiritual growth

Question: How does healing trauma and resolving separate selves bring us to a higher level of spiritual growth? Will just doing this bring us to the ascension level or is there more work after this?


Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, as we have explained several times, when you resolve your subconscious selves and heal the trauma that is anchored in these selves, your Conscious You will begin to feel a greater sense of connection with your I AM Presence and with the Christ mind, and this is, of course, the essence of spiritual growth. In a sense, you can say that, as we have explained, you have a self for each of the 144 levels of consciousness. There is an illusion at each level, so seeking to overcome these selves and the illusions will bring you to higher and higher levels.

But you also have created a Divine plan which is about what contribution you would like to make to the world, what experiences you would like to have, what you would like to be part of while you are in embodiment. It is necessary, of course, to use your greater freedom and psychological healing to tune into your Divine plan, use your intuition to find out what it was you wanted to accomplish, and then, take appropriate steps to accomplish these goals which we have sometimes called your sacred labor.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

The lesson behind the COVID pandemic

Question: What are the important lessons that COVID taught the world? As ascended master students, how do we continue to support raising this awareness?


Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, I would propose that we redefine the question to say: “What are the important lessons that COVID could have taught the world?” Because the reality is that, for many people in the world, COVID did not teach them anything and one big reason for this is that so many people became the victims of these conspiracy theories, and therefore, took an ideological approach instead of an intuitive approach. I am not saying that all people should have been vaccinated, but I am saying that no person should have refused vaccination based on an ideological approach that comes from a conspiracy theory that is completely unfounded.

It would have been far better for people to tune into their intuition, and, as we have said before, only if you are in a neutral state of mind can you get accurate intuition, and if people would have done this, then, many lives could have been saved. But some of the important lessons that have been learned, by at least some people both in government and private people, is that a situation like this really requires a sense of community and a sense of social responsibility where each person does his or her part to improve the situation by taking the practical measures that are recommended by governments because even though they are not 100 percent effective, they are still better than doing nothing. There are nations who have strengthened their sense of social responsibility, and there are nations where only some people have strengthened it whereas others have actually decreased their sense of social responsibility. This is especially the case in the United States where so many people subscribe to these conspiracy theories about the disease.

But many nations have also learned the need to cooperate, and what many nations are beginning to learn is that in situations like this it is necessary to have and demand honesty and transparency. It is clear that if China had been more forthcoming in the beginning of the pandemic much suffering, and death could have been avoided, and there is a need which has not manifested yet to put more pressure on China so that they acknowledge that they cannot allow something like this to repeat itself. China is, of course, also in the beginning stages of realizing that the ideological approach that led to zero COVID was flawed and was unbalanced and that it actually did not save lives, but it did damage the economy severely. There is a potential that China can eventually come to question this authoritarian approach and, thereby, avoid moving further and further into this authoritarianism promoted by the current leadership.

What ascended master students could do was, of course, to make calls in decrees and invocations that the world would learn the lessons and tune in to the ascended masters, but there are so many other priorities that this must be something you decide on an individual basis.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

AI in psychotherapy 

Question: Is there a potential for artificial intelligence to benefit the field of human psychotherapy and create synergies? More people want psychotherapy, but the number of therapists is limited, and patients are often faced with time and cost issues. Can artificial intelligence help improve this situation so that more people have access to therapy?


Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, in its current form, it cannot, but it can be adapted and expanded and refined so that it can perform some functions in terms of listening, giving people certain feedback. It will not be as good as a good human therapist, but it can be as good as a bad human therapist, and it is, of course, correct that more and more people are open to therapy more than they are psychologists.

However, I would suggest that a better solution to this problem and a solution that is likely to be implemented at some point is that you create other forms of therapists, other educations for becoming a therapist that are not as long, not as complicated, not as demanding. We have talked about before that many spiritual people who have been on the path for a while actually have the capacity to serve as a form of counselors for people. Some have already done this, set themselves up giving classes or offering individuals counseling sessions and this is something that in the coming decades will be more common so that you can actually see that people can start out spending one or two decades pursuing spiritual growth on an individual basis, and then, go into the role of being a therapist where they can help other people and give individual sessions.

There can also come a point where there is a more formalized education that people can take so that there can be somewhat of a standard for how to help people instead of it being completely individual. This is actually the preferable solution because a machine can never do what a human being can do when interacting with another human being. It simply is not the case, but you can, of course, program a machine to ask common questions that help people clarify what their issues are, and you can, of course, create a machine that sits there and passively listens for an hour while the patient is talking about itself as many therapists do.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

How to speak out in a balanced way

Question: I recently had an experience involving an important investment decision at work. I politely proposed a solution that would have saved 30 million euros for the investors, but my team leader did not approve of the idea and even took it as a challenge to his authority. This incident nearly cost me my job. Should I view this experience as a lesson to be at peace with circumstances beyond my control or should I see it as a challenge to persevere and strive towards achieving the common good?


Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, that depends very much on the situation and the dynamics between you and the other people. What you can always strive to do is look at your own reaction. You can see whether your reaction was, what we might call, obsessive compulsive where you felt a strong compulsion to speak out about this and you felt a strong emotional reaction to the situation. This reaction comes from some subconscious selves, so it will only help your growth if you work on uncovering them and overcoming them. This should be the first priority. Once you have overcome the selves that caused you to go into an unbalanced reaction, then you have much more freedom to determine what to do next or what to do in other situations.

Generally, my advice is this, whenever there is a situation you speak out, you state the way you see it without directly challenging the authority of those above you. You simply state it in a neutral manner as an observation, and then, you respect that, in any workplace situation, there might be someone above you who has the final word, and then, you say: “I have spoken out. I have stated my case, but it is not my decision to make, so I must allow those who are in the decision-making position to make that decision and experience the consequences.”

It is not really, in most cases, the behavior of Christed beings to directly challenge other people, at least not in an unbalanced way. I know you can look back at Jesus’ life and say: “But did not he challenge the scribes and Pharisees?”, and yes, he did, but sometimes he was unbalanced in doing so. In other cases, it was necessary for him to do this because it brought about their judgment. This can, of course, be the case for you as well but again strive to be as balanced and non-attached as possible.

Simply state your case and allow the people to make the decisions who are in a decision-making position, and then, be at peace with knowing you have done what you could do. If there is an opportunity afterwards to make people aware that the outcome could have been different, then, do that but also in a non-attached manner.

In general, there can be exceptions but, in general, simply allow the situation to outplay itself and reason that you have done what you could and that if there are people who see you as a threat and take measures to have you fired, for example, this will bring about their own judgment. You can, of course, also if it is appropriate go to a higher authority than your immediate supervisor and seek to get them to look at the issue, but this will often cause your supervisor to see it as a threat to his or her authority. So, you need to evaluate the actual situation.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

Fear of self-expression

Question: When talking to people, I find it difficult to open up and talk about myself. I am not sure if it is due to fear and shame, a lack of self-esteem from deficient love in my childhood traumas from my upbringing and past lives or a deep identification with my primal self. When it comes to revealing and expressing myself, I feel as if my senses are numbed. I ask Mother Mary how I can resolve this issue.


Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, a severe condition like this goes back to the cosmic birth trauma and it is primarily your primal self that because you were hurt by expressing yourself. The primal self has reasoned that if you never express yourself freely again, you will not be as hurt again. What you need to do is take the teachings we have given in the Healing your Spiritual Traumas books and the following books and use those teachings to expose these subconscious selves that you have eventually working your way back to the birth trauma where you can realize, as we said, that you will never be as hurt again as you were in that initial birth trauma. And you have risen in consciousness since then, and therefore, you can deal with these energies and overcome that trauma and put yourself on a positive upward track.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

The uncertainty principle

Question: We know that everything is connected in consciousness so why do only certain pairs of variables among the many physical variables satisfy the principle of indeterminacy or the uncertainty principle? In quantum mechanics, for example, only certain variables a and b, such as momentum and position, can be paired and satisfy the uncertainty principle when the unit of a multiplied by b is equal to the unit of the Planck constant. What does it mean that these specific pairs exist? Are these specific pairs related to the expanding and contracting forces? And what is the significance of the appearance of Planck’s constant in the uncertainty principle? As Saint Germain answered in the 2022 webinar, Planck’s constant is related to the refresh rate of the earth reality simulator. Is there any relationship between the uncertainty principle and the refresh rate?


Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, there are certainly certain pairings as you describe and there are many of these that are related to the need to maintain a certain balance. You can see that as an expression of the expanding and the contracting forces, but you need to realize that quantum physics is only beginning to uncover this basic level of matter. There is more complexity to uncover that will eventually be uncovered. But, as Hilarion explained, this will not mean that by studying this basic level of matter, people will be able to understand what happens at the so-called macroscopic level.

The uncertainty principle is not so much related to Planck’s constant as to observation. The observation of the subatomic processes is underlying the uncertainty principle which simply says that before you make an observation you cannot know with certainty what will be the outcome of the observation. And, thus, this overrides the old deterministic theory of the universe where the universe was seen as a machine and if you knew the initial conditions and the laws you could predict everything with certainty.

