Power is something that is not really visible. Some people have the power to rise above circumstance. Sociological factors and DNA are not all that determine success. It is power. Frederick Lenz More Quotes by Frederick Lenz More Quotes From Frederick Lenz Spiritual Balance is the obvious answer to the obsession that sometimes accompanies religious practice, occult practice, philosophical understandings - the assertion that one is right - that something that you're doing is better than something somebody else is doing, the way you're doing it is better than the way someone else is doing it. Frederick Lenz buddhist religious spiritual What matters is that you meditate, you're seeking enlightenment, you're on the pathway to enlightenment, and you're having fun. Don't look for reassurance in the eyes of others. Look for reassurance in your own eyes. Only you know if Buddhist practice is improving the quality of your life. Frederick Lenz buddhist eye fun Buddhism is a practice in which we learn to avoid injuring others, and ourselves. It's a practice in which we learn to respond to beauty, and to respond to difficult circumstances with patience, with a sense of calm, with clarity. Frederick Lenz buddhist buddhism practice It is not bad living in a monastery. I've done it many times in many lives. But I think you can do a better job outside the monastery, if you have the necessary component parts. Frederick Lenz buddhism jobs thinking I think one can advance faster outside a monastery if you use the experiences of daily life to advance yourself. Frederick Lenz buddhism use thinking The spirit of the West, of America, is different than the East. The cultural conditioning is very different. It seems to be harder for people to work in teams, more difficult for people here to live in harmony, in a monastery. Frederick Lenz buddhism team america The person who's in the Zen monastery, who's doing a kind of poor job at meditating and a half-ass job cleaning the gardens is not doing very good yoga. Frederick Lenz buddhism yoga jobs The person in the business suit who works on Wall Street, who does their work perfectly, is probably evolving a lot faster, if they also meditate. Frederick Lenz buddhism wall doe I think to be in a monastery or an ashram is not always the answer because we don't fight, we kick back. We don't listen to Sri Krishna. Frederick Lenz buddhism fighting thinking I don't think there is a right approach to teaching self discovery. Every situation is unique. Frederick Lenz buddhism unique teaching There is a certain beauty and refinement that is often found in our world and it is expensive. It shouldn't necessarily be so. It is just the way our economic system is. Frederick Lenz buddhism our-world way Truth occurs in unusual places. Sometimes it's in the frozen food section of the supermarket, sometimes it appears while you are waiting for your car to be fixed, sometimes you see it while in bed with someone you love, sometimes you find it while you're meditating on a lone mountain. Frederick Lenz buddhism car waiting You can live in the world and have all the myriad experiences that life has to offer and yoke your awareness field to the planes of light, and eventually to nirvana itself. Frederick Lenz yoke buddhism light Between the creative, open and spontaneous approach to life, and the highly disciplined, pragmatic approach, there's a doorway, if you can find it - and it leads to immortality. Frederick Lenz buddhism creative doorways You need to become a winner to go beyond winning and losing. Frederick Lenz buddhism winning needs This is the fourth age, the Kali Yuga, and it's a time of great darkness. At the end of this age, there's supposed to be a cosmic dissolution and then life begins anew. It's a wonderful cycle of rebirth. Frederick Lenz buddhism darkness age We live in a world where money is necessary. You can't just go out and roam the forest and the cities, at least in America. Frederick Lenz buddhism cities america People in the West sometimes have these marvelous visions of India and Tibet. They assume that there are all these sadhus walking around and everybody is breathing enlightenment. Forget it. Don't look at it through rose-colored glasses. Frederick Lenz breathing buddhism glasses What we are seeking to do is not melt the map of America. We are seeking to melt the self, the solid form that we consider ourselves to be. Frederick Lenz buddhism self america Somehow in the middle of the L.A. trendiness, Boston conservation, New York chic and San Francisco intellectual mellow, there's a place where everything meets. Frederick Lenz boston buddhism new-york
