Ascension: Connecting With the Immortal Masters and Beings of Light

Part I

Opening Your Pathway to Ascension

Chapter 1

You Are Immortal

If you look in deep water only, you will find the pearl.

If you keep to the shore, you will find broken shells only.

—Sri Swami Sivananda

You will never die.

You are an immortal being of light, and you live forever in a body of light. This physical body that you temporarily inhabit is not your true home. You reside in a beauteous, radiant body of luminous spheres in multiple dimensions. You have never been born and you never die. You are ageless, without beginning or end.

Until now, you have probably identified yourself as your physical body, perishable and fleeting, subject to birth, survival, growth, change, decay, and death. Without a vision of immortality, you see only the shell. Without recognizing the underlying permanence of your being, you perceive only the chains of mortal life.

Beyond the mortal boundaries of your physical form, you embody luminous vibratory bodies in multiple dimensions. This claim might seem fantastic, but it concurs with the latest developments in theoretical physics. Superstring theory envisions a 10-dimensional or 11-dimensional space-time in which elementary particles are like musical notes played on a violin—excitation modes of inconceivably tiny elementary strings.

In other words, everything in the universe is made of vibration and light in manifold dimensions—including you. Infinitesimal elementary particles are swirling, shifting waves of colliding vibrations. These subtle elements, when broken down into their primary components, are simply pure energy. There is nothing in this cosmos with any solidity or substance whatsoever.

This book will open your eyes to these dimensions beyond mortal boundaries. You will begin a journey of awakening to your immortal self, which is who you really are. This light being of divine radiance and glory is your true nature, beyond the physical realm of death. You are not this body. You are not this mind. You are a magnificent being of brilliant, beauteous light—a being that never dies.

You Are the Source of Wisdom

Deep within your soul is a wise sage, the source of all wisdom. This in-house counselor is hidden deep in the recesses of your heart. Like a treasure buried at the bottom of the sea, it can only be used when brought to the surface. You have the capacity to dive deep within, recover this treasure, and open it. Only it takes faith in yourself and trust in a higher power.

This book guides you into the profound depths of that ocean to reclaim the pearl of great price.¹ It is said that this cannot be gained by gold, silver, onyx, sapphire, coral, or pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies.² Where is such wisdom found? Where is the treasure more precious than any cargo from the seven seas? It is the chamber of jewels within your own heart.

You are that treasure.

You are not alone and never have been. From your very first breath, a divine, immortal being of great light and beauty stood at the bedside of your mother, breathing vital energy into your being, kindling the very spark of life. And, when it comes time to leave this world, this radiant, eternal light-being will guide you home again.

This luminous inner divine being is all-powerful. It loves you unconditionally and is with you always. It will never leave you. This divine radiance within your soul is your own inner counselor, whom you might call your guardian angel, inner guru, higher self, divine being, inner divinity, or master-teacher within.

Nothing happens without your inner teacher’s guidance. With every step you take, every decision, every move, your resplendent inner guru is always within you, guiding you, comforting you, and bringing you peace—even when you are not consciously aware of it.

Now is the time to realize your radiant, beloved inner guru. Now is the time to open to the divine effulgence within yourself. Now is the time to wake up and realize who you truly are—an everlasting, powerful, vast, glorious being.

You have picked up this book today because you seek inner wisdom. Perhaps you have already awakened to profound inner realities. Or maybe you think you have not. In either case, this book can help you develop a deep understanding of the immortal nature of your being.

How can I say this with such confidence? Because the wisdom and methods in this book have already helped tens of thousands of people realize their own eternal nature for themselves.

What You Will Learn Here

Many psychic mediums say they channel so-called higher beings. They consider these spirit guides to be external entities, disconnected from the soul of the channeler. But in this book you will learn who the real divine beings are and where they truly live. You will discover the wise, all-powerful, all-loving, undying nature of your own eternal higher self and the loving teachers who guide you on your pathway.

Here you will meet many divine beings on this journey to self-discovery. Some of them are traditional deities, archangels, ascended beings, and masters from worldwide cultures and traditions. Others are personal to you. All of them are eager to meet you and communicate with you.

In this book you will explore:

• Who are the ascended masters and divine beings and how to meet them.

