However, theosophists maintain that the concept of ascended master is an exaggeration and corruption of the more modest theosophical concept of "Master of the Ancient Wisdom".
Bailey, and began to have more detailed public release in the 1930s by the ascended masters through Guy Ballard in the I AM Activity. They consider the ascension to be the complete permanent union of the raised and purified outer self with their Mighty "I AM" Presence-that true identity that is the unique individualization of Almighty God residing in each person.Īdherents of the Ascended Master Teachings hold that this belief was partially released by the Theosophical Society beginning in 1875, by C.W.
They believe that their teachings have been given to humanity by the ascended masters, believed to be individuals who have lived in physical bodies, acquired the wisdom and mastery needed to become immortal and free of the cycles of re-embodiment and karma, and have attained their ascension (the Sixth Initiation). 3.1 Universal All-Pervading Presence of LifeĪscended Master Teachings organizations also known as Ascended Master Activities believe that the Presence of Life-God-individualizes as "Mighty I AM Presences", which then incarnate in lower-dimensional subtle and gross bodies throughout the created universes.Godfre Ray King (Guy Ballard) further popularized this concept of spiritual masters who had once lived on the earth in his book Unveiled Mysteries.
Spalding in 1924 in his series of books, Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East (DeVorss and Co.). The term "ascended master" was first used by Baird T. The teachings hold that an "ascended master" is a human being who has taken the Sixth Initiation, also referred to as Ascension, and is thereby believed to be capable of dwelling in a 6th dimension. However, Mahatmas and Ascended Masters are believed by some to differ in certain respects.Īccording to the Ascended Master Teachings a "Master of Light", "Healer" or "Spiritual Master" is a Divine Human Being who has taken the Fifth Initiation and is thereby capable of dwelling in a 5th dimension. Ascended Master is based on the theosophical concept of the Mahatma or Masters of the Ancient Wisdom. Ascended masters in the Ascended Master Teachings of a number of movements in the theosophical tradition are held to be spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans, but who have undergone a series of spiritual transformations originally called initiations.īoth " mahatma" and "ascended master" are terms used in the Ascended Master Teachings.