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 Everything is dependent on your ability to stop thoughts. The longer you can stop your thoughts in meditation, the faster you will evolve, the more power you will pick up and the more knowledgeable and balanced you will become. Frederick Lenz knowledgeable faster meditation The quieter you can make your mind, the more you've invoked your will. Frederick Lenz mind If the world does not shine brightly, even just the physical, sensual perception after meditation, you have not meditated. You have sat and thought of things that were not real. Frederick Lenz shining meditation real We have to push ourselves to stillness - to the natural state. Frederick Lenz stillness states natural Meditation, in the beginning, is just replacement thinking. Instead of having the usual negative things that wander around in your mind, you are replacing those with very bright images. Frederick Lenz meditation mind thinking In the beginning, when you are meditating, just ignore thought. Shine it on. Then after you are comfortable sitting there, try selectively eliminating negative thoughts, thoughts that agitate the mind. Frederick Lenz shining mind trying Don't fight with your thoughts or try to suppress them with your will. This will only frustrate you and bind you to your thoughts even more strongly. Frederick Lenz fighting trying Our thoughts will swim around and talk to us while we're sitting there, make fun of us, ignore us. But if you pay attention, if you don't look in the direction of your thoughts, you meditate. Frederick Lenz swim fun looks Stopping thought also involves shifting your values. Thought is stimulated by ideas that we have about life and the world. Frederick Lenz stopping world ideas We were imprinted with a value system as young children. The sensory experiences of life can trigger and stimulate a variety of associative thoughts and ideas. Frederick Lenz triggers children ideas Your mind is turbulent because you're filled with desires, frustrations. You want too many things. You are afraid of too many things. It is necessary to overcome both attraction and repulsion to still the mind. Frederick Lenz frustration mind desire I observe many people who say they are meditating, but I sure don't see them meditating. They sit and touch a lot of people, places and things psychically, but they sure don't meditate. Frederick Lenz meditating people Whatever you focus on during meditation, you psychically travel to and touch. In meditation, when you think of somebody, you actually go into their aura. That is the issue. Keep your meditation pristine, unalloyed. Frederick Lenz issues focus thinking When a lot of people meditate what they do is they're thinking about other people. This is a terrible mistake. If you do this, stop! Frederick Lenz mistake people thinking If you focus on another person you take their energy in your body completely. Frederick Lenz focus body energy If you allow people, places and things, to pass through your mind during meditation, you will pull in all those other auras and you be much more confused and dissociated than you were prior to your meditation experience. Frederick Lenz confused meditation people If you start picking up other people's impressions while you are meditating, then instead of clearing yourself, you are just going to completely glom yourself up to the point where there is no meditation. Frederick Lenz impression meditation people When your mind drifts away from one of the secret meditation techniques, do not become upset or frustrated. Gently move your mind back to the technique you were practicing and begin again. Frederick Lenz upset meditation moving Only when there are no impressions of others clouding our mind, can we sit and practice the glorious practice of meditation. Frederick Lenz meditation practice mind People focus on things that vibrate very slowly during meditation and because they are so open they make themselves really sick, psychically. Frederick Lenz sick focus people
