Everything has a nothingness. On the other side of physical reality, there is another world, and in that world, everything is something else. Frederick Lenz More Quotes by Frederick Lenz More Quotes From Frederick Lenz The inner cry is a very good way to meditate. As you're sitting there in meditation, just cry inwardly to God, to that source, to your spiritual teacher or to a particular god or goddess. Frederick Lenz meditation spiritual teacher When you are meditating, after you've meditated on the yantra or candle flame, simply try feeling gratitude. Sit and feel grateful to existence because you are meditating. Frederick Lenz gratitude flames grateful If you can't feel grateful, if you're discouraged or depressed, then think of the fact that things could be a lot worse than they are. Frederick Lenz grateful facts thinking Cry to god. If you do that just for a couple minutes with your whole being, just like a child who so badly wants a cookie. You will break through the barrier of the mind. Frederick Lenz break-through couple children Try to feel that you are beyond time and space when you practice meditation. Go beyond this world, beyond time, beyond life, not a feeling of being spaced out, but in touch with the moment and with eternity. Frederick Lenz space meditation practice Meditate upon all the perfect light within your own mind! Do this repeatedly and the radiant Bodhisattvas of Wisdom and Laughter will visit you and change your karma forever! Frederick Lenz visits-you karma laughter Love is perhaps the strongest force in the universe. When you meditate with love, what you do is you feel love. Love is like a bird, you get on its back and you ride it up very high above the thought level. Frederick Lenz levels love-is bird In meditation have a complete focus on light, brightness, spiritual oneness, God, infinity, eternity. You know - silly things. Frederick Lenz oneness spiritual silly Remember you have lots of help. God is meditating in you and through you. The beneficent forces of existence are glad to help you. You can focus on any spiritual teacher. We are glad to help you. Frederick Lenz spiritual remember-you teacher The practice of meditation is emptying the mind. When the mind is empty, completely empty, it's perfect meditation. It's really that simple. Frederick Lenz simple practice perfect There are essentially three stages in learning how to meditate. In the beginning you are simply trying to ignore thought. Frederick Lenz stage three trying In the second stage we stop thought for limited periods of time. Frederick Lenz stage periods The third stage is no thought. Frederick Lenz thirds stage When you have grown accustomed to sitting and meditating, try to stop your thoughts. That's the bottom line in meditative practice. Frederick Lenz lines practice trying The second stage of meditation begins when you can successfully stop thought for long periods of time. At this point you move beyond the awareness of this world. Frederick Lenz meditation long moving The third stage is no thought. No thought is not the end of meditation. It is the beginning of higher meditation. Frederick Lenz stage meditation ends Your life is either getting brighter from moment to moment or it's not. If it's not getting brighter, it's because there's no risk. There's no risk in thinking instead of stopping your thought. There's a lot of risk in stopping your thought. Frederick Lenz stopping risk thinking Never expect anything from a particular meditation. Once you have gotten started, different methods get you into the stream, let the meditation take you wherever it would like to. Frederick Lenz method different meditation We are learning to perceive existence in separate phases. One phase is to see that we are not our thoughts. As you sit, try and feel what is beyond thought - sense that you are separate from thought. Frederick Lenz phases existence trying To stop thought it's necessary to put your life into a state of balance. Otherwise you can sit and meditate for hours and all kinds of conscious and unconscious thoughts will flow through you. Frederick Lenz unconscious-thoughts balance flow