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Spend time all day and all night monitoring your thoughts, constantly keeping them in a high plateau. Avoid places and people that pull your energy down.
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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I think to be in a monastery or an ashram is not always the answer because we don't fight, we kick back. We don't listen to Sri Krishna.
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The Zen master can see precisely what it will take to cause your awareness to become free. But the Zen master can't do it for you.
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Some tried to kill him there were assassination attempts. Some hated him ... this is par for the course.
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