Question: In the teaching, The Way of Christ vs. The Way of Antichrist, Jesus says that in the mystery school, students learn to project the conscious self into Lord Maitreya’s consciousness, to see themselves from his perspective.
When I read this, I feel my mind runs up against its own limitations and is unable to grasp what is described thoroughly. Could you offer guidance on how to learn to project the conscious self into your presence properly? Is this different from the way I currently connect with you through the heart? I would be deeply grateful for your answers.
Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 New Year Webinar.
It really is not different from just connecting to me in your heart. The most important thing is to establish a connection, whatever form it takes, because it gives you that direct experience. What I mean with a direct experience is that it is not intellectual understanding. It is not looking at me from a distance, but experiencing directly. What Jesus was specifically talking about is an initiation you can have, but it is not really necessary for all people to go through this, but you can have that experience where the Conscious You can step into the mind of an ascended master and look at you, your psychology, your situation from the outside. You can do this with a specific master you feel close to.
You can also do it simply by the Conscious You stepping outside the outer mind and looking neutrally at your psychology. This is a valuable ability to exercise. I should say this does run up against the limitations of the outer mind. If you take the dictation I just gave earlier today, I talked about this, how the ego has the sense, the need for a sense of security, and therefore, it is reluctant to experience the presence of an ascended master in a way that challenges that. The best thing you can do here is to examine yourself. Try to use our tools as we, for example, give in Healing Your Spiritual Traumas, to come to see what subconscious selves you have, what it is your ego is afraid of, how it is afraid of losing control, what is it that gives the ego a sense of control, and then work on those subconscious selves until you can see them and let them go. That is, simply, you let them die because you consciously decide you no longer want them.
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