China – Ascended Master Answers

China’s true intentions towards Kazakhstan

Question: President Tokayev pursues an open policy towards China. For example: visa-free visits to Kazakhstan by Chinese citizens for up to three months have recently been introduced. Benefits and privileges are also provided in various economic projects. What are China’s true intentions towards our country?

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

Well, I could tell you what China’s true intentions towards Kazakhstan are if China knew itself what its intentions are. You see, the Chinese government, the current Chinese government, is a good example of what you find in many countries around the world right now, where the Chinese government itself does not actually know what it wants. It has a better awareness of what it does not want than what it actually wants. You see a certain wavering, a certain indecision.

You see, for example, a lack of a willingness to clearly step in and do something about the economic situation, such as the crisis in real estate companies. You see how there was for a long time this Zero-COVID policy and then all of a sudden it was abandoned, going from one extreme to the other. You see how government ministers have disappeared without any explanation and you might think that it is typical for a totalitarian government that they want to maintain secrecy. But they are actually maintaining secrecy because they do not know how to present this in a way that will not make themselves look bad.

You see a government that is in upheaval, that is insecure, uncertain. You may look at President Xi in China and think that he has greater power than any president since Mao and surely, he has some agenda of establishing China as a major world power. But in reality, he and many of the people in the government are almost in a state of panic because they, of course, know more about the state of the Chinese economy than the people or even the media, even the media outside of China. And they are beginning very slowly to realize that China has really, to use a popular expression, dug a very deep hole for itself and they do not see how China can get out of it.

Now, why do they not see how China can get out of it? Because they are not willing to abandon communism, they are not willing to truly change the structure of the government, to give more autonomy to the regions and less power to the central government. They are not willing to really change the centralized system. In fact, Xi has been trying to strengthen the centralized system, but it is precisely the centralized system that has created the current crisis in China, because it is a crisis regardless of the happy face that the government tries to put on.

And this crisis cannot be solved by the current governmental structure. China needs to decide, does it want to be a communist country, or does it want to be an affluent, prosperous country because material affluence for the population is not compatible with a communist political ideology.

Until there has been a shift in China, China does not know what it wants to do concerning Taiwan, concerning Kazakhstan, concerning other neighboring nations. You see how there is a move in one direction one week and a move in the other direction another week. You see how they are building up their military, which means that at some point they could potentially decide to attack Taiwan, but they have not decided: “We are definitely going to attack Taiwan when we are strong enough.” You could say that there are some within the Chinese government who would like to take over Kazakhstan and gain the resources that are in Kazakhstan, but there are others that would be against this because they know this will have a cost concerning China’s standing in the world.

There are no direct plans to take over Kazakhstan. As I am saying, the Chinese government does not know what it wants to do, what its intentions are. You could say that there is a certain collective beast in the Chinese government that has this dream of expanding the Chinese empire, just as there is a collective beast in Russia around Putin’s government, just as there was a collective beast in Nazi Germany. But these beasts are not self-aware. They are more like computers that are pursuing a goal of greatness without really defining what it means. In China there is a certain element of the government that has this dream of the greatness of the Chinese empire and of dominating the world or providing an alternative to the United States and the dominance of the West as they see it. But they do not have a clear vision of what does that actually mean. And first of all, they do not have a clear vision of what it would take to achieve this goal. They are not able to define a series of logical steps that will lead from here to there, and they are not even attempting to define these steps because if they were to try to define these steps, they would see that the plan is unrealistic.

Putin, before he invaded Ukraine, went through a certain decision-making process. But he was also blinded by these delusions of grandeur, we might call it, and he thought it would be easy to achieve his goal. He did not sit down with his advisors and create a logical step-by-step plan for how his goals could be achieved because had he done so, he or at least his advisors would have seen that this is simply not realistic. Not to get distracted from the topic of China, but it is the same dynamic in China. They have an idealistic goal but no practical, realistic vision of how to achieve it.

What is the answer? Well, the answer is that there is currently no answer. As spiritual people, you can, of course, make calls for the protection of your nation, and you can make calls about the Chinese nation coming to clarity about what kind of a nation it wants to be.

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.

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.

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.

What will it take for China to become free?

Question: What will it take for China to become free?

Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2021 Webinar – Ending the Era of Ideology

Well, I will comment on the question. But I will start by saying that this is the kind of question that is so broad, that it is difficult to give a meaningful answer because there are so many facets that need to be addressed here. What exactly does it mean for China to become free? What is a free nation really, when it comes right down to it? You could say that, what does it take for China to become free of communism, but that obviously will take the fall of communism.

