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“You are either in this world or the other worlds, and it all depends on how much you are in your own ego.”

World This World Buddhism Depends Balance Ego Other Worlds

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Whenever you take the time to inspire someone, to aid them in their inner search, you'll find energy will come back to you - unless you are ego tripping or you are trying to manipulate them.”

Trying Energy Inspire Buddhism Balance Ego Aids Manipulate Tripping

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You don't choose because if you choose you might make the wrong choice, based upon ego or illusion. Instead, you let eternity make all the choices for you.”

Ifs Might Choices Buddhism Balance Ego Illusion Eternity You Choose Wrong Choices

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Loneliness is a feeling that is created by our ego. The ego feels separate from the rest of creation. The answer to overcoming those feelings is ecstasy.”

Feels Feelings Happiness Answers Loneliness Creation Buddhism Ego Overcoming Ecstasy

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The gopis seek Krishna, another part of themselves that create ecstasy. The man seeks the woman, the woman seeks the man. The Tantric Buddhist seeks annihilation of the ego.”

Men He Man Buddhism Ego Sexuality Buddhist Ecstasy Krishna Annihilation

Author:Frederick Lenz

“In the West, we think of sports and athletics as individual achievement, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat; it all revolves around the ego. This has nothing to do with the Zen of sports and athletics.”

Thinking Individual Sports Health Buddhism Victory Ego Achievement West Defeat Agony Thrill Athletics Individual Achievement

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Instead of your ego directing you and making countless mistakes, allow yourself to be guided by the invisible principles of the universe within your action.”

Action Universe Mistake Principles Health Buddhism Ego Invisible Athletics

Book:Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap

Source: Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap

“If all the members of a team have synchronized their energy and they have all subordinated their egos to success of the team, then we have a functioning unit. If we have a lot of hotshots who want attention, you won't really play that well.”

Ifs Want Wells Play Energy Attention Team Health Buddhism Members Ego Units Athletics

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Your ego interferes, your sense of self. When you let go of the mind, the Frisbee will take its own path.”

Mind Self Path Health Buddhism Letting Go Ego Interfere Sense Of Self Athletics Frisbee

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There's no difference between winning and losing. They are the same type of experience. Winning and losing are sensorial, affixed to an ego, blocked in time and space and none of them ultimately make you happy very long”

Inspirational Long Winning Differences Space Buddhism Type Ego Losing Time And Space Make You Happy Blocked Winning And Losing

Author: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.”

Giving Use Desire Meditation Buddhism Ego Going Away Innate Impetus

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

“The light is not quantifiable. You experience it in meditation when thought stops. When you go beyond the limitations of the ego, the light is waiting for you.”

Light Waiting Meditation Buddhism Ego Limitation Waiting For You

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you are not meditating, eliminate hate, doubt, fear, anxiety, negative thoughts and emotions that limit your consciousness, that bind you to a sense of self, of ego.”

Self Hate Emotion Consciousness Doubt Buddhism Limits Ego Anxiety Mindfulness Negative Sense Of Self Meditating Negative Thoughts Thoughts And Emotions

Author:Frederick Lenz

“"The person next to me meditates better than I do. They're purer." - This is the ego feeling sorry for itself.”

Persons Feelings Next Humility Buddhism Ego Sorry Feeling Sorry

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Have a healthy respect and love for yourself, but don't be taken out by your ego.”

Taken Humility Buddhism Healthy Ego And Love Love And Respect

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Only the ego can fear, experience hate, lust and jealousy. Humility experiences none of these things - it merges into the transcendental awareness of perfection.”

Hate Awareness Humility Buddhism Ego Perfection Lust Transcendental

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When we interact with others the ego manifests. We have to show that we're superior or that we know more, are more spiritual, evolved - or that we're the worst, everyone is better.”

Knows Shows Spiritual Worst Humility Buddhism Ego Superiors

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You can be in a crowd full of friends and be miserable because you're alienated. The ego alienates.”

Humility Buddhism Ego Crowds Miserable

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Ego synthesized is selfhood, the sense of self-importance, that you really matter ... nothing could be further from the truth.”

Self Matter Humility Buddhism Ego Importance Sense Of Self Self-importance

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The ego seeks fame and fortune. Humility doesn't seek at all - it accepts.”

Accepting Humility Buddhism Fame Ego Fortune

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you realize that the ego is making you miserable you don't identify with it. You identify with your soul's humility and the ego dissolves.”

Soul Realizing Humility Buddhism Ego Miserable Your Soul

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Meditation is humility - the absence of thought, doubt, and ego.”

Doubt Meditation Humility Buddhism Ego Absence

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Ego is impurity. Be selfless. Consecrate and dedicate your life to perfection.”

Buddhism Ego Perfection Purity Selfless Impurity

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Don't judge others. Always be open to them. Avoid the cult mentality, you know, the super-slick, "I'm superior because I meditate, because I'm on the pathway to enlightenment," the subtle ego nonsense, terrible trap.”

Knows Judging Buddhism Terrible Ego Enlightenment Superiors Buddhist Nonsense Subtle Mentality Traps Cult Etiquette Pathways Slick

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The bully on the block who beats up somebody doesn't become more powerful. All they do is walk around inside their own mind with an inflated ego.”

Mind Walks Powerful Buddhism Ego Beats Block Bully Inflated Ego

Author:Frederick Lenz