• Stories, beautiful paintings, and drawings of these immortal beings of light.

• What it means to experience ascension and walk beyond death.

• How to begin your own ascension process.

• Stories about miraculous encounters with ascended masters.

• Stories of some ascended master messengers.

• Stories of people living today who might be ascended masters.

• How to meet your own inner divine teachers and discover their names.

• How to hear, see, feel, and get signals from your inner teachers.

• Messages from the divine beings and masters of immortality.

FAQs About Ascension

Let us begin now by answering some of the questions you might have about ascension, masters of immortality, and what is covered in this book:

Q: What is immortality?

A: Immortality is eternal life. It means living beyond death. You have an immortal spirit, an eternal soul that never dies, even when your physical body dies. You live forever in that body of light, no matter what physical bodies you inhabit during your cycles of incarnation.

Q: What is ascension?

A: Ascension means consciously living forever in your body of light. After you attain ascension, you no longer need to experience birth or death in a human body. You can appear whenever, wherever, and in any form, according to your will.

Q: Who are the inner teachers?

A: They are radiant, wise masters of light within you: beautiful, divine, radiant light-beings dwelling in your own heart and soul. They may be deities, angels, archangels, ascended masters, divine beings, or aspects of your own higher self, such as your I AM self or soul self. You will discover them as you read this book.

Q: What is an ascended master?

A: Ascended masters are enlightened humans who have attained physical immortality by transforming their physical bodies into more refined, luminous, subtle material. In this book, you will read about many of them and see how some of them have appeared.

Q: Can ordinary people attain ascension?

A: Anyone with a sincere heart can aspire to this lofty pinnacle of human expression in divine form. Few have achieved this goal, but it is open to all. In this book you will learn more about walking beyond death and attaining physical immortality.

Q: How can I communicate with ascended masters and spiritual beings?

A: The entire secret to receiving messages from these divine beings is to ask for it. Anyone with earnest desire can receive divine revelations within their own heart through subtle sight, sound, and sensing. Through this book you will begin to do that.

Q: Are the methods in this book difficult to practice?

A: This book is easy to understand, logical, and practical, with simple-to-learn methods requiring no previous experience, background, training, or knowledge.

Q: Is this yet another ascended master cult, with strict rules and regulations?

A: This is not a cult. The universal techniques offered here impose no restrictions and are compatible with other religious philosophies, lifestyles, and personal beliefs.

Q: What if I do not agree with what is proposed here?

A: You may not agree with the concept of physical immortality. You may think that death cannot be overcome. However, if you have an open mind and are willing to participate in the experiment, this book can awaken you to the possibility of eternal life, beyond mortal limitations.

Eternal Life Is Yours

Eternity is your own nature. It is not something far away, impossible to attain, or reserved only for prophets who lived thousands of years ago. You were born to live immortal life and walk beyond death now. You have within your own soul a resplendent being of light that never dies. That is who you really are. Trust in that and place your life in the hands of that divine master of immortality. That inner guru will guide you home again to the place of perfect peace and eternal life—your true abode.

You are blessed and beloved of God, and your immortal self is one with God. When you find that buried treasure, never will you be alone again. This book will open your mind and heart to the abundant riches of that treasure chest within. You will discover and meet the immortal masters of light. You will develop your own awareness of eternal life within you. Your heart and soul will open to new vistas of consciousness not yet awakened within you. You will sail into an ocean of eternal life on waves of bliss.

Let us begin our inner journey to immortal life now.

Chapter 2

Who Are the Immortal Masters?

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.

—William James

Ascension is a state of eternal life, attained when an individual bypasses death and continues to live indefinitely. Does this sound farfetched? For sure. But let us explore this seemingly unbelievable possibility now. Although all humans are born of a human womb, and are therefore programmed for death with every breath, I believe that some rare beings have managed to walk beyond death. So let us open our minds to the prospect that perpetual life does exist.

If you only believe what your senses say, immortal beings cannot and do not exist. All you see around you is the cycle of life and death. All living things are born, grow, age, and die—whether plant, animal, or human. Therefore the idea that a human or any other being could live indefinitely would certainly warp anyone’s sense of reality.

We will begin our exploration of eternal life with the study of immortal masters. Then, later in this book, after you have seen that such beings might possibly exist, you will make a new leap of faith, to see how you might possibly aspire to ascension yourself.

