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Personal power is not the end of the process. It is a tool that you use to get someplace. The purpose of the car is not to live in the car, it is to drive you someplace you want to go.

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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Car
Personal
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Someplace
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Mysticism
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Let us say your wife, husband, boyfriend, girlfriend makes you happy. If they leave, you're bound to be unhappy. You are the slave of the thing that makes you happy. You are a junkie and human relationships can be expensive habits.
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If you seek enlightenment, then career is a very important idea on your agenda.
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Zen was an attempt to get back to the purest teachings of the Buddha -enlightenment without strings.
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It is very hard to perceive the future on a regular basis simply because the future changes.
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