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Ego synthesized is selfhood, the sense of self-importance, that you really matter ... nothing could be further from the truth.

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
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Buddhism
Humility
Importance
Sense
Truth
Nothing
Matter
Selfhood
Self
Ego

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All the manifest forms of existence are but illusions. They are momentary displays of consciousness, flashes of lightening in the sky. They are there for a moment and then they are gone.
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A person who is insane has no sense of their place they've lost that ability, which our friend don Juan describes as the tonal.
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It's nice if you love a liberated person, and you should, because they love you. They're lovable. They're children playing in a very, very unusual world filled with vortexes of dancing darkness and light.
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Chaos is everywhere and chaos is wonderful. That's all there really is. There is no today. There is no tomorrow. There is only eternity, perfection, consciousness, power, and light.
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Since you're going to die anyway, why not go do whatever it is you are in the mood to do. To postpone anything is ridiculous, if it's important to you.
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I encourage you to make money and to become enlightened. The two are not necessarily different. Have fun with whatever you do because we are only here for a while.
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In addition to innocence, we have to have knowledge of good and evil.
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In the Bhagavad-Gita, a book that I revere and respect, it's indicated that even women, along with animals, are capable of attaining enlightenment.
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Material success is not something that will bind you, unless you become attached to it, any more than poverty will liberate you.
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