But then, what about the seven Kumaras that Sanat Kumara created: the Kumara of Suffering, the Kumara of Pain, the Kumara of Death, the Kumara of Judgment, the Kumara of Greed, and so on? It is written in the TAO that these are his inventions. Why did he do this, as the leader of our 'kindergarten'?

He spoke to you. He believed that such training programs would prepare you better. And that was his choice. He went through all of this with you.

But let’s return to you. So, some of you are beginning to realize yourselves as independent and are learning new qualities, qualities of a new level. This is what you call the fourth level. It is the awareness of oneself as part of the Whole and existing as a part within the Whole, consciously. With each new level, your degree of freedom increases. Because freedom is, above all, responsibility for your choices. Freedom of choice is the freedom to choose the consequences of your choice. Understand this and remember it. It’s important.

Until you realize that with every step, with every thought, you are choosing this or that consequence, which manifests in your reality and the reality of all humanity, you won’t be let out of the 'kindergarten' gate, which is essentially a playground.

One question keeps bothering me. When I spoke with El Morya, he admitted that we are all now energetically intertwined and can ascend only together. But we can also choose our own path, purely magnetic, and ascend separately. Besides, the TAO says that all the higher essences of our world, except for Christ, have ascended and continue to ascend through the energy of worship, which they receive from us. How would you comment on this?

Teachers teach what they know and can do. The caretakers of the 'kindergarten' instill in the 'children' the skills they themselves have mastered. And, of course, in this process, there is an exchange of energies and symbiosis, and this is inevitable. If you remove your moral judgments, each person represents a configuration of the manifestation of their Divine energy, a configuration of its intertwining with other energies during interaction. Any interaction is the interaction and intertwining of energies. By learning proper communication, you learn to give and receive energy equally. In some of your current states, you give more energy than you receive; in others, it’s the opposite. For example, when someone is angry or upset, they take energy from another. And when someone worships someone else, they give their energy. All of this exists simultaneously. And you are learning to balance giving and receiving, which is what you call equilibrium, and this is what you are being urged toward. When you feel joy or anger, in both cases, there is an unequal exchange of energies. When you have inner peace and balance, it means the interaction is equalized.

But wait. What about joy and love? Does this mean you shouldn’t rejoice or love, but always be in balance?

I'm not imposing on you or others what should or shouldn't be done. I'm explaining the mechanisms. What you call love has many shades—from simple sensuality to the heroism of self-sacrifice. Yes, someone who sacrifices something to another gives a tremendous amount of energy to that person. And that is their choice. And there is always someone who accepts this sacrifice and receives this immense energy. And then it's up to them to decide what to do with the energy they've received: keep it within themselves, accumulate it and not pass it on, or transfer it to others. And this, too, is a significant choice.

If you receive the energy of gratitude, joy, and self-sacrifice, you can pass it on, balancing your energetic debts. You are responsible for the quality of that transmission, participating in this chain. If you've received negative energies, there's also a choice to be made. You can pass it on, as many of you do. But if you add your own shades, your own judgments, that energy becomes yours, colored by you. And then you enter your zone of responsibility.

If you simply let this energy pass through you like a clear glass, you won't be responsible for it. It will be drawn, by the law of correspondence, to where it's "expected," so to speak. And you are taught to be such clear "glasses," allowing energies to pass through, to be empty, to be calm, not to take on negative energies. But if you are developed to a higher level and can not only accept but also change and transmute energies within yourself, then you can purify this negative energy and transform it into the energy of love and gratitude, and also pass it on for further interaction.

The example you gave—is Christ, who had this great power to transform negative energies. He did not take your sins upon himself, as is commonly believed, but instead transformed the massive layers of negative energy accumulated by humanity, passing them through himself, and manifested them in your world in their pure, original divine form, shining with the fire of purification. In this way, he cleansed the karma of the planet and the karma of humanity—neutralizing the connections and pathways of accumulated negative energy—and freed you from the burden of receiving and processing that energy. Because in the quantum world, everything is connected, and nothing disappears. Because everything you send into the world will return to you sooner or later, because it is yours.

Therefore, if you feel joy and love, upliftment, and elevation, it means that you are accepting the energy of joy from someone and perhaps passing it on. If you keep this energy within yourself, it will continually be colored by your characteristics, your marks. And sooner or later, it will find an outlet, but it will already be a different energy. So, if you keep it within yourself, you must understand your responsibility for maintaining its purity. You must either fill it with brighter tones and pass it on, or give it away immediately. And there is nothing wrong with that; you are all still learning to work with your energies. And sooner or later, you will learn. If someone feels compassion, it means they have taken someone's negativity and processed it within themselves. And in a processed form, they returned it or passed it on to others. Everything is an exchange of energy.

There are many configurations of energetic interaction. But the main thing you must understand is that you are responsible for it. The feelings you experience are your choice, and you will accept the consequences of your choice. And if someone is constantly joyful, it does not mean they are stealing joy. It is their choice of a joyful essence, their choice of the type of energy exchange. And if someone is compassionate, it is their choice of the path of compassion, their choice of energy exchange. And if someone is negative, it is also their choice.