Darla Ken Pearce
2nd April 2011, 06:32
The Bible tells us that we were made in the image of Christ and it makes it very clear that we came here to follow his example; but that's as far as it goes. Nowhere does it say that we are Christ or mention anything about the fact that we might be capable of exactly the same level of attainment. At some point that information was probably included in the text, but when the Niocene Council chopped up the good book they made sure that what we were left with would lead us to think that it would be a sin for any human being to presume that they could ever be that perfect. This may be why the thought that we could refine our sensitivities to the point where we could leave this world with the physical vehicle intact, rise up to the higher levels, and even go so far as to reappear in the flesh, when and if it became necessary, is pretty hard to believe.
Christ may have been 'the first of all the race to be transmuted to the image of the I AM' — but he was not the only one by any means; come to find out there is a long list of people who have gone through the same process — and there are probably many others who found their way to the ascension portal accidentally and never received any publicity for it. I don't know about you but somehow or other, knowing that the most perfect person who ever lived wasn't the only one to ever have this experience, takes some of the pressure off and creates a sense of safety in numbers that makes it easier to believe that we could do it too.
THE ASCENDED MASTERS
Next to Christ, Buddha is probably the most famous ascended soul. He incarnated about four or five-hundred years before Jesus was born which means that he made his ascension long before the Magi had even spotted the Eastern Star. At the age of 80 he announced that he was ready to leave this world and ascended bodily into heaven illuminated by an aura of bright white light. His last
words were; "All composite things pass away. Strive for your own liberation with diligence."
We can't bring up Christ or Buddha without discussing the Ascended Masters; both of them are members of that illustrious brotherhood. The books tell us that there are seventy-two Ascended Masters and that they are otherwise known as Mahatmas, Elder brothers, The Great White Brotherhood, and/or The Masters of Wisdom. It is believed that these beings are individuals who once incarnated here on the Earth plane and who mastered their life lessons by fulfilling their Dharma (life purpose) and burning off at least 51% of their negative Karma. God-like even in the flesh, after their ascension each one of them reunited with their God-Self and like Christ, became transmuted into the image of the 'I AM'.
The Mahatmas live on a higher octave of the third dimension and for the most part they oversee everything that takes place here on Earth from the invisible realms. But because they have the ability to descend into matter, during times of great change some of the Masters re-enter the physical and walk among us. Whenever the astrological ages shift they are always there in full force, in spirit or in the flesh, to guide us through whatever those changes involve.
A little over a century ago, about a hundred years shy of the Great Shift of the Ages, some of the members of the Great White Brotherhood began to make themselves known to a small circle of spiritual seekers who were connected with the Theosophical movement and the teachings of Madame Blavatsky. Much has been written about the Elder Brothers since the dear Madame introduced them to the public. The following quote from William Q. Judge's classic, "The Ocean of Theosophy" was written at the peak of the Theosophical craze and it speaks eloquently about the role that the Masters of Wisdom play in human affairs:
"The most intelligent being in the universe, man, has never, then, been without a friend, but has a line of Elder Brothers who continually watch over the progress of the less progressed, preserve the knowledge gained through aeons of trial and experience, and continually seek for opportunities of drawing the developing intelligence of the race on this and other globes to consider the great truths concerning the destiny of the soul. These Elder Brothers also keep the knowledge they have gained of the laws of nature in all departments, and are ready when cyclic law permits to use it for the benefit of mankind. They have always existed as a body, all knowing to each other, no matter in what part of the world they may be, and all working for the race in many different ways. In some periods they are well known to the people and move among ordinary men whenever the social organization, the virtue, and the development of the nations permit it. For if they were to come out openly and be heard of everywhere, they would be worshipped as gods by some and hunted as devils by others. In those periods when they do come out some of their number are rulers of men, some teachers, a few great philosophers, while others remain still unknown except to the most advanced of the body.
"It would be subversive of the ends they have in view were they to make themselves public in the present civilization, which is based wholly on money, fame, glory, and personality. For this age, as one of them has already said, 'is an age of transition', when every system of thought, science, religion, government, and society is, and men's minds are only preparing for an alteration into that state which will permit the race to advance to the point suitable for these Elder Brothers to introduce their actual presence to our sight. They may truly be called the bearers of the torch of truth across the ages; they investigate all changing things and beings; they know what man is in his innermost nature, and what his powers and destiny, his state before birth and the states into which he goes after the death of his body; they have stood by the cradle of nations and seen the vast achievements of the ancients, watched sadly the decay of those who had no power to resist the cyclic law of rise and fall."
