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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
Author
Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
Buddhism
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I love so and so, how can I let go of them? You don't have to. You do whatever you chose. What you think, you become. Your thoughts are strongly affected by those you are emotionally open to.
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Why do everything perfectly? Isn't perfection just an illusion? Tell me if it's an illusion if they don't fix your car perfectly next time you bring it in.
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If you are seeking power and knowledge, you need to go to places that are healthy and happy and radiant. Avoid places that aren't.
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There are billions of people on earth. They are all transmitting thoughts and impressions, most of which are not directed towards enlightenment. If you are not focused, you will pick up these energies.
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Mysteries are not riddles. Mysteries are places to go with your mind. You go into mysteries.
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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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Through the proper application of kundalini, a woman can quickly become aware of the tremendous power that resides inside herself and reach enlightenment.
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The issue is not what you're doing with your body it's what you're doing with your mind.
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School was a strange place where they tried to make you into something.
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After the meditation session you have to be a little bit careful. If you start to think a lot of thoughts and become very active, you can prevent some of the meditative awareness from coming into your mind.
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When you follow the path of love you should feel that each one is perfect in their own right. While you can love others, never, ever, ever judge them.
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Zen is the way of splitting the self again and again, untilt there is nothing left.
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It is possible to exert a power over all things, all beings. But we must begin with intent always.
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Humor enables us to deal with and overcome many of the most painful and difficult situations in our lives.
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Phony gurus make themselves objects of adoration and worship. Real spiritual teachers aren't interested in adoration and worship. They like respect only because they realize respect will help the student.
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Within silence all things are contained. What appears to our eyes to be life is but a thin curtain, a gauze penumbra, which stultifies our vision, which prevents us from seeing the truth.
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Real happiness is something most people never know. What we experience in deep meditation, that ecstasy is beyond what human beings call happiness
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