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Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels, June 6, 2025. This dictation was given at the conference in Seoul, South Korea: Being the Living Christ in everyday life.

I AM the Ascended Master Mother Mary and I am very grateful for you all being here – those of you who are physically here, those who are on the webinar – welcoming us, the ascended masters, to Korea. Naturally, when I say “welcoming us,” it may sound as if we are far away and we come here for this conference, but as many of you have experienced, we are always with you—for we are not limited by time and space.

Now, if you look back to 2002, when we started working with this messenger, you would see that we have given a very large body of teachings about the topic of Christhood. We have, of course, given teachings about Christhood in previous dispensations as well, both the I AM Movement and the Summit Lighthouse. You might say that there is already a lot of teachings about Christhood. What more could possibly be said? Well, certainly, Master MORE would say that there is always more to be said. Certainly, I would say the same. We are grateful that you here in Korea were able to tune in to this topic of Being the Christ in Everyday Life, which, of course, is the biggest challenge about Christhood.

The biggest challenge about Christhood

When we look back throughout the ages, throughout the previous dispensations, through this dispensation, we can see that many people find it fairly easy to gain an intellectual understanding of Christhood—what it is, how to define it. The challenge is always to apply it, and especially to apply it to everyday life. When you look back throughout the millennia, you see that many people have found a spiritual teaching, a spiritual path that talks about higher states of consciousness. They have found it necessary to withdraw from the world, to sit somewhere isolated from the world, and then seek to cultivate this higher state of consciousness.

Very few have been able to then come out of this meditative state and apply and demonstrate the higher state of consciousness in everyday life. Even fewer have been able to manifest, to attain, that state of consciousness while living a normal, active life. As we have explained, this is indeed the challenge of the Aquarian Age. You who have been willing to contemplate this topic, you are the forerunners for this shift in awareness that must become, that will become, a worldwide phenomenon among spiritual people. They realize that there may be separation of church and state, but there is really no separation between spirituality and everyday life.

This is the challenge of the Aquarian Age: to bring spirituality into every aspect of life. This is a topic we will, of course, be discoursing on throughout this conference. We will be doing it in a slightly different manner than we have done so before. We will be doing it from different angles. It may, when you experience what we will bring forth, seem confusing—and that, my beloved, is not only intentional from our side, but if you find yourself confused, then remember this concept of the magnificent confusion. It is very good to be confused about Christhood, at least for a time. In fact, those who are not confused about Christhood, but think they have it all figured out, are often the ones who are furthest from attaining or applying it, certainly applying it to everyday life.

The inner teaching about Christhood

What then, do I want to say here at the opening? Well, I want to talk about the story of Jesus’ conception and birth. Now, when you look at the scriptures, the New Testament, there is one sentence in there that very few Christians actually pay attention to, but it is a pivotal statement in the scriptures. It is simply this: “Jesus taught the multitude in parables. But when they were alone together, he expounded all things to his disciples.” Right there, you have an undeniable scriptural reference that Jesus taught at two different levels, a broader level for the general public and a more esoteric, mystical, direct level for his disciples.

The question is: After 2,000 years, after 17 centuries since the formation of the Catholic Church, why have so few of those who call themselves Christians contemplated what might be the inner mystical teachings that Jesus gave to his disciples? Why are they so focused on what is in the scriptures instead of contemplating what the scriptures themselves say are not in the scriptures? Then, can they not put this together with another statement of Jesus: “I am with you always,” and that “I will send you another comforter who shall be with you?” Could they not have reached in their hearts for this direct mystical teaching from Jesus himself? A few so-called Christian mystics have done so, but very few. Of course, in today’s age, there are many more who are willing to do this, yourselves included.

What was that inner teaching? Well, here is certainly one way to define it. The inner teaching is that which is beyond the outer teaching, but what is the outer teaching? Well, what do you see among most Christians, those who are not willing to reach for the mystical teaching? They look at the outer teaching, they look at the scriptures, they want to take it literally. They want to interpret it literally, or at least according to doctrine, be it the Eastern Orthodox or the Catholic Church, but how can there be a literal interpretation? Either something is literal or it is an interpretation, and there is no interpretation that is not an interpretation.

Everything is a symbol with a deeper meaning

What do I want to say with this? Well, if you are open to the mystical teachings of Christ, consider this: Everything that is in the scriptures, everything that Jesus taught to the multitudes, is a symbol. It is not meant to be taken literally. It is all a symbol that has a deeper meaning when you look beyond the outer form. This is the essence of mysticism. You look beyond the outer form, and you intuitively get a deeper meaning that you cannot get with the outer mind, the intellectual mind, the analytical mind. Where I am going with this is that when you look at the story of Jesus’ birth and upbringing, there is a deeper meaning. There are, of course, layers of deeper meaning, but there is one I want to draw to your attention.

You see, you can read the scriptures and you can say: “There was this young girl, named Mary. She was living her life, thinking her life was on a certain track. One day an angel appears to her and tells her that she is to give birth to the Christ child.” Many people read the story and think: “Oh, there must have been a physically visible and audible angel who appeared to Mary.” That is just the symbolic presentation. It was an inner, intuitive, mystical experience that I had. I did not need a physical appearance, because I was willing to follow my intuition, as most of you are.

That is the difference between a mystic and one who has not yet risen to the mystical level. Those who are not yet there, they want something that appeals to the outer, analytical, rational mind, something they can understand, that they can grasp, that they can wrap their minds around and put into a nice little mental box, where they feel they have it under control, so it does not disturb them. Certainly, it does not require them to live their lives differently, to break off their lives and suddenly go in a different direction.

Spirituality is about giving up control

You see, for those who have not reached the mystical level, life is about control, spirituality is about control. When you reach that mystical level, you give up control. You give up the outer mind’s sense of control. You are willing to listen for that mystical still, small voice within and follow it. Is that not why you are all here? Certainly, it is why the messenger is here, for he did not need a physical, visible appearance to change his life in a completely different direction, actually several times. You see, when you look at the story of the birth of Christ, you can see a deeper symbolic meaning and it is simply this: The Christ can be born in every human being, but in order for the Christ to grow and mature, it must be nourished by the mother element, the mother flame.

What does that mean for you, personally? It means that you must begin by recognizing, accepting that the Christ can be born in you. Also, mind you, that the Christ will not be born as an adult, but as a baby, as a child that needs to be nourished. You see so many people, even so many people who find spiritual teachings (even ascended master teachings), and they come from the outer mind’s desire for control. When they hear about Christhood, they are thinking that this should happen all at once. There should be some magical trick, some secret formula, some philosopher’s stone, whereby they could snap their fingers and now they are the Christ, in the fullness of the Christ.

The rest of this dictation, along with an invocation based on the dictation, is found in the book: Being the Living Christ in everyday life.