Home / Quotes / Quote by Frederick Lenz

Quote by Frederick Lenz

“You can't throw your ego away, but you can use its innate desire to experience that which is beyond itself to give you the impetus to meditate.”

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

“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

“Meditation is existence. When we meditate, all we are simply doing is letting go and allowing ourselves to dissolve back into that which we really are. We are merging with life and light.”

Light Existence Meditation Buddhism Letting Go Allowing Merging

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Everyone meditates in their own way. Some people sit and practice formal mediation techniques for many hours a day while others spontaneously meditate while watching a sunset, listening to music, or participating in athletics.”

People Way Hours Practice Meditation Buddhism Listening Technique Sunset Formal Listening To Music Athletics Participating Mediation

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you experience the light, voila, you're happy. The very nature of the light is happiness. You don't have to do anything or be anybody special.”

Light Meditation Special Buddhism

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

“What makes us happy is to have a spiritual experience ... that experience of ecstasy in the deepest meditation; that's happiness.”

Spiritual Meditation Buddhism Ecstasy Spiritual Experience

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

“When you meditate you feel joy, harmony, peace, stillness, ecstasy, laughter, certainty, courage, strength, awareness and immortality. In the beginning you will feel these things vaguely, a distant knocking at your castle door.”

Feels Joy Meditation Doors Awareness Buddhism Laughter Harmony Certainty Immortality Ecstasy Stillness Castles Knocking Courage Strength

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There is no loneliness when you meditate, you feel eternity. How could you ever be lonely? You just feel God's love for you and that sustains you. It's totally clear; it's part of every aspect of your being.”

Feels Clear Meditation Loneliness Buddhism Aspect Lonely Eternity God's Love Being Me

Author:Frederick Lenz