Immortal Masters

Who are the masters of immortality? It is said they are immortal beings whose sole concern is for the preservation and welfare of this planet and its evolution. Ascended masters have attained the supreme state of spiritual enlightenment and have passed beyond the physical plane to dwell in the realm of supernal radiant light, each one serving God in his or her own unique way.

During their earthly life, these loving, compassionate beings apparently transformed their physical bodies into the finest physical material—akasha, a Sanskrit word meaning the element of ether or space. (The other four elements are earth, water, fire, and air.) They further de-densified their bodies, until they experienced that the primary building blocks of bodily elements are ultimately light and sound, with no gross material substance whatsoever. In this way, they mastered their material bodies and walked beyond death. Soruba samadhi (physical immortality) is the Sanskrit name for this exalted state.

In theory, this state is possible for every living human to attain. The status of ascended master is achieved through intense devotion to and identification with God. Ascended masters have surrendered to God to such a profound extent that they experience oneness with God continually. They fully identify themselves as God, and therefore as unlimited, acting from the level of infinite possibilities. They know themselves as immortal, perfect, and whole, because, in reality, everyone is already immortal, perfect, and whole.

Ascended masters have merged the physical body with the spiritual body, the body of God within, because, in reality, there is no difference between the human body and God’s body. We are already fully merged and unified with God. The only difference between ordinary humans and ascended beings is they have fully realized their immortal nature—not only their immortal soul, but also on the level of their gross, material, physical body.

Ascension and Descension

An ascended state of mind and body apparently manifests under two rare circumstances: First, through a human transforming the physical body into light—ascension. Or secondly, through a deity precipitating a physical body—descension.

Ascension

A human being who has attained the status of immortality is an ascended master. Out of the innumerable possible bodies where a soul may take incarnation, a human body is a rare, fortunate occurrence. That is because the human is the only species with the capacity to achieve the highest state of spiritual liberation. Not even angels and deities can attain the supreme state, called Brahman consciousness.

Ascended masters begin life in the ordinary fashion—born into a womb. However, they perfected themselves through lifetimes of spiritual practices. They completed their need for worldly desires and overcame all limitations. They burnt all seeds of karma or seeds of desire (samskaras in Sanskrit), which propel ordinary humans to incarnate into physical form repeatedly. Therefore, they no longer need to reincarnate. They have realized the full bloom of supreme spiritual enlightenment, called moksha in Sanskrit, meaning liberation.

However, these amazing attainments are only the first baby steps toward ascension. In addition to their state of higher consciousness of supreme knowledge and liberation, ascended masters have also achieved the blessed state of physical immortality. Their body has transformed into a body of light. They do not and cannot die.

Their body is infused with an intense spiritual vibration and divine grace. A fragrance of holy sanctity and blessings wafts from their being. They live forever, coming and going at will, appearing and disappearing as needed. Their only desires are to serve, to lift all creatures into a higher spiritual vibration, and to heal all those who ask for healing.

Descension

In contrast to an ascended master, an avatar is a descension, or a deity taking embodiment in physical form. The Sanskrit root ava means revealing and avataran means descending, coming down. Avatar means God revealed in an embodied state—that is, an incarnation of God. A full avatar is a full divine incarnation in a physical body, with full omniscience, complete control over all the elements of nature and over all the senses and sense objects.

Avatars are said to be of divine origin and birth and do not need a womb or a gestation period. They can simply appear, self-generating a body, possessing no human limitations. An avatar comes for a specific purpose when the Earth needs divine intervention. Ancient scriptures from India count 10 full avatars of the supreme Lord Vishnu, and many Indians believe Lord Krishna was the last full avatar. He lived about 3000 BC. However, many people think that Jesus was also a full avatar.

White Brotherhood

In the late 18th century, author of The Cloud Upon the Sanctuary, Karl von Eckartshausen may be the first in the West to write of a secret organization of enlightened mystics that live in ascended bodies after physical death. Eckartshausen called this organization, which guides the spiritual development of humanity, the Council of Light. Later, H.P. Blavatsky called these beings Masters of the Hidden Brotherhood or the Mahatmas (great souls).

