Theos-Talk Archives (June 2009 Message tt00603)

The organization like Esoteric School succeeds if it's head is highly evolved spiritually. In the beginning of ES, there were highly evolved disciples namely Blavatsky and then Annie Besant. At that time it was good for members of ES to take a pledge to follow such ES heads, because these disciples had great knowledge of how to lead the followers in right direction.
When you give control of your life to other person (for example ES head), to some extent, then there is a big risk if the leader is not highly evolve spiritually. In this situation, both leader and his followers degenerate. So if you do not get very highly developed leader, then don't give up control of your life to anybody. Study good books written by highly developed people like Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater. Follow instructions given in their writings and take decisions yourself. Don't hand over control of your life to anybody. Don't take pledge to follow anybody, because if leader (being less evolved) leads you in wrong direction, you will suffer and involve in many wrongdoings.
Best
Anand Gholap