“If you have only been around people who use power in cruel and petty ways, then when you hear the very word, you may have a negative reaction.” PeopleIfsWayMayUsePowerNegativeReactionsPettyNegative Reactions Author:Frederick Lenz
“People are timid. They don't take chances. Naturally, they're bound. They are afraid of the light. They are afraid of their own power. In the land of willpower, anything is possible.” PeopleLightChancePowerLandBoundsWillpowerTake A ChanceAnything Is Possible Author:Frederick Lenz
“There is this school of thought that says the usage of all mystical and occult powers is bad. I find that thought is usually propounded by people who don't have any powers. It's kind of a sour grapes attitude.” PeopleKindSchoolAttitudePowerMysticalGrapesOccultSourUsageSour Grapes Author:Frederick Lenz
“Your dharma is what kind of work you should be doing, what kind of people you should associate with, whether you should have a teacher or not. Dharma encompasses all things and it is specific to the individual.” PeopleShouldKindIndividualTeacherBuddhismAll ThingsShould HaveAssociatesDharma Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is because people exist in varyinig degrees of the dream.” PeopleDreamDegreesYoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“In India and other places, there are people who fool themsleves. They walk around all day saying, "Who am I? Who am I?"” PeopleWalksFoolYogaIndia Author:Frederick Lenz
“Most people suffer in love because of attachment. Attachment means we're interested in a net return on our investment.” PeopleMeanSufferingLove IsReturnYogaInvestmentAttachmentBhakti Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“One should feel that one's friends, the people who meditate around you, who seek, are likewise pligrims on a journey. They're traveling to eternity also. You should love them. Whenever you see a good quality in them, you should repect them.” PeopleFeelsShouldQualityJourneyYogaEternityGood QualityBhakti Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“In this world people love to talk and be active. Everyone wants to express their opinion. Listen in meditation, not to your thoughts but to your feelings.” PeopleWorldWantFeelingsOpinionMeditationThis WorldYogaActiveBhakti Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“Self-giving means that we have to understand the nature of giving. When most people give, they give expecting a return on their investment.” PeopleGivingMeanSelfReturnYogaInvestmentKarmaExpectingKarma YogaSelf Giving Author:Frederick Lenz
“Very often people give to others to control them and dominant them.” PeopleGivingYogaKarmaDominantKarma Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“Selfless giving doesn't mean you let people walk all over you. You get a lot of footprints on your face that way.” PeopleWayGivingMeanFacesWalksYogaKarmaOver YouYour FaceSelflessFootprintKarma YogaSelfless Giving Author:Frederick Lenz
“We can't allow ouselves to be depresses or discouraged. There are people who depend on us, things to accomplish. We only have a little bit of time in this world before death swallows us up.” PeopleWorldLittlesBitsThis WorldDependsLittle BitYogaAccomplishKarmaDepressingDiscouragedKarma YogaBefore Death Author:Frederick Lenz
“We must bring light to as many people as possible. Who has time to indulge in self-pity or guilt? In advanced self-giving you have no time for this. You just push these emotions out.” PeopleGivingSelfLightEmotionYogaGuiltKarmaPityIndulgeSelf PityIndulge InKarma YogaSelf Giving Author:Frederick Lenz
“If we think of Albert Schweitzer, Ghandi, Lincoln, we feel that the people who were the most outstanding in the this world are those who have given the most of themselves.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFeelsGivenThis WorldYogaKarmaOutstandingKarma Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“It's a civil war, and Arjuna knows a lot of people who are on the opposite side of the battlefield - they've been his friends.” PeopleKnowsWarSidesYogaOppositesKarmaCivil WarBattlefieldsKarma YogaArjuna Author:Frederick Lenz
“Arjuna is a warrior of great renown, says he won't fight. He tells Krishna: I can't fight because I love these people. It's immoral. It's unjust. There's no winning.” PeopleI CanFightingWinningYogaKarmaWarriorUnjustImmoralKrishnaKarma YogaRenownArjuna Author:Frederick Lenz
