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Frederick Lenz was an American author known for his profound understanding and unique insights into Zen Buddhism. His works blended Zen philosophy with modern life, resonating with readers worldwide.

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“People who have power, who think negatively of others and seek to injure them, are practicing a kind of voodoo, a lower sorcery.”

People Thinking Kind Buddhism Sorcery Voodoo

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Those who practice lower sorcery hurt themselves the most because they interact with negative thoughts and apply power to them; they devastate their own consciousness and their own lives.”

Hurt Consciousness Practice Buddhism Negative Negative Thoughts Sorcery

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Deluded beings think that if they get in a battle with a Zen Master or with a Don Juan, that it's going enhance their life if they win. You can never take power from someone else any more than you can take sunlight.”

Ifs Thinking Winning Masters Buddhism Battle Sunlight Deluded Don Juan Juan Zen Master

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you get in a battle with someone, you don't get their power if you win. Power is something that you have to acquire yourself, through self-inquiry and the practice of meditation.”

Ifs Self Winning Practice Meditation Buddhism Battle Acquire Inquiry

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The bully on the block who beats up somebody doesn't become more powerful. All they do is walk around inside their own mind with an inflated ego.”

Mind Walks Powerful Buddhism Ego Beats Block Bully Inflated Ego

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You have been imprinted by people in this world who take power from others. Most people drain each other. Or, what is worse, they are draining you right now, psychically!”

People World Has Beens This World Buddhism Right Now Drains Draining

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Most people abuse power. They use power to dominate others. They use power to destroy others. Ultimately when you do this, you lose it.”

People Use Loses Buddhism Abuse

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You can take power from others; you can steal it. It is not a very high-grade power. It will give you a certain amount of access to a better life; but it corrupts the individual.”

Giving Certain Individual Buddhism Amount Access Stealing Grades Better Life

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The person who takes power will never be happy with those things they gain. They have lost their essential balance and innocence. And without innocence, nothing can further, as they say in the I Ching.”

Persons Lost Buddhism Balance Essentials Gains Innocence

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It is silly to drain others; for when you drain others, you also pick up their vibratory force.”

Force Buddhism Picks Silly Drains

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“People who want to go to power places all of the time and want to be around powerful people, they don't last long in the study.”

People Want Long Lasts Powerful Study Buddhism

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I don't put much stock in powers that people have to hurt others, in sorcery and all this nonsense. There are murders and there are dictators. That is just a part of life. The intelligent use of power in yoga can assist you avoiding that side of humanity.”

People Use Humanity Sides Hurt Buddhism Yoga Murder Intelligent Nonsense Dictator Avoiding Parts Of Life Sorcery Use Of Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Angry people, unhappy people, people that seek to injure others, these people all have something in common. They waste energy. They don't conserve it and they don't know how to increase it.”

People Knows Energy Common Know How Buddhism Waste Increase Angry Unhappy Happy People Unhappy People

Author:Frederick Lenz

“So the intelligent use of power is to never interfere with anyone else's success. Use the power you get to just be more successful yourself.”

Use Successful Buddhism Intelligent Interfere Use Of Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you manipulate others your attention level drops and you become prey, for you have dropped to the plane of manipulation.”

Levels Attention Buddhism Planes Manipulation Prey Manipulate

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you abuse power, you will be burned and then you will learn...if you live.”

Ifs Buddhism Abuse Burned

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Jealousy, anger, fear - these are ridiculous emotions that drain your power. You need to control them by being content, trusting that life knows what is best, accepting with an even mind whatever is presented to you.”

Knows Needs Mind Emotion Accepting Buddhism Ridiculous Drains Being Content

Author:Frederick Lenz

“How do you overcome the negative karmas and problems and misery that occur to people who abuse power? You stop abusing power.”

People Problem Buddhism Negative Overcoming Abuse Misery Karma Negative Karma

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Some people travel to other dimensions in their astral bodies when they meditate.”

People Body Buddhism Dimensions

Book:Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap

Source: Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap

“The world is wonderful. It is beautiful when you are in a correct level of attention.”

World Beautiful Levels Attention Wonderful Buddhism

Author:Frederick Lenz

“In lower levels things are dark, gray, experiences are shallow. You become alienated from those around you.”

Dark Levels Buddhism Gray Shallow

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“When you go into the other worlds, when you go into the luminous dimensions, it's very different than here. You really have to have your act wired. You have to be very strong. Your mind has to be in the right shape. Otherwise, when you get out there, what you will see will drive you mad.”

World Mind Different Strong Buddhism Shapes Mad Dimensions Very Strong Other Worlds Luminous

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you go too far, it'll blow your mind. I mean it's strong out there. If you go out too far beyond the bounds of attention, there are things in the universe, in the universes of mind, in the inner worlds, it's best sometimes not to deal with unless you're very, very far along.”

Ifs World Mind Mean Sometimes Universe Strong Deals Attention Buddhism Bounds Blow Inner World

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The sights of infinity can be too strong. They can scorch the soul. It's best to take infinity on a little at a time.”

Littles Soul Strong Buddhism Sight Infinity

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I suggest that you do not get involved in channeling, tapping into spirits not physically present. Your own mind has the ability to properly reflect and determine what is correct and what is not.”

Mind Spirit Ability Buddhism Involved Determine Get Involved Channeling Tapping

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Today it is very popular to do a thing we call channeling. People are trying to channel entities and have these beings come through them. In my estimation this is downright ridiculous and dangerous.”

