Humility means freedom. It provides growth and takes you out of the cycle of change that you are currently in, which is stagnation. Frederick Lenz More Quotes by Frederick Lenz More Quotes From Frederick Lenz It is much nicer to live in perfect mind, free from pain and agony. How painful it is to be unenlightened. Buddha called it "the nightmare of the day." Frederick Lenz agony pain perfect Everybody here is so caught up in the game of life they don't see death. They don't see beyond their deaths. They are on the wheel of birth and death. Frederick Lenz wheels suffering games Anything but enlightenment is pure pain; it is the lack of enlightenment. Frederick Lenz enlightenment pain suffering As long as you wish to separate yourself from the immortal consciousness, you will suffer. You will experience the pain of the separation, the abridgment of infinite mind in finite form. Frederick Lenz pain suffering long We dream forever unless we awaken. We move from one dream to another, some beautiful, some we're the hero or the heroine, some horrible, some nonsensical, some boring. Frederick Lenz hero dream beautiful The dreams of human beings are dark, heavy and morbid and simplistic and boring. The dreams of immortality are endless and shining, they shimmer, they glow. Frederick Lenz shining dark dream Dogs have fleas; people have each other. We are born to die. Life is a continuing tragic comedy. Everything and everyone we love suffers. Anybody who doesn't see that has not grown up and known life. Frederick Lenz suffering dog people Nothing is here in this world that is of any interest at all. Frederick Lenz this-world suffering world Human beings affix themselves to things that are of little or no importance. They affix themselves to the transitory, to things that are impermanent, and in doing so, they get all upset Frederick Lenz upset suffering littles A human being is bound by emotion, enslaved by their desires. A person is never really at peace with themselves because they live in the spectrum of human consciousness. Frederick Lenz emotion suffering desire Life for most people is a bad dream. They live in pain, grabbing at what they can for pleasure. As they grow old, they despair. Things don't work out the way you planned. Frederick Lenz pain dream people In this lifetime you can lose everything. Everything passes here. Frederick Lenz loses suffering lifetime Life is just masturbation in a sense, mentally. What people do is they just create a world out of their self-reflection. Frederick Lenz reflection self people The time we waste never comes again. The opportunities we miss never come again. The loves we lose never come again. Indeed, in this world of constant change we are fortunate that these things never come again. Frederick Lenz suffering missing opportunity You're in a world of diversity. You see things through a glass darkly. There is a separation everywhere. Frederick Lenz diversity glasses suffering We wait for the fulfillment of our desires. We wait with hope, apathy, resignation, belief. We become despondent, elated. We wait Frederick Lenz suffering waiting desire Most people exist in very clouded states of mind. It's sort of like when you're underwater in a big swimming pool and you open your eyes, and you can't see very far and everything is distorted. Frederick Lenz swimming eye people People are so tired. The world is set up to exhaust you and drain you. That's how humankind has devised their world. Life is not necessarily that way Frederick Lenz tired suffering people Without enlightenment, everything in life is harsh. Sooner or later you see everyone you love die, unless you die first, of course. This causes you to suffer. Frederick Lenz enlightenment suffering firsts Happiness is not freedom. You may become happy tomorrow; but I assure you, your happiness will be smashed by the pains of your body as you age, by the all-encompassing death that swallows up everything and everyone in this world. Frederick Lenz pain suffering age
