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 Everybody is in the waiting room of life. Yoga is not a waiting. It is a doing, today. Frederick Lenz waiting-rooms yoga today You have to be a warrior in order to become enlightened. If you think it's tough paying the bills, think about being everywhere all at once and doing everything in all the universes, simultaneously, past, present, and future. Frederick Lenz warrior past thinking What Sri Krishna is saying, is that it's a terrible mistake to believe that this life we lead is real. Obviously it's real, but it doesn't last very long in its realness. It's very ephemeral and to mistaken the forms of life, the shapes that life takes, for reality, is not wise. Frederick Lenz real wise mistake There are people in the Himalayas who are thousands of years old. But that's just a power, you see. It would seem to me that would suggest a tremendous aversion to the experience of death. Frederick Lenz death people years Sri Krishna refers, of course, to this world as a joyless, transient world. Obviously, he's never been to Disneyland. Frederick Lenz hinduism krishna world The dreams of the self are manifold and endless and they exist in all the myriad worlds and conditions that appear to have solidity. When you're dreaming at night, something seems very real, but when you wake up the dream is gone and so is all that apparent solidity. Frederick Lenz real dream night Yoga is a science. It is the science of consciousness. Yoga suggests that there is more, other realms, other dimensions, and nirvana - the central nexus where all this comes from. Frederick Lenz dimensions consciousness yoga Self-realization doesn't imply loss, gain, even transition; it's only a settling. The separate sounds on the beach, the birds, the waves, the wind. They all come together again, they blend, they harmonize. Frederick Lenz self loss beach Yoga makes you free. It makes you happy. It gets you out of the traps that create human misery. It makes you vibrate faster. Frederick Lenz hinduism misery yoga Ramakrishna didn't suddenly become enlightened. We had years of him meditating, seeking, crying to Mother Kali, going in and out of samadhi; but after many years of this process, he was enlightened. He was no longer a finite individual. Frederick Lenz kali mother years The smoke from the fire passes through the building and the soot affixes itself to the walls. The smoke passes through the air and keeps going - liberation. Frederick Lenz wall fire air The awareness of place, space, or condition is not liberation. You can't say what it is, but you can sure say what it isn't. Frederick Lenz hinduism awareness space Sri Krishna's message is the message of anyone who comes from far away. His message is the same as Buddha, Lao Tsu, Bodhidharma, Milarepa, Padmasambhava. Frederick Lenz laos hinduism messages Krishna says meditate and you'll see the various ephemeral worlds, the various ephemeral beings, all of them going through the same thing; some are rich, some are poor, some are more knowledgeable, some are less knowledgeable - in countless myriad universes, forever. Frederick Lenz ephemeral forever world We are immortal life. Think of the opportunity of self-realization. What a gas! Frederick Lenz self opportunity thinking Beyond the parameters of the self is an ocean ... and it's most excellent. Frederick Lenz hinduism ocean self In order to create heat, you have to have something to burn. So what we do in yoga is, we burn ourselves up to create light. Frederick Lenz yoga light order When the sun sets, beautiful though it may be, billions of stars appear. The ego is but one sun. When that sun sets, there are endless suns, endless horizons beyond it. Frederick Lenz ego stars beautiful Yoga is a removal of the conscious awareness from the world as you know it - the world that you've constructed - through your focus within your mind, to something else. Frederick Lenz focus yoga mind Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world. Frederick Lenz yoga mistake trying