The Great White Lodge of ascended masters, whose worldly headquarters is said to be the Himalayas, is a group of immortal beings whose sole desire is for the benefit of humanity and welfare of the Earth. These untiring disciples of God are working continually to preserve this planet’s integrity, promote world peace, and guide humanity. Many people have had visitations from masters of the White Lodge, or have been initiated into its school or fraternity, the White Brotherhood, or White Sisterhood, themselves.

Just to clarify, the White Lodge is a group of divine beings of every race and nationality. The name has nothing to do with the color of skin, but with the purity of soul and the bright light emanating from the subtle body.

It is believed that the masters of the Great White Lodge often gather in their ascended master retreats, where they are ever vigilant to maintain the equilibrium of the Earth. Wherever there is strife or dissension, they can be called upon to correct the situation and perform their harmonizing work. Their work is aided by humans. Only at the call of humanity do they intercede. They never interfere with human affairs unless bidden.

In order to receive their intervention or blessings, all you need do is ask. In fact, the entire premise of this book is Ask, and it shall be given you.¹ You may call on these divine beings at any time to assist you. Ask often, for they do not come uninvited, unless there is a dire emergency.

In this book you will meet divine beings, ascended masters, avatars, and deities from several cultures. This book is in no way complete. It introduces you to a mere sampling of the many immortal masters throughout the world.

Ascended Master Retreats

Rev. Dr. Joanna Cherry, who is, in my opinion, one of the foremost authorities on ascension, has generously contributed to this book with the following description of ascended master retreats:

Ascended masters are people, just like you and me, who have identified with their own divinity to such a degree that death is no longer necessary. When such people complete earthly life and are ready for a lighter realm, they quicken the frequencies of their body and simply step into the new dimension, leaving no physical form behind. Then the focus is service to humanity and Earth, and in this work a physical body may again be resumed, at least temporarily.

Ascended masters live and work in retreats, usually on lighter dimensions, which are scattered throughout the world. In the United States, both Mount Shasta in far Northern California and Mount Moran of the Grand Teton mountains are known to be homes of ascended masters.

Figure 2a. The Beautiful Many: The assembly of divine beings, angels, archangels, and deities is available to you at any moment. All you have to do is ask. Etching by Gustav Doré.

Ascended master retreats emanate such spiritual power that people are often drawn to them. When we desire to experience the greatness of our being, and to realize that we are, as it says in the Bible, the very likeness and image of God, being near one of these retreats can be helpful. We may communicate inwardly with the masters, whether we are near a retreat or not, and, in a lighter consciousness, we may even visit a retreat and experience wonderful gifts and blessings.

For many years, I have personally visited and served in these retreats. Here is a description of some of them:

Mount Shasta has a great golden hall for large gatherings of service or celebration. Most retreats have a similar hall. There are many smaller meeting rooms as well, and private rooms. Beautiful music often comes from both visible and invisible sources.

There is a cleansing pool, as I call it—a beautiful round pool filled with sparkling golden liquid. Jumping into that pool cleanses not only your body, but also your emotions, your thoughts, your past—everything. And you do not even have to get wet.

Terraced gardens and fountains are covered with a sky like ours. You can walk through a forest of magnificent trees where nothing has been cut down, and visit a high waterfall. In a hall of records, histories are kept, including records of ascended masters. When you visit, you can be shown past lives that are important for you to know about.

Another thing others and I have experienced quite powerfully is a great crystalline pyramid that pulses in glowing colors of gold, pink, light blue, silver, aqua, and lavender. The inside of this pyramid is hollow, and people are invited inside for a spiritual initiation, or a healing, or to have uplifting crystals implanted into their subtle, etheric body. Usually at least four masters participate in a ceremony of this kind.

One of the experiences I love best is to breathe the air of an ascended retreat. It is entirely different from the air of this dimension, even air as pure as Mount Shasta’s, where I live. Retreat air is incredibly alive and loving. It has everything needed to sustain you, though most masters do eat and drink.

In the Grand Tetons ascended master retreat, there is a section for inventions. When people are ready for a helpful new invention, a master creates it, and at the right moment, he or she releases it into the thought stream of humanity. I believe this is the reason so many Nobel prizes have been awarded to two different scientists for discovering the same