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Everything that you see here, in other words, is a reflection of a higher reality.

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
Awareness
Higher
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Reality
Everything
Buddhism
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Why waste your time being around people who drag you down? You don't live forever, at least in this life.
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When your thoughts come and you're trying to stop them, simply say No. Learn the mantra No. Every time a thought comes in your mind ... just say no.
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Buddhists don't feel that enlightenment is particularly unusual. We feel that it's the natural state. Enlightenment simply means perceiving life directly as it is in all of its infinite, ever changing wonder, in all of its varied, myriad states of mind or as pari-nirvana, or whatever.
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As my meditative experiences grew, I had wonderful relationships. I met the most wonderful women, who meditated and shared certain understandings that I had.
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As you learn to love the company of the holy, your heart will become pure.
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There is suffering and there is joy. Your life is very short, and then you're back again for another and another, forever, unless you step off the wheel.
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Enlightenment is not about being political. It is not a social club. Ashrams often turn into that, I know. Societies of enlightenment often just become cliques.
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