like undergoing an influence). Otherwise there may be harm done by two different methods getting mixed together – e.g. the vital being awakened to a Bhakti-Ananda influence on that plane before it is purified and ready.Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume II - Part 1
Fragment ID: 11357
To respect the spiritual attainment of X [another spiritual teacher] is all right, but it is a rule of this Yoga not to mix influences (and what he [a sadhak] has described is very much like undergoing an influence). Otherwise there may be harm done by two different methods getting mixed together – e.g. the vital being awakened to a Bhakti-Ananda influence on that plane before it is purified and ready.