Hello and welcome back to the Fellowship Chronicles and our exciting series on the Foundations of the Ascended Master Path. In our last episode, we talked about who the Ascended Masters are and how they form what is called the Great White Brotherhood, which is a family of enlightened beings dedicated to humanity’s spiritual evolution.
Today we come to a question that many people carry quietly, and some carry very strongly: Is Jesus the only Christ? Or sometimes it’s asked this way: Why do the Masters sometimes say “Jesus the Christ”?
This question matters deeply — especially for Christians — because it touches the very heart of faith. Let me begin very clearly. Nothing in the Ascended Master teachings diminishes Jesus. Rather, it magnifies him.
Jesus’ life was an unmistakable, public demonstration of what it means to live as the Christ in the physical world. He did not come merely to be admired, or even worshipped. He came to awaken us. He came as the living Christ to reawaken humanity to who we really are — sons and daughters of God who are also meant to manifest that same divine light.
And I urge you, no matter what religion you follow — or even if you follow none at all — do not dismiss the importance of his life. Set aside preconceptions for a moment and look carefully at what he actually said.
Jesus solved a mystery for humanity. He showed that it is possible to be divine and live fully in a physical body. He was born as a helpless infant. He needed protection. He had to grow, learn, and mature. He was tempted. He was tested. He walked through the full spectrum of the human experience. Yet he never lost awareness of his true identity — both Son of Man and Son of God.
His life matters to us not only because he attained union with the Father — but because he showed us that this union is attainable. He said the kingdom of heaven is within you. He said, “The works that I do shall you do also, and greater works than these.” Now, if our true identity were not divine, how could that statement possibly be true?
When the Masters say “Jesus the Christ,” they are making an important distinction. “Jesus” refers to the individual soul born in Bethlehem. “Christ” refers to the divine Sonship — the universal Light of God — that he embodied perfectly.
Christ is not a last name. Christ is a state of consciousness. The Gospel of John says that Christ is the “true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.” Notice that it says every man. Not just one. Every soul carries within it the seed of Christhood.
Jesus fully externalized that seed. He became one with his Christ Self and then reunited with the Father in the ascension. He did not come to convince us that we are permanently separate from God. He came to show us what it looks like to be united with God while still in a physical body. This is why he could say, “I and my Father are one,” and in another breath pray that we also may be one.
The tragedy is not that Jesus claimed divine sonship. The tragedy is that many were later taught that he alone could ever claim it. Yes, Christ is the only Son of God. But that Sonship is replicated — just as God creates humanity in His image over and over again. The Christ is the divine pattern within each of us. We have not been taught that we were born to become a Christ. Instead, many have been taught that we were born as sinners — separated from God by nature.
Yes, we make mistakes. Yes, we create karma. Yes, we must overcome our misuses of energy. But our mistakes are not our identity. They are conditions we are rising above. If we define ourselves as inherently separate from God, we limit the very power that can transform us. Fear and unworthiness keep humanity small. Jesus came to remove that fear. He came to demonstrate the victorious life.
Carl Jung once said that Christ represents the archetype of the Self. In the language of the Ascended Masters, we call this the Christ Self — the Higher Self. It’s also been called the Higher Mental Body— the divine Mind that we are meant to embody. The scripture says, “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” That is not a poetic suggestion. It is an instruction. Jesus’ mission was not to create dependency. It was to ignite awakening. He demonstrated what we are destined to become.
So, is Jesus the only Christ? He is the only one who fully demonstrated it for the entire world in that age. But he is not the only bearer of Christ light. The Christ is the true identity of every son and daughter of God. And the purpose of life — the One Path Above Many — is to awaken to that identity, embody it, and ultimately reunite with the Father in the ascension just as Jesus did.
In our next episode, we’ll explore how one begins to consciously awaken this Christ Self and what that process actually looks like in daily life.
Until then, hold this thought:
Jesus did not come to make you feel small.
He came to show you who you are.
