“It is possible to move to an enlightened state of mind from a lower bardo or level of awareness. It can happen, but it is extremely unlikely.” MindStatesHappensMovingLevelsAwarenessEnlightenmentEnlightenedState Of MindUnlikely Author:Frederick Lenz
“It's a very complicated matter to become enlightened. If it happens to a person without a teacher in this lifetime, you can bet their boots, they've had about a thousand teachers in their last thousand lives because it's a very complicated thing to do.” IfsPersonsMatterHappensLastsTeacherThousandEnlightenmentLifetimeComplicatedThings To DoEnlightenedBootsComplicated Things Author:Frederick Lenz
“Sometimes when you are with an enlightened teacher, you will feel both pleasant and unpleasant things magnified. That happens when you meditate with someone who goes into very strong states of altered consciousness.” FeelsSometimesStatesHappensStrongConsciousnessTeacherPleasantEnlightenedVery StrongAltered Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you have done your homework, then the slightest motion from the teacher can cause you to spin into hundreds of different states of mind. That can only happen for the prepared individual.” IfsMindDifferentStatesDoneHappensIndividualCausesTeacherPreparedEnlightenedState Of MindHomework Author:Frederick Lenz
“A teacher will have an initial contact at some point with someone. It happens inwardly first. Before you ever meet an advanced teacher, they have somehow traveled inwardly along the astral planes.” FirstsHappensTeacherContactPlanesEnlightenedTraveledInitials Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is easy to imagine that the Buddha, the awakened one, is something or somewhere other than here or that awakening to reality will happen sometime other than now. But as long as we continue to think in terms of time we will deceive ourselves. The you who is chasing enlightenment will never become enlightened. Instead of striving towards some distant goal that you will never reach, I invite you to stop and ask: How am I avoiding the enlightenment that is already present in each moment? How am I seeing separation where it doesn't exist?” ThinkingLongMomentsRealityHappensTimeAsksEasyGoalTermImagineSeeingEnlightenmentStriveAwakeningSeparationEnlightenedInvitesImagine ThatDeceivingAvoidingChasingAwakened Author:Adyashanti