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Everything that you are or conceive of yourself as being is just an idea. It's an illusion. It's a hallucination.

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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Hallucinations
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Nothingness
Illusion
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The Buddhist message is a message not of the negation of life, but one of affirmation.
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Lao Tsu says the way of life is water, to be fluid.
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Perhaps you're not the next Buddha. Perhaps you're not the Maitreya. Perhaps that's not your job in this incarnation. Perhaps you have to enjoy life and learn about life through whatever way that you find yourself going.
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