Theos-Talk Archives (July 2012 Message tt00052)

Many Theosophical students are perplexed about the resignation of T Subba
Rao from TS. Here are some thoughts.

1. TSR was a high chela of Master M, who was also the Guru of HPB.
2. HPB considered him to be her equal in occult matters due to his
chelaship.
3. TSR had stated that every chela of every Master was told to join TS.
4. Launching was a very major undertaking of the Brotherhood and TSR should
be fully aware of it.
5. Leaving TS was a major decision and TSR should have known the
consequences of doing it.
6. It may be recalled that in one of the Mahatma Letter to APS, there is a
comment that at one stage of the progress of the chela, the chela is left
totally to his/her judgement on all matters and may even ignore or go
against his Guru.

In view of the above, it is quite possible that TSR was at that stage and
was on trial to see if he comes through successfully. Possibly his
resignation from TS was an indication that he made that decision on his
own, even though in normal circumstances he would not have done it.
Possibly the very painful physical ailment at the time of his death may be
one of the consequences. We may never know.

His knowing well about the occult status of HPB and her being a chela of
Master M and her working under the direction of her Guru in her literary
work on occult matters, he should have known HPB is the last person to
write about occult matters that should never be revealed.

So his disagreement with her may be just a cover for his real reasons for
leaving TS which he never wanted anyone to know.

These are just my speculation.

MKR

PS: It may be worthwhile if in the archives at Adyar, there are any papers
of HPB on this issue which may throw some light.


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