People Trying Today Dangerous Buddhism Ridiculous Entity Channeling Estimation Very Popular

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Don't get involved with non-physical beings. This current pastime, this rage, is dangerous. Many of these people who are channeling entities are going to become very sick, physically and mentally”

People Dangerous Buddhism Involved Sick Currents Rage Entity Get Involved Channeling Pastime

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“Channeling is a practice that is very popular right now. It is very dangerous. It is a process in which you are opening yourself up to astral entities and inviting them to come into you. This is silly.”

Process Practice Dangerous Buddhism Right Now Silly Opening Entity Inviting Channeling Very Popular

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Knowledge and power doesn't come from an entity, it comes from within yourself. What can these things tell you, to put five bucks on Snowflake in the third race?”

Race Five Buddhism Thirds Entity Bucks Snowflake Knowledge And Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“People think that by getting in touch with some being outside the body, it will solve their problems. This only creates problems. It won't help you a bit.”

People Thinking Helping Problem Body Bits Buddhism Solve

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“You know, these non-physical beings, it's very hard to tell what they're up to. You can't see them. How can you rely on them? It's chancy.”

Knows Hard Buddhism Rely Up To You

Author:Frederick Lenz

“People go to mediums and they get in touch with spirits outside of the body. Most of these spirits are pretty malevolent and unenlightened, although they often claim to be enlightened teachers who are disincarnate. These low-vibe beings seek life-force.”

People Body Spirit Force Teacher Buddhism Lows Claims Mediums Enlightened

Author:Frederick Lenz

“To choose the light or to choose other things is always the question.”

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The important thing to remember is to follow the path of light. As the fictional character Yoda, from Star Wars, correctly pointed out, once you start down the dark path to power, it's very difficult to leave that path.”

Important War Character Light Remember Stars Difficult Dark Path Buddhism Important Things Fictional Character

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There are many ways to store power. You can visit places of power, special locations on the earth that are charged with power.”

Way Earth Special Buddhism Stores Location

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There are places where there is more power. Just as there is more power in the chakras, there is more power in certain places. We call them places of power. If you spend time in these places, it increases your vibratory power.”

Ifs Certain Buddhism Increase End Times Spend Time Chakra

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There are special places on our planet, places of power, healing and renewal, places where the mind-body connection is enhanced and that enable us to get back in touch with our deepest innermost feelings.”

Mind Feelings Body Healing Special Planets Buddhism Connections Get Back Renewal Our Planet Special Places Mind Body Mind Body Connection

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“There are many different places of power around the world. They're invisible openings to other worlds. We find a preponderance of these places in the Himalayas, in the western part of the United States; of course, in every country of the world there are some.”

World Different Country States Courses United United States Buddhism Western Invisible Opening Around The World Other Worlds Different Place Himalayas Countries Of The World

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“There are places where it is easy to see, places of illumination, where one moves into illumined states of attention.”

States Moving Easy Attention Buddhism Illumination

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“When you go to a power place, if you are receptive, if you are able to quiet your thoughts and concentrate, a lot of that power can enter into you.”

Ifs Able Buddhism Quiet Receptive

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you go to a higher place of power, you can gain power there and you might even encounter some beings of knowledge and light that might aid you in some way.”

Ifs Way Light Might Buddhism Higher Gains Aids Encounters

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you go to a power spot, and you think negative or depressing thoughts they tend to grow stronger. Whereas, if you think more positive, happier thoughts, they tend to increase in strength.”

Ifs Thinking Grows Buddhism Negative Increase Stronger Spots Depressing

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Pilgrimages are journeys to places of power. People sometimes make pilgrimages to the caves where Milarepa or other great yogis meditated.”

People Sometimes Journey Buddhism Caves Pilgrimage Yogi

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“Universities are very clarifying places of power, because everyone is focused on trying to figure out exactly what to do with their lives.”

Trying Figures Buddhism University Focused Clarifying

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“You get a very different type of education if you go out to the desert, to the places of power, places where it is easy to cross over from one dimensional plane to another, where power hovers, so to speak.”

Ifs Different Speak Easy Buddhism Type Crosses Desert Planes

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The earth is alive. There are places on the earth that are very powerful. Meaning that on another dimensional level, there is an interfacing dimension where there is a crossover point between dimensions and a tremendous amount of energy is passing back and forth.”

Earth Energy Levels Powerful Alive Buddhism Amount Passing Passings Dimensions Back And Forth Very Powerful Crossover

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“At these crossover points, there are a lot of beings, nonphysical beings that cross over back and forth constantly.”

Buddhism Crosses Back And Forth Crossover

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you go to a place of power, the beings are higher, magnificent beings of light. They are not from our world. They pass through it, the place where dimensions touch, where there are many worlds present.”

Ifs World Light Buddhism Higher Dimensions Our World Magnificent

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There are thousands of worlds, thousands of dimensional planes, billions. Life is endless. It goes on forever.”

World Life Is Forever Buddhism Goes On Billions Endless Planes

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you go to a lower crossover point, a negative place of power, then the beings there are very unevolved, very demonic, crazy, lower than the people of this world.”

People Ifs World Crazy This World Buddhism Negative Being There Demonic Crossover

Author:Frederick Lenz

About the Author

Born: February 9, 1950
Died: April 12, 1998
Known for: Author
Quotes: 4397

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