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If silence only conveys the Self, if all words and thoughts are illusions, why do we discuss 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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With a teacher it is necessary to be sensitive to their directions most of the time they won't say much. You have to be still and silent to understand.
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Try and stop your thoughts. Be patient and then the kundalini will flow through you and bring about substantial changes in your awareness.
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Move beyond the limited parameters that most human beings have and realize that there are thousands and millions of worlds beyond this world.
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In the western philosophy you can't perceive infinities at every moment. It's not there to do.
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We're too insignificant and small to really be able to do anything, except cry, not unhappily, but an inner cry, a feeling of reaching to God.
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People in the West sometimes have these marvelous visions of India and Tibet. They assume that there are all these sadhus walking around and everybody is breathing enlightenment. Forget it. Don't look at it through rose-colored glasses.
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If you go too far, it'll blow your mind. I mean it's strong out there. If you go out too far beyond the bounds of attention, there are things in the universe, in the universes of mind, in the inner worlds, it's best sometimes not to deal with unless you're very, very far along.
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If your life is based around your being comfortable, you're not very comfortable. You suffer quite a bit - becuase in the realm of the senses there is not only pleasure, but there is pain.
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Selfless giving has a lot to do with what happens to you in the future. There is karma, both good and bad.
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Power doesn't create happiness or unhappiness. It depends how you use it. Wisdom is the guiding force that directs happiness.
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The relationship between the student and teacher is ultimately important. In higher spirituality we don't study a subject as much as a person.
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How do you end a meditation session? It's nice to chant a mantra again. Maybe repeat it a few times. It seals the meditation. Do your best and then just give it to eternity.
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Most people think that an enlightened Buddhist Teacher is a fireman His job is to put the fire out so that you can live in your home safely. But seeker beware! A fully enlightened Buddhist teacher is an arsonist! His job is to set your spirit on fire...by feeding the flames of your soul with love.
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Enlightenment is the ability to freely transact within the ten thousand states of mind without a continuous self or awareness
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The chi is the central energy or power that we use in physical expression. When the chi is flowing properly in our lives, we can be very adept athletically.
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From my point of view, which is the point of view of no illusions, there is only winning and losing. You might as well be a winner.
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The illusion of purpose is to be avoided. The illuion of lack of purpose is to be avoided.
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By fully focusing your mind on your chakras, stilling your thoughts, and increasing your kundalini flow, you can rise above your body consciousness and unite your mind with the clear light of nirvana.
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Just as there are primary colors from which all of the others come forth when they're combined, so there are primary vibratory qualities of energy and light within us.
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Existence is perpetual motion. Galileo wondered about it, Da Vinci.
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