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“Stop trying to be different. Just do what you are good at, and work really hard. You have to work hard to be chaos.”

Trying Different Hard Hard Work Buddhism Mindfulness Chaos Stop Trying

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The best form of meditation is the sitting meditation. But work is next. Work is a great way to meditate.”

Way Form Next Meditation Buddhism Mindfulness Sitting

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you are mindful in your work, if you put your best effort into it, then something comes back to you.”

Ifs Effort Buddhism Mindfulness Best Effort

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It is necessary to have a strong focus. Work will give you that focus.”

Giving Strong Focus Buddhism Mindfulness

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Thought control is the ability to direct mind and attention anywhere.”

Mind Ability Attention Buddhism Mindfulness Direct

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There is no fanaticism in any of this. There is intensity. You have to make it happen. You have to put your will into perfecting your daily life, into monitoring your thoughts.”

Happens Buddhism Mindfulness Daily Life Intensity Fanaticism Make It Happen Monitoring

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You don't have to do anything to meditate. That's what makes it so difficult. Everybody wants to do something.”

Want Difficult Buddhism Mindfulness

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Mindfulness is the ability to do physical things in a harmonious way; it is a way to remain centered in a physical world that is out of balance.”

World Way Ability Buddhism Balance Mindfulness Harmonious Physical Things

Book:Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure

Source: Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure

“Begin to live in other levels of attention all the time whether you're at work, driving or running on the beach. When you begin to be in a more meditative state all the time you will find that it fits rather well with everything that you do.”

Wells States Running Levels Attention Buddhism Fit Mindfulness Driving Beach

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Mindfulness is the direct application of Buddhist teachings to a physical event, a way of doing or accomplishing something, or a way of thinking and viewing something.”

Thinking Way Teaching Events Buddhism Mindfulness Direct Buddhist Application Way Of Thinking Accomplishing Something

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

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

“We are so absorbed in our thoughts that every thought that comes through is a reality. We have to start to detach ourselves from thought and become aware that there are things beyond thought.”

Reality Buddhism Mindfulness Our Thoughts

Author:Frederick Lenz

“In the state of emptiness, you are the action not the performer of the action. Allow an activity or event to take precedence over your own point of view.”

States Action Views Events Buddhism Activity Mindfulness Point Of View Emptiness Over You Performers Precedence

Book:Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure

Source: Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure

“Thinking is usually a waste of time and energy, since thinking is essentially a rehashing of what we already know. As a matter of fact, thinking is an easy way to confuse yourself. The more you think, the less you know.”

Thinking Knows Way Matter Facts Energy Easy Buddhism Waste Mindfulness Wasting Time Matter Of Fact Easy Way Time And Energy

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When we practice mindfulness, our nonphysical side merges with the nonphysical side of that which we are experiencing.”

Sides Practice Buddhism Mindfulness

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Our actions and experiences will direct us. In other words, we will be guided by the inherent emptiness of the things we choose to interact with.”

Action Buddhism Mindfulness Direct Emptiness Inherent Our Actions

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

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

“The unlimited mind, the diamond mind of the Buddha, is your mind, if you can get in touch with it. Stop thinking so much and tap into that psychic part of your being.”

Ifs Thinking Mind Buddhism Mindfulness Diamond Unlimited Psychics

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Think about what is in front of you, if you must think.”

Ifs Thinking Fronts Buddhism Mindfulness

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Stop worrying about tomorrow. Stop thinking about yesterday. Mindfulness is to be here now, in the moment. Focus on this moment.”

Thinking Moments Worry Focus Buddhism Tomorrow Mindfulness Yesterday Stop Worrying Be Here Now

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Mindfulness is paying attention to what is going on. Just look at beauty. Not just the beauty of things you see with your eyes, but beautiful feelings, beautiful awareness. There is no such thing as reality. Reality is what you make it.”

Looks Feelings Reality Eye Beautiful Attention Awareness Buddhism Mindfulness Pay Attention Feeling Beautiful

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Look at how beautiful life is, and just keep looking until you see it. You don't see what is in front of you because you're so distracted by your thoughts.”

Looks Beautiful Life Is Fronts Buddhism Mindfulness Distracted Beautiful Life

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Just see beauty as you walk around through your day. Feel things. Unhook from your thoughts and all the busy things you are doing. Start to look at life. This is mindfulness.”

Feels Looks Walks Buddhism Mindfulness Busy

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Focus on this moment. Hold your hand and see what it feels like. Go look at some grass. Talk to a palm tree. Outrun a Ferrari. Experience life.”

Feels Looks Moments Hands Focus Tree Buddhism Mindfulness Grass Palms Ferrari Outrun Palm Trees

Author:Frederick Lenz

“No matter how many times you have failed you must keep going forward. Only when you have become humble will you begin to grasp the meaning of life.”

Matter Buddhism Mindfulness Humble Meaning Of Life Keep Going

Author:Frederick Lenz

“None of this matters a bit. Yet, of course, it matters at that moment. So we try to be mindful of the moment; but it's fleeting.”

Trying Matter Moments Courses Bits Buddhism Mindfulness That Moment Fleeting

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Meditate on your own and refine your consciousness. Tighten up your life. Constantly examine your life and look for weak points. You know what's going on in your life.”

Knows Looks Consciousness Buddhism Mindfulness Weak Weak Points

Author:Frederick Lenz

“See your life as not just your life but as eternity. Be so completely integrated in the experience of perception that there's no sense of a perceiver but just the fluid moment of ecstasy that is reality unfolding itself to itself.”

Moments Reality Buddhism Perception Mindfulness Eternity Ecstasy Fluid Unfolding Integrated

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Part of what we seek in Buddhism is the sense of quiet observation. We don't get so involved in a state of mind that we forget that it's just another transient state of mind, no matter how much ecstasy or agony is involved.”

Mind Matter States Forget Buddhism Involved Quiet Mindfulness Observation Ecstasy State Of Mind Agony Transient

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The perfect view of existence comes from an unclouded, uncluttered life and mind whereby the radiance of perfect attention of the mind of the universe floods us at every moment. This is Buddhism. This is being on the path.”

Mind Moments Universe Perfect Views Existence Attention Path Buddhism Mindfulness Flood Radiance

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I used to live in Buddhist monasteries and I finally had to leave them because they were just too cluttered for me. They were cluttered up with many thoughts about Buddhism.”

Used Buddhism Mindfulness Buddhist Monasteries

Author:Frederick Lenz

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