As you progress towards enlightenment you will find that you become a winner at anything, not because you are so concerned about winning anymore. You are just concerned about the pursuit of excellence. Frederick Lenz More Quotes by Frederick Lenz More Quotes From Frederick Lenz 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 Some of the most exalted states of consciousness I experienced were in bed with someone, alone, or with my spiritual teacher. There was never a difference for me. Frederick Lenz differences spiritual 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 I seemed to be leading a very incongruous life from the point of view of the definition of the community I was in. Frederick Lenz definitions community views I went through times of self-hate, thinking how undeveloped spiritual I was. Everyone else in the ashram, a thousand people, nobody had a girlfriend or boyfriend. I did. Frederick Lenz girlfriend hate spiritual 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 Over the years of much self-hate, I came to realize that whether sexuality was in my life or not, it didn't seem to matter. I just surrendered the whole thing to God. Frederick Lenz hate self years I found light in the darkness ... or it found me. Frederick Lenz rama light darkness During those years the past life recollections began. Psychic powers developed, my meditation increased and I found myself changing, over and over again, becoming someone new almost every day. Frederick Lenz psychics past years 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 My teacher sent me all over the world to talk about meditation - Europe, all over America, Canada. I would drive thousands of miles, travel, all at my own expense, to do this. Frederick Lenz europe teacher america I liked my teacher very much and after some years of mediation, I began to teach meditation, referring all things that I didn't know to my own teacher. Frederick Lenz meditation teacher years At a certain point I left my spiritual teacher because I began to see the limitations of my teacher, who was a very powerful occultist, but who I thought was, to some extent, limiting others in their spiritual growth. Frederick Lenz powerful spiritual teacher 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 From the Far Eastern perspective, 29 is considered a very special age. Frederick Lenz perspective special age One day I was meditating on a cliff overlooking the ocean in Southern California and I was absorbed in a state of high meditation. As I came out of the meditation and became aware of the sense world the world around me I knew that I had a new name. And the name, of course, was Rama. Frederick Lenz california ocean names Rama is a fairly common name in India. It symbolizes an individual who is interested both in enlightenment and martial arts. I do not claim to have any past life connection with the historical Rama. It's just a name I liked. Frederick Lenz names past art
