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Wisdom is knowing that if you bend, you don't have to break. Sometimes it is necessary to go with the flow of life.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
Author
Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
Taoism
Flow
Necessary
Wisdom
Break
Knowing
Sometimes
Life
Bend

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The Buddhist message is a message not of the negation of life, but one of affirmation.
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Zen is a very fast path to enlightenment, fast in comparison to some other paths, not fast for the person who practices it. There is no sense of speed.
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Some people just chase the glittery stuff and they have no substance to their life whatsoever. Actually all they really want is power. But they pretend they're interested in enlightenment.
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You've got to make a person aware of how miserable they really are and show them how happy they can be. Otherwise, why should they seek this nebulous goal called self-discovery.
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Freedom is within oneself. But to get beyond the thoughts and desires requires power.
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Zen is discipline - the discipline of living life, the discipline of taking a breath, the discipline of not knowing and not trying to know.
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By disciplining and training the mind to focus on one thing, we gain control of perception we learn to grab it and put it someplace we want it to be.
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Meditation is something that is indigenous to the heart, which makes it hard to talk about. We don't necessarily need to talk about it too much other than to get a sense of the practice.
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Tantra means the avoidance of a set or defined form of spirituality. Tantra is intuitive self-discovery.
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If you are in a state of mind in which all things are one, then you can spend your time in lingerie shops.
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An advanced way to meditate, of course, is to focus on your teacher. If you have a spiritual teacher and you focus on them during mediation, then you access the light that flows through them.
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The yoga of love is for those who want an all-consuming relationship with their teacher. They see the teacher as an extension of God, of eternity - which all of us are.
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Some people think Taoism means not doing anything, just going on with your life. That has little or nothing to do with Taoism.
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You will have to put aside some things in your life, habits, ideas, ways of seeing life. You will have to learn new things, and then new things and then new things - forever.
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Your ability to still your mind through the process of meditation and inner reflection and outer change brings a stillness to the mind all the time, even in the midst of the busiest activities.
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It's not going to be easy. It's the earth. What creates power in your life is when you perfect your mind, your career, and your associations with others.
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The chi is the central energy or power that we use in physical expression. When the chi is flowing properly in our lives, we can be very adept athletically.
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Our very awareness is the window upon which reality presents itself.
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