I just find it interesting as Buddhism tends to focus heavily on the past, and not take into consideration modern times, which can be very different to how spiritual development works now, and the reasons souls come to Earth, as it's not just about the cycle of karma and death anymore. We have souls here for different reasons.
During many years I feel that with me there are my teachers - Jesus, then additionaly Budda, Krishna and Sri Ramana Maharishi. I always started my practice of meditiation with call to Creator "lead me, my Friend the best way for all beegins and me, no matter where" but energies of those Ascended Masters, so different in expression but so One in core was always helping me to deal with different shadows of me. But some days ago, not so far, AA Michael said to me that it is time to change for me. That now there will be new teachers with me and asked me to go to my heart and recognise them.
That was moment in witch I recognised my god-mother from Pleiadan, god-father from Arcturian, Beloved Sananda and - keep sitting - my own heart friend Unicorn from behind the Curtain. I think that kind of expresions of first three teachers that are helping me to understand my own potential is cleart. Unicorn ... ha ha... its energy of humor, joy, joking, fun, non-seriousness... I always was to serious with evertyhing but from some time I'm just laughing from antyghing he he...
I write this in reply to your post to point out that some teachings, some way of talking about spirituality was for "old energy times" and now is time for change, not negation of old but ewolution, simplification, move from universal paths to more personal paths.
For example, one day I was with my dogs in forest and during sitting meditation on meadow I call my guides with my heart. And they come to me. Sananada take place on my left side and that sitting with Him was so great, so refreshing, so lovely. My god-father standed behind me and that was feeling that I have all my past expirineces, all my lienage, all wisdom of oneness as support. My god-mother sitted in front of me as invitation to go forward in loving arms of live, to joy, without fear, with love and Unicorn standed on my right side to keep me not beeing so serious with presence of Sananda, to have fun also with spirituality, not only "BIG ISSUES"
.... and just after while I felt that AA Michael arrived from sky with glasses and some drink as He said "nectar of gods" and I know that it was reference to my idea on some polish local internet forum where by many years I was discussing things with friends and I started a thread "Spiritual development »A spiritual inn - talks with the nectar of the gods in glasses" to make all disccusion more fun, more light, not so in fighting mode who has right, who no. And this thread is alive from 2014 with more that 4k posts and now its space for sharing fun & love of our group.