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You have elected to follow this path you do not know. You have elected to follow the path because eternity has elected you. You will follow it is as long as eternity holds you to it.

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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Inspirational
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Elected
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Buddhism
Eternity
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If you look deeply inside them you'll only see eternity whereas with most human beings, when you look inside, you'll see all kinds of different things.
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Old Zen was very funny there was a great deal of humor and happiness. Zen today seems much drier. While there's a certain amount of humor, it seems to lack that total intensity because humor is one of the primary tools for liberation.
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A teacher can show you the ways. But no one can do it for you. You have to take what you learn from them and go out and live it. You have to change your life.
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If you hate yourself and your desires, well, you know, God is your desires and God is your self. As long as you hate God, you'll never realize God.
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There are certain protective forces in the universe that do watch over us, but the innocent die too.
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Societies on this planet are based upon fear, not upon love. The strong dominate the weak.
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Nonphysical beings are drawn to enlightened beings. Some come to aid them in there work some come to interfere. Some just come to watch. Enlightenment is rare in this world.
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Eternity gives life to all and sustains all, transforms all on the wheel of dharma - until all attain perfection.
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With the practice of meditation you can move into other states of mind, sort of ungluing the glue that binds you to a particular perceptual mode, a way of seeing life which is an illusory one.
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It is called enlightenment, nirvana, God, truth, call it what you will. There is no activity other than the eternal activities of the universe, perfect being, the awareness of all suchness, knowledge.
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When you could get angry with someone and separate yourself from them, don't do that. If you have people who are difficult to deal with, be neither attracted nor repulsed. Go a step higher.
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You can be alone too in the city streets, among the crowds. We are all alone.
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In the case of the brujos, the sorcerers in Mexico, the Spanish Conquest forced them to develop their second attention.
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Nature is the endless reflective pattern of existence in eternity. As I sit here watching the leaves and watching their patterns, I'm reminded of so many things I've seen in other planes and in other worlds.
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The practice of meditation is an ancient practice. It's been practiced in many lands, for many lifetimes. You may have practiced it before.
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Consider your second attention as a spiritual perceiver. Consider how you use it. You may plead innocence. You're not doing anything wrong. Don't feel that you've sinned. You have done what you had to do to survive, as did your mother, as did your grandmother.
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The person next to me meditates better than I do. They're purer. - This is the ego feeling sorry for itself.
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When you change your state of mind, your whole life changes, nothing remains the same. Nothing looks the same, because you have changed.
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A good teacher will show you the ropes in the world of power. They will give you the wisdom that is necessary to be able to use power. You just don't give a kid a new Ferrari. You teach him how to drive it.
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Enlightened teachers and people who help them, have a lot of trouble. People try to interfere with the work and spread awful rumors about you.
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