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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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“I've lived in worlds where there are three or four suns. We had incredible sunsets, beautiful. But they weren't more beautiful than here, if my mind is more beautiful in each life.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“The whole quality of your life depends on your state of mind. There are very high states of mind that very few people experience. They are also quite pragmatic and practical and they make you more efficient at living and working in the world.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“There was a time when you came forth from infinity, your essence that is. You've always existed, and you'll always exist. But there are different states of mind in the universe.”

Inspirational Mind Different States Universe Buddhism Essence Infinity State Of Mind

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Perfect mind, the diamond mind, radiating all universes through your being, each pulse beat is the universe, each breath, eternity. Enlightenment, try it. You'll like it!”

Inspirational Trying Mind Universe Perfect Buddhism Beats Enlightenment Eternity Breaths Diamond Pulse

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There are no bad people; there are only bad states of mind.”

People Inspirational Mind States Buddhism State Of Mind Bad People

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“You can get stuck in one state of mind or a general area of mind for a thousand lifetimes. Some states of mind afford better views than others.”

Inspirational Mind States Views Buddhism Thousand Areas Lifetime Stuck State Of Mind

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You have probably had past lives where you were in better stages of mind than you are in now.”

Inspirational Mind Past Stage Buddhism Past Life

Author:Frederick Lenz

“We get so involved with the latest craze or having the latest car or the most high-powered house that we lose touch with that which makes us happy - what makes us happy are quiet states of mind.”

Inspirational Mind States House Loses Car Buddhism Involved Quiet State Of Mind Craze

Author:Frederick Lenz

“These truths may seem simple and self-apparent and the words easy to say, but the states of mind that you live in as you progress are beautiful beyond description.”

Inspirational Mind May Self States Seems Beautiful Easy Simple Progress Buddhism Description State Of Mind

Author:Frederick Lenz

“All I have to teach you are feelings, the words don't matter much. But as you listen, feel the stillness of my mind, not my mind but of mind...infinite mind.”

Inspirational Feels Mind Matter Feelings Teach Masters Buddhism Infinite Stillness Of My Mind

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You are not a body. You are not a mind. You are infinite light, infinite intelligence, the radiance of all beings, the dharmakaya - the endless light of creation.”

Inspirational Mind Body Light Creation Buddhism Infinite Endless Radiance Infinite Intelligence

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There is mental conditioning in your mind put in there during this life by your parents, teachers, the society. You've been told what is and what is not, what is right and what is wrong. This has to be pushed aside.”

Inspirational Mind Parent Teacher Buddhism This Life Conditioning

Author:Frederick Lenz

“All happiness is inside your own mind. Chances are, you have not discovered that. Meditation is about experiencing the happiness inside your mind.”

Inspirational Mind Chance Meditation Buddhism Chances Are

Author:Frederick Lenz

“As you gain control of the mind, you gain control of life and you gain control of your time. It all works together.”

Inspirational Mind Together Buddhism Gains Working Together

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When your life becomes clear and pure, when your mind is clear and your view of life is unobstructed, then you'll be at peace with yourself. Then you will be happy.”

Inspirational Mind Life Is Views Clear Buddhism Pure

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Your inner being already knows. It's trying to communicate with you. But it needs to shift you into a different state of mind.”

Knows Inspirational Needs Trying Mind Different States Buddhism Communicate State Of Mind

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You are your state of mind. Your state of mind creates your view, or your window, on life.”

Inspirational Mind States Views Inspirational Life Buddhism Window State Of Mind

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Self-discovery is realistic. It's not built on ideas and philosophies. It's what works. Philosophies are nice if you like philosophies. But self-discovery is predicated on something that really brings you into enlightened states of mind.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Meditation is a bright, hopeful practice in which we learn to make our mind quiet so that the infinite, perfect light of enlightenment can flow through us.”

Mind Light Perfect Practice Meditation Buddhism Quiet Enlightenment Flow Infinite Hopeful

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Meditation is essential because meditation opens the mind to itself.”

Mind Meditation Buddhism Essentials

Author:Frederick Lenz

“In meditation, when your mind becomes perfectly still and calm, you will experience the golden light of eternity.”

Mind Stills Light Meditation Buddhism Eternity Calm Golden Golden Light

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you are in a condition of light everything is ecstatic, everything is joyous, everything is beautiful. Your attention field is subtle. The ego is quiet. The mind is still. Your heart is happy.”

Mind Heart Stills Light Beautiful Attention Meditation Conditions Fields Buddhism Quiet Ego Subtle Joyous Ecstatic

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you meditate, you are shifting your state of mind to a higher vibratory level that will give you a much more expansive view.”

Giving Mind States Levels Views Meditation Buddhism Higher State Of Mind Shifting

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Meditation is the study of making the mind still. As your mind becomes still, a power enters you. This power transmogrifies your mind, it escalates your evolution and you begin to cycle through many incarnations in one lifetime.”

Mind Stills Study Meditation Buddhism Evolution Lifetime Cycles Incarnation

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Through the practice of concentration and various techniques, we silence the mind and we enter into a flow of perfect light. We go outside of the parameters of mind and thought and experience nirvana.”

Mind Light Perfect Silence Practice Meditation Buddhism Flow Various Technique Concentration Parameters Mind And Thoughts

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The place that you gain the most power is within your own mind. Stopping thought generates power. That is why people meditate. The longer you can stop thought, the more power you gain.”

