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NOTE: This
answer was given on February 16, 2007, after the NEW
DIRECTION was implemented.
Answer from Jesus:
This is an extremely important
topic, and it is essential for all true spiritual seekers to understand
the teachings I will give here. Understanding why you need a teacher,
savior or intercessor is the ONLY way for people to avoid being trapped
by the subtleties of spiritual pride. Let me start with a general observation
and then comment on the specific points you raise above.
As I explain in my ego
discourses, the essential problem with the human
ego is that it makes you spiritually blind. The ego uses the dualistic
logic of the mind
of anti-christ to create its own world view, and it then elevates
it to the status of infallibility. The ego literally creates a false
identity, and once the conscious
self steps into that identity, it sees the world through a filter,
like a person wearing colored glasses.
Once people are trapped in such a false identity and have accepted that
it is ultimately real, they will be completely unable to see its inconsistencies
and unwilling to admit its shortcomings. As I also explain in the ego
discourses, the ego is always trying to create the impression that its
salvation is guaranteed, and that is why it seeks to create these infallible
belief systems. Obviously, the belief that you are absolutely right
can only lead to pride, and many people think they are very spiritual,
but they are simply blinded by spiritual pride. That is why it is impossible
to reason with such people, and they are often unreachable even for
the most experienced spiritual teachers. They are not teachable.
So why do you need a spiritual teacher—specifically a teacher
who has risen above the subtleties of the human ego and spiritual pride?
Because while your conscious self is inside the mental box – the
false identity – created by the ego and the forces of duality,
you simply cannot see beyond that mental box. You cannot see God’s
reality, the undivided truth of the Christ mind. Instead, everything
you see is colored – often in subtle ways – by the dualistic
logic of the mind of anti-christ, which will seem very convincing to
you while you are inside the ego’s box.
Those spiritual seekers who are honest with themselves will know that
there are many situations where they find it difficult to tell right
from wrong or truth from error. They often wonder whether their beliefs
or actions are right, and they often feel like it is impossible to separate
reality from unreality. As I explain elsewhere,
this magnificent confusion is actually far better than being trapped
in spiritual pride, where you think you know everything and thus you
don’t need a teacher. The reason being that if you ask, you will
receive help from your Christ
self and from the true spiritual teachers of humankind. True teachers
are not inside your ego’s mental box, they are not blinded by
your false identity or by spiritual pride. Therefore, they are your
lifeline, your anchor point, that will empower you to gradually increase
your Christ discernment until you can see the reality that the teachers
see.
In short, you need a spiritual teacher because the ONLY way to escape
the subtleties of the ego’s mental box is to establish contact
with someone who is outside that box. You cannot solve a problem with
the same state of consciousness that created the problem. You cannot
pull yourself up by your own bootstraps, you cannot enter the kingdom
of heaven without putting on the wedding garment (Matthew 22:11) of
the Christ consciousness. The ego will claim that you can do this, and
many false teachers will claim that you can be saved by them or without
a teacher. Yet the reality is that you can ONLY escape the illusions
created by the duality consciousness by making contact with something
outside the veil of illusion.
Unfortunately, the spiritual pride of the ego often creates a catch-22
from which people find it very difficult to escape. Once you believe
you know everything and that your beliefs are absolutely true, it follows
that you will think you don’t need a teacher. Therefore, people
in this trap often cannot recognize a true teacher. To use a popular
saying, “They wouldn’t recognize a true teacher if he bit
them in the leg.” This is illustrated in the following quote (from
John, Chapter 8), which shows that when I walked the Earth, certain
people could not recognize me as the Living Christ:
31 Then said Jesus
to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then
are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
33 They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in
bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
Take note that these people
did not even recognize that they needed to be set free, which is typical
of people who are completely blinded by the pride of the ego. They think
they are so special – in this case because they were children
of Abraham, but there are a million of such “reasons” –
that their salvation is guaranteed, so why would they need the Living
Christ?
34 Jesus answered
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is
the servant of sin.
35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son
abideth ever.
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
Again, these people could
not see their own sin because of spiritual blindness, so they thought
they were free of sin. Yet anything you do based on the illusions of
anti-christ will enslave you in the ego’s mental box. And only
the Son – as my often used symbol for the universal Christ mind
– can truly set you free. Only what is outside of duality –
because it forever resides in the Father’s house, meaning in oneness
with God – can set you free from the illusions of duality.
37 I know that
ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word
hath no place in you.
38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which
ye have seen with your father.
39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith
unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works
of Abraham.
Here they cannot even see
that even though they claim to be Abraham’s children, they are
not behaving as Abraham because they seek to kill the Living Christ—which
Abraham would never have done because he had the Christ discernment
to recognize the messenger of the Lord.
40 But now ye seek
to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard
of God: this did not Abraham.
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not
born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me:
for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself,
but he sent me.
In their spiritual pride,
these people now claim to have God as their father (is God or Abraham
their "only" father), but how can God be your father when
you have left off oneness with God, the oneness that can be obtained
and maintained only through the Christ mind? It is typical that those
in spiritual pride will invoke an ultimate authority and will even claim
to have the authority of Christ, being completely unable to see that
they are trapped in the illusions and delusions of anti-christ.