What we can say here is this, that the first step towards a more free China, is that the realization that has already started growing among many people, especially younger people, needs to be accelerated. And that realization is that communism has outlived its purpose. Whatever people in China think about communism, and many think it was a necessary phase for China, there can be this spreading realization that it is no longer necessary for China to be communist. In fact, it is hypocritical, self-contradictory, non-sustainable for China to uphold a communist ideology, while in reality having a capitalist economy.

It is not sustainable. One or the other has to win in the long run, or there has to be a different form of economy than a strictly capitalist economy. But China is right now being pulled in two directions by the ideology, and by the money-making machine that has grown to such proposals in China, that it is almost strong enough to overpower ideology.

So you have these two beasts that are fighting for domination in China. And the solution is not that China gives up communism becomes entirely capitalist, that would just propel it from one kind of unfreedom to another kind of unfreedom. The solution really is that China transcends both communism and capitalism and finds a different approach to the economy and to society.

Now, this, of course, will require that the current leader of China will be out of power, whether he goes out of embodiment or is dethroned by the Communist Party. It will also require many of the old guard in the Communist Party to either die or be removed from their positions and replaced by younger people who have a more flexible, more open-minded attitude.

What this will require is a gradual raising of the collective consciousness. And this, of course, is something that is happening fairly slowly in China, partly because of the size of the country. Partly because of the unwillingness among many Chinese people to make their own decisions, take responsibility for themselves, and partly because, of the tremendous resistance from the party apparatus from the demons and collective beasts behind them and from the fallen beings, who are still trying to maintain China as a communist nation in order to uphold some remnants of the capitalist communist tension.

So many, many factors will play into this. If you are concerned about this, you can certainly give invocations and decrees for this. But it will take a long time for a small group of people to have an impact on China. There is a process for raising the collective consciousness, it is being raised—the consciousness of China is being pulled up by other nations, but it is difficult to predict exactly when this will break through.

The question right now is whether the current leader will have to die a so-called natural death or whether he will be removed by more progressive forces because he has created not so much a personality cult, but a very strong personal power apparatus around himself. And that is not going to allow any changes, because they would be seen as threatening his power.

Hong Kong’s role in the future of China

Question: My friend in Hong Kong is concerned about the recent riots in Hong Kong. What is the Chinese government doing behind the scenes to subvert democracy in Hong Kong? What calls can she make, and what invocations can help to keep democracy alive in Hong Kong and to accelerate changes in China? Does Hong Kong have the potential to create a shift in China? What is the highest potential outcome and what is the lowest potential outcome based on people’s current state of consciousness? Thanks.

Answer by Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels, given at a conference in Estonia 2019.

Well, to first address the question of what is the Chinese government doing behind the scenes to suppress democracy in Hong Kong? The answer is anything they can think of. Whatever means they think they have at their disposal, they are using them. They are of course very aware that the world’s attention is on Hong Kong, so they are trying to do this in a hidden way.

One of the more obvious things they are doing is that, as has happened many places around the world, that the government that feels threatened by demonstrations will send in people who are meant to create violence–to create a riot–because once what is perceived to be the demonstrators resort to violence, then the government feels justified in using violence to suppress the demonstration.

One of the most important things that can be done by people who are part of this is to remain nonviolent, even if there are certain elements that create violence, then people need to not be swept up in this and not partake in it. Are there invocations and decrees you can give? Yes, there are many. Any that mentions democracy, freedom. You can also call to Archangel Michael and Astrea. You can create an invocation, take Astrea’s invocation that has already been adapted to specific countries, and you can adapt it specifically for Hong Kong and for China.

It is clear that Hong Kong has a very important role to play in the future of China, and certainly in the future of making China a more free and democratic nation. When Hong Kong was created as a British colony those many years ago, or at least as an international trading colony those many years ago, it was one of the first serious openings that mainland China had allowed in the wall they had built between themselves and the rest of the world. It is clear that in communist China as it is today, Hong Kong–where people have been used to a more democratic form of government–they can be the opening that can bring more democratic reforms to mainland China. This is what the Chinese government is fully aware of, and that is why they are trying to stop it so that it will not spread.

You can of course, if you are concerned about this, make the calls for this. Make the calls that they will not be able to stop it, and that it will not deteriorate into the lowest possible outcome, which could be that the Chinese government would move in with force and violence to suppress the demonstrations, which could lead to certain violent groups springing up that might create almost a state of civil war. This would probably not be able to go very far because the Chinese government, once they cross that threshold of using violence would be very brutal and decisive in trying to shut it down. This would be an undesirable outcome, even though it could also have the effect of exposing the Chinese government and their willingness to suppress their own people.