There are seventy-two Ascended Masters. At this point all of their names have not been revealed but here is a short list of names that are known to us: Merlin, Kwan Yin, Mary the Mother of Jesus, Enoch, Kuthumi, Serapis Bey, Yogananda, Annalee Skarin, Hilarion, Confucius, Djwhal Khul, Master Morya, Lao-Tzu, Babaji, Pope John Paul II, and the Comte Saint Germain.
The rest of the Excerpt is here:
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Christ may have been 'the first of all the race to be transmuted to the image of the I AM' — but he was not the only one by any means; come to find out there is a long list of people who have gone through the same process — and there are probably many others who found their way to the ascension portal accidentally and never received any publicity for it. I don't know about you but somehow or other, knowing that the most perfect person who ever lived wasn't the only one to ever have this experience, takes some of the pressure off and creates a sense of safety in numbers that makes it easier to believe that we could do it too.
THE ASCENDED MASTERS
Next to Christ, Buddha is probably the most famous ascended soul. He incarnated about four or five-hundred years before Jesus was born which means that he made his ascension long before the Magi had even spotted the Eastern Star. At the age of 80 he announced that he was ready to leave this world and ascended bodily into heaven illuminated by an aura of bright white light. His last
words were; "All composite things pass away. Strive for your own liberation with diligence."
We can't bring up Christ or Buddha without discussing the Ascended Masters; both of them are members of that illustrious brotherhood. The books tell us that there are seventy-two Ascended Masters and that they are otherwise known as Mahatmas, Elder brothers, The Great White Brotherhood, and/or The Masters of Wisdom. It is believed that these beings are individuals who once incarnated here on the Earth plane and who mastered their life lessons by fulfilling their Dharma (life purpose) and burning off at least 51% of their negative Karma. God-like even in the flesh, after their ascension each one of them reunited with their God-Self and like Christ, became transmuted into the image of the 'I AM'.
The Mahatmas live on a higher octave of the third dimension and for the most part they oversee everything that takes place here on Earth from the invisible realms. But because they have the ability to descend into matter, during times of great change some of the Masters re-enter the physical and walk among us. Whenever the astrological ages shift they are always there in full force, in spirit or in the flesh, to guide us through whatever those changes involve.
A little over a century ago, about a hundred years shy of the Great Shift of the Ages, some of the members of the Great White Brotherhood began to make themselves known to a small circle of spiritual seekers who were connected with the Theosophical movement and the teachings of Madame Blavatsky. Much has been written about the Elder Brothers since the dear Madame introduced them to the public. The following quote from William Q. Judge's classic, "The Ocean of Theosophy" was written at the peak of the Theosophical craze and it speaks eloquently about the role that the Masters of Wisdom play in human affairs:
"The most intelligent being in the universe, man, has never, then, been without a friend, but has a line of Elder Brothers who continually watch over the progress of the less progressed, preserve the knowledge gained through aeons of trial and experience, and continually seek for opportunities of drawing the developing intelligence of the race on this and other globes to consider the great truths concerning the destiny of the soul. These Elder Brothers also keep the knowledge they have gained of the laws of nature in all departments, and are ready when cyclic law permits to use it for the benefit of mankind. They have always existed as a body, all knowing to each other, no matter in what part of the world they may be, and all working for the race in many different ways. In some periods they are well known to the people and move among ordinary men whenever the social organization, the virtue, and the development of the nations permit it. For if they were to come out openly and be heard of everywhere, they would be worshipped as gods by some and hunted as devils by others. In those periods when they do come out some of their number are rulers of men, some teachers, a few great philosophers, while others remain still unknown except to the most advanced of the body.
"It would be subversive of the ends they have in view were they to make themselves public in the present civilization, which is based wholly on money, fame, glory, and personality. For this age, as one of them has already said, 'is an age of transition', when every system of thought, science, religion, government, and society is, and men's minds are only preparing for an alteration into that state which will permit the race to advance to the point suitable for these Elder Brothers to introduce their actual presence to our sight. They may truly be called the bearers of the torch of truth across the ages; they investigate all changing things and beings; they know what man is in his innermost nature, and what his powers and destiny, his state before birth and the states into which he goes after the death of his body; they have stood by the cradle of nations and seen the vast achievements of the ancients, watched sadly the decay of those who had no power to resist the cyclic law of rise and fall."
There are seventy-two Ascended Masters. At this point all of their names have not been revealed but here is a short list of names that are known to us: Merlin, Kwan Yin, Mary the Mother of Jesus, Enoch, Kuthumi, Serapis Bey, Yogananda, Annalee Skarin, Hilarion, Confucius, Djwhal Khul, Master Morya, Lao-Tzu, Babaji, Pope John Paul II, and the Comte Saint Germain.
The rest of the Excerpt is here:
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