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 There's no difference between winning and losing. They are the same type of experience. Winning and losing are sensorial, affixed to an ego, blocked in time and space and none of them ultimately make you happy very long Frederick Lenz buddhism winning inspirational There are really only three important things to remember in life: To care, to share, and to be fair. This is not a new idea at all, and yet, observing how most people live their lives, you might think it was. Frederick Lenz buddhism inspirational thinking The surface personality is only the beginning of what we are. So as we meditate, we still that surface personality, we can see beyond it, and we see that we encompass multitudes. Frederick Lenz buddhism personality inspirational How to unravel the knot of reality? Slowly and patiently. You cannot run away from it. You cannot run towards it. Yet truth runs in your footsteps. It is the face in the mirror, the light of the sun, the winter rainstorms, the heat of summer in the city Frederick Lenz summer running inspirational Don't run away from the world. The world is God. Don't run towards the world. God is the void. Don't be afraid of the complexities of this life, nor the stark simplicity of death. Frederick Lenz buddhism running inspirational You are not what you seem to be. You are one of God's endless dreams in search of wakefulness. Meditation is wakefulness. Frederick Lenz buddhism dream inspirational You are a fluid metaphor for existence. You are your own death and your own rebirth. Here is forever. It never changes. We bring perpetual oblivion until we change the world. Frederick Lenz buddhism forever inspirational Be still, Be joyous, Celebrate creation, preservation and destruction; For these are the seasons of your life: Of your knowing and being. Frederick Lenz buddhism knowing inspirational One day you will arrive at a station on the train of existence that you've always known has been there. You'll find there will be no train in sight, with no sense of arrival. There is only a perpetual arrival, a timeless condition of infinite awareness. Frederick Lenz buddhism sight inspirational A part of us resists all of this and wants to make it sound as if it's much too religious, an arbitrary thing that we have to do with our life. This is nonsense. This is the real fun. Frederick Lenz religious fun inspirational Self-discovery is realistic. It's not built on ideas and philosophies. It's what works. Philosophies are nice if you like philosophies. But self-discovery is predicated on something that really brings you into enlightened states of mind. Frederick Lenz nice inspirational philosophy If you're a person who just wants to be in the world and doesn't want any knowledge, then I don't know what you are doing with this tape. Turn it off immediately. Frederick Lenz tape buddhism inspirational Meditation is the journey to happiness. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation journey Meditation is a bright, hopeful practice in which we learn to make our mind quiet so that the infinite, perfect light of enlightenment can flow through us. Frederick Lenz buddhism light practice Meditation is essential because meditation opens the mind to itself. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation mind Meditation is the art of life. Meditation is not simply a practice. It is an experience, awareness, and a way of perceiving life. Frederick Lenz buddhism practice art Meditation is wondering. It is both wondering and wonder. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation wonder You might as well be perfect. There is really not all that much else to do here that is exciting. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation perfect You can't throw your ego away, but you can use its innate desire to experience that which is beyond itself to give you the impetus to meditate. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation giving In meditation, when your mind becomes perfectly still and calm, you will experience the golden light of eternity. Frederick Lenz buddhism light meditation
