“Money is very useful in this particular world to buy you space. In the old days, there were not too many people on the planet. Today everybody owns the forests and woods and there are "No Trespassing" signs everywhere.” PeopleWorldTodaySuccessSpaceCareersParticularPlanetsBuddhismWoodsForestsOld DaysTrespassing Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you can marry a handsome man or a beautiful woman and you have two choices and both people are equally nice or obnoxious, you might as well marry the wealthy one.” PeopleIfsMenWellsTwoMightBeautifulSuccessChoicesCareersNiceBuddhismWealthyHandsomeBeautiful WomenObnoxiousTwo ChoicesHandsome Men Author:Frederick Lenz
“Many people spend their life always worrying about whether they have enough to cover expenses. They experience unhappiness.” PeopleEnoughSuccessCareersWorryBuddhismUnhappinessExpensesAlways Worrying Author:Frederick Lenz
“Most people are operating out of repetition. If you come to work or school each day with the same mind-state, you probably can't get more out of it than you did yesterday.” PeopleIfsMindStatesSchoolSuccessCareersBuddhismYesterdayEach DayRepetition Author:Frederick Lenz
“The work that most people do in the world tends to deaden them, deadens their mind, uses up their energy and they get a paycheck and old age and not much energy. You get the check and they get your energy. That energy is translated into corporate dollars.” PeopleWorldMindUseAgeSuccessEnergyCareersBuddhismDollarsChecksOld AgeCorporatePaychecks Author:Frederick Lenz
“Most people want to make maximum money for minimum work, and that does not result in a happy life. Work does not become an active force to advance your awareness into higher states.” PeopleWantDoeStatesSuccessForceResultsCareersAwarenessBuddhismHigherActiveHappy LifeMinimumMaximum Author:Frederick Lenz
“People who work to bring about perfection see work as an extension of themselves. The point is to do a good job. That will empower you. To do a poor job will make you weaker.” PeopleJobsSuccessPoorCareersBuddhismPerfectionEmpoweringExtensionsGood Job Author:Frederick Lenz
“Two people can be work at the same job, side by side. One person is working just for a paycheck. Another is working to perfect their being. Some people think that the material world will make them happy.” PeopleThinkingWorldPersonsTwoJobsSuccessSidesPerfectCareersMaterialsBuddhismPaychecksMaterial World Author:Frederick Lenz
“I recommend computer science to people who practice meditation. The mental structures that are used in computer science are very similar exercises done in Buddhist monasteries.” PeopleDoneSuccessUsedCareersPracticeMeditationBuddhismExerciseComputerStructureBuddhistComputer ScienceMonasteries Author:Frederick Lenz
“People use ideas of non-duality as an escape from reality. It is very easy to say there is no winning and losing and justify the fact that you didn't do a very good job.” PeopleIdeasFactsUseRealityJobsSuccessWinningEasyCareersBuddhismLosingVery GoodJustifyGood JobDualityWinning And Losing Author:Frederick Lenz
“Most people are taught from an early age on, to conceive of themselves as losers. They are taught that there are a very special few who are eminently successful in life.” PeopleAgeSuccessCareersSuccessfulSpecialTaughtBuddhismLoser Author:Frederick Lenz
“The main reason people fail is they become attached to others who hold them back. Letting go of others and going forward may seem like a lonely and impossible task, but I assure you it is not.” PeopleMayReasonSeemsSuccessCareersImpossibleFailingBuddhismLetting GoTasksLonely Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you want to succeed always associate with winners, people who have understood something. You will notice that they all share something in common, tremendous attention to detail in their personal lives and associations.” PeopleIfsWantSuccessCommonAttentionCareersShareBuddhismSucceedUnderstoodDetailsWinnerAssociationAssociatesPersonal LifeAttention To Detail Author:Frederick Lenz
“Power is something that is not really visible. Some people have the power to rise above circumstance. Sociological factors and DNA are not all that determine success. It is power.” PeopleSuccessCareersBuddhismCircumstancesDetermineFactorsVisibleDnaRise AboveSociological Author:Frederick Lenz
“I recommend, for many people, the study of computer science. Our natural resource in America is the mind. The mindset in computer science is very similar to the mindset in Zen.” PeopleMindAmericaScienceNaturalStudyComputerResourcesMindsetNatural ResourcesComputer Science Author:Frederick Lenz