People Mind Meditation Buddhism Gains Stopping Gaining Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you meditate properly you are able to take your mind and merge it with the cosmos. Essentially, this causes your IQ to increase.”

Mind Able Causes Meditation Buddhism Increase Cosmos

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you meditate you will be able to get in touch with that part of yourself which knows what it wants, as opposed to the levels and layers of conditioning in your mind.”

Knows Want Mind Able Levels Meditation Buddhism Layers Conditioning

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You start meditation as an average human being who is filled with vagueness and not much purpose or definition, who is controlled by their desires, your mind spins all over the place, your senses spin all over the place, out of control.”

Mind Humans Desire Purpose Human Beings Meditation Buddhism Filled Average Definitions Senses Controlled Vagueness

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The mind is like a lake. It reflects eternity when it's very still. If ripples appear, lots of them, then the reflection is not clear. We lose the clarity of the perfect reflection.”

Ifs Mind Stills Loses Perfect Clear Meditation Buddhism Reflection Eternity Clarity Lakes Ripple

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Learn to meditate. It's fun. It will give you a strong, wonderful mind.”

Giving Mind Strong Fun Meditation Wonderful Buddhism

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If we are in the same state of mind, we just self-reflect, things are dull and gray and kind of boring.”

Ifs Mind Kind Self States Meditation Buddhism Boring Dull Gray State Of Mind

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you start to meditate, if you stick with it, you will see tremendous changes in your life and state of mind.”

Ifs Mind States Meditation Buddhism Sticks State Of Mind

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When there is no thought in the mind, no thought of thought, when the mind is quiet but fully alert, we experience a little bit of enlightenment.”

Mind Littles Bits Meditation Buddhism Quiet Little Bit Enlightenment

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you meditate your mind will become razor sharp. Your memory and retention will be superb. New talents and abilities will begin to unfold. You will become younger each day, yet wiser.”

Ifs Mind Memories Ability Meditation Talent Buddhism Each Day Wiser Our Memories Razors Superb Retention Talents And Abilities New Talent

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Think of your mind as a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it will become.”

Thinking Mind Use Meditation Buddhism Stronger Muscles Think Of You

Author:Frederick Lenz

“As you meditate, you will be able to look at the beauties and horrors of life and accept them with an equal mind. You will love more and be kinder to those around you.”

Mind Looks Able Accepting Meditation Buddhism Horror Equal Kinder

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Stress is a state of mind and if you realize that you will find that it's something you can deal with. It is my belief that stress occurs not because of the conditions of the world.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Meditation will give you the power to overcome fear. As you sit and meditate each day, it makes you stronger. The energy of the universe flows through your mind, your body, and your life.”

Giving Mind Body Universe Energy Meditation Buddhism Flow Overcoming Stronger Your Body Each Day Overcoming Fear Makes You Stronger Energy Of The Universe

Author:Frederick Lenz

“With the practice of meditation you can move into other states of mind, sort of ungluing the glue that binds you to a particular perceptual mode, a way of seeing life which is an illusory one.”

Way Mind States Moving Practice Meditation Seeing Particular Buddhism State Of Mind Glue Illusory

Author:Frederick Lenz

“In meditation, when your thoughts are stopped, you become empty. When you are empty, your mind folds back on itself and you see through the illusions of the material world.”

World Mind Meditation Materials Buddhism Illusion Empty Folds Material World

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

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

“Try to be still inside. Learn to quiet and stop thought, and you will be able to develop your mind. Your psychic intuition will start to come about.”

Trying Mind Stills Able Meditation Buddhism Quiet Intuition Psychics

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Meditation is coming back to your original self, if we can use self without a sense of self. It's perfect, clear light, radiant, infinite mind of the universe, as it is, without identifying with qualities”

Ifs Mind Self Use Light Universe Perfect Quality Clear Meditation Buddhism Infinite Originals Coming Back Sense Of Self Radiant Identifying

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Learn the motions of infinity within your mind. Your mind becomes a perfect mirror to the motions of infinity.”

Mind Perfect Meditation Buddhism Mirrors Infinity

Author:Frederick Lenz

“As the kundalini energy increases, as the energy of the psyche becomes more pronounced, which it does as thought becomes eclipsed by silence, all the variant mind states burn away.”

Mind Doe States Energy Silence Buddhism Increase

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The sign that the kundalini is releasing is not the development of miraculous powers, but that your mind is becoming quieter.”

Mind Buddhism Development Becoming Miraculous

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Chakras really are dimensions. We think of them as objects, but they're not really. They're dimensional access points, whereby we can enter into different levels of mind, and that happens automatically.”

Thinking Mind Different Happens Levels Objects Buddhism Access Dimensions Different Levels Chakra

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When your mind is clear and your third eye is open, you can see and know things that are taking place thousands of miles away from you.”

Knows Mind Eye Clear Buddhism Thirds Miles Away From You Miles Away Chakra Third Eye

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

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

“In Buddhism we meditate. We make our minds quiet by learning to focus on the chakras, release internal energy that we call kundalini, and bring ourselves into high states of consciousness.”

Mind States Energy Consciousness Focus Buddhism Quiet Release Internals Chakra States Of Consciousness

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The causal body is the most ancient and timeless part of a person. It has the capacity to know and do things that the physical mind and body cannot.”

Knows Mind Persons Body Buddhism Capacity Ancient Timeless Mind And Body

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

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

About the Author

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

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