The ascended masters are part of the Great White Brotherhood as spoken of in Revelation 7 as the great multitude of saints "clothed in white garments" standing before the throne of God. The Fraternity consists of humble servants of every race, religion and life path and willing to assist humanity with their future evolution.
Every master in heaven is already united with the Spirit of the I AM Presence through the ritual of ascension. By proving the laws of God, they demonstrate that everyone can attain immortality. Everything we are is not lost at the moment of death, but is continued through the operation of the light that illuminates every human being who comes into the world. One of the cornerstones of their teachings is the doctrine of karma & reincarnation as a great blessing for the soul to develop further and pursue the perfection of the I AM Presence with the intervention of the Higher Self.
Among these saints are Gautama Buddha, Maitreya, Jesus Christ, Zarathustra, Moses, Melchizedek, Mother Mary, Saint Francis, Saint-Germain, El Morya, Thérèse of Lisieux and with and without fame all loving hearts, servants of humanity who have merged into the I AM WHO I AM and are forever part of the living God. These masters are teachers of humanity. They teach to overcome the path whereby the soul can reunite with the Higher Self, walking on earth with self-control in the footsteps of Jesus as a Christian to return to the kingdom of heaven.
This is the path of personal Christianity where an anyone can overcome this path. The ascended masters teach by example, not by words or platitudes. They reveal the next step of our spiritual evolution. They point the way and say, "I am the way. This is the way and the path you know."