Theos-Talk Archives (August 2005 Message tt00155)

> I recall a statement somewhere in Mahatma Letters that a Chela is not a
> "Free Man (Woman)" so that there is always a safeguard built-in. I suppose
> there is a mechanism to monitor the actions of the Chela (because Master
> bears responsibility for the actions of the Chela) and it is quite 
> possible
> that when an occult power is revoked the Chela simply loses the knowledge
> how to exercise the power. All we can do is to speculate unless there is
> someone on the list who can speak from first hand knowledge.
>
> mkr


Those who have first hand knowledge will not speak and those who speak on 
theos-talk do not really know what they are talking about as Pythagoras's 
occult axiom is: The equal can only recognized by equal ones.
One thing is certain: Occult knowledge comes not from book reading - but the 
other side of the coin is - and most theosophists do not understand it with 
their silly either-else rather than as-well-as logic - that libraires and 
book reading has much importance in theosophy.

If this is correct what mkr describes - and I think it is - Annie Besant 
would be a prominent example when the teacher withdraws His Avatara 
knowledge from the chela and he/she in turn turn becomes a would-be-chela. 
In 1894 William Quan Judge - tulku to HPB - withdrew on Masters order his 
occult knowledge from her after two warnings because of planning and 
executing a conspiracy against the Masters - the helpers of mankind - cause. 
This resulted in the split of the TS in 1895. Mkr supports von Purucker, who 
said that this split was engineered by the Masters to protect HPBs chelas 
and the future of the TS. This view has some logic in it and constrasts the 
view for example of the Anthroposophical Society which as Adyar renegate 
believes that this split was intended.

The moral fall of AB is nevertheless - and this must not be overlooked - 
mainly a tragedy for the messenger Judge and the success of the TM, but 
personally one cannot blaim a chela that he/she has fallen as to try and 
fail is better as not to try and fail.
Frank