Home / Quotes / Quote by Frederick Lenz

Quote by Frederick Lenz

“You can focus on me or on any spiritual teacher. Spiritual teachers who have left the body, who are no longer on earth can help you too. When I leave the body someday, I can help people just as effectively if they focus upon me.”

Quote by Frederick Lenz

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. more

You May Also Like

“You can focus on Jesus or Buddha or Krishna, Ramakrishna, Lao Tsu, Yukteswar, Yogananda, Vivekananda, any of the great spiritual teachers who have lived, or on a living teacher, and draw light from them.”

Light Spiritual Jesus Focus Teacher Draws Krishna Visualization Spiritual Teachers Great Spiritual Laos Vivekananda

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Focusing on an enlightened teacher is a doorway. It is not a person. We are focusing on the light that passes through them. We are moving through them into the planes of light and eventually to nirvana.”

Persons Light Moving Teacher Planes Enlightened Doorways Visualization

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The inner cry is a very good way to meditate. As you're sitting there in meditation, just cry inwardly to God, to that source, to your spiritual teacher or to a particular god or goddess.”

Way Spiritual Teacher Meditation Cry Particular Source Sitting Very Good Goddess Good Way Visualization Spiritual Teachers

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you are meditating, after you've meditated on the yantra or candle flame, simply try feeling gratitude. Sit and feel grateful to existence because you are meditating.”

Feels Trying Feelings Existence Gratitude Grateful Flames Candle Visualization Meditating

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you can't feel grateful, if you're discouraged or depressed, then think of the fact that things could be a lot worse than they are.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Facts Grateful Discouraged Visualization

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Cry to god. If you do that just for a couple minutes with your whole being, just like a child who so badly wants a cookie. You will break through the barrier of the mind.”

Ifs Want Mind Children Whole Break Minutes Cry Couple Barriers Cookies Visualization Break Through

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Try to feel that you are beyond time and space when you practice meditation. Go beyond this world, beyond time, beyond life, not a feeling of being spaced out, but in touch with the moment and with eternity.”

World Feels Trying Moments Feelings Space Practice Meditation This World Eternity Time And Space Visualization

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Meditate upon all the perfect light within your own mind! Do this repeatedly and the radiant Bodhisattvas of Wisdom and Laughter will visit you and change your karma forever!”

Mind Light Perfect Forever Laughter Karma Visualization Radiant Light Within Bodhisattva Visits You

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Love is perhaps the strongest force in the universe. When you meditate with love, what you do is you feel love. Love is like a bird, you get on its back and you ride it up very high above the thought level.”

Feels Universe Force Love Is Levels Bird Strongest Visualization Love Is Like

Author:Frederick Lenz

“In meditation have a complete focus on light, brightness, spiritual oneness, God, infinity, eternity. You know - silly things.”

Knows Light Spiritual Focus Meditation Eternity Silly Oneness Infinity Visualization Brightness Silly Things

Author:Frederick Lenz