Death is simply a change in perception. It is not an end to perception as a finite being. Frederick Lenz More Quotes by Frederick Lenz More Quotes From Frederick Lenz The universe is ecstasy. We have many other ways of perceiving infinity. And when you perceive life through these other modes, that's when you see that the universe is ecstasy, That's when you experience its ecstasy. Frederick Lenz buddhisminfinityway If you line everything up, just right, you walk through a doorway where the world as you know it collapses. Frederick Lenz buddhismlinesworld You stand on the edge of eternity, with a vista that is so incredible, so powerful, so perfect that it's overwhelming. You are so overwhelmed - you no longer exist. Frederick Lenz buddhismpowerfulperfect There is something to this fabric of life that is beautiful. If you find the world unpleasant, I don't think that is wisdom. That is a sign of a lack of wisdom. Frederick Lenz buddhismbeautifulthinking This world is not a middle point in evolution. It's one step down from the middle point in evolution. This is the world of desire and fulfillment, frustration, but at least once in a while you can go to Burger King. Frederick Lenz buddhismfrustrationkings Shakespeare said: "There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow." Everything happens perfectly. Frederick Lenz buddhismhumanityfall We live in a world where no one believes. Enlightenment and knowledge are laughed at. Those who seek and teach the mysteries are scorned and often persecuted. Welcome to the planet earth: environment hostile. Frederick Lenz buddhismhumanitybelieve We live in a world filled with automobiles, highways of the mind, urban disasters, billions of people living on a tiny planet, sharing the diminishing natural resources of the earth. Frederick Lenz buddhismhumanitypeople You are awareness. You are mind. You are not from this world. I mean, think about it, could you really be from here? Frederick Lenz buddhismmeanthinking We are in the twilight of this earth. The societies and civilizations of human beings will not endure much longer because of their abuses of power. Frederick Lenz buddhismtwilightcivilization Human beings go to church. The guy in the front dressed in black is the guy you defer to. He is in charge of the mysteries of universe, which ordinary human beings don't seem to have the inclination to understand. Frederick Lenz buddhismguyhumanity We remember a few people who've been enlightened. We build churches and edifices in their name. But few people, if any, feel that they could ever be like that; and if that's how they feel - that's how it will be. Frederick Lenz buddhismnamespeople In the western philosophy you can't perceive infinities at every moment. It's not there to do. Frederick Lenz buddhismhumanityphilosophy Religion is either something we scorn because we are too rational or it's the realm of the fanatic who insists that their God and their religion is the only way and everyone else is dammed. Frederick Lenz buddhismhumanityway In the West people are basically oblivious to power, solstices, enlightenment and everything that matters. Frederick Lenz buddhismhumanitypeople They don't understand the multi-life sequences. Anything they can't see in a laboratory, they think is nonsense. Frederick Lenz buddhismhumanitythinking We live inside too much. We live inside and we have square thoughts and square ideas because we live in square houses. Our lives are colored by our environments. Our attention fields are colored by it. Frederick Lenz buddhismsquaresideas In the Far East, we look at life in terms of circles. In the West, they look at life more in terms of squares and rectangles. Frederick Lenz buddhismcirclessquares The constraints that humankind has set upon itself are so narrow, so rigid. If you don't wear your clothes one day, they'll lock you up. That's a pretty simple action. Frederick Lenz buddhismclothessimple We've developed a very complex filing system for existence. We see things in terms of good or bad. We feel happiness, joy, pain, loss, guilt and remorse. Frederick Lenz buddhismpainloss
