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Life has no meaning. It doesn't need a meaning. A meaning is an arbitrary thought formulation that we affix to it because we are in the mood. Life is its own raison d'etre.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
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We need a new imprinting. We need the imprinting of enlightenment, of freedom. That comes through our association with a higher being. So classically what occurs is that one meets a teacher.
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Things are not necessarily logical. Logic is a secondary source reference. Everything is what it is. We have decided to apply rationale to things. It makes us feel better.
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Reality is not the world as you perceive it. Reality is the world perceived through enlightenment. It's the same world but it's not the same world.
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The reason one enters into lower mental states is because you don't have the power or chi flowing through you.
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You must discriminate between those who claim to help you and only want to manipulate you and those who are free, who never manipulate.
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When you do something half-heartedly, you don't get much of a result. When you do it fully, you get a great result.
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As you engage your mind in the scriptures, your mind will become pure.
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