It takes quite a bit of time to become enlightened. But it really is not so different from learning any other art; all you need is time, a good teacher, and practice. Frederick Lenz More Quotes by Frederick Lenz More Quotes From Frederick Lenz Be the exceptional being who separates themselves from the herd and the fate of the herd. Frederick Lenz buddhism fate inspirational You don't need anybody to tell you what is right or wrong. What you need, perhaps, is someone to show you how to come to those understandings. Frederick Lenz buddhism understanding inspirational You are on a vast wheel of birth and death. You have been through thousands of lifetimes, thousands yet to come. Frederick Lenz buddhism wheels inspirational Sometimes we can't do anything about our social condition, but we can do something about our condition of light. Frederick Lenz buddhism light inspirational Physical circumstance will not cause happiness. Or if it does, there is the fear of loss. Now you are a slave to it. You have become bound to it. Frederick Lenz buddhism loss inspirational I know a lot of wealthy people in West Los Angeles. Money doesn't necessarily make you happy. Frederick Lenz buddhism inspirational people They are not happy out there. Take a walk today and look at how many people smile. Look at how troubled they are, unhappy, stressed out. Go through the ghetto or go through Beverly Hills. Frederick Lenz buddhism ghetto inspirational It's just not working. One nation trying to destroy another, one race trying to destroy another, one religion trying to destroy another - It's the same old story over and over again. Frederick Lenz buddhism race inspirational The life that we see on our small planet is not necessarily a great reflection of the entire universe. The people are beautiful, but they tend to destroy one another. That's not an operative principle in all dimensions. Frederick Lenz buddhism beautiful inspirational There are different pathways that lead to enlightenment. We could say that everyone's life is one of the pathways. Your life is a pathway that leads to enlightenment. Frederick Lenz enlightenment buddhism inspirational There was a time when you came forth from infinity, your essence that is. You've always existed, and you'll always exist. But there are different states of mind in the universe. Frederick Lenz buddhism essence inspirational People who are involved in self-discovery lead different types of lives. The lives they lead are not necessarily the lives of renunciation. Rather, it is a structuring of the elements in your life in a particular way. Frederick Lenz buddhism success inspirational There are many paths that lead to enlightenment. There are lesser enlightenments along the way to a larger enlightenment, referred to sometimes as liberation. Frederick Lenz enlightenment buddhism inspirational Perfect mind, the diamond mind, radiating all universes through your being, each pulse beat is the universe, each breath, eternity. Enlightenment, try it. You'll like it! Frederick Lenz buddhism perfect inspirational There are dark forces in the world that would have you believe that you can't succeed and that you're a failure and that you're evil and all this nonsense. Frederick Lenz buddhism inspirational believe There are no bad people; there are only bad states of mind. Frederick Lenz buddhism inspirational people If you feel the purpose of life is struggle, Darwinian fitness, dog eat dog, then you will be eaten by a dog, or you will eat dog. You become what you focus on. Frederick Lenz struggle dog inspirational In this lifetime you can lose everything. Everything passes here. But you don't lose any spiritual knowledge that you have gained in this or any other lifetime. It is inside you. Frederick Lenz buddhism spiritual inspirational We don't live forever. We have a limited energy. You have to determine those things that you direct your energy towards, otherwise you get yourself in too many places and nothing succeeds. Frederick Lenz buddhism forever inspirational You can get stuck in one state of mind or a general area of mind for a thousand lifetimes. Some states of mind afford better views than others. Frederick Lenz buddhism views inspirational
