If we mix the vertical and horizontal lines of life what happens in time, is that we end up with a mixture that favours the horizontal more than the vertical.
Balancing the two lines of life is different to mixing them.
If we balance the two lines of life having chosen the vertical we get more the vertical than the horizontal.
Balancing the two lines of life is not about adulterating either one. It is intelligently choosing one and staying in the centre of the chosen option.
Mixing means to 'water down' or adulterate. A 'watered down' activity or teaching does not reach its originally intended target.
For example, an activity done by human beings for the spirit is an activity of the vertical line. When we mix that activity with elements of the horizontal, the purpose and nature of the activity changes and the activity is no longer reaches the spirit. A meditation mixed with the social eventually becomes a meeting of 'like minded' people drinking tea and talking about meditation.
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