What the uncertainty principle really describes or exposes is that the universe is not mechanical because at every level of creation there is consciousness present and consciousness implies some form of choice, not necessarily a self-aware choice such as can be done by human beings, but even at the elemental level there is some form of choice in terms of how to adapt to certain conditions. You might look at current scientific theories, the materialistic theories. You have the old idea that the universe was a grand machine, and then, you have the theory of evolution. Well, the theory of evolution says at its core that species are adapting to their environment and that some species adapt in a better way which allows them to survive. Whereas other species that do not adapt in the best way do not survive.

What is that that allows a species to adapt in more or less constructive ways? It is that there is a certain level of consciousness which is what we have described as the elemental beings who can make a choice as to how to adapt.

There are elemental beings that oversee the evolution of a particular animal species, and they have some freedom of choice as to how they direct that species to adapt to a physical environment and the elemental beings do not have the highest level of consciousness so they sometimes do not make the best possible choice, and that can cause a species to become extinct which has happened many times. Now if you go back to the idea of evolution by adaptation, even if you do not believe in elemental beings, you must say that adaptation implies a certain uncertainty.

The theory of evolution, even in its most materialistic form, is not compatible with a deterministic universe for if there was no uncertainty, the uncertainty principle, how could a species adapt? It would continue to do the same thing whether it became extinct or not.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

The God particle 

Question: In quantum physics among the subatomic particles discovered so far is the Higgs boson, which has been called the God particle because it seems to play a role in determining the mass of quantum fields. What is the connection between the role of this particle and the idea of the Conscious You coming down from the ascended realm? 

In Korea, there is a belief that for a baby to be born there must be the blessing of having a baby from the three heavenly grandmothers, or the blessing of having a baby from the Buddha. Is there a connection between this belief and the God particle and the Conscious You?


Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

The idea of a God particle is, of course, complete nonsense. I am deliberately being not diplomatic at all. There is no God particle. Anything that can be considered a particle is in the material realm, and therefore, it is of a much lower vibration than God. But it is also wrong that there is a particle that gives gravity. It is also wrong that the Higgs boson is the ultimate particle.

There is no connection whatsoever between a physical particle and the Conscious You taking embodiment. There is also no connection between a God particle and the Conscious You and the need to have blessings for babies to be born. There is a very simple physical process whereby a woman becomes pregnant. And that is really all that is needed for a baby to be born.

Naturally there are karmic conditions that play in here. There are some people that karmically cannot have children, and there are others who bring forth children even though they are not able to take care of them. I am not trying to make light of the situation for couples that cannot have children, or they cannot raise them adequately. There are certainly karmic conditions that play in, but it is not so that there needs to be some blessing from grandmothers whether in the heavenly realm or elsewhere.

 

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Conscious You and the empathy for others

Question: Ascended master students know that the Conscious You can project itself anywhere. When we empathize with other person’s pain or emotions, does this mean that our Conscious You projects itself onto the other person and experiences some parts of his four lower bodies? I’d like to ask for the master’s explanation of how empathy for others works.


Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

You can actually project yourself into the energetic field of another person so that you experience their situation through one of their subconscious selves. This is, of course, not something we recommend that you do, but it is what many people have done when they have been too empathetic or felt human sympathy for others. As an ascended master student, it is important to not do this [in order) to keep your Conscious You in your own energy field.

But you need to recognize that even if you do this, you can still have subconscious selves in your own energy field that gives you an unbalanced empathy or sympathy for other people. This can also cause you to be overwhelmed by these feelings because these subconscious selves can tie into, for example, the emotional body of the other person or the collective emotional body so that through that connection you have an influx of lower energies. And, of course, there can be the other person or the dark forces in the emotional realm who can, then, pull energy out of your energy field and drain your energies.

The best way to overcome this is, in the short term, to give decrees to Archangel Michael and Astrea, but in the long term, discover those selves that you have that makes you too empathetic and not willing to really stand up for yourself and your own growth. And when you let go of those selves, then you can be permanently free from this dynamic.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

How can we best help our deceased loved ones?

Question: There is a Buddhist ritual that takes a deceased person to the other world. What can family members or ascended master students participating in this ceremony do to help the deceased make a good transition to the other world? Also, what prayers or decrees can we do for the deceased?


Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, when you are participating in a specific religious ritual, just be respectful of that ritual and go through it like prescribed in the tradition. You can, of course, envision and silently make calls for your family member to be cut free from the astral plane or the mental realm and go as high as they can go. But you can do this more efficiently outside of a ritual where you are just at home giving decrees to Archangel Michael and Astrea, or the invocations to Archangel Michael or Astrea for cutting your family member free from the astral plane, the mental realm, the lower etheric realm so they can be taken as high as possible and prepare for their next embodiment. You can, of course, also, as we have said, let go of the family member so they feel free to move on.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

Do fallen beings protect those who help them?

