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 To suffer because of anything you see, feel or experience here in the world of moment to moment is a mistake. It is like becoming upset over a frightening dream. Frederick Lenz ignorance dream mistake The Samsara is the movement of life. And you, an individual self, a form, a moment on a wave, are bound. Frederick Lenz movement ignorance self You are separate from the universe, therefore you experience it. Frederick Lenz universe ignorance As long as you exist, you are aware of the manifest universes through the senses, through feelings and through mind. Frederick Lenz ignorance feelings long Reality is not the world as you perceive it. Reality is the world perceived through enlightenment. It's the same world; but it's not the same world. Frederick Lenz enlightenment ignorance reality The stars in the sky last for billions of years. That's nothing to the mind, nothing. It's an instant, a millisecond. The mind shines radiantly forever. But we don't see the shine because of the clutter. Frederick Lenz stars ignorance years Unlike the experience of nirvana, traveling to other dimensions will not take you beyond suffering, nor will it help you experience the limitless ecstasy of creation. Frederick Lenz dimensions ignorance suffering In the realm of the higher astral, it's just fun. We're on the honeymoon and we love each other so much that we can't keep our hands off each other and everything is wonderful. It doesn't last; it's a honeymoon. Frederick Lenz ignorance fun hands Everyone is afraid of enlightenment, knowledge, completion. People are afraid of being exposed. Frederick Lenz enlightenment ignorance people It's only illusions that destroy us. It's illusions that convince us that we can't. It's the illusions of the transient that tell us that all this matters. Frederick Lenz convince-us ignorance matter Reincarnation is a dance. It is a movement of life to the rhythm of the universe. Spirit and matter join together as one dancing partner. They dance and it goes on forever. Frederick Lenz dancing together forever Bodies come and go, ages come and go, yugas come and go, eternities come and go. Selves come and go. Frederick Lenz body self age Naturally there is reincarnation ... otherwise life would be pretty dull. All the patterns in this lifetime are results from patterns in other lifetimes. Frederick Lenz patterns would-be dull Reincarnation is a cyclic process. There are endless levels of creation, different universes. In each one something similar is taking place, the evolution of spirit through matter. Frederick Lenz different-universes levels matter All incarnations are lived at once, and yet there does seem to be a linear sense of time when you're in the vortex of time and space, when your consciousness is fixated in a body. Frederick Lenz space doe science We're not really indigenous to this world, this world being a temporal plane of reality. Frederick Lenz reincarnation reality world Our larger body is eternity. Eventually, we return to the source in its undifferentiated form, in its absolute form, which is both form and formlessness, but we exist in that sea all the time. Frederick Lenz return body sea We pass through hundreds, thousands, perhaps millions of existences. In each lifetime, we're exploring another part of our own self, which is eternity. Frederick Lenz eternity lifetime self Reincarnation is an apprehension of a movement and the movement occurs in time. Without time, there is no reincarnation. Reincarnation is a reflection of time in this world. Frederick Lenz movement reflection world Mind is not simply the collection of aggregate cells inside your brain. If you are only the grey matter, then when that dies, you won't exist any more. It's not that easy. You exist forever. Frederick Lenz grey-matter buddhism science