“The way we gain wisdom in meditation is not by explanation. If you go into the planes of light, you will come out of the meditation knowing things ... things that are inexpressible.” IfsWayWisdomLightKnowingMeditationBuddhismGainsPlanesExplanationKnowing Things Author:Frederick Lenz
“Meditation is the art of life. Meditation is not simply a practice. It is an experience, awareness, and a way of perceiving life.” WayArtPracticeMeditationAwarenessBuddhism Author:Frederick Lenz
“Everyone meditates in their own way. Some people sit and practice formal mediation techniques for many hours a day while others spontaneously meditate while watching a sunset, listening to music, or participating in athletics.” PeopleWayHoursPracticeMeditationBuddhismListeningTechniqueSunsetFormalListening To MusicAthleticsParticipatingMediation Author:Frederick Lenz
“Some people meditate because they are sick and tired of their life, of the world, of the way people abuse each other and abrogate each other's freedoms.” PeopleWorldWayMeditationBuddhismSickAbuseTired Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you meditate you will change in ways that I cannot understand. But that is neither here nor there.” IfsWayMeditationBuddhism Author:Frederick Lenz
“Meditation is not emptiness. That is a way of trying to talk about something that is impossible to put into words. It is a world of fullness, if anything.” IfsWorldWayTryingMeditationImpossibleBuddhismEmptinessFullness Author:Frederick Lenz
“When you go into the planes of light, all of the incorrect ways of seeing and understanding life that you pick up are washed away.” WayLightUnderstandingMeditationSeeingBuddhismPicksPlanesUnderstanding Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“With the practice of meditation you can move into other states of mind, sort of ungluing the glue that binds you to a particular perceptual mode, a way of seeing life which is an illusory one.” WayMindStatesMovingPracticeMeditationSeeingParticularBuddhismState Of MindGlueIllusory Author:Frederick Lenz
“The way to meditate is by not trying to be too good at it too quickly. This is essential, because otherwise you won't have any fun with it.” WayTryingFunMeditationBuddhismEssentials Author:Frederick Lenz
“Unfortunately we've seen meditation insulted in a sense with the image of ritual. You have to dress a certain way, follow a certain type of lifestyle, all that sort of thing, very culty - and that, of course, has nothing to do with the practice whatsoever.” WayCertainCoursesPracticeMeditationBuddhismTypeDressesLifestyleRitualInsulted Author:Frederick Lenz
“Writing is like meditation or going into an ESP trance, or prayer. Like dreaming. You are tapping into your unconscious. To be fully conscious and alert, with life banging and popping and cuckooing all around, you are not going to find your way to your subconscious, which is a place of complete submission.” WayWritingDreamPrayerMeditationConsciousUnconsciousSubconsciousSubmissionTranceBangingTappingPoppingEsp Author:Carolyn Chute
“The inner cry is a very good way to meditate. As you're sitting there in meditation, just cry inwardly to God, to that source, to your spiritual teacher or to a particular god or goddess.” WaySpiritualTeacherMeditationCryParticularSourceSittingVery GoodGoddessGood WayVisualizationSpiritual Teachers Author:Frederick Lenz
“The best form of meditation is the sitting meditation. But work is next. Work is a great way to meditate.” WayFormNextMeditationBuddhismMindfulnessSitting Author:Frederick Lenz