Mysticism is the hidden way. It is the most difficult to discuss, because it involves the exploration of perceptual states which are difficult to describe in words. Frederick Lenz More Quotes by Frederick Lenz More Quotes From Frederick Lenz All of us have an aura, a body of energy linked to different planes of awareness. Some have the ability to access more planes of awareness then others because of past lives, because of practice in this life. Frederick Lenz buddhism practice past If your awareness was strong enough, you could change the fate of a whole world without ever leaving your room. Frederick Lenz buddhism fate strong Anyone has the ability, if they choose, to move to the higher end of the state of mind they are in. From that higher end, they can generate another state of mind. Frederick Lenz buddhism mind moving The reason a person is in a particular state of mind is primarily because of attraction and aversion. Attraction and aversion cause us to format a mental or intellectual program. Frederick Lenz buddhism intellectual mind W are all carrying the imprints of our most ancient ancestors. Not simply in the genetic code, but in the imprints of attention that are passed on. Frederick Lenz buddhism attention science A whole society imprints us. Language, television and culture imprints us Just living in a country is a vibratory imprint. All the collective attentions, of all the people who live there - imprint us. Frederick Lenz buddhism country people We interact with others and we decide who we are. Are we reclusive? Are we outgoing? Are we successful? Are we going to be a failure? We cast a role for ourselves and we step into it. Frederick Lenz buddhism roles successful One, who studies the ways of power, seeks to end the imprinting process because in imprinting we loser power, we lose attention; we are formatted to do certain things. Frederick Lenz buddhism attention way The people who imprinted us are not completely happy and they are not completely powerful. So naturally, we have to fight our whole life against that imprinting. Frederick Lenz buddhism powerful fighting If your parents were strong in one way and weak in another, you will be strong in the same way and weak in the same way. Even though you detest the weakness in them, you will find that you will do exactly the same things because they imprinted you. Frederick Lenz buddhism parent strong A child is imprinted not by simply teaching. But their attention is like soft clay. The attention field of adults is stratified. They are like hard clay and we push them on each side of the child's attention field. Frederick Lenz buddhism teaching children Just being around the awareness field of the male or female imprinter, the child is imprinted. Frederick Lenz males buddhism children The male or female that the child has the most exposure to in the first four to six years of its life is the primary imprinter of the child. Frederick Lenz buddhism children years Learn to overcome the imprinting that you now have and gain a new and higher imprinting that will lead you into the luminous spheres of awareness. Frederick Lenz buddhism gains overcoming We need a new imprinting. We need the imprinting of enlightenment, of freedom. That comes through our association with a higher being. So classically what occurs is that one meets a teacher. Frederick Lenz enlightenment buddhism teacher A teacher is not someone you need perpetually. You need them to show you how to get through the doorway; but once you get through the doorway, you are on your own. Frederick Lenz buddhism teacher needs Power will take us beyond the gravity field of the imprint. Frederick Lenz buddhism awareness fields In mysticism we have to take all the imprinting that has occurred to us and wash it. Then we need to be re-imprinted but in a different way. Without it, we don't survive. Frederick Lenz buddhism different needs The teacher will have a certain imprint, and each teacher imprints differently. Ultimately the imprint of the teacher is a limitation that you will have to overcome in your final stages of knowledge. Frederick Lenz buddhism overcoming teacher The dream is so thick; the Maya is so thick. There's no magic as long as there's all this thought. So the first condition for the practice of higher magic is the stopping of thought. Frederick Lenz buddhism practice dream
