Quotes by Rama I was very fortunate, and have always been, that the women I met and fell in love with were exceptional, from my first girlfriend to the woman I married when I was 21, to all the remarkable women I have known as either friends or lovers. Frederick Lenz rama girlfriend firsts I explored alternate states of consciousness at one period of my life through psychedelics, as was the fashion with all my friends. Frederick Lenz rama consciousness fashion We experimented and we experienced many altered states of awareness. We used the power plants. I did that for a year or two. Frederick Lenz rama two years I learned about the benefits and the vast limitations of such types of exploration, as did all my generation. Frederick Lenz rama benefits generations I never considered myself to be special. If anything, I considered myself to be awkward, and still do sometimes. Frederick Lenz rama awkward special At the same time, I went through college, received a Ph.D. and started to teach. I wrote books. Frederick Lenz rama college book I was drawn to the arts because I sensed that I was by nature Bohemian, and yet very conservative. Frederick Lenz rama conservative art In poetry, and in my study in graduate school, I was drawn to a particular poet, Theodore Roethke. I did a dissertation on "The Evolution of Matter and Spirit in the Poetry of Theodore Roethke" for my Ph.D. Frederick Lenz rama matter school I was drawn to be very solitary as a scholar. I lived a very quiet life, aloof, with my books, with my walks in nature, meditating, and of course with my teacher. Frederick Lenz rama teacher book My teacher knew that I always had a girlfriend. For some reason, he never said anything to me about it. Frederick Lenz rama girlfriend teacher I found the experiences that I had with sexuality were wonderful, they were very uplifting - we had a good time - and they didn't seem to affect the level of my mediation. Frederick Lenz rama levels uplifting As my meditative experiences grew, I had wonderful relationships. I met the most wonderful women, who meditated and shared certain understandings that I had. Frederick Lenz rama understanding wonderful Honesty, I went through terrible, terrible times where I just took myself over the coals. I thought I must be the most impure person in the world ... but because that is reverse egotism, I thought I must be the second most impure person in the world. Frederick Lenz rama coal honesty I realized that my friends in the ashram needed to be celibate because, for them, sexuality was a very tacky issue. Frederick Lenz tacky rama issues I found light in the darkness ... or it found me. Frederick Lenz rama light darkness Someone else would come, another self that was a little more refined, that had a little more purity, a little more humility, because I was quite egotistical, I thought I was quite wonderful. Frederick Lenz rama humility self So I went off on my own and started the process of spiritual teaching. Frederick Lenz rama teaching spiritual I began to go into samadhi, not just occasionally, but every day many times a day until I reached a point where I could no longer distinguish between ordinary and non-ordinary reality. For me it is all the same. I am in a state of continuous absorption in the Self. Frederick Lenz rama self reality I too have experienced the extreme pain of living, but I have also experienced some of its remarkable ecstasy. Frederick Lenz rama remarkable pain My happiness is dependent upon light. Since light is endless, I'm bound to be happy always. Frederick Lenz rama endless light «12345»
