“Once you become very powerful and advanced, you must be willing to go back to school and start over, and go to a wise person who will show you the way. Very few people are willing to do that.” PeopleWayPersonsShowsSchoolPowerfulWiseWillingStarting OverVery PowerfulSamadhiWise Person Author:Frederick Lenz
“Nirvikalpa Samadhi means that you've gone off the board; you've gone off the map. There is no way to describe it. You have attained liberation and are no longer bound by the cycle of existence. You just are, and yet you're not, at the same time.” WayMeanExistenceGoneBoundsLiberationBoardsCyclesMapsSamadhi Author:Frederick Lenz
“Everything is subtle. Everything has a million sides. Everything is a manifestation of god. Everything is light. All beings are infinite. All things are perfect, in their own way.” WayPhilosophyLightSidesPerfectMillionsAll ThingsInfiniteManifestationSubtle Author:Frederick Lenz
“Sexuality, for the person who practices tantra, is a marvelous way to experience illusion. Illusion is just another way of seeing things. There are no illusions because there is no self.” WayPersonsSelfPhilosophyPracticeSeeingIllusionSexualityMarvelousAnother WayTantra Author:Frederick Lenz
“In tantra one does not seek experiences that most people would consider unspiritual and try to see truth in them. In tantra we don't try to guide our life in a specific way. We let the winds of existence blow us where they will.” PeopleWayTryingDoePhilosophyExistenceOur LivesWindBlowGuidesTantra Author:Frederick Lenz
“Be radical! The reason you feel so miserable is because you put spirituality in a form. You boxed it, franchised it. You decided spirituality was a certain way but then you got stuck in the way.” WayFeelsReasonPhilosophyFormCertainSpiritualityDecidedStuckMiserableRadical Author:Frederick Lenz
“There is a way beyond this life and beyond death, the path of liberation. In order to be liberated, you have to enter into the world of advanced meditation.” WorldWayOrderPathMeditationThis LifeLiberationConcentrationLiberated Author:Frederick Lenz
“The way of Zen is to become independent and strong. Don't rely on others for perceptions of life and truth. Do it individually. Go to a teacher of Zen to learn how to do that, not to get answers for individual life situations.” WayIndividualStrongAnswersSituationTeacherMastersPerceptionIndependentRelyIndividual LifeZen MasterPerception Of Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“The outer form of Buddhism, of practice, is etiquette - a series of ways to live intelligently that keep you alive, awake and happy, wakeful.” WayFormPracticeAliveBuddhismSeriesBuddhistAwakeEtiquetteWay To Live Author:Frederick Lenz
“In Buddhism we have a great deal of etiquette. Etiquette is simply ways of living to conserve energy. Etiquette allows people to live in harmony with their environment.” PeopleWayEnergyDealsEnvironmentBuddhismHarmonyBuddhistEtiquette Author:Frederick Lenz
“Etiquette is an intelligent way to live. There are certain ways of living you will learn being around advanced students and mostly your teacher. These are methods that have been handed down for thousands of years.” WayYearsHas BeensCertainTeacherStudentsBuddhismIntelligentMethodBuddhistEtiquetteWay To Live Author:Frederick Lenz
“It's necessary to respect all other ways and other teachings on the subject because even though they may not make a lot of sense to us, they might to someone else. Who are we to say?” WayMayMightTeachingSubjectsBuddhismBuddhistEtiquette Author:Frederick Lenz
“If one thinks of an enlightened person in a negative way, as it hits their aura, it returns very strongly.” IfsThinkingWayPersonsBuddhismReturnNegativeBuddhistEnlightenedVery StrongEtiquetteAuras Author:Frederick Lenz
“We must control the tendencies within our being that are destructive, when we want to slam somebody else, hurt them, injure them, or push them out of the way. A reverence for life needs to be developed, in which all things are sacred.” WayWantNeedsHurtBuddhismAll ThingsSacredTendenciesBuddhistDestructiveReverenceEtiquetteSlamReverence For Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is very important to always hold the thought of an enlightened teacher in your mind in a very positive way. When you direct negative energy towards someone who is powerful, it has a terrible bounce-back effect.” WayMindImportantEnergyPowerfulTeacherEffectsBuddhismTerribleNegativeDirectBuddhistEnlightenedEtiquetteBounceVery PositiveNegative Energy Author:Frederick Lenz
“People over-focus on teachers as an excuse to avoid their own life, and that way they fail to take responsibility for themselves. They have this feeling that the teacher will just take care of them.” PeopleWayFeelingsCareResponsibilityFocusTeacherFailingBuddhismExcuseTake CareBuddhistTaking ResponsibilityEtiquette Author:Frederick Lenz
