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Words are deceptive. You think you understand something because it's explained to you and now you are under no obligation to do anything because you understand it.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
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Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
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Who has that perfect faith and trust? Only such a person with that faith and trust can be enlightened.
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The teaching that we receive is not necessarily very accurate. The value systems that our cultures have developed are not every open. They are very restrictive. We live in an age that is not enlightened.
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So what you are accomplishing is entrenching yourself more and more in this world.
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One day after many, many lifetimes, we get wise. We decide that the fun in life is to give.
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You're a refraction of the one light. You're a waveform of light. You're a fractal, a pattern that continuously changes.
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We pass through hundreds, thousands, perhaps millions of existences. In each lifetime, we're exploring another part of our own self, which is eternity.
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When you see someone draining you, your being naturally cuts it off. Yet many times you can be manipulated not to see.
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We could be unhappy and discouraged for ourselves, but we're trying to be in a high vibratory state so we can be of service to others.
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It's unfortunate that we see a great many women settling. They think that simply because they have gotten the right to vote, own property and have gained some simple freedoms that the battle for women's suffrage is over.
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How do we find a way out? By realizing that there's no place to go, that there's no way out, that there's no way in. All that exists is the Self.
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Death is simply a change in perception. It is not an end to perception as a finite being.
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