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 Meditation is existence. When we meditate, all we are simply doing is letting go and allowing ourselves to dissolve back into that which we really are. We are merging with life and light. Frederick Lenz buddhism light letting-go When you experience the light, voila, you're happy. The very nature of the light is happiness. You don't have to do anything or be anybody special. Frederick Lenz buddhism light meditation When you are in a condition of light everything is ecstatic, everything is joyous, everything is beautiful. Your attention field is subtle. The ego is quiet. The mind is still. Your heart is happy. Frederick Lenz buddhism heart beautiful When you meditate, you are shifting your state of mind to a higher vibratory level that will give you a much more expansive view. Frederick Lenz buddhism views giving What makes us happy is to have a spiritual experience ... that experience of ecstasy in the deepest meditation; that's happiness. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation spiritual Meditation is the study of making the mind still. As your mind becomes still, a power enters you. This power transmogrifies your mind, it escalates your evolution and you begin to cycle through many incarnations in one lifetime. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation mind When you meditate you feel joy, harmony, peace, stillness, ecstasy, laughter, certainty, courage, strength, awareness and immortality. In the beginning you will feel these things vaguely, a distant knocking at your castle door. Frederick Lenz buddhism laughter doors There is no loneliness when you meditate, you feel eternity. How could you ever be lonely? You just feel God's love for you and that sustains you. It's totally clear; it's part of every aspect of your being. Frederick Lenz buddhism lonely loneliness Meditation is something that is indigenous to the heart, which makes it hard to talk about. We don't necessarily need to talk about it too much other than to get a sense of the practice. Frederick Lenz buddhism practice heart Meditation essentially means having a great time. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation mean If we get too caught up in the rhetoric of meditation, we will miss the point. The point was to go beyond rhetoric. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation missing Through the practice of concentration and various techniques, we silence the mind and we enter into a flow of perfect light. We go outside of the parameters of mind and thought and experience nirvana. Frederick Lenz buddhism light practice If you seek the realms of light, the best thing to do is to meditate with love and the gentle aliveness. Meditation should not be forced. Frederick Lenz buddhism light meditation People who meditate seek good moments forever. They know that there are other worlds beyond this world. They feel it. I experience those worlds when I meditate. Frederick Lenz other-worlds buddhism people Reading books about enlightenment does not make you enlightened at all. You have to meditate yourself. Frederick Lenz buddhism reading book Meditation is a violent act of separation from mass consciousness and direct access to power. Frederick Lenz buddhism violent-acts meditation We see in meditation that our experiences are endless, that we are endless, eternal spirit, not as a thought or an idea you read in a book. You have the experience yourself, every day. Frederick Lenz experience-yourself buddhism book Meditation is the use of symbols, not abstractions. A symbol is something alive. It is a hyphen between one reality and another. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation reality There are billions of people out there walking around and they don't meditate. You can tell. They are not having a good time with their lives. People are not happy. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation people This is a world of unhappy beings. They don't understand how simple it is to be happy. You just have to practice meditation. To meditate is to be happy. Frederick Lenz buddhism simple practice