“Krishna says, fight. He says, go out in the battlefield and kill those people whom it's your job to kill.” PeopleJobsFightingYogaKarmaBattlefieldsKrishnaKarma Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“Kirshna says its better to be a winner than a loser. It runs counter to what a lot of people whould think, because they have watered down, quasi-religious ideas about that which creates in enlightenment.” PeopleThinkingIdeasRunningReligiousEnlightenmentYogaKarmaWinnerLoserKarma Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“Selfliss giving rounds the edges in spiritual practice. Many people can meditate very well but they're still very egotistical.” PeopleGivingWellsStillsSpiritualPracticeYogaRoundsEdgesKarmaEgotisticalSpiritual PracticeKarma Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“Thinking that the next person, the next relationship, the next experience will free you - these are foolish thoughts of people who are bound again and again to birth, death and rebrith for thousands and thousands of incarnations.” PeopleThinkingPersonsNextBirthBoundsFoolishAgain And AgainIncarnation Author:Frederick Lenz
“Most people we observe who practice self-discovery just get caught up in a new description, a new "ism", a new religion, a new god. But nothing changes.” PeopleSelfPracticeDiscoveryCaughtSelf DiscoveryDescriptionCaught UpThings ChangeIsms Author:Frederick Lenz
“People seem to get caught up in jargon like they get caught up in ashrams and power structures and they never become free. They become masters of jargon and power structures.” PeopleSeemsMastersStructureCaughtCaught UpJargon Author:Frederick Lenz
“People who are humble don't talk too much; they listen.” PeopleToo MuchHumilityBuddhismHumble Author:Frederick Lenz
“Very few people are conscious of the deeper strata of eternity. The primary reason is either because they lack purity or they lack motivation.” PeopleReasonMotivationBuddhismConsciousEternityDeeperPrimariesPurity Author:Frederick Lenz
“The world is empty - all of the people and places, the earth, the seas, mountains, deserts, forests and cities, and the beings that inhabit them, are unchangeable.” PeopleWorldEarthCitiesSeaMountainEmptyForestsDesertNothingnessUnchangeable Author:Frederick Lenz
“The life of meditation and religious study is absolutely no guarantee of peak moments. Most people involved in religious study and meditation are downright bored, and they're as stuck in what they do as everyone else is.” PeopleMomentsReligiousStudyMeditationInvolvedIntentionStuckBoredGuaranteesReligious Studies Author:Frederick Lenz
“We could go to monasteries. I could show you people who are very wise and they have great willpower, but they're not happy. They lack balance. They take it all too seriously.” PeopleShowsWiseBalanceIntentionWillpowerNot HappyMonasteriesVery Wise Author:Frederick Lenz
“A way of spreading the dharma is just telling people, sharing with them your experiences. Never push it, never be a missionary. Be completely selfless; realize you're only an instrument of eternity.” PeopleWayRealizingEternityInstrumentsMissionarySelflessDharma Author:Frederick Lenz
“Care, but don't be pushy! Don't preach about enlightenment to people who don't really want to hear about it.” PeopleWantCareEnlightenmentPushy Author:Frederick Lenz
“You don't want to become so sensitive that you can't interact with people in the world. If you get to that point, you are not practicing psychic development. You are running away from the world, and you've made yourself weak.” PeopleIfsWorldWantMadeRunningSuccessDevelopmentWeakSensitiveRunning AwayPsychics Author:Frederick Lenz
“Zen is the fastest method I know of, aside from mysticism, of dissolving the fixations people have about spiritual practice and themselves.” PeopleKnowsSpiritualPracticeMethodMysticismIntroductionSpiritual PracticeDissolvingFixation Author:Frederick Lenz
“People who practice Zen correctly are not spaced-out or unrealistic. They are balanced and grounded.” PeoplePracticeBalancedGroundedIntroduction Author:Frederick Lenz
“The path of Zen is not easy. It's wonderful. It's beautiful beyond compare. You will experience more ecstasy and beauty than most people will in a thousand lifetimes.” PeopleBeautifulEasyPathWonderfulThousandLifetimeCompareEcstasyIntroduction Author:Frederick Lenz
