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 You start meditation as an average human being who is filled with vagueness and not much purpose or definition, who is controlled by their desires, your mind spins all over the place, your senses spin all over the place, out of control. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation average The mind is like a lake. It reflects eternity when it's very still. If ripples appear, lots of them, then the reflection is not clear. We lose the clarity of the perfect reflection. Frederick Lenz buddhism reflection lakes Learn to meditate. It's fun. It will give you a strong, wonderful mind. Frederick Lenz buddhism strong fun There is a spirit that guides us, if we will listen. It speaks softly. In order to hear it we must still our thoughts and meditate. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation order Even after only several weeks of practicing meditation, you will begin to have more energy and be a little bit happier. Eventually, you will experience ecstasy and knowledge beyond the power of words to describe! Frederick Lenz buddhism energy meditation You become someone else when you meditate. It isn't just a little technique. If you really pursue it, you change radically - you evolve. Frederick Lenz buddhism technique meditation When you meditate you are accessing eternity. You are plugging yourself into that source which is all light and all beauty and all perfection. Frederick Lenz buddhism light perfection Beginning meditation is a process of unhooking ourselves from thought, being motivated to meditate. It is very exciting in the beginning because we see the tremendous jumps we make in awareness. Frederick Lenz buddhism awareness meditation As you do your daily meditations, your life will change. Most people change between the ages of zero to four. The older we get the less we change. When we meditate we become perpetually young. Frederick Lenz buddhism zero people Meditation is a process of liquefying the self temporarily and then allowing the self to rebind. The ice melts and then it comes back again. Frederick Lenz buddhism ice self If we are in the same state of mind, we just self-reflect, things are dull and gray and kind of boring. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation self When you start to meditate, if you stick with it, you will see tremendous changes in your life and state of mind. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation mind As your meditation practice improves from month to month, more and more light and ecstasy will spill over into the moments of your daily life. Eventually you will always exist in a state of continual light. Frederick Lenz meditation-practice buddhism light For years we practice meditation, like any art, and we get better at it each day. In the beginning it's just enough for us to sit down and focus our attention. Frederick Lenz buddhism years art If you meditate, then the real miracle is the transformation of your awareness field beyond the body. Beyond the body there are oceans of light, continents of light, universes of light. Meditation frees you from this world. Frederick Lenz buddhism ocean real When there is no thought in the mind, no thought of thought, when the mind is quiet but fully alert, we experience a little bit of enlightenment. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation mind Through the practice of meditation and Buddhism, as you experience light, it immediately delights you. Frederick Lenz buddhism light practice If you meditate you will change in ways that I cannot understand. But that is neither here nor there. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation way Learn to meditate, practice and don't get frustrated. It will take you years to learn to meditate perfectly. Every time you try, you are growing. It's not as if you have to meditate perfectly to make progress. Frederick Lenz buddhism practice years Meditation is not impractical or unrealistic, nor is it difficult to integrate with any lifestyle or age, in that it's timeless, although it occurs in time. Frederick Lenz buddhism meditation age