“Programming will aid a person in developing their mind and will aid their meditation. I find that people who have pursued programming are doing much better in their meditation.” PeopleMindPersonsScienceMeditationComputerAidsDevelopingProgrammingPursuedComputer Science Author:Frederick Lenz
“A number of people who are interested in computers in this lifetime programmed computers in Atlantis.” PeopleScienceNumbersComputerLifetimeComputer ScienceAtlantis Author:Frederick Lenz
“At extremely high processing speeds we are able to find patterns of order in what other people would perceive as chaos.” PeopleAbleScienceOrderComputerChaosPatternsSpeedPerceiveComputer ScienceProcessing Author:Frederick Lenz
“In mysticism we reorder those awarenesses. We combine and recombine them endlessly. We assemble them so we can experience aspects of the universe that most people will never know.” PeopleKnowsUniverseAwarenessAspectMysticism Author:Frederick Lenz
“The description of the world that most people have is very limited. They are in the fog. Once in a while a genuine insight comes through.” PeopleWorldInsightGenuineDescriptionMysticismFog Author:Frederick Lenz
“Most people simply go through life. They feel that they're making choices in their lives that cause destiny to move in certain ways. I would suggest that they have no control of their lives, all their choices are really made for them.” PeopleWayFeelsMadeMovingCertainChoicesCausesDestinyMysticismMaking Choices Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is necessary to store power to be free. Right now you are in the gravity field of many different people in your life. Each person you feel attached to is a planetary body...perhaps a heavenly body!” PeopleFeelsPersonsDifferentBodyFieldsRight NowStoresHeavenlyMysticismGravityDifferent PeoplesPeople In Your LifePersonal PowerHeavenly Bodies Author:Frederick Lenz
“Happy people, enlightened people, successful people all share something in common. They have learned how to manage and increase their energy.” PeopleEnergyCommonSuccessfulShareIncreaseManageEnlightenedMysticismSuccessful PeopleHappy PeopleGaining Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“Power has destroyed many people - not really. Power doesn't destroy anyone. People apply it poorly and it can ruin their lives. Power is like fire. Fire is neither good nor bad. It's how you use it.” PeopleUseFireDestroyedRuinsMysticismGaining Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is necessary to do a very thorough examination of your life and to discover whether the people in your life, no matter how much you love them, are using you or abusing you.” PeopleMatterMysticismExaminationThoroughPeople In Your LifeGaining Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“Make lists. Write down the things that give you power. Write down the things that take your power away also. Make lists of people close to you. Are you associations raising you to a higher level of attention?” PeopleGivingWritingLevelsAttentionHigherListsMysticismAssociationHigher LevelGaining Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“Take out two pieces of paper. One piece of paper, list all the people you know who are adding to your life.” PeopleKnowsTwoPiecesPaperListsMysticismOne PieceGaining Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“Then on the other piece of paper, list all the people you know who are taking more than they're adding. Include people from the past.” PeopleKnowsPastPiecesPaperListsMysticismGaining PowerPeople From The Past Author:Frederick Lenz
“Fears are just conditioning. They don't exist. They are something that we are taught by people who are afraid or seek to make us afraid. It is time to unload the baggage.” PeopleTaughtMysticismConditioningBaggageGaining PowerLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“How to overcome fear? Be around people who are fearless.” PeopleOvercomingFearlessMysticismOvercoming FearGaining PowerLosing 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.” PeopleIfsEndsStatesEnergyDealsLosingThe End Of The DayMysticismDragDrainedLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“Watch out for dark streets in big cities because there are a lot of strange beings that hang out there at night, let alone the people. Don't you remember anything from your other lives?” PeopleBigsRememberNightDarkCitiesWatchesStreetsStrangeLosingMysticismHanging OutBig CitiesLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you are a successful person and you let a lot of people in and around your life, they can drain your power. It won't go to them, but it will leave you.” PeopleIfsPersonsSuccessfulLosingMysticismDrainsSuccessful PersonLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“In the world of power, people will come looking for you. If you're a movie star, you know what I am saying. People will come around you, little groupie types. They think that being around you they can get something.