But the higher outcome would be that the Chinese government would come to a point–and here you could, for example, use the invocation given in Korea for changing the mind of a dictator–that there would be a change in the Chinese leadership where they would realize that they cannot suppress these democratic reforms or the demand for democratic reforms in Hong Kong, because it would be too damaging to China’s standing in the world. Therefore, that would be too damaging to China’s trade with the world and therefore Chinese income.

There could then be brought about a shift where the Chinese government could realize that we have already crossed that threshold where we cannot in any way turn times back to the communist era. We cannot turn back to that, and therefore the only way to go forward is to allow more and more reforms even in mainland China.

It is clear if you look at it from a completely neutral perspective, that China is in an unstoppable movement towards more freedom and democracy. It simply would not be possible for the Chinese government to completely stop reforms, both democratic and economic, because it would cause the collapse of the Chinese economy, simply because Western nations would be forced to stop trading with China in order to maintain their own democratic principles.

These are also things you can make the calls for that the highest possible outcome would be a change in the mindset of the Chinese leadership, where they instead of trying to stop reforms now go in and say: “ How can we work with the people there and allow some democratic reforms without having it create such a dramatic effect in mainland China, that it goes too fast forth?” In other words, there could be a compromised situation, where the Chinese leadership would allow some reforms, even spreading to mainland China, but it would be kept at a pace where they could still feel they had some control, and therefore they would not need to resort to violence. This would bring a more gradual change in China, which is the highest outcome- a gradual change towards democracy and freedom.

I know very well that there are many people in China and Hong Kong or in the West or outside of China, who would like to see this dramatic shift. But it is not actually the optimal outcome for such a large nation where there is such a difference between the state of consciousness, the educational level, and the physical, material standard of living between various groups of people. It is more realistic and more beneficial to have a more gradual change that might take several decades, but still would bring about the same result.

Demonstrations and protests in Hong Kong

Question: How do the masters see the events in the Hong Kong protests? Has the violence reduced the potential for freedom to manifest in Hong Kong?

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given at a conference in Washington, D.C. (USA) in 2019.

Anytime that people resort to violence, it greatly reduces the effect of a demonstration. It diverts the energies actually into a downward spiral, a negative matrix instead of carrying them upwards where they can produce a more powerful change. Now, of course, you have to recognize here that you are dealing with an oppressive regime. And as many other oppressive regimes, whenever they feel threatened, such as by demonstrations, they will attempt to sabotage that process by themselves creating violence. They are certainly not beyond sending people in that are deliberately sent in to create violence in order to discredit the protesters, and make it seem legitimate for the government that they need to step in with force in order to squash the protests.

So in some cases, you can say that the people who are demonstrating for positive change are not the ones creating the violence, it is actually, deliberately done by those who are threatened by the protests. And in that case, it doesn’t have quite the same negative effect. But it still is, of course, very unfortunate when there is violence because it does create a vortex of fear-based energy. And of course, it gives an excuse for an oppressive government to then use force to suppress the protests.

But clearly, there is a positive spiral in the Hong Kong protests that have a potential to create some real change in China. How that will play out is very, very difficult to say because it depends on just a very few people in the Chinese government and the decisions they make. These people are either fallen ones, fallen beings, or their minds are very heavily influenced by the fallen beings so it is as yet unpredictable what they will do, whether they will use more violence to suppress the protest, or whether they will actually come to a point where they realize the need to create some change.

Kazakhstan and China’s expansion

Question: Should Kazakhstan and/or the other Central Asian countries worry about the expansion of China to Kazakhstan and to these countries?

Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given at a conference in Kazakhstan in 2018

China is at present an unpredictable country because of the mass consciousness – the collective consciousness of the Chinese people being at a point where they find it difficult to decide which way they really want to go. You see the latest developments with the President taking on more powers than any President since Mao Tse Tung. This is a troubling sign in the sense that it makes the situation less predictable. There is a reason for all neighbouring countries to be mindful of what is happening in China. I am not necessarily saying you should worry about this.

In Kazakhstan you have more of a traditional alliance with Russia that would discourage China from expanding into Kazakhstan. It is something to make the calls on if you feel moved to do so from within. Certainly it is not so that we are foreseeing any imminent danger of a Chinese invasion because this would actually be too detrimental to China’s long term strategy of expanding their influence in the world through economic factors.

