“The world of enlightenment, and that which creates enlightenment, is much different than what most people would think. Most people have Hallmark Card descriptions of what creates enlightenment. And if their descriptions were correct, then everyone who is in religious practice would be enlightened.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldDifferentWould BeReligiousPracticeEnlightenmentCardsDescriptionEnlightenedHallmarkReligious PracticesHallmark Card Author:Frederick Lenz
“Women have been taught that they are not powerful; they've been given an opposite description, that they are weak. The word "effeminate" implies weakness.” Has BeensGivenWomenPowerfulTaughtEnlightenmentWeaknessWeakOppositesDescription Author:Frederick Lenz
“Men are suppressing woman politically, philosophically, socially, through denying them education, equal rights, equal employment, and just by setting up a description of the world in which a woman views herself as a vessel, as someone who's only there to have children, as someone who can't succeed, even spiritually.” MenWorldChildrenWomenViewsRightsSucceedEqualEnlightenmentSettingSettingsEmploymentDescriptionVesselEqual RightsSuppressing Author:Frederick Lenz
“Review your description of the world, what it is to be a woman, and see how inadequate it is.” WorldWomenEnlightenmentDescriptionReviewsInadequate Author:Frederick Lenz
“Women do not help each other attain enlightenment because in the description of the world they've been given, unlike that of men, it's every woman for herself in order to survive.” MenWorldHelpingOrderGivenWomenEnlightenmentDescriptionHelping Each Other Author:Frederick Lenz
“In meditation you can erase the conditioning. But still, you have to fight the description of the world that everyone else is carrying around.” WorldStillsFightingWomenMeditationEnlightenmentDescriptionConditioningErase Author:Frederick Lenz
“The limitations that we can see of the sexual description of reality are very apparent. Very few men attain enlightenment, even fewer women.” MenRealityEnlightenmentLimitationDescriptionTaoismFewer Author:Frederick Lenz