The universe is always ecstasy and it's always perfect, but we don't perceive it that well. If we keep doing our yoga in every lifetime, we perceive it more correctly.
Frederick LenzThere are endless planes of attention, endless realities and endless mind states. They're like collections of atoms and protons and neutrons, nuclei. They just go on forever. They're plasma, they're fluid ... they're alive.
Frederick LenzWe seek absolute neutrality in Buddhism. We don't want to be drawn into anything in particular. We don't want to be pushed away from anything in particular.
Frederick LenzPractice being happy. Work at it. It's a new role, I realize, but you'll get it. The auditions will be coming up very soon. So get on top of it. I'm sure you will get the part.
Frederick LenzIt is my experience that if a person practices self discovery with intent, they will be successful. Success is an outer sign that they are channeling energy correctly.
Frederick LenzAt these crossover points, there are a lot of beings, nonphysical beings that cross over back and forth constantly.
Frederick LenzHuman beings go to church. The guy in the front dressed in black is the guy you defer to. He is in charge of the mysteries of universe, which ordinary human beings don't seem to have the inclination to understand.
Frederick LenzI try to teach people to continually search and question the meaning of everything they are taught and everything they believe in. My job is not so much to impart a philosophy but to train people in the methods of self-discovery.
Frederick LenzThe dreams of human beings are dark, heavy and morbid and simplistic and boring. The dreams of immortality are endless and shining, they shimmer, they glow.
Frederick LenzA dreaming vortex is a place where it's easy to change. You come to a dreaming vortex like Hawaii to step from one dream into another, from one world into another, to change, in other words.
Frederick LenzReal meditation engenders humility and purity, always. Yet I don't really think it demands any kind of lifestyle.
Frederick LenzGain control of the mind and make it still, initially just during periods of meditation, but then throughout the day and throughout the night.
Frederick LenzYour soul wants experience. It wants the world. You're a human - and your eternal. The two are the same.
Frederick LenzMost individuals on earth are not drawn to the higher light at this time. That doesn't make you superior to anyone else. If you are in the eighth grade you're not better than someone who is in the fourth grade.
Frederick LenzIn the Upanishads they talk about the path of the sun and the path of the moon. The path of the moon is rebirth. The path of the sun leads to self-knowledge, from which there is no return.
Frederick LenzFaithfulness, faith, all of the words that so few people live, you must live. Only then are you worthy of immortality.
Frederick LenzSpiritual evolution is a movement from the states of mind that reflect life less accurately to the states of mind that reflect life more accurately.
Frederick LenzStudying with a teacher doesn't simply mean going to an occasional seminar or Zen retreat. It means fully applying yourself to what the teacher says, most of which is not verbal.
Frederick LenzImagine wave after wave of joy passing through your whole body. As each wave passes through your body, feel that all worries, tensions, anxieties and problems are being washed away.
Frederick LenzIt is very important that your career raises your awareness. If your career is lowering your personal power, then it has got to change.
Frederick LenzIn the Far East, we look at life in terms of circles. In the West, they look at life more in terms of squares and rectangles.
Frederick LenzThe island of the tonal, the way we see life, is there so we can get through our life. It was never intended to become a dictator that would usurp all other views of the world and banish them.
Frederick LenzWhen the answer doesn't come, it's not supposed to come yet. Don't make eternity try and conform to what you want. That's desire. desire leads to frustration.
Frederick LenzThere is wisdom in not letting anyone really know who you are or what you are like. If you define yourself, people hold you in their mind a certain way making it difficult to change.
Frederick LenzThought is the ultimate tonal. Each thought is like a dike that blocks out the nagual.
Frederick LenzThe high-priests and priestesses of Atlantis had discovered many of the deepest secrets of the universe. They had come to understand all about reincarnation, karma, and the innermost workings of the Enlightenment Cycle.
Frederick LenzThe women that I met were exceptional, extraordinary - tremendous purity, tremendous gentleness, self-giving and power.
Frederick LenzA critical part of Tantric Buddhism is a process of turning of the activities and experiences in your daily life into meditation.
Frederick LenzAt the end of your life you will probably end up in an old-age home, or in a back room in one of your children's houses, left only with a handful of fading memories and a body racked with great pain and suffering.
Frederick LenzThe only reason you feel pain is because you're so busy looking at yourself instead of looking at the wonderful patterns of light. If you become absorbed in the wonderful patterns of light, then there's no pain.
Frederick LenzMost people are terribly afraid of their own sexuality, and one has to respect another person's sadhana, another person's path.
Frederick LenzOnce in a while, you will see someone really drippy. The person has to stare at the teacher all the time with that devoted and disgusting and sick look. It's boring, misplaced devotionalism.
Frederick LenzThey presented a description of the world to all of us which was very limited and narrow.
Frederick LenzThe world is futile when viewed through the persona of the body. The body is not simply the physical body but it's the body of knowledge of this world.
Frederick LenzThere are no rules. Nothing you can do will take you to liberation; therefore, nothing you avoid will help you along the path to liberation.. Everything is liberation.
Frederick LenzDon't care what anybody says about enlightenment, except the enlightened and those who seek it.
Frederick LenzA Buddhist is working not just to get paid, but working to advance spiritually. You shouldn't create a syntactical break in your mind between your career and your religious practice.
Frederick LenzIf you hold a negative thought, then it will become more powerful and not only will it send bad energy to the person, but it will crash your consciousness. All the hard work of meditating is sabotaged.
Frederick LenzI believe in winning. It is clean. I like it. I definitely don't believe in losing. It is a bad attitude. It is not necessary to lose, but it does happen once in a while.
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