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“For the person who wants to get to the mystical experience directly, Tantric Buddhism is the path.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“This study is not for the amateur. It's not for the dilettante. It's not for the cult follower. It's not for someone who wants everything done for them. It's not for the one who just wants to stare with that fixed dog-like devotion towards the teacher.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“It takes tremendous self-restraint on the part of the student not to want to monopolize the teacher's attention, to live a very controlled life and a happy life, and of course, be dedicated to the cause.”

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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.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“People want to will their self realization. They want to know what the right thing to do all the time is. There is no right thing. There's no code. There are certain basic recommendations.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you want to create a different character, you can do so just by altering your style of dress and cosmetics.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you want to help people, if you care, go to the cities. The city is where the pain is the greatest - and the cities are a hell of a lot of fun if you like art, movies and plays.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Metaphysics is the study of how to shift the self. How to get outside the self-reflection and to just gaze with awe and wonder at the countless universes, the countless celestial radiances of mind, of life, of enlightenment, nirvana, or God, whatever you want to call it.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Most people want to make maximum money for minimum work, and that does not result in a happy life. Work does not become an active force to advance your awareness into higher states.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Be a great capitalist. Be a great socialist. Be a great whatever you want to be, but do it with style, clarity and precision. That is the hallmark of those who seek higher knowledge and truth.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“If you want to succeed always associate with winners, people who have understood something. You will notice that they all share something in common, tremendous attention to detail in their personal lives and associations.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“We want to be all things, not just to gain power over things - how infantile!”

Want Buddhism Gains All Things Infantile

Author:Frederick Lenz

“People want power but not wisdom. Power without wisdom is a very dangerous thing. Better to have wisdom first.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Whatever you want you can get, when you understand the secret of will. But wisdom is needed so that you do not use your will abusively because you'll get hurt.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Someone who really wants to discover themselves has to be particularly careful about the use and abuse of power. But even your average human being just passing through another life has to be careful.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Only the fool wants to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone.”

Want Buddhism Fool Battle Beats Satisfaction

Author:Frederick Lenz

“People who want to go to power places all of the time and want to be around powerful people, they don't last long in the study.”

People Want Long Lasts Powerful Study Buddhism

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The reason why there's such a rigid repression of the mentally ill is the psyche of humanity senses something. It senses that it doesn't want to deal with the unknown.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Your reason is your friend. It defends the island of your awareness. But you don't want your reason to rule everything.”

Want Reason Awareness Buddhism Islands

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The problem is that the dictator of the tonal wants to eliminate the mystery of life.”

Want Problem Mystery Buddhism Dictator Mystery Of Life

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You can make all the changes to the island of the tonal you want, you can take excursions into the nagual, but to push yourself into the reordering process is absolutely foolish.”

Want Process Buddhism Foolish Islands Push Yourself Excursions

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you can command the nagual you have a great deal of power, and people know it intuitively. They feel if they can plunge themselves into the nagual they can get anything they want in the tonal.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“What they should really do, if they want supreme power, is develop the tonal to perfection.”

Ifs Want Should Buddhism Perfection Supreme Supreme Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The nagual doesn't give you the ability to get what you want in the tonal.”

Want Giving Ability Buddhism What You Want

Author:Frederick Lenz