43 Why do ye not
understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye
will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the
truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Although I was fairly harsh
here, I was actually talking to a specific group of fallen
beings for whom I represented the last chance to recognize a true
teacher before they would face the judgment on the last day (John 12:48).
The “last day” referring to the end of opportunity for these
specific beings—not to the end of the world as many Christians
think.
45 And because
I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why
do ye not believe me?
47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear
them not, because ye are not of God.
Again, these people were
so blinded by the illusions of their egos that they could not even understand
my words. They could not recognize any truth in my words, because there
was no element of truth in their beings with which my words could create
a resonance that they could recognize with their intuitive faculties.
Yet the fact is that there are many beings in embodiment today who are
equally trapped in their mental boxes and thus unable to recognize a
true teacher. Even if I appeared physically on the Earth today, many
of these people would not recognize me, as they will not recognize those
who have attained some degree of personal Christhood.
Sadly, many of these people are leaders
of Christian churches, but a fair amount of them are found in New
Age or spiritual circles. The main characteristic that exposes such
people is that they often have a greatly inflated sense of their own
importance. Thus, when someone believes that he or she is appointed
by some being with ultimate authority and has been given the mission
of single-handedly saving the Earth or even the universe, you know you
are dealing with a person who is trapped in spiritual pride—and
there really is NO exception to this statement. Why this is so will
become clear as I comment on the points raised above.
Let me comment on the first idea, namely that people can contact or
experience God directly. As explained elsewhere,
your conscious self is an extension of the Creator’s Being. Therefore,
it is true that you can experience God directly, for the conscious self
has the ability to project itself anywhere it chooses. Thus, when the
conscious self realizes that it is an extension of the Creator’s
Being, it can experience its own source, it can experience – at
least in a glimpse – the Creator’s consciousness.
However, here comes a very important, but subtle, point. Experiencing
God is something that is beyond words, images or concepts. Therefore,
having a direct experience of God’s Being is NOT the same as having
a verbal communication with God!!!
The importance of this statement cannot be overemphasized, and here
is why. Your conscious self can experience its source, but the Creator
NEVER communicates directly with any being on Earth. The reason is that
the vibration of the material universe is so far below the vibration
of the Creator that if God manifested its Presence in the forcefield
of this planet – or in the forcefield
of any individual being in a physical body – the entire planet
or the person would be consumed by God’s light, or fire. When
he was on the mountain, Moses experienced God as a burning fire, but
this was not the vibrations of the Creator itself. God’s light
had been stepped down – by spiritual beings in higher realms –
to a level of vibration that would accelerate Moses’ mind without
consuming him completely. That is why he saw a bush that burned with
fire but was not consumed (Exodus 3:2).
As explained elsewhere,
the world of form was created in stages. One sphere was set apart from
the void, self-aware co-creators were sent into that sphere, and when
their sphere reached a critical intensity of light, it became a permanent
part of the spiritual realm. The beings who had attained mastery in
a given sphere now helped co-create the next sphere, and the beings
who were sent into that sphere were extensions of the masters from the
previous sphere. In the very first sphere that was created, the Creator
sent extensions of itself into that sphere. When they had attained mastery,
they co-created the next sphere and then sent extensions of themselves
into it. In other words, this Chain of Being started with the Creator
and has been extended through all spheres, including the one in which
you live.
The reason why people on Earth are not guaranteed to be saved is that
most of them have become trapped in the consciousness of duality in
which they see themselves separated from their source. Ultimately, your
source is God, but because you are an extension of the Chain of Being
that reaches from the Creator to you, your source really is the entire
chain of being, meaning all spiritual beings above you. Thus, the ONLY
road to salvation or immortality is to attain oneness with your entire
Chain of Being. People need to be saved because they have become separated
from their source, so the only road to salvation is to overcome this
separation. And when you do so, you will not only see yourself as one
with God but as one with the entire spiritual hierarchy above you.
As I said, your conscious self is an extension of the Creator’s
Being and thus you can experience the Creator directly. This experience
really does happen through the Chain of Being above you, but an immature
seeker may not be aware of this. Likewise, any communication from God
to you happens through the Chain of Being, and again an immature seeker
may not be aware of this. So it is possible that people will receive
communication from above without realizing that it comes through the
Chain of Being—which is the same as the ascended masters or the
Ascended Host.
Yet as people raise their awareness, they will become aware of the Chain
of Being and they will therefore acknowledge it, including acknowledging
the reality of the Ascended Host (or whatever name they use). My point
is that if a person claims to be communicating directly with God and
claims that there is no intermediary between that person and God, then
that person is either immature or is making a false claim. I know there
are people who will vehemently deny this, so let me give a simple analogy.
Let us imagine that a modern person becomes convinced that he is a descendant
of Christopher Columbus, but he denies that there were any generations
between him and Columbus. In other words, he claims to be a direct descendant
of Columbus and rejects the family tree that shows the generations between
himself and his distant forefather. Obviously, people would think this
is a silly claim as you cannot be a direct descendant of a person who
lived 500 years ago. Well, it is equally silly to claim that you descended
directly from God or that you communicate directly with God without
going through the "generations" that preceded you in the Creator's
continual expression of itself in form.
