What are Ascended Masters?

Ascended Masters : a group of highly evolved beings who have transcended duality, illusion, lower self, fear and negative ego who in doing so have freed themselves from the reincarnational cycle. They serve the Creator and guide humanity's evolution towards the prototype state of beingness that they express. They are called " Ascended Masters " because in mastering self they raised ( ascended ) their vibration and hence achieved their ascension in an integrated and balanced way by integrating the light of their initiations into their minds, emotional and physical bodies. The inner plane Ascended Masters are beings like you and I who once were embodied on Earth (the ones we are most familiar with and who serve within the Spiritual Hierarchy of Planet Earth). They have gone through the same tests and lessons that everyone on Earth goes through today,and they succeeded in doing so. There are Planetary, Solar, Galactic, Universal and Cosmic Ascended Masters . All initiates embodied on Earth (as of 2006) are currently working on becoming Planetary Ascended Masters which is achieved by realizing one's 22 levels of initiation in an integrated and balanced way.

From the I Am University Glossary

Ascended Master Healing Platform : an invocation that can be made that will call forth a specific group of Ascended Masters who will hold a particular point of focus for a specific period of time for healing or strengthening a particular energy body or part of the physical body that needs healing.