Question: Some evil people seem to get more and more opportunities to do as they please without being subject to any higher law. If a lifestream chooses to live as a minion of evil and darkness, can they continue to delay the return of their karma until they are forced to be judged or have the second death? Why do they always seem to be born into conditions that make it easier for them to have great wealth and power, thus destroying the world further? When a fallen lifestream lives as a minion of the dark forces, do they receive special protection from the dark hierarchy?


Answer from the Ascended Master Jesus Christ through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

The dark forces in the emotional, mental and identity realm will attempt to protect the people in physical embodiment that they can use to further their agenda. There are examples of this where they will use whatever power they have to protect people or to get them to be born in a certain family where they can inherit wealth or power and in other ways serve the cause that the fallen beings out of embodiment have. That is why you see this. But the power that they have is limited because the real essence of this issue is the law of free will. And it is that as long as the population has not awakened to the existence of a power elite and dark forces and have decided they want to have a planet that is free of them, then these forces are allowed to outplay their tendencies in more and more extreme ways in order to give people new opportunities to come to the point where they have had enough and say: “We want to be free of this power elite.” This is what you have seen in many shifts in the world, sometimes violent revolutions, sometimes the shift to a democratic form of government where a critical mass of the people decided they had had enough of their present form of government.

We have said before that the purpose or the goal of the Piscean Age was that humankind would free itself from the fallen beings. And that obviously has not happened, which is why as we are transitioning into the Aquarian Age, the fallen beings are allowed by the Karmic Board to outplay their tendencies in more and more extreme ways in order to awaken the people faster so they can come to that point of determination.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

Did humans ever go to the moon?

Question: Did humans ever go to the moon and actually walk on its surface? I am confused. I am confused because many people doubt it.


Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Yes, they did. This is another example of how these conspiracy theories are put out there deliberately to confuse people and cast doubt upon the institutions in democratic societies. Sometimes these come from fallen beings that inspire people in the Western world. But many of these conspiracy theories have their origin in Russia or China or other nations that are seeking to undermine democracy by getting people in democratic nations to doubt the democratic governments.

You can see, for example, that there is a conspiracy theory that the United States faked the moon landings. But, you know, it is claimed that the Russians sent unmanned vehicles to the moon. Why is not there a conspiracy theory claiming that that was faked as well, or that the Russians faked the Sputnik? You will see by just considering this that this conspiracy theory likely started in the Soviet Union and Russia because they were jealous of the fact that the United States managed to put a man on the moon, whereas they did not. The same with many other conspiracy theories.

You need to recognize, we have said this before, but I will say it again, you need to recognize that there are countries in this world who are totalitarian countries who are doing everything they can to destroy democracy. And one of the ways they do this is to undermine the faith that democratic populations have in their own government and their institutions. They put out enormous amounts of information, they use social media, and they have unfortunately managed to make many people, especially in the United States, believe in some of these theories. It is estimated, for example, that two percent of the people in the United States actually believe that the Earth is flat, and that you have all been lied to for 500 years by science faking evidence that the Earth is round. The same goes for many other theories, including theories about the COVID vaccine or other forms of vaccine.

You need to recognize here a very simple fact. Democracy is inherently vulnerable to these kinds of undermining activities because, in a dictatorship, the population is forced by physical means. But, in a democratic nation, the only thing that keeps the nation functioning is that the population have faith in the democratic institutions. And those who are seeking to destroy democracy understand this better than most people in democratic nations do, and therefore, it is not a matter of them getting people to believe in certain things. If you go back to the Soviet Union, you will see that the propaganda from the Soviet Union was aimed at getting people in the West to believe that communism was better than capitalism or democracy. Today the aim of Russia and China is not to make the population in democratic nations believe in certain ideologies. Their aim is to get people to doubt the democratic institutions because they know that when this reaches a critical mass, it can cause real problems for democratic nations, such as you already saw in the United States around the last election, the entire COVID pandemic, where many, many, many people died that would not have had to die if they had had a more realistic attitude towards vaccines and other measures.

This is actually quite a serious matter, even though we might laugh at the theory that nobody landed on the moon or that the Earth is flat. But altogether, many of these conspiracy theories serve to undermine people’s faith in the democratic institutions. You just need to ask yourself, do you really believe you would have more freedoms in a country like Russia or China than you have today in your country? If you believe that, then by all means spread all the conspiracy theories you want. But if you believe you would be worse off in China or Russia, then stop spreading these conspiracy theories and stop taking them into your minds, where they really do not in any way enhance your spiritual growth.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

About ancestral spirits and feng shui

Question: In Korea, there is a belief that ancestral spirits in the astral realm can cause illness to their descendants or affect the luck of their descendants depending on the feng shui location of their grave. Do these phenomena come from real ancestors or from disguised demons or some kind of spirits? And what kind of decrees and invocations are recommended to cut off these unnecessary ancestral vibrations or interference?


Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, again, it depends on how you use words and define it. How would you define real ancestors? What we can say is that, in general, when people pass away, they go to whatever level they can go to based on their level of consciousness, where they process their last embodiment, start to prepare for their next embodiment. And in many cases, that embodiment will be in a different environment, not in the same family, maybe not even in the same country.

In general, ancestors move on. And once you are out of the body, most people do not have the attachment to their family that the family members in embodiment can have to the deceased person. There are, of course, cultures where there is such an attachment or such a tradition for ancestor worship that it can prevent some people from moving on. They become, what you call, discarnate spirits that are trapped often in the astral plane and cannot move on. And such discarnate spirits can affect the emotional, mental, and identity bodies of people in embodiment. But they do not have the power to affect the physical body and provide bad luck or illness. This is simply superstition. It is, again, that when something happens to people, they want to explain it in a way that is not their fault, and so some cultures project this upon their ancestors. But it is not realistic. But there are people who can be affected by a discarnate family member that has not been able to move on, especially, of course, if they have an attachment. If you have an attachment to a grandmother that prevents her from moving on, then that grandmother, as a discarnate spirit, can attempt to affect you in order to get you to let go so that the soul can move on.

The best kind of decrees and invocations you can give are to Astrea to cut you free or to cut your ancestors free so they can move on. You, of course, also need to look at whether you have an attachment to your family members and, then, let that go and allow them to move on.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

Population decline in Korea

Question: South Korea is currently experiencing one of the world’s most severe declines in population. There are probably many reasons for this, but the main one is that the younger generation is reluctant to get married and have children. Is there a spiritual reason for the population decline in South Korea other than the surface reasons? What is the desirable direction for population growth? If this population decline in South Korea is abnormal, what are some practical ways to improve the situation?


Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

It depends on what you mean with normal because you will see a similar tendency in most of the democratic nations that have reached a higher state of affluence for the general population. You will see many of the less developed countries where people want to have a number of children so that there are enough children to support them when they get older. And when that dynamic is no longer there in a more affluent country with better social safety nets and pensions, then people will not want to have as many children. This goes for virtually all of the modern democracies. From that perspective it could be said to be normal.

It is, of course, not constructive because there needs to be at least a certain population growth. If there is not a high enough birth rate in the native population, then the only option to keep the economic growth going is immigration. And you will see that some of the nations in Europe and United States have gone through quite, or have experienced quite, a large influx of people from less developed nations. And there could come a point where if the birth rate in South Korea does not go up, you will be faced with the same necessity of importing workers.

In terms of a spiritual reason, well, again, there is no reason in the spiritual realm, but there is a psychological spiritual reason. And that is that in South Korea, as in certain other nations, there is such a complex culture around marriage and family and raising children that it is so overwhelming to raise children that many young people look at this and look at how it was for their parents. And they can see what kind of demands will be put on them if they decide to have children that they simply do not want to take part in this. They do not want to get married. They do not want to have children. And therefore, they simply choose not to. You will see that in previous generations, people surrendered to this pressure, the social pressure, to start a family and have children. But the younger generation now are not so willing to surrender to this, which is why many of them decide not to have children. This will not change until the culture around marriage and child raising changes and becomes more relaxed and less stressful, less ritualized, less, we might say, stereotyped, especially so that women gain a greater freedom because, as the culture is now, the biggest burden is upon the woman in a relationship.

You can look to some of the other modern democracies, and you can see how the culture has changed there over the past couple of generations so that there is much less pressure on young people, which is why some of the modern nations do not have as steep of a population decline or even have a slight increase in population.

These are simply changes that need to be made. Obviously, they are not going to be made the easy way because the culture is so ingrained. But there will come a point where society will be forced to do something about this and debate this and re-educate the people so that you can take the pressure away from young people and actually make it enjoyable and fulfilling to have children. Right now, it is, for many people, just an overwhelming pressure to even contemplate having children. And that is why they choose not to because they know that they are not strong enough to resist the pressure once they have children. But they know they are strong enough to resist the pressure to have children. There will, of course, come the next generation which will be better at resisting the pressure. Therefore, they might provide an increase in the birth rate. But still, it is necessary to do something about the culture and open this up so that people can change their attitude to this.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

South Korea–China relations

Question: Dear Ascended Master Confucius, do you think it is possible for Korea and China to have a mutually beneficial and very constructive relationship with each other, and could you please explain the direction and the ways to move towards such a relationship?


Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels.  This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

It is, of course, possible but not very likely with the current Chinese government because the Chinese government, as I said, believes that democracy is fundamentally weak. They even have some belief that democracy will eventually be replaced by dictatorships which is, of course, contrary to the reality and my vision for the golden age. Nevertheless, as long as they have this belief, it is difficult to have a ‘mutually beneficial relationship’ because a mutually beneficial relationship functions best among equals.

If one nation sees itself as superior due to its size or due to its political system, then it is difficult to have a mutually beneficial relationship. This has always been difficult for China because China has always considered itself the center of the universe, thinking that all other nations are barbarians and that they need to adapt to the way of the Chinese. That is why it would actually be easier for South Korea to establish a mutually beneficial relationship with Japan than with China. I know this will be shocking because of these old animosities, but truly it is time to leave the past behind and forge a new relationship with Japan. This is certainly part of my vision for the golden age.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

China’s potential invasion of Taiwan and its impact on South Korea

Question: Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine there is speculation that China will invade Taiwan. Against this backdrop the United States has expressed its willingness to work with South Korea to resolve the Taiwan issue. South Korea’s previous leadership chose a balanced approach to both the United States and China focusing on improving relations with North Korea. However, after the war in Ukraine, South Korea’s current leadership changed its diplomatic course to strengthen the U.S.-South Korea alliance and improve relations between South Korea and Japan. Views on this change are divided among political parties and the public. Why would China want to invade Taiwan and what is the probability of a Chinese invasion? If China invades Taiwan, what is the likelihood of U.S. intervention? What are the options for South Korea where U.S. troops are stationed? How will China try to influence North Korea in this case and how will South Korea’s choices in this situation affect the future reunification of North and South Korea? I’d like to know what inner cross South Korean students need to let go of in order to have a neutral perspective in this international situation.


Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels.  This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, as I have said in the previous answer, there is no guarantee, of course, that China will take this step because there are actually many, many people in the Chinese government who do not agree with Xi Jinping and his stance on Taiwan. There is deep division in China about taking a step that would be very dramatic given China’s history. And there are those who, even though they think that Taiwan should be a part of China, are saying that going to war would be far too dangerous and really an un-Chinese step to take. It is by no means a given that Xi Jinping and those who support his policy will actually be able to take the nation to this very drastic step.

Naturally if they were to attempt an invasion, I am not saying they would invade, I am saying they would attempt to invade, then the current United States administration would feel obligated to somehow come to the aid of Taiwan, even militarily. This could change with a different administration such as a Republican administration that might take a more isolationist U.S. policy.

I am not saying that this is what I would like to see happen, I am just stating the possibilities. I agree that it is best for South Korea to remain as neutral as possible. And it is most likely that the United States would not require South Korea to be pulled into any hostilities and that they would be very careful using bases in South Korea, partly because this would, of course, make South Korea vulnerable to an attack by the North who might take advantage of a Chinese invasion to do something against South Korea. The Chinese might even encourage this in order to distract U.S. attention from helping Taiwan. It is naturally best to remain neutral and to seek diplomatic means. But you have to be realistic and realize that if the leaders in China who want to take aggressive action against Taiwan are successful in pulling the nation into this, then there is no diplomatic solution, as there was no diplomatic solution that could have prevented Putin from invading Ukraine.

There is a limit to what democracy can do and what diplomacy can do when it comes from a democratic nation towards a dictatorial nation because the dictatorships by definition see democracy as a weaker form of government than their own government. You will see this as being universally true. Hitler saw the democratic nations as being weaker than himself. The Soviet Union saw the democratic nations as being weaker. Kim Jong-un sees South Korea as being a weaker form of government than his own. China sees democracy as weaker. It is universal around the globe. There is a limit to what diplomacy can achieve because the dictators do not think they need diplomacy because they think they have strength and aggression on their side.

But of course, there can be things achieved by diplomacy, but only if you come from a position of strength. That is why I do encourage South Korea to strengthen its ties with Japan—to put aside, as we have said before, the old animosities and realize that South Korea and Japan have common interests in many areas, both towards North Korea but certainly towards China and also Russia. And of course, this also entails strengthening ties with the United States because currently it would be difficult for South Korea and Japan to defend themselves from Chinese aggression. Whereas with an alliance with the United States, well the situation is different. You have to walk a very delicate balance of not directly threatening China, but on the other hand demonstrating strength so that China does not feel like they can get away with anything they want. I know this is a delicate balance, but it is a possible balance to walk.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

Korea’s reaction to China’s potential invasion of Taiwan

Question: If China were to invade Taiwan, what stance would South Korea have to take? If China were to invade Taiwan, is it likely that South Korea would be directly or indirectly involved in the war? Do the people of China and Taiwan need to learn lessons from the war as the people of Ukraine and Russia do, or will there be a slow shift in consciousness? In what way should South Korea take a neutral stance in the case of a Chinese threat of war or an actual invasion of Taiwan? How should South Korea ascended- master students view this situation and how can they connect it to their growth in awareness?


Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, it is, of course, possible that as Russia had to invade Ukraine, China will have to take some aggressive measures, well some more aggressive measures towards Taiwan than they have done so far. It is possible. It is by no means a given and it can, of course, be replaced by a gradual raising of the collective consciousness in China. In terms of South Korea, well it depends on the exact scenario of how this plays out. It depends on whether China would focus on Taiwan or would attempt to attack other nations at the same time in order to neutralize what they perceive as a threat.

There may be a situation where South Korea could not remain neutral because it would have to defend itself, but otherwise it would be the best that South Korea attempted to be as neutral as possible. Naturally the United States cannot remain neutral, at least not with the current president, and I, of course, do not want the United States to be neutral if such a situation should occur. And therefore, it is possible that South Korea could be somewhat contributing to helping the United States in their efforts to assist Taiwan, but it would not be necessary in most scenarios that South Korea would be directly involved in fighting the Chinese.

In terms of ascended-master students, well if you feel a strong prompting from within, you can, of course, give invocations and decrees on this. But you, of course, have the situation with a divided Korea that is your primary priority. And so naturally you can raise your consciousness, but in South Korea you will primarily have an impact on raising the consciousness of Korea including North Korea, and it is up to the people of China to see what they will do with the collective consciousness there.

Naturally I would much prefer that there were no open hostilities. And there is still a high probability that this can be avoided, but it cannot be ruled out that China would have to make that move and experience the consequences which I can assure you would be very severe for China in order to move beyond this dictatorial stage that China is in right now.

The question is again: What does it take for these nations that are still in this autocratic dictatorial mindset to make the transition to become functioning democracies? And this is not only a question for China and Russia, but of course, for many other nations around the world. It is clear that the world is moving towards a state where the dictatorships and the autocracies will disappear and will be replaced by democratic forms of government. The question is: How long will it take and what bumps in the road will there have to be for people to awaken? But I will give you a timeline that within two to three decades dictatorships will have faded away to the point where they are not a major threat or will not have a major impact on the world.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

The story of an avatar: Yu Gwan-sun and the March 1st Movement

Question: I have a question about Yu Gwan-sun, a Korean girl and an independence protester. The March 1st Movement of 1919 was a movement that had a profound impact on South Korea’s independence as Koreans under Japanese occupation began a non-violent rally in protest of Japanese rule. Raised in a Christian-influenced family, Yu Gwan-sun was arrested by Japanese detectives for leading the March 1st Movement and is said to have been tortured to death while in prison and martyred at the tender age of seventeen. When I read the story of Yu Gwan-sun, I am reminded of Joan of Arc of France and I wonder if she is an avatar. What kind of spiritual being was Yu Gwan-sun? What did she go through in prison that led to her death? Did she have access to an ascended master at that time? What impact did she and the March 1st Movement have on Korea and where and who did she reincarnate into?


Answer from the Ascended Master Jesus Christ through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Yu Gwan-sun was an avatar (“Wow” in the background). Well, you do not need to say: “Wow”, since most of you are avatars as well. But certainly, before that embodiment she had reached a fairly high level of consciousness above the 96th level and, therefore, she was very connected to, especially, Mother Mary and myself. That is why she grew up in a Christian family.

She has not reincarnated in Korea. She has reincarnated because even though she could have made her ascension, she decided to be part of bringing in Saint Germain’s Golden Age. She has reincarnated but not in Korea and it is not important for you to know where. What is important for you is to realize that she was not above the level of consciousness of some of you nor above the level of consciousness that most of you  can attain in this lifetime.

It does not mean that you have to have the same dramatic life as she did. It does not mean that you have to be imprisoned or tortured. But you can certainly have an impact on your nation. You need to always be very careful when you look at people who had a big impact in a historical setting. You realize that there are many events in the past where there was a certain dramatic configuration of circumstances and therefore there was one person who became a front figure, a symbol for bringing change. But as we move into the modern age, especially in democratic nations, there is not the same need for drama. Hopefully, again, South Korea will never be occupied by a foreign power. So there will not be the same need for this, but there will still, of course, be a need for people who become exponents for change. It just will not be the same dramatic circumstances, but it can still have a profound impact on a nation.

You should avoid going into this idolatry with the outer mind that this person was so special that I cannot achieve anything similar. You should also avoid going into this temptation in the outer mind that you desire to have the same kind of dramatic impact on the world as these people that you saw. You should instead strive to follow the teachings, overcome the separate selves, become more and more aware of what is your Divine plan, what is your contribution that you can make, and not even evaluate it based on: Is it more important or less important? Is it more dramatic or less dramatic? You all have an important contribution to make. Most of you will not be recognized by history, but this does not mean that your contribution is any less important, for all contributions are important in bringing the world and specific nations forward. While it can be good to have examples, you have to realize that you are who you are and you have your unique contribution to make, and it does not really matter whether this is recognized by history or not.