“The theory of Zen is non-competition. But that is not really true at all. People who practice Zen are very competitive. They are competing against emptiness.” PeoplePracticeTheoryCompetitionEmptinessCompetingIntroductionReally True Author:Frederick Lenz
“There are ten thousand states of mind. Most people spend their entire lives confined to a few of these states of mind.” PeopleMindStatesThousandTenState Of MindIntroductionConfined Author:Frederick Lenz
“Everyone is psychic. People just don't know that. They think so much. They worry so much. They're so caught up in unhappy emotions. They're not still enough.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStillsEnoughEmotionWorrySeeingCaughtUnhappyCaught UpPsychics Author:Frederick Lenz
“The universe is a giant mind. Some people have the ability to tap into that mind, we call them psychic. Others don't, we call them dull ... but they have potential.” PeopleMindUniverseAbilitySeeingGiantsDullPsychics Author:Frederick Lenz
“Most people make their choices predicated upon a feeling because analysis really isn't that good a tool.” PeopleFeelingsChoicesSeeingToolsAnalysis Author:Frederick Lenz
“Everyone is psychic. Being psychic is not a particular talent. Everybody has a left foot. Some people may just walk with that foot, some people may drag it, and some may learn to dance with it.” PeopleMayLeftWalksSeeingFeetTalentParticularDragPsychics Author:Frederick Lenz
“The tremendous population increase has made meditation and psychic perception, things that come naturally to spiritually evolved people, difficult to practice and participate in.” PeopleMadeDifficultPracticeMeditationSeeingPerceptionIncreasePopulationPsychics Author:Frederick Lenz
“A great deal of energy is lost in the study by people who interact with non-physical beings. They get into your mind and your body by approaching you in the dream plane, promising you powers, playing on your desires. They sap your life force.” PeopleMindDreamBodyDesireEnergyLostForceDealsStudyYour BodyPlanesMysticismSapLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“When you could get angry with someone and separate yourself from them, don't do that. If you have people who are difficult to deal with, be neither attracted nor repulsed. Go a step higher.” PeopleIfsActionDifficultDealsStepsBuddhismHigherAngryRight Action Author:Frederick Lenz
“The problem is with any practice is that it is a practice. That is why people don't win. The reason why people don't win is they get stuck in ideas, habits, and ways of seeing life.” PeopleWayIdeasReasonProblemActionWinningPracticeSeeingHabitStuckReason WhyRight Action Author:Frederick Lenz
“I can understand pathways to enlightenment where people shun certain aspects of the sensual world because they feel that these aspects are very powerful; they're not in a position to control their appetites.” PeopleWorldFeelsI CanActionCertainPowerfulPositionEnlightenmentAspectSensualAppetiteVery PowerfulPathwaysRight Action Author:Frederick Lenz
“Some people say that if you have sex you can't be enlightened. I think it isn't really so much whether you have sex or not, but it's what you're doing with your attention level during that time.” PeopleIfsThinkingActionSexLevelsAttentionBuddhismEnlightenedRight Action Author:Frederick Lenz
“Inspire people very selectively with sincerity and with respect. You want to increase your energy? Then want, inside your heart, to inspire others. It will lift you tremendously.” PeopleWantHeartActionEnergyInspireIncreaseLiftsSincerityInspire OthersRight Action Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is possible to renounce everything and attain enlightenment. But most people don't want to renounce; they wish to run away from responsibility and hard work.” PeopleWantHardRunningSuccessWishResponsibilityCareersHard WorkBuddhismEnlightenmentRunning AwayRenounce Author:Frederick Lenz
“Work sustains us as bodies and it consumes a great deal of energy. The conservation of energy is the component theme of Buddhist practice and yoga. That is why people live in monasteries.” PeopleBodySuccessEnergyDealsCareersPracticeBuddhismYogaBuddhistThemeConservationComponentsMonasteriesEnergy Conservation Author:Frederick Lenz
“The idea of the walls of monastery was to keep everybody else out because you wanted to develop a certain type of life. Most people in the world had different ideas on the subject.” PeopleWorldIdeasDifferentWantedCertainSubjectsWallTypeMonasteriesDifferent Ideas Author:Frederick Lenz