“Perhaps you're not the next Buddha. Perhaps you're not the Maitreya. Perhaps that's not your job in this incarnation. Perhaps you have to enjoy life and learn about life through whatever way that you find yourself going.” WayJobsNextEnjoyBuddhismBuddhistFinding YourselfEnjoy LifeEtiquetteIncarnation Author:Frederick Lenz
“Do not feel that you are destined not to make that final liberation in this life. This is egotism in a reverse form. Don't be concerned one way or the other.” WayFeelsFormBuddhismConcernedFinalsBuddhistOne WayThis LifeLiberationReverseDestinedEtiquetteEgotism Author:Frederick Lenz
“The way you succeed at all this stuff is by stopping trying to succeed and just working very hard without thinking about it, just trusting, completely. It's that faith that creates the bridge on which you walk across to eternity.” ThinkingWayTryingHardStuffWalksBuddhismSucceedEternityBuddhistBridgesStoppingEtiquetteTrying To SucceedWorking Very Hard Author:Frederick Lenz
“You've gained some powers by your entrance into other dimensions and you use them to attack others or to make others miserable, then power reverses on you and it pulls you apart because it's not supposed to be used that way.” WayUseUsedBuddhismBuddhistMiserableSupposed To BeDimensionsReverseEtiquetteEntrances Author:Frederick Lenz
“Spiritual Balance is the obvious answer to the obsession that sometimes accompanies religious practice, occult practice, philosophical understandings - the assertion that one is right - that something that you're doing is better than something somebody else is doing, the way you're doing it is better than the way someone else is doing it.” WaySometimesSpiritualUnderstandingReligiousAnswersPracticeBuddhismBalancePhilosophicalObviousObsessionBuddhistEtiquetteAssertionOccultAccompanyReligious PracticesSpiritual Balance Author:Frederick Lenz
“There is a certain beauty and refinement that is often found in our world and it is expensive. It shouldn't necessarily be so. It is just the way our economic system is.” WorldWayCertainFoundEconomicBuddhismExpensiveOur WorldRefinementEconomic Systems Author:Frederick Lenz
“In the West people spend most of their time and energy working. The problem is you are so tired from work that you don't have much energy to meditate - unless you use work in a tantric way.” PeopleWayUseProblemSuccessEnergyCareersBuddhismTiredWestTime And EnergyTired Of Working Author:Frederick Lenz
“Material success is a way of tightening up your life so that you can move into higher planes of attention. You should try to do well in every aspect of your life, because each aspect of your life affects your total being.” WayShouldTryingWellsMovingAttentionMaterialsBuddhismHigherAspectPlanes Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you meditate you will be able to find new ways to utilize your career and the routines of daily life.” IfsWayAbleCareersBuddhismDaily LifeNew Ways Author:Frederick Lenz
“Changing the way you dress can make it easier to make deeper changes in the structure of your personality.” WayBuddhismPersonalityEasierDressesStructureDeeper Author:Frederick Lenz
“A categorization implies a hierarchical way of seeing things. Life is really relational, not hierarchical. Hierarchical is a human way of looking at things. Relational is much more the way things are. Everything is connected.” WayHumansScienceLife IsSeeingBuddhismConnectedCategorization Author:Frederick Lenz
“There's no way we can possibly understand anything. But we can see things, we can perceive things, and we can wonder. We can just be in a world of awe and wonder. That's the best we can do.” WorldWayScienceCan DoWonderBuddhismPerceiveAweAwe And Wonder Author:Frederick Lenz
“The world is the way the world is because we think that it is so.” ThinkingWorldWayScienceBuddhism Author:Frederick Lenz
“I meet people who neglect career. Their lives aren't centered at all. They don't have much money. They have this spaced-out look in their eyes. Their chances for enlightenment are very small, unless they change the way they live.” PeopleWayLooksEyeSuccessChanceCareersBuddhismEnlightenmentNeglect Author:Frederick Lenz
“The way our world is set up, a higher economic priority is given to things that bespeak a greater refinement. It is just a determination that was made, to make money.” WorldWayMadeSuccessGivenCareersGreaterEconomicBuddhismHigherDeterminationPrioritiesMaking MoneyOur WorldRefinement Author:Frederick Lenz
“Pick a profession that will give you enough money to give you economic freedom. It is nice to pick a career that really taxes your mind. Use your mind in new and creative ways. You will find that your mind will develop and become stronger.” WayGivingMindEnoughUseSuccessCareersCreativeNiceEconomicBuddhismTaxesPicksStrongerProfessionEconomic Freedom Author:Frederick Lenz
“In the Atlantean civilization, law existed to create order, that is to say, to see justice was done. In the old way, the law was equal for all, not the strong win and the weak lose.” WayDoneSuccessLawOrderWinningStrongLosesJusticeCareersCivilizationEqualWeakAncient EgyptOld WaysAtlantis Author:Frederick Lenz