We are aware, of course, that ascended master students have always had this desire and it is natural. It is understandable that you have a desire to make an important contribution to Saint Germain’s Golden Age and to changing the world towards making it a natural planet.
It is very understandable, but as I said, you will not all have these dramatic circumstances and you will not all be remembered by history.

I can tell you that it was not a guarantee that I would be remembered by history. My mission could have easily faded away and gradually been forgotten. In fact, one might say that it is one of the ironies of history that the main reason that my mission did not fade away and become forgotten by history was that the fallen beings decided to make it the state religion of the Roman Empire. Of course, thereby they thought they could destroy my mission and prevent my example from being taken up by people. But had it not been for that, it could very well be that the Christian movement would gradually have faded or would have just been seen as one other among many Gnostic movements of the time. You can see that even what the fallen beings do can backfire and have unintended consequences. This is not to say that I approve of what they did with the Catholic Church, but I am just pointing out to you that it is possible to be in embodiment, to fulfill your mission, but you are not remembered by history.

And, as ascended master students, it is better to have that attitude that your primary role here on this planet is not really to bring specific outer changes or to be remembered by history. Your primary role is to transcend your own consciousness so you can ascend, but then also thereby pull up on the collective. Even this messenger had in the beginning some hope that the books and the websites would reach more people and therefore have a greater impact. But he has also had to look at these selves and overcome these selves where he can say: “Well come what may. The work has been done, it has been put into the physical octave where people can find it and whatever happens, happens.” And you can be at peace with it. You can be at peace with realizing that you have fulfilled your Divine plan, you have done the best you could. The reaction from society or from people is up to their free will and this is something that you need not be concerned with. When you know you have done what you specified in your Divine plan, you can feel the fulfillment of having done it regardless of the outer result.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels

Are ascended masters sending down their extensions to earth?

Question: I heard that ascended masters do not need to incarnate on earth again because they are in the ascended state. But just as our I AM Presence sends down its lifestream to earth, do the ascended masters send down their lifestreams?
If so, are there any cases where the ascended masters send down multiple lifestreams from their beings? I am also wondering if the ascended masters send down their extensions not only to the physical plane but also to the identity, mental and emotional planes.


Answer from the Ascended Master Jesus Christ through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.

Well, this is one of these questions where we have to be very precise about how we use words. You might, from a certain perspective, say: “Do the ascended masters send down extensions of themselves?” Well, of course, why do you think you are here? You are all extensions of the ascended masters or at least your I AM Presences. But, of course, you are not yet ascended, so therefore, you are extensions of ascended masters but you are not ascended masters.

There are very rare exceptions where an ascended master has received a dispensation to enter, we might say, a physical body but really a body of higher vibrations. Saint Germain did this as the Wonderman of Europe. I did it after my ascension where I lived with Mary Magdalene for some time in Kashmir. There are certainly other examples of this but not many.

You need to recognize a very simple fact here. If you are an extension of an ascended master, you will know this and will not have a need to ask the question nor will you have a need to declare: “I am an ascended master in embodiment or an extension of an ascended master.” But you need to recognize that the human ego always wants some superior status. And what could be a more superior status for a human being in embodiment and saying: “Oh, I am an ascended master in embodiment or I am an unascended ascended master.” There are people who have said this. There are people in the world today who believe this about themselves. But it simply is not correct.

You also have some fallen beings who have claimed to be ascended masters in embodiment or other spiritual beings in embodiment. They are the embodiments of this god or that god and this has one purpose only—to create confusion, to confuse people about what it really means to be an ascended master.

But an ascended master is a being who has ascended, so there cannot be an unascended ascended master. It is a logical contradiction. But you are all extensions of the ascended masters because your I AM Presence is an extension of ascended masters and you are all extensions of the Creator. But this, of course, does not mean that you have graduated from Schoolroom Earth.

When I was in, whatever you want to call it, embodiment or in a physical body in Kashmir, I never claimed to be an ascended master in embodiment. I never, ever said this to anyone other than Mary Magdalene who had a certain knowledge, of course. Saint Germain, when he was the Wonderman of Europe, did not really expose his true identity to very many people other than those who had a certain knowledge where they could recognize this intuitively. When someone comes out publicly and makes a statement like this, you know it either comes from the ego because the person has deceived itself or it is a deliberate ploy by a fallen being to create some kind of confusion.

 

Copyright © 2023 Kim Michaels