Let me give another analogy. The pages of this website are stored on
a computer in the United States. A person in Australia can access the
website and bring it up on her screen. Yet that computer is connected
to the server through a complicated link of wires, hubs and servers
that relay the information. In other words, the information does not
go directly from the server to the persons computer but must follow
a path through the network of servers that makes up the internet. The
person does not see this, but if the person claimed to be receiving
the information directly from the server without any intermediary, one
would have to say that the person was ignorant of reality or was deliberately
making a false claim.
Let me say this even more directly. The ONLY road to salvation is to
attain oneness with your source, but as a human being on Earth, you
cannot attain oneness directly with the Creator. The reason being that
the intensity of the Creator’s light would burn up your entire
being. Thus you must begin by attaining oneness with a Being who has
risen above duality and attained immortality, but who is not so far
above you in vibration that its vibrations would erase your identity.
And then, when you have attained this first stage of oneness, you can
move on to attaining oneness with the next link in your personal Chain
of Being. And ONLY after you go through each of the links in the chain
can you attain the fullness of God consciousness.
This is what has been called the master-disciple, or guru-chela, relationship,
where a student attains oneness with the teacher and thereby attains
the same state of consciousness as the teacher. This is the time-honored
method whereby ALL beings who ever ascended have attained their immortality.
There simply is no other way. Claiming that you – as a person
on Earth – can sidestep this process and attain oneness directly
with the Creator is ignorance. It might be the willful ignorance of
spiritual pride, but it is still ignorance.
Hopefully, this should have addressed all of the concerns listed in
the question. The Ascended Host do indeed exist, and we do not need
anything from people on Earth. However, because we know that people
are extensions of the greater beings out of which we too are extensions,
we naturally want to help people overcome their separation, which is
what I called spiritual death. We want to give all people the same spiritual
life – the sense of oneness with the Chain of Being – that
we have attained.
Yet we also know that people can attain this ONLY by becoming one with
us in the master-disciple relationship. Many Christians do not understand
that I came to illustrate this relationship. The reason is that because
of the idolatry built around me, I was elevated to the only son of God,
and thus the church could not acknowledge that I had a master above
me. Yet my personal master, or guru, was and is Lord Maitreya, and I
often referred to him as my Father, for example when I said, “I
and my father are one” (John 10:30). When I won my ascension,
I became the next guru in the Chain of Being, which is why I said, “I
am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me” (John 14:6). This does not mean that people have to
become members of an outer Christian church, but it does mean that no
one can ascend from Earth or communicate with God without going through
the spiritual office I hold for this planet, an office that is under
the office of Maitreya and the Chain of Being above us, which includes
the Office of Lord of the World held by Gautama Buddha.
Thus, if a person claims to be communicating directly with God and at
the same time denies the existence of the Ascended Host, you can know
with absolute certainty that the person is either immature or is deliberately
making a false claim. There really are no exceptions to this, for while
a teacher may not talk about those above him, no true teacher will deliberately
deny that we exist. In other words, some true teachers will not mention
us, but no true teacher will denounce us.
Concerning the people mentioned in the question who believe they are
communicating directly with the highest God and that they have been
appointed to single-handedly save the universe or perform some other
feat of cosmic significance, these people are simply so trapped in spiritual
pride that they are unreachable. Their egos have created the ultimate
dualistic illusion in an attempt to prove that their salvation is guaranteed.
There literally is NO other explanation, as no member of the Ascended
Host would ever claim to be single-handedly saving the Earth or the
universe.
We truly work as part of a team, which is why I said, “Verily,
verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what
he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also
doeth the Son likewise.” (John 5:19). Because we are above the
delusions of the ego, we know that no single person can ever save this
planet. If that had been possible, do you not think that Krishna, the
Buddha or myself would already have saved the planet? And if the planet
was saved, do you think the things you see in the daily headlines would
still be happening?
Take note here that I am not saying that a person cannot receive communication
from God. Yet if it is genuinely from God, then the person or the communication
itself will acknowledge the Chain of Being, as in this example.
Unfortunately, those who are lost in the ego's illusions can think they
are communicating with God while in reality working with an impostor
in the emotional or mental
realm. It may be impossible to convince such people that they are
wrong, but I hope those who are open to this website will now avoid
following such false or delusional teachers.
The simple reality is that the ascended masters are not some external
beings who are seeking to force or manipulate you. We are part of your
own higher being, your Chain of Being. It is only those who are lost
in separation who will see us as enemies or deny our existence. Unfortunately,
even some ascended master students fail to overcome the sense of separation
and still see us as above and beyond themselves. Coming into oneness
with us is truly the ONLY key to coming into oneness with your own higher
being. What I said about myself applies to the entire Ascended Host,
“I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved,
and shall go in and out, and find pasture” (John 10:9). Stop following
the many lawyers who reject us, for we are the key of knowledge:
Woe unto you, lawyers!
for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves,
and them that were entering in ye hindered. (Luke 11:52)
When you have the key of
knowledge, you affirm the oneness of all life, as above, so below.
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