“Career success is using your daily work, schoolwork, work in the world, work at home, as a way of advancing your mental state.” WorldWayStatesHomeSuccessCareersBuddhismAdvancingCareer SuccessDaily WorkSchoolwork Author:Frederick Lenz
“A student of mine is an actor, he used to go into these interviews and sometimes not get the part. He was "taken out". Someone would use power in a way that would cause him not to succeed” WaySometimesUseSuccessUsedActorsCausesCareersTakenStudentsMinesBuddhismSucceedInterviews Author:Frederick Lenz
“The way to win the race is not to trip somebody else. Simply have more energy. You will not only have a greater chance of winning; but whether you win or lose, you'll be happy.” WaySuccessWinningEnergyLosesChanceRaceCareersGreaterBuddhismWin Or Lose Author:Frederick Lenz
“Computer science is the most misunderstood field there is. You are being paid to solve puzzles. For a person who has practiced meditation in past lives, that is the way your mind works.” WayMindPersonsPastScienceMeditationFieldsComputerPaidSolvePuzzlesMisunderstoodComputer SciencePast Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“Mysticism is the hidden way. It is the most difficult to discuss, because it involves the exploration of perceptual states which are difficult to describe in words.” WayStatesDifficultMysticismExploration Author:Frederick Lenz
“Your ability to use mind whatever way you choose is outrageous. Much will depend upon how intensely you approach the study and the state of mind in which you begin.” WayMindStatesUseAbilityStudyDependsApproachMysticismState Of MindYou ChooseOutrageous Author:Frederick Lenz
“The meaning of life changes as you change dimensional planes. The way human beings perceive the world is only one simple method of seeing. There are many ways to see life. Life has many meanings, and self realization is the understanding of all this.” WorldWayHumansSelfUnderstandingHuman BeingsSimpleSeeingMethodSelf RealizationRealizationPlanesPerceiveLife ChangingMeaning Of LifeMysticism Author:Frederick Lenz
“Timeless awareness occurs to very few in this world, to step beyond the circle of fear. The body has created a magnificent arena of fear. We have developed ways of seeing life that exclude us from seeing life.” WorldWayBodyStepsSeeingAwarenessThis WorldCirclesMysticismMagnificentTimelessArena Author:Frederick Lenz
“One can become something other than human. One can become limitless, enlightened, aware, awakened, knowledgeable and powerful in ways that human beings who traverse this earth cannot yet fathom.” WayHumansEarthHuman BeingsPowerfulEnlightenedMysticismLimitlessAwakenedKnowledgeableFathomTraverse 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
“Life wears us down. We all die here. Depending upon the way you expose yourself to energies and powers and forces will determine whether you have a lot of energy or you lose energy.” WayDiesEnergyForceLosesDetermineMysticismPersonal Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“Personal power is something that is not visible. We can see its effects, but we cannot see power itself. In the same way, we see the effects of wind, but we cannot actually see the wind.” WayEffectsWindVisibleMysticismPersonal Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“You can draw power from everything in your life. In order to do that, everything has to be set up in a proper way.” WayOrderDrawsMysticismGaining Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“The way we measure awareness is by how long you can stop thought. If you can't stop thought at all, then you are not powerful. You might be quite evolved, but you have no access to that evolution.” IfsWayLongMightPowerfulAwarenessEvolutionAccessMysticismGaining Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“A teacher will alter the balance of power by actually lifting a person into other states of mind. In those states of mind the teaching will take place in non-verbal ways through direct experience.” WayMindPersonsStatesTeacherTeachingBalanceDirectMysticismState Of MindLiftingBalance Of PowerGaining Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“Naturally you need someone who is versed in the ways of power to teach you a thing or two about it. When you reach the next power level, they will teach you more. It is very much like the study of martial arts.” WayNeedsArtTwoNextLevelsTeachStudyMysticismMartial ArtsGaining Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“The United States has an incredible debt. That is obviously not the way to live. You have to eliminate waste in your life as the United States has to eliminate waste in its spending.” WayStatesUnitedUnited StatesWasteLosingIncrediblesDebtSpendingMysticismWay To LiveLosing Power Author:Frederick Lenz
