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When most people see a tree, they don't see a tree at all. They see an idea that they have developed of what a tree is.

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
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Buddhism
Awareness
Tree
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Everybody out there is just doing things for themesleves. So if you don't do that you've got to be crazy ... crazy about selfless giving!
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Your soul wants experience. It wants the world. You're a human - and your eternal. The two are the same.
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You must ban together with other women of like mind and for the first time find fellowship, womanship, without the need to compete, without having to climb to the top over each other.
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Entities can see a certain amount because they are outside of the physical dimensional plane.
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The absorption in nirvana is all that matters. All the strategies of your life are only there to empower you for your final assault on the impenetrable cliffs of forever.
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This lifetime right now you have a specific destiny. You are destined to die at a certain time, to make a certain amount of money, to have certain associations and friendships.
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In the West the wise are usually thought of as leaders. In the East, the wise are very often though of as followers.
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It's considered very, very bad karma, if I can cut to the chase, to take power from a teacher and not use it for something very positive.
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Will is guided by wisdom. Wisdom comes from introspection, looking inside yourself, probing, studying the wisdom of the teachers, the masters and bringing that into your mind.
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If I used justice, you'd all be dead. The karma that you throw at me when you don't like me - if I just let it come back, you'd all be destroyed in no time.
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Only a pure heart, a completely pure heart can house eternity.
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