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“Enlightenment requires discipline, balance, knowledge, power, happiness and a sense of responsibility and sacrifice, being able to do things with your life that you would not have done otherwise.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Enlightenment is not a finite state. It's not something that you just do and it's done. It goes on forever.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“They have done this through sexual repression, economic repression, political repression, social repression, ideological repression and spiritual repression.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“What women have done is developed a survival mechanism, and it's a fascinating one and it's been effective and justified, in my opinion. That is the ability to manipulate men sexually.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“What they have done over the centuries is evolve the fine use of sexual power.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Consider your second attention as a spiritual perceiver. Consider how you use it. You may plead innocence. You're not doing anything wrong. Don't feel that you've sinned. You have done what you had to do to survive, as did your mother, as did your grandmother.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Much of the time your attention is directed towards the world of sexuality, it's done through the second attention of a woman - not simply in your physical presence but from thousands of miles away.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“I'm not blaming men, I'm not blaming women. What's gone by has already gone by. It's history. It's done. There is no right or wrong in higher spirituality.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“What I had not counted on was discovering how closely a man could come to dying and still not die, or want to die. That, too, was mine; and it also is to the good. For that experience resolved proportions and relationships for me as nothing else could have done; and it is surprising, approaching the final enlightenment, how little one really has to know or feel sure about.”

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Book:Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure

Source: Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure

“Enlightenment, the old teachers say, adds nothing, except maybe the recognition of a need for and a commitment to the work that still needs to be done.”

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Book:Endless Path: Awakening Within the Buddhist Imagination: Jataka Tales, Zen Practice, and Daily Life

Source: Endless Path: Awakening Within the Buddhist Imagination: Jataka Tales, Zen Practice, and Daily Life

“I think real enlightenment is total sanity, a kind of acceptance of what actually is. It does involve a kind of different way of looking at things. As I've done this Zen practice for years and years, I've acquired what I realize is an almost upside down view of life compared to what most people think, which is just what I used to think it was too. It's not really an insane view, at least I hope it's not.”

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Author:Brad Warner

“I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.”

“A flash of enlightenment offers a preview of coming attractions, but when it fades, you will see more clearly what separates you from that state - your compulsive habits, outmoded beliefs, false associations, and other mental structures. Just when our lives are starting to get better, we may feel like things are getting worse - because for the first time we see clearly what needs to be done.”

Source: No Ordinary Moments: A Peaceful Warrior's Guide to Daily Life

“Each river is different, but they all eventually lead to the ocean. No matter what we’re doing or when, or whether it brings us happiness or remorse, gain or loss, we’re all on our individual paths to enlightenment. Even when we’ve done something we consider wrong, we’re still on our path to enlightenment.”

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Book:The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery

Source: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery