Question: The ascended masters have explained to us the energetic mechanisms of pedophilia and its clandestine practice within the Catholic Church, and that sexual assault by fallen beings is not a matter of mistake because fallen beings are experts in energy extraction. But I was perplexed to see that sexual abuses have happened among the prominent Tibetan Buddhist monks, and these cases have been covered up internally or sometimes exposed in the media. There have been numerous media reports of sexual misconduct by some highly respected monks against their female followers. Wouldn’t the sexual misconduct hinder the monks from the spiritual progress and ascension? Should we view the sexual abuse of Tibetan monks as the result of a male-dominated authoritative patriarchal religious tradition? Or should we assume that they are possibly fallen beings among the Rinpoche of Tibet? I do not think a being who has reached a higher consciousness would need to steal energy through sexual abuse, so I have no idea why they would behave in such a way when it comes to expressing their sexuality.
Answer from the ascended master Gautama Buddha through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.
The real problem in all of these cases is that whatever spiritual tradition you have, be it the Buddhist tradition, be it the Christian tradition, be it the Hindu tradition, you establish a certain organization, a certain church, a certain tradition of monasteries, you create a certain hierarchical structure, and there is always a projection that those who have reached a higher position in the outer organization must have a higher level of consciousness. This is a fatal flaw among all spiritual people of all spiritual traditions. It is perhaps an understandable reaction, at least it was understandable in the past, but it is not understandable or excusable in the present age.
The reality is that whenever you create any organization that has a hierarchical structure that gives more power the higher up you go in the structure, then such an organization will attract people who want the power, or the position, or the prestige. But is it really that difficult to see that people who want power, position, and prestige cannot be people with a high state of consciousness? Because why would a person with a high state of consciousness, a spiritual state of consciousness, want power, position, and prestige on earth? It should not be that difficult to make this switch that no spiritual tradition or organization is exempt from this mechanism. You create positions, and those positions attract people who want something from having that position. And this can be fallen beings, but it can also be people who are not fallen beings but who have been affected by the fallen consciousness and have even been affected by the lie that if you attain a position in this one true spiritual organization, then surely you must be accepted into heaven.
There are indeed, in the Tibetan tradition and in other Buddhist traditions, fallen beings who have attained higher positions, and who have therefore abused those below them, as fallen beings will often do. There are also some who have attained these positions and have been open to darker forces in the emotional realm which have therefore gotten these people to sexually abuse others and therefore the beings in the astral realm have taken energy from them. It is, of course, perfectly correct, as you say, that a person with a higher spiritual level of consciousness does not need to get energy from other people whether through sexual activity or by having people look up to them and idolize and worship them. Therefore, when you see people who need this, you know that they are not in a higher state of consciousness. But again, the problem is that any spiritual organization projects that those who attain positions of leadership must have a higher level of consciousness and that often is not the case because in a well-established spiritual tradition or church that has a big organization, those who are attracted to leadership positions are those who want something here on earth that they think their position can give them.
You simply need to adjust your view. If you know that the Catholic Church has been affected by pedophilia and sexual abuse, why would you think Tibetan Buddhism or any other spiritual tradition would not be affected by it? That shows you have some kind of idolatry of a particular spiritual tradition because you somehow think that even though this tradition is run by human beings, the human beings in this tradition will not do what human beings do. But that is not a realistic belief.
I am in no way condoning or excusing sexual abuse whether it be in a Buddhist tradition or any other tradition. Obviously, the people who do this create karma for themselves and there is no chance that they will make their ascension after this lifetime or perhaps not for many lifetimes, perhaps not ever. But the question that also needs to be asked in this context is, is it really necessary in the modern age to continue this tradition of celibacy among spiritual people in a spiritual organization? It is clear that the pedophilia and sexual abuse in the Catholic Church is very much linked to the demand that priests are celibate, but it is the same in any other spiritual tradition where celibacy is a demand. Is it necessary anymore? There were reasons for it to be instituted in the past, but is it necessary in today’s age? I am not giving you a straight yes or no answer. I am simply saying that if you really want to overcome this problem of sexual abuse you need to address this issue. Is celibacy needed in a modern age, and is celibacy needed in a spiritual tradition?
What is it that is needed in a spiritual tradition? It is mastery over your sexual urges. But does that necessarily and automatically become attained by denying those sexual urges? Or is it actually more efficiently attained by practicing your sexual drive in a responsible manner? There is no clear cut yes or no answer to these questions, but these are the questions that need to be asked in order to overcome the problem. And, of course, I know very well that there is great reluctance to consider this in many Buddhist traditions. But then the problem of sexual abuse will just become worse and worse in order to force people to consider these issues.
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