I am simply pointing out that the more a country has a centralized leadership structure where decisions are made by one person it becomes more difficult to predict what that person is going to choose to do if a crisis situation occurs where the person suddenly feels that his position or the long term strategy of the country is threatened.

Is China a threat to the world?

Question: As we can see, China is growing and becoming strong in economic and political aspects, its consciousness is growing. We have important people of China all over the world, we cherish Chinese products. Is there a strong power elite in China and do Chinese people have enough high consciousness, and is the expansion of China a kind of threat to us or others all over the world?

Answer from Ascended Master MORE through Kim Michaels.

China is a potential threat to the peace of the world, there is no question about that. It is, however, not something I want to paint as a Doomsday scenario. There is, of course, a very strong power elite in China that has grown out of the communist era, or should we say the more openly or traditional communist era. For certainly, you cannot truly say that China is in a strictly communist phase right now. China is in a process of transition, and there are indeed many people in China who have a certain level of Christ consciousness, even though they, of course, would not label it as such consciously, for they do not have this understanding.

Nevertheless, there are people in China who can hold a certain spiritual balance for the nation. That is why you see that China so far has had a relatively peaceful transition from the more traditionally communist phase to what you today could call a hybrid communist-capitalist phase. Is China a communist society today? Well, how can you call it communism, when you allow the kind of capitalist activities that are taking place? How can you be a traditionally communist country when goods produced in China are imported in every country?

Yet, be not blind to the fact that when a country exports its goods, it is always a two-way street. It is not just money coming back; it is also a stream of consciousness. Therefore, China is being transformed not only from within, but also by the return current of consciousness coming from all of the nations that are importing Chinese goods, or in other ways having business relations with China.

There is therefore a realistic potential that China will not become a military threat, and that it will, in fact, not become an economic threat, but that China will transition into a more open, and even in time, a more democratic system that will in fact allow China to take up its place among the family of nations. There are, of course, many hurdles that need to be overcome. You might find cause to study the dictations given in China last year, which will give you a deeper understanding of the spiritual aspects of the challenges faced by China.

Much more can be said. I trust that more will be said, as the time and cycles allow it. But for now I simply wish to say: Hold the vision of a gradual peaceful transition. Truly, if the transition is to be peaceful, it must be gradual. Therefore take the long view on China and hold the vision of a gradual transition.

In fact, hold the vision of a transition so gradual that the power elite in China will not actually realize what is happening and how profound are the changes that have already begun. Hold the vision that they will not realize that it is already too late to turn back the changes, and therefore they will not make an attempt out of panic to revert the changes that will inevitably take China towards more openness and freedom.

Was Chinese earthquake a karmic return from the occupation of Tibet?

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Question: Jesus, the American actress Sharon Stone made the remark during the Cannes film festival that the recent earthquake in China might have been a karmic return as a result of the Chinese government’s treatment of the Tibetans. What is your response to that? Also, why did her comments elicit so much anger and ridicule?

Answer from ascended master Jesus through Kim Michaels:

Let me begin by making it clear that if there is ever going to be a shift in the collective consciousness, it is absolutely necessary that people who are in a position to be heard have the courage to speak out and make remarks that will jolt people into thinking beyond their current mental boxes. In that respect, it is of lesser importance whether such remarks can be considered proper or prudent, even if they are true in some ultimate sense, for the purpose is to shake people – those who have not completely closed their minds – into thinking about an issue in a new way.

Thus, I must commend Sharon Stone and other prominent actors, such as Richard Gere and Harrison Ford, who have had the courage to support the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan cause—even to the point where it has often been a detriment to their careers or their income. It is a sad fact that the people on this planet who have something important to say often find it very difficult to be heard in the media, whereas certain celebrities are widely quoted for making the most superficial statements. Thus, it is highly necessary and commendable when those who have attained celebrity status have the courage to speak out for a cause that can make a difference.

Let me now address the question of whether the recent earthquake was indeed a karmic return for the Chinese government’s treatment of the Tibetans. First of all, Sharon Stone was courageous to publicly express the thought that a natural disaster can indeed be the result of people’s action—a thought for which it is easy to see that she will be ridiculed in the West. For as Mother Mary has explained, it is indeed necessary that humankind is awakened to the reality that there is a link between their state of consciousness and “natural” disasters.

