A part of them has grown very attached to a certain way of life. Frederick Lenz More Quotes by Frederick Lenz More Quotes From Frederick Lenz The mind must be made calm and still. Then it is aimed at the sky, at the brightness, at that infinitude of being that stretches out endlessly in every direction forever. Frederick Lenz mind forever sky We want to know what our self is. We are the sky. Our thoughts are the birds that come and go. You can enjoy the birds and their beauty, but it is the sky that lasts. Frederick Lenz self sky bird Take a deep breath and exhale slowly. Mentally picture all tiredness, tension, and fatigue leaving you. Visualize that a wave of golden light is entering you at the top of your head and passing throughout your entire body. Frederick Lenz entering leaving light Picture that the waves of golden light have now become a solid river of golden light that is constantly passing through you. Picture this golden light expanding beyond your body and filling up the entire room. Frederick Lenz filling-up light rivers You may feel a sensation of floating. You may see colors, maybe no phenomena, it doesn't matter. You are absorbing power. Frederick Lenz floating color may Imagine a vast ocean. Feel that you are part of that ocean. Imagine that each wave in the ocean is slowly moving through you. Feel that each wave is a wave of joy. Frederick Lenz ocean joy moving Imagine wave after wave of joy passing through your whole body. As each wave passes through your body, feel that all worries, tensions, anxieties and problems are being washed away. Frederick Lenz anxiety worry joy Now imagine that you are going beneath the surface of the ocean. Below the surface all is calm, silent, and serene. As you visualize yourself going deeper and deeper into the depths of the ocean, feel that a profound peace is entering you. Frederick Lenz ocean depth profound Meditation is a refocusing on symbols. It's not emptiness. We are using symbols, doorways to step from one world to another, from darkness into light, from death to immortality. Frederick Lenz light meditation darkness Focus your attention on the center of your stomach, in the area of your naval. Feel that this is an area of tremendous strength. Frederick Lenz stomach focus attention Visualize a sphere, a dome of red energy surrounding you. Feel that you are consciously directing energy from the center of your body, in the area of your naval. Frederick Lenz red body energy Feel that the energy of your willpower can easily deflect tension-causing feelings and frustrations that are directed towards you from the outside world. Frederick Lenz frustration energy feelings As long as you visualize this sphere of red energy surrounding you, negative thoughts, hostilities, anger, and aggressive feelings of other persons and situations cannot enter you. Frederick Lenz energy feelings long To meditate with humility, consider existence. It is infinite. You are finite. You are a finite portion of infinite existence. Let this be your meditation. Frederick Lenz infinite meditation humility Visualize a beautiful rose in the center of your chest. Imagine a soft reddish rose. Imagine that the rose is completely folded up. Visualize the first set of petals is gradually unfolding. Frederick Lenz chakra-meditation buddhism beautiful There is no end to the petals of the inner rose. Continue to unfold set after set of petals until you have completed your meditation session. Frederick Lenz chakra-meditation buddhism rose An advanced way to meditate, of course, is to focus on your teacher. If you have a spiritual teacher and you focus on them during mediation, then you access the light that flows through them. Frederick Lenz light spiritual teacher You can focus on me or on any spiritual teacher. Spiritual teachers who have left the body, who are no longer on earth can help you too. When I leave the body someday, I can help people just as effectively if they focus upon me. Frederick Lenz spiritual teacher people You can focus on Jesus or Buddha or Krishna, Ramakrishna, Lao Tsu, Yukteswar, Yogananda, Vivekananda, any of the great spiritual teachers who have lived, or on a living teacher, and draw light from them. Frederick Lenz spiritual teacher jesus Focusing on an enlightened teacher is a doorway. It is not a person. We are focusing on the light that passes through them. We are moving through them into the planes of light and eventually to nirvana. Frederick Lenz light teacher moving
