Home / Authors / Frederick Lenz

Frederick Lenz

Frederick Lenz Quotes

Author

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.

Filter quotes by topic

All Buddhism Ifs People Mind World Enlightenment Meditation Yoga Way Rama Awareness Self Teacher Thinking Light Energy Enlightened Inspirational States Karma

Famous Frederick Lenz Quotes

“It is really important that you live in a place that has good energy. Where you sleep, where you dream, where you meditate, where you spend a lot of time is key.”

Important Dream Energy Sleep Keys Mysticism Good Energy Gaining Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There can be very powerful releases of energy that can catch you off guard until you have a better sense of what you are doing.”

Energy Powerful Release Mysticism Very Powerful Gaining Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you deal with people, it tends to drag your energy down - if those people are in a lower auric state than you. If you meditate and they don't, then by the end of the day you tend to be more drained.”

People Ifs Ends States Energy Deals Losing The End Of The Day Mysticism Drag Drained Losing Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The real problem is not increasing your energy. The problem is losing it. If you stop the loss and you simply meditate, you will have more than enough energy. You will learn to live strategically.”

Ifs Real Enough Problem Energy Loss Losing Mysticism Real Problems Losing Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Start to give more thought to the world around you. Stop exposing yourself to situations that drain your energy. You will discover through a trial and error process that you will have more energy.”

World Giving Energy Process Situation Losing Errors Trials Mysticism Drains Exposing Trial And Error Losing Power Exposing Yourself

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You have to be careful that in giving energy, you do not allow yourself to be excessively drained or used.”

Giving Used Energy Losing Careful Mysticism Be Careful Drained Losing Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The biggest energy losses for most people are relationships, interrelations with other people. That is where we lose the most energy, through our attachments - opening up to people who might be very nice on the surface but underneath they have a lot of problems.”

People Problem Might Energy Loses Loss Nice Losing Surface Opening Mysticism Attachment Very Nice Opening Up Losing Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Power comes from doing meditation, leading a controlled life, being conservative, not wasting all your energy on drugs, alcohol and sex and other pastimes. The guideline for all experience is how you feel afterwards.”

Feels Energy Sex Meditation Drug Losing Conservative Alcohol Mysticism Controlled How You Feel Pastime Guidelines Doing Me Losing Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you really want to channel all of your energy towards higher mysticism, you should realize that sex does drain a certain amount of your occult energy.”

Ifs Want Should Doe Certain Energy Sex Realizing Amount Higher Losing Mysticism Drains Occult Losing Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The primary place where most people lose energy is in their relationships with others. That means you lose your energy in your interactions with the people you know best.”

People Knows Mean Energy Loses Losing Primaries Mysticism Interaction Relationships With Others Losing Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“In most cases, energy is lost in little games of manipulation, in little struggles of will, in the attempts to possess others, to wrap them up, to delude them, to shine them on.”

Littles Games Energy Lost Cases Struggle Losing Shining Mysticism Manipulation Wraps Losing Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you are afraid of someone, they can gain power over you, meaning they can drop your energy level.”

Energy Levels Losing Gains Mysticism Over You Losing Power Energy Levels

Author:Frederick Lenz

“A lot of energy is lost to false teachers. Wherever dependency is created, energy is lost.”

Energy Lost Teacher Losing Mysticism Dependency Losing Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“A lot of people who are involved in self-discovery lose energy to abusive teachers, to abusive friends and to entities, non-physical beings.”

People Self Energy Loses Teacher Involved Losing Discovery Self Discovery Mysticism Entity Abusive Losing Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Never be bored. Energy lives off of attention. When you are bored you get drained.”

Energy Attention Losing Bored Mysticism Drained Losing Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It takes many years to become proficient in energy conservation. But it is something that happens. You get continually stronger. You see your attention field is far different than it ever was before.”

Years Different Happens Energy Attention Fields Losing Stronger Mysticism Conservation Losing Power Energy Conservation

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It takes a lot of energy to manipulate someone and keep them on a string.”

Energy Buddhism Strings Manipulate

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It is a tremendous waste of energy to try to block anyone else. That same energy could be applied to furthering your own success.”

Trying Energy Buddhism Waste Block

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

“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

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There is a vortex of energy at the bottom of Walden Pond. That's where the inter-dimensional opening is. As people swim in Old Walden Pond, it soothes them, it renews them. It's a little bit like the pool in Cocoon - I suppose, any power spot is.”

