Council Charter
Private Council of Ascended Masters
Charter of Non-Coercive Service, Accountability, and Stewardship
Mission
The Council is for graduates who show steady practice, clear integration, and a desire to serve in partnership with our community of graduates. It is a recognition of readiness and a commitment to continued growth.
Who can apply
Any graduate who completes the curriculum and submits a full application and evidence. Applications from all countries and languages are welcome. Materials must be in English or include a certified translation. Client Services will assist with translations where possible.
Privileges
- Invitation-only online and in-person events.
- Graduate only newsletters and advanced teachings from Thomas.
- Invitations to retreats, guided experiences, and service projects.
- Networking and collaboration opportunities.
- Priority consideration for collaboration on public projects.
Expectations
- Quarterly self evaluation complete and sent to the charter council leadership on a timely basis.
- Attendance at one of two monthly video call events with charter members. Two months of non-participation initiate a mandatory conference call with charter leadership.
- Continue regular practice and volunteer participation.
- Maintain confidentiality when requested.
- If commitments are not met, Council membership is subject to review.
Structure
Members receive an invitation to join a charter with monthly mastermind group video calls. Quarterly self-assessments are shared with rotating charter leaders to provide ongoing personalized support and recognition of members, ensuring each charter group remains connected, in integrity, and self-governing. Charter group membership sizes are limited to maintain functionality. Council status can be reviewed if the minimum obligations are not met. Council members are required to maintain an active Ascended Masters Inc membership.
I. Foundational Declaration of Authority
1. Renunciation of Coercive Authority
The Council explicitly and irrevocably renounces:
- All forms of coercive, directive, supervisory, or enforcement authority over any individual, group, institution, nation, belief system, or timeline.
- Any claim to spiritual superiority, privileged access to truth, planetary mandate, divine appointment, or evolutionary rank over others.
- Any right to compel belief, behavior, participation, compliance, loyalty, or alignment.
The Council affirms that free will, informed consent, and pluralism are non-negotiable foundations of Earth-based consciousness evolution.
The Council exercises no governance, command, or corrective power beyond its own membership.
II. Purpose and Scope
2. Purpose
The sole purpose of the Council is to:
- Continue individual and collective awakening through lived integration.
- Engage in voluntary, lawful, and ethical acts of service that measurably reduce suffering and increase human dignity.
- Contribute to Earth’s consciousness evolution indirectly through example, generosity, and system-supportive action.
The Council does not exist to teach doctrine, convert belief, issue prophecy, or steer humanity.
3. Scope of Activity
Council activities are limited to:
- Inner development and coherence practices for members.
- External service initiatives that require no belief adoption.
- Collaboration with existing lawful institutions and communities by invitation only.
III. Service Metrics (Explicitly Not Spiritual Metrics)
4. Prohibited Metrics
The Council forbids the use of:
- Spiritual rank, level, vibration, frequency, initiation status, or ascension claims.
- Charisma, perceived wisdom, or metaphysical experiences as indicators of authority.
- Seniority-based dominance or guru roles.
5. Approved Service Metrics
All Council activity is evaluated solely on observable, non-ideological outcomes, including:
- Number of people materially assisted.
- Measurable reduction of harm, suffering, or instability.
- Sustainability and independence of supported projects.
- Transparency of funding and decision processes.
- Ethical compliance and absence of dependency creation.
No metric may require belief in the Council for validation.
IV. Peer Accountability and Governance
6. Quarterly Peer Accountability Reviews
Every quarter, the Council conducts a structured peer review with the following requirements:
- All members participate as equals.
- Each member is evaluated on:
- Ethical restraint
- Emotional regulation
- Transparency
- Service alignment
- Boundary maintenance
- Feedback is documented, specific, and actionable.
- There is no permanent leadership role. Facilitation rotates.
7. Removal and Suspension
Members may be suspended or removed by consensus if they:
- Assert coercive authority or spiritual superiority.
- Use Council affiliation for personal gain, influence, or recruitment.
- Violate consent, ethics, or transparency standards.
No appeal to spiritual justification is admissible.
V. Separation of Spiritual Practice and Operations
8. Structural Separation
The Council maintains a strict boundary between:
Spiritual Practice
Personal, private, non-authoritative, and non-operational.
Operational Decision-Making
Evidence-based, ethical, documented, and secular in structure.
No operational decision may be justified by:
- Channeling
- Intuition without corroboration
- Visions, downloads, or metaphysical claims
Operational authority derives only from consensus, evidence, and ethics.
VI. Public Ethics and Non-Recruitment Statement
9. Public Ethics Commitment
The Council publicly commits to:
- Non-recruitment.
- Non-conversion.
- Non-expansion for its own sake.
- No solicitation of followers, donations tied to belief, or allegiance.
The Council may support causes, but does not build movements around itself.
10. Transparency
Any public-facing project must disclose to Ascended Masters Inc in writing by email that is confirmed received and approved for:
- It’s an independent purpose.
- Its funding structure.
- It can function without the Council’s existence.
VII. Project Independence Requirement
11. Belief-Independent Design Rule
Every Council-supported project must meet this test:
If the Council dissolved tomorrow, the project would continue ethically, legally, and effectively without belief in the Council or its members.
Projects failing this test are prohibited.
12. Prohibited Project Types
The Council may not initiate or support:
- Identity-based spiritual communities centered on the Council.
- Teachings that imply salvational necessity.
- Systems that elevate Council members into exemplars to be emulated.
VIII. Amendment and Safeguards
13. Amendment Threshold
This Charter may only be amended by unanimous consent after a minimum 90-day reflection period.
14. Supremacy Clause
This Charter supersedes all internal traditions, interpretations, spiritual experiences, or informal agreements.
No experience overrides ethics.