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 Meditate on your own and refine your consciousness. Tighten up your life. Constantly examine your life and look for weak points. You know what's going on in your life. Frederick Lenz buddhism mindfulness looks See your life as not just your life but as eternity. Be so completely integrated in the experience of perception that there's no sense of a perceiver but just the fluid moment of ecstasy that is reality unfolding itself to itself. Frederick Lenz buddhism perception reality The life of an unenlightened person is filled with suffering. Frederick Lenz filled persons suffering You are going to die. Your physical body will disintegrate. You cannot help that. Frederick Lenz body suffering helping You have but a short time to live in this world. As you age, you will experience the pains of aging. If your hopes and joys rest upon the body, then you will suffer greatly. Frederick Lenz pain suffering joy If you are the body, you are in terrible trouble! One small microbe will destroy it one day, if not an accident. You have but a short time to live in this world. Frederick Lenz one-day suffering world At the end of your life you will probably end up in an old-age home, or in a back room in one of your children's houses, left only with a handful of fading memories and a body racked with great pain and suffering. Frederick Lenz pain memories children The world is futile when viewed through the persona of the body. The body is not simply the physical body but it's the body of knowledge of this world. Frederick Lenz body suffering world People don't really want to know the truth. The truth is that you are all dead in the future, everything that you do has no point, and all of the achievements of the human race are meaningless. Frederick Lenz achievement race people If you wake up for a moment and look around at life, you will observe that nothing here lasts, nothing works out. There are no happy endings. All accomplishments are washed away by death or by the next moment. Frederick Lenz work-out accomplishment suffering I see people driving cars, winding down the streets. I don't know where these people think they're going. They're going to the funeral home; that's about it. Frederick Lenz car home thinking No one cares about you. No one cares. You will die and be forgotten. Frederick Lenz care suffering forgotten We see the most beautiful creations whither. The beautiful young maiden becomes the old woman and she hates her body because it isn't what it used to be. The young man becomes the old dotard who has trouble remembering. Frederick Lenz hate beautiful men There is nothing wrong with the world of physicality. There is nothing wrong with existence. It's perfect ... but it's terribly transient. Frederick Lenz suffering perfect world As I'm sure you know by now, most people aren't really very happy. Beyond their surface appearances, the smiles they wear for the rest of the world, most people are soul-sick. Frederick Lenz sick soul people There is suffering and there is joy. Your life is very short, and then you're back again for another and another, forever, unless you step off the wheel. Frederick Lenz suffering forever joy Most people lead lives of frustration and disapointment. They enjoy temporary pleasures and long-lasting suffering. Frederick Lenz frustration long people Your mind is filled with thoughts and desires. Your moods shift constantly. You are not sure what it is you want, it changes from moment to moment; there is little or no continuity in your life. Frederick Lenz suffering mind desire Who needs to go the horror movies? Just go outside or turn on the TV. Buddha called it the "nightmare of the day." Welcome to incarnate experience. Frederick Lenz tvs suffering needs You cannot be born and you cannot die. You will exist in a universe that goes on forever. That is the ultimate horror from the Zen point of view. You could be unhappy forever. Frederick Lenz suffering views forever
