“Eventually you're supposed to get so confounded by this whole thing that you just give up completely, and that's when it starts to work. Not give up the practice, but give up trying to figure it out.” GivingTryingWholePracticeFiguresBuddhismBalanceGiving UpNot Giving UpJust Give Up Author:Frederick Lenz
“When you change your state of mind, your whole life changes, nothing remains the same. Nothing looks the same, because you have changed.” MindLooksStatesWholeAwarenessChangedBuddhismRemainsWhole LifeLife ChangingState Of MindYou Have Changed Author:Frederick Lenz
“We don't always walk from one state of mind into another. We might just oscillate back and forth for a whole lifetime within the polarities of a certain state of mind.” MindStatesWholeMightCertainWalksAwarenessBuddhismLifetimeWhole LifeState Of MindBack And ForthPolarity Author:Frederick Lenz
“If your awareness was strong enough, you could change the fate of a whole world without ever leaving your room.” IfsWorldEnoughWholeStrongRoomsFateAwarenessBuddhismLeavingWhole WorldStrong EnoughYour Room Author:Frederick Lenz
“A whole society imprints us. Language, television and culture imprints us Just living in a country is a vibratory imprint. All the collective attentions, of all the people who live there - imprint us.” PeopleCountryWholeCultureLanguageAttentionAwarenessTelevisionBuddhismCollectives Author:Frederick Lenz
“The people who imprinted us are not completely happy and they are not completely powerful. So naturally, we have to fight our whole life against that imprinting.” PeopleWholeFightingPowerfulAwarenessBuddhismWhole LifeImprinting Author:Frederick Lenz
“You do have an effect on the universe. If you think positive thoughts, if you are happy and progressive, then that energy affects everyone on the whole planet, in subtle ways, perhaps, but it does.” IfsThinkingWayDoeWholeHumanityUniverseEnergyEffectsPlanetsBuddhismSubtleProgressivePositive ThoughtsThink PositiveThinking Positive Thoughts Author:Frederick Lenz
“Happiness comes from self-knowledge. Self-knowledge means that you have understood your mind. Your mind is the whole universe.” MindMeanSelfWholeHappinessUniverseBuddhismUnderstoodSelf Knowledge Author:Frederick Lenz
“There is a whole crazy world around you. You can't control it, so don't even try. Because the more you try to control your environment, the more it controls you.” WorldTryingWholeHappinessEnvironmentCrazyBuddhismOur EnvironmentCrazy World Author:Frederick Lenz
“Happiness does not come from external things as we're really taught as children. It doesn't come from Santa Claus. Happiness is from within your mind. Just realizing that will change your whole life.” MindChildrenDoeWholeHappinessRealizingTaughtBuddhismWhole LifeSantaLife HappinessSanta Claus Author:Frederick Lenz
“Happiness is everything in the whole universe. It's a state of mind. Your whole life is a state of mind. So be happy, why not?” MindStatesWholeHappinessLife IsUniverseBuddhismWhole LifeWhy NotState Of Mind Author:Frederick Lenz
“Your whole life is inside your mind. Your mind is the prism that refracts the entire universe. Everything around you and within you comes from your mind.” InspirationalMindWholeLife IsUniverseBuddhismWhole LifeWithin YouPrisms Author:Frederick Lenz
“The whole quality of your life depends on your state of mind. There are very high states of mind that very few people experience. They are also quite pragmatic and practical and they make you more efficient at living and working in the world.” PeopleWorldInspirationalMindStatesWholeQualityBuddhismDependsPracticalsState Of MindEfficientPragmatic Author:Frederick Lenz
“When you develop your psychic vision after some meditation, you will be able to see the subtle physical of others, or perhaps yourself. At first you will see it as an aura; eventually you can see the whole subtle physical.” FirstsWholeAbleVisionMeditationBuddhismSubtlePsychicsAuras Author:Frederick Lenz
“Their whole life will begin to shift, from their first physical contact with you.” FirstsWholeBuddhismWhole LifeContactRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“Many spiritual teachers have done this. They have disbanded their whole community because everyone got angry. The karma, at a certain point, has to go back to the person; it's intensified and hurts them spiritually.” PersonsDoneWholeSpiritualCertainCommunityHurtTeacherBuddhismAngryKarmaRamaSpiritual TeachersDisbanded Author:Frederick Lenz
“Then there are most of my students who don't know a whole lot about love. You don't know what fun love is. I will remain inaccessible to you until you learn how to love.” KnowsWholeFunLove IsLove YouStudentsBuddhismRamaHow To LoveInaccessible Author:Frederick Lenz
“We live in a competitive society. To pretend that it is not there is ridiculous. That is how the whole planet is set up. If you are not competitive, you do not succeed, you do not survive.” IfsWholeSuccessCareersPlanetsBuddhismSucceedRidiculous Author:Frederick Lenz
“The big problem with power, of course, is obsession. Once you get some of it and feel it, it dominates your whole life and it's all you can think about. That doesn't have to happen.” ThinkingFeelsWholeProblemBigsHappensCoursesBuddhismWhole LifeObsessionBig Problems Author:Frederick Lenz