Obviously, it is indeed possible that a nation can experience a natural disaster as the result of the actions of its leaders, as for example seen in Hurricane Katrina in the United States. However, in this particular case, it is not correct that the earthquake was the karmic return of the Chinese actions against Tibet. This is a case where Sharon Stone, despite her good intentions, has become a little too focused on seeing the world from her vantage point, in which the Tibetan people have assumed central importance.

The reality is that the recent earthquake in China was not the karmic return for the government’s treatment of the people of Tibet but of another group of people. This is a group of people that is often overlooked when people in the West look at China. And if the readers have difficulty identifying the people I am talking about, it only proves my point.

The reality is that the recent earthquake was the karmic return for the government’s treatment of its own people!

Surely, the Chinese government has suppressed the people of Tibet, but has it not suppressed its own people to an equal degree? And do the Chinese people not warrant equal compassion and help to attain freedom?

That being said, I would like to comment on the issue of whether it would be unjust that the Chinese people suffer as a result of their government’s actions—when the government is oppressive. The reality is that in every nation, the government is an expression of the consciousness of the people. Thus, it is not possible for a nation to have an oppressive government unless the people have in their consciousness a tendency to be submissive and not wanting to take responsibility for their lives and their nation.

Thus, even in the most totalitarian nations there is a codependent relationship between the oppressive rulers and the submissive people. And only when a critical mass of the people rise above the consciousness that caused the oppressive government to come to power – and decide to take responsibility for their destiny – will there be a decisive shift in the form of government—as is currently being proven in Iraq.

Finally, let me comment on why Sharon Stone’s remark caused so much anger in China and so much ridicule in the West. The simple reason is that in both parts of the world you have a large percentage of the population who have been brought up with a materialistic – anti-spiritual – philosophy, according to which it is possible to escape the consequences of one’s actions—or according to which one’s actions have no consequences beyond what can immediately be seen.

This denial of consequences is – as Maitreya explains in great detail in his book – the ultimate perversion of free will. God has allowed the earth to become a planet where it is possible – as a result of the density of matter – to deny God’s existence and thus deny God’s laws. This is done to allow a certain group of lifestreams an opportunity to act out their desire to be separated from God—in the hope that they will eventually have enough and thus return to reality.

Yet some of these people have convinced themselves – and are working hard on convincing everyone on earth – that there really is no God, and thus they have what they think is the ultimate freedom, namely the freedom to do whatever they want without reaping any consequences at all. Yet as Maitreya explains, without consequences, there is no free will, for if your choices do not produce consequences, you have not actually made any choices.

So the fact is that you have a certain segment of the population on this planet who will vehemently deny that human actions can have consequences for the planetary body or that the planet could actually respond to human actions through natural disasters. Such people will viciously ridicule anyone who speaks out against their relativistic, self-centered world view, but the intensity of their ridicule is in direct proportion to their selfishness. For it can ONLY be selfishness that causes people to refuse to consider that their actions or state of consciousness can have consequences that affect other parts of life.

Of course, it is only selfishness that causes lifestreams to want to separate themselves from God and from the Body of God. Those who have started overcoming selfishness have started seeing that all people on earth are part of the same greater whole, and thus they are rising out of the Cain consciousness and recognizing that you are indeed your brother’s keeper. And thus, it is indeed appropriate to have a “Free Tibet” movement, but it is equally appropriate and important to have a “Free China” movement. For if you could free the Chinese people from the consciousness of oppression-submission, don’t you think the Tibetan issue would be resolved simultaneously?

In that respect, it is extremely important that spiritual people raise their concept of karma beyond the traditional punishment scenario. If you keep blowing air into a balloon, it will eventually pop, but is the popping of the balloon the punishment of an angry God? In reality, humankind is constantly pouring low-frequency energy into the energy field of the planetary body, and when the pressure becomes too great, something must give way and release the pressure. If the pressure is not released gradually through spiritual exercises, such as decrees and Mother Mary’s invocations, it will be released violently and people will get hurt.

Yet even though it is easy to focus on the fact that people have been hurt, this is still not a punishment. It is simply the inevitable outcome of people’s actions, and thus karma is always and exclusively a teacher. Karma is an attempt to teach people that all actions – including psychological “actions” – have consequences. Thus, it is always the hope that when people experience the consequences, they will wake up, take responsibility for themselves and decide to change.

Of course, in many cases the very consciousness that caused people to produce a karmic consequence prevents them from seeing the return as a lesson. But when people have closed their ears to their spiritual teachers, there is no other way to teach them than to allow them to reap the karmic returns—over and over again for as long as it takes for them to start wondering, “Could there be a better way? Am I the one who needs to change? What is the beam in my own eye?”