People Littles Energy Bits Buddhism Little Bit Bottom Opening Spots Swim Pool Ponds Cocoons Vortex Walden Pond

Author:Frederick Lenz

“For some reason, there is a purity to the Swiss Alps - a certain energy - that is very reminiscent of my snowboarding experiences in the Himalayas.”

Reason Certain Energy Buddhism Purity Swiss Snowboarding Himalayas Alps

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The forces are different up here at the continental divide. The magnetic lines of energy run in specific directions. The United States is divided into power zones. The Divide itself is the point where the energy meets.”

Different States Running Energy Force Lines United United States Buddhism Zone Divided Divides Magnetic Continental

Author:Frederick Lenz

“During the Atlantean Cycle, the earth's aura, the invisible astral energy field that surrounds and protects our planet and through which all psychic perception flows, was very pure.”

Earth Energy Fields Planets Pure Protect Perception Flow Ancient Invisible Cycles Surround Psychics Our Planet Auras Ancient Egypt Atlantis Energy Fields

Book:Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure

Source: Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure

“Every person who sees you physically evaluates you and projects energy towards you based upon the way you've dressed.”

Way Persons Energy Buddhism Projects Evaluate

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Only the enlightened are consistently happy. Their happiness is not predicated upon the events and experiences that take place in this world. Instead it is based on the boundless inner energy they gain from their connection with the world of enlightenment.”

World Suffering Energy Events This World Buddhism Enlightenment Gains Connections Enlightened Consistently Boundless

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Focus your awareness on the heart chakra. As you do, you will feel your consciousness shifting. You may feel different perceptions of energy in different parts of your body.”

Feels Heart May Different Body Energy Consciousness Focus Meditation Awareness Buddhism Perception Your Body Shifting Chakra Chakra Meditation Heart Chakra Different Perceptions

Author:Frederick Lenz

“One doesn't actually meditate on the navel. The chakra is located about two or three inches below the navel, at that point there is an energy access sphere in the middle of the body.”

Two Body Three Energy Meditation Middle Buddhism Access Spheres Inches Chakra Chakra Meditation Navel

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The kundalini is raised or brought down. It can be done in several different ways, and as it moves to the different chakras or energy centers in the subtle physical body, it endows one with various powers.”

Way Different Done Body Moving Energy Meditation Buddhism Raised Various Different Ways Subtle Physical Body Chakra Chakra Meditation

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Focus your attention on the top of your neck. Take that energy and transmit it in two lines to your hands. Then from the hands, bounce that energy right back to the heart center and ground it.”

Heart Two Hands Energy Lines Attention Focus Meditation Buddhism Necks Bounce Transmit Chakra Meditation

Author:Frederick Lenz

“What we are doing is taking an occult energy; it's amplifying in the chakras and the hands. Then we are neutralizing it and spreading it through the being.”

Hands Energy Meditation Buddhism Occult Chakra Chakra Meditation

Author:Frederick Lenz

“As the prana current, kundalini and different energies begin to move through you, you will feel yourself moving and rocking. Keep the body still, otherwise that energy will be lost as it expresses itself through the physical.”

Feels Stills Different Body Moving Energy Lost Meditation Buddhism Currents Chakra Meditation Prana

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Buddhism is perception, gaining control of the mind and directing one's attention, to raise the kundalini energy so that it flows with such volatility and force that we simply perceive life correctly.”

Mind Energy Force Attention Buddhism Perception Flow Raises Buddhist Perceive Cosmology Volatility

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Sometimes people start to meditate and they get a headache. It's because they're trying too hard. You're pulling in too much energy.”

People Trying Sometimes Hard Energy Too Much Meditation Buddhism Pulling Headache Trying Too Hard

Author:Frederick Lenz

About the Author

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

Related Topics

Buddhism Ifs People Mind World Enlightenment Meditation Yoga Way Rama Awareness Self Teacher Thinking Light Energy Enlightened Inspirational States Karma

Popular Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Way Want Love Life Inspirational Needs Giving Feels Should Writing Trying Years Mind Firsts

Books & Sources

Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master FwapRelated source material

Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual AdventureRelated source material

Snowboarding to Nirvana: A NovelRelated source material

Similar Authors

Jetsunma Ahkon LhamoBrowse related quotes
Arnaud DesjardinsBrowse related quotes
Quentin S. CrispBrowse related quotes
Matthieu RicardBrowse related quotes
Ninian SmartBrowse related quotes
Taitetsu UnnoBrowse related quotes
Dhammananda BhikkhuniBrowse related quotes
Robert Baker AitkenBrowse related quotes
AtisaBrowse related quotes
Yuanwu KeqinBrowse related quotes