In doing so they no longer were required to re-embody; they became free and they were then able to fully embody the abilities, spirituality, and full power of their higher selves. They were able to fully merge their souls with their Mighty I AM Presence and Holy Christ Self in the ritual of the Ascension, and they became like stars in the heavens. You could say that it is the men and women that graduated from the schoolroom of earthly existence who are the Ascended Masters.
When you ascend you have a number of options available to you. You can move onto other levels of existence and serve life in ways we can't even begin to understand, or you can choose to remain closely allied to the yet-unascended mankind and continue to help them from spiritual levels using their great accrued love, wisdom, and spiritual power to guide, teach, and protect them in their own spiritual journeys.
Who are Ascended Masters? They work all around us, but we don't really see or directly perceive their presence in our lives. This is because the Ascended Masters are prohibited from interfering with our free will or unnecessarily upsetting the already-delicately-framed karmic circumstances of our lives. That is, unless they are mightily appealed to in determined prayer to intervene. The fact is the Ascended Masters work very strongly within the confines of cosmic law to assist us in every way possible. You may never know just how much they saved you from all sorts of calamity in your life.
Who are the Ascended Masters? They are also our initiators; that is, they act as step-down transformers of the higher light and energy of spiritual worlds beyond us. They charge us with divine light for our healing, illumination, and prosperity; and they guide us through the worst of our karmic difficulties. They are intimately involved in process of our own Ascension in the Light, which is not a process that has a clearly defined beginning and ending; it is a process that takes all our life, if not multiple lifetimes.
Some notable Ascended Masters are Saint Germain, El Morya, and Kuthumi. There is also the Master Jesus, Gautama Buddha, Archangel Michael, and Mother Mary. In fact there are uncounted legions of ascended beings; they live in the omnipresent consciousness of God and they are always as close as a breath, prayer, or thought. They are accessible to us through The Call; they cannot act in our lives unless we call to them. So, by all means, make the call today!