4. The Two Lines of Life & the Level of Being

In this class, we reflect on the vertical and horizontal dimensions of life. The vertical is the spiritual dimension beyond time; only accessed when we are not identified with our Ego. The horizontal is the material dimension of time where the Ego thrives. Through studying these two lines we understand how they connect to each other and how they determine our level of being. Extended discussions on meditation, transmutation, alchemy, and how to remember dreams.

There are two lines in life: one we could call the “horizontal”, the other, the “vertical”, and they form a cross within ourselves, here and now; not a second ahead, not a second behind. The horizontal begins with birth and ends with death; before each cradle there is the prospect of a grave; everything that is born must die [...] On the horizontal are the processes of birth, growth, reproduction, aging and then death; on the horizontal are the vain pleasures of life: liquor, fornication, adultery, etc.; on the horizontal is the fight for daily bread, the fight not to die, to exist under the light of the sun. On the horizontal are all those intimate sufferings of practical life, of the home, the street, the office, etc. The horizontal line can offer us nothing wonderful. But there is another totally different line: I want to refer, emphatically, to the vertical. This vertical is interesting: in this vertical are the different levels of the Being; in this vertical are the transcendental and transcendent powers of the Innermost; in this vertical are the esoteric powers, the powers that divinize, the revolution of the consciousness, etc. With the forces of the vertical we can decisively influence the horizontal aspects of practical life; we can totally change our own destiny; make our life something different, something distinct, become something totally distinct from what we have been, from what we are, from what we have known in this bitter existence. - Samael Aun Weor

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