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It's up to you to avail yourself to knowledge. Knowledge doesn't need you. The idea of a compassionate God was formulated, obviously, by someone who didn't want to do any work.

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 must constantly remind ourselves that we are eternity, infinite, beyond birth and death.
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Enlightenment is not about being political. It is not a social club. Ashrams often turn into that, I know. Societies of enlightenment often just become cliques.
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I am an expert in the world of the supremely happy because I am happy. I've never met anybody as happy as I am - that, in itself, should make you unhappy.
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Suffering follows the lack of wisdom.
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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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Taoism shows us how to deal with life and death by realizing everything here is transitory but its substance is eternal.
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