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldLittlesStarsTypeLosingMysticismMovie StarLosing PowerGroupie 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.” PeopleProblemMightEnergyLosesLossNiceLosingSurfaceOpeningMysticismAttachmentVery NiceOpening UpLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“Some people are like psychic sponges, they drain power form others constantly. They lower your awareness because they are at a lower level. If you spend too much time with them, you get pulled down.” PeopleIfsFormLevelsToo MuchAwarenessLosingMysticismPsychicsDrainsSpongesLosing 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.” PeopleKnowsMeanEnergyLosesLosingPrimariesMysticismInteractionRelationships With OthersLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“People don't necessarily take power from you for themselves. It just means they are operating at a lower attention level and you got pulled down by it. You are not sufficiently strong enough to be with someone and be unaffected.” PeopleMeanEnoughStrongLevelsAttentionLosingMysticismStrong EnoughLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“If, at the office or in different exchanges in daily living, you have to spend time with people who are at lower power levels, then you have to be aware of that and keep your awareness very much within.” PeopleIfsDifferentLevelsAwarenessOfficeLosingMysticismEnd TimesSpend TimeDaily LivingLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“Don't be afraid of losing a little power in daily associations. People who seek power and knowledge aren't misers. They aren't afraid. That is paranoid.” PeopleLittlesLosingMysticismAssociationParanoidMisersLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“People are taught to fear god. They are taught to fear everything. It has become such a natural state that no one questions it.” PeopleStatesNaturalTaughtLosingMysticismFear GodLosing 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.” PeopleSelfEnergyLosesTeacherInvolvedLosingDiscoverySelf DiscoveryMysticismEntityAbusiveLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“Power, people are obsessed with it. You can take a nice person and turn them into a slob, into an insane being, craving power, destroying anything that stands in their way.” PeopleWayPersonsTurnsNiceBuddhismInsaneObsessedDestroyingCravingNice Person Author:Frederick Lenz
“As you absorb more mystical kundalini, you will able to perform a few minor miracles. As you do this, you run a great risk of egotism. Some people handle it well; some don't.” PeopleWellsRunningAbleRiskBuddhismMiracleHandleMinorsMysticalEgotismGreat Risk Author:Frederick Lenz
“People want power but not wisdom. Power without wisdom is a very dangerous thing. Better to have wisdom first.” PeopleWantFirstsDangerousBuddhismDangerous Things Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is not necessary to wrap people up. The reason you're doing it is because you don't have enough power. If you had enough power, you could unlock your own personal power - you wouldn't need to control others.” PeopleIfsNeedsReasonEnoughBuddhismWrapsHad EnoughPersonal Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“We see a lot of people who decide to go out and teach meditation. They become so wrapped up in it that they stop progressing themselves and they really don't have that much more to teach.” PeopleTeachMeditationProgressBuddhism Author:Frederick Lenz
“People who have power, who think negatively of others and seek to injure them, are practicing a kind of voodoo, a lower sorcery.” PeopleThinkingKindBuddhismSorceryVoodoo 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!” PeopleWorldHas BeensThis WorldBuddhismRight NowDrainsDraining 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.” PeopleUseLosesBuddhismAbuse Author:Frederick Lenz
