Theos-Talk Archives (July 2001 Message tt00254)

Dallas wrote, " It has been said that he who speaks of seeing and meeting
with the Master thereby loses touch. My judgment would be that if, as is
said, Leadbeater had stood "face t face with the 'Great Initiator,' it would
never have been spoken of by him, and no other would have known the fact.
Leadbeater sought to be recognized as a great teacher...any one claiming
Adeptship is not an Adept, and this is in the very nature of things...."


Leadbeater never claimed adeptship. And HPB didn't shrink from letting
it be known she was in communication with the Masters. How about all her
psychic feats? Was she seeking to be recognized as a great teacher? In
fact, I think she was. She was trying to establish her credentials, so that
she could bring Theosophy to an unbelieving world. And what about the
Masters themselves? If they're not allowed to tell anyone who they are, we
wouldn't even know about them. How about their supernormal feats? Were
they just showing off?