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Human beings go to church. The guy in the front dressed in black is the guy you defer to. He is in charge of the mysteries of universe, which ordinary human beings don't seem to have the inclination to understand.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
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Overcoming fear has nothing to do with abandoning common sense. We retain our common sense, but we lose that emotion that is fear.
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In the West people spend most of their time and energy working. The problem is you are so tired from work that you don't have much energy to meditate - unless you use work in a tantric way.
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It's up to you to avail yourself to knowledge. Knowledge doesn't need you. The idea of a compassionate God was formulated, obviously, by someone who didn't want to do any work.
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The nagual is the unknown. It cannot be talked about, it can only be witnessed.
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Never think too much of yourself. Realize you are only an instrument of eternity. Do not get stuck in that terrible trap. You can lose everything.
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Humility feels that there is someone, somewhere who can do anything I can do better - except one thing: no one can be better at being me.
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Tantra is for a person who has reached a point in their spiritual evolution where everything looks the same.
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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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