Selfless giving is being nice and there are times we don't want to be. Frederick Lenz More Quotes by Frederick Lenz More Quotes From Frederick Lenz There's a sense of productivity which cripples us terribly. We either have to be doing something worthwile or not. We are back to our little binary male-female code. Frederick Lenz taoism males female It's either good, bad or somewhere in between. It's either ying, yang or it's a combination. You're either male, female or somewhere in between. You've got to be somewhere on the map. Frederick Lenz taoism males female In the West when you talk about yin and yang, people normally think of yin and yang as something that's linear. But in the east we tend to think of yin and yang as circles. They're two circles that actually can lie on top of each other, yet they remain separate. Frederick Lenz circles lying thinking The pageant of life is divided into ying and yang. They're two circles. You can follow either circle and manage to develop enough speed to move beyond this world to other worlds, dimensional realities. Frederick Lenz other-worlds reality moving The I Cing is a study in duality and what lies beyond duality. Frederick Lenz taoism study lying The dreams of existence of that we call time, space, matter, subject, object, yin, yang - everything flows forth from this tai chi. Frederick Lenz taoism space dream Learn not to be attached to other people, to certain types of experiences. Allow the flow of life to guide you wherever it is supposed to and accept with equanimity, with balance, with poise, whatever happens. Frederick Lenz taoism balance people Without innocence, nothing can further, as they say in the I Ching. Frederick Lenz taoism innocence Unconscious of the existence of Tao, beings live supposing themselves to be separate from the universal intelligence, supposing themselves to be powerful or to be weak, thinking that they live their lives and die their deaths. Frederick Lenz taoism powerful thinking Chaos is not disorder. Chaos is the totality of existence. You could call it God. You could use the term, the Tao. I like chaos. It means more to us in English. Chaos is all things, wild and wonderful, connected perfectly by the life force. Frederick Lenz taoism science mean You are not anyone or anything in particular. You are awareness itself. You don't have a particular form. You contain everything or you are contained by all things. Frederick Lenz taoism form awareness What we're seeking to do is become transparent. A transparent window on reality. But that takes time to do. We're starting with a very solid, objectified view of ourselves and existence Frederick Lenz taoism views reality If we're distracted from the continual flow of perfect mind that we're in, suddenly everything configures, everything solidifies. Suddenly a shape appears out of flux, a world appears, karmas appear, pasts, futures, presents, time structures, ying and yang appear. Frederick Lenz karma perfect past What we are seeking is the nexus of all possible worlds and states of mind, which is within us. The source of yin and yang is within you. Frederick Lenz yang taoism mind The I Ching tells us that for every ending there is a new beginning. In other words, what appears like a transition isn't really a transition; it's a continuum of existence. If you close your eyes for a moment the room will appear to go away. But does it really? Open your eyes again and the room will still be there. That's all death is. Frederick Lenz taoism new-beginnings eye Buddhism teaches us not to want things, not to avoid things, not to be upset by the loss. In the I Ching, there's a hexagram that says, "Be like the sun at midday". View all things as being equal. Frederick Lenz buddhism views loss Enlightenment is part of everything and so our minds have to be very big to encompass all things, to understand all things - To see the tao in a grape, the act of sexuality, meditation, work, play, taking a shower, brushing your teeth, being sick and hurting. Frederick Lenz sick hurt play Alow immortality to work through you. Be but a mere instrument. And that instrument should be so absorbed in the perfect perfection of existence, that it knows not even that it is absorbed. Frederick Lenz taoism immortality perfect Be in harmony with the Tao, with the basic principles of creation. To not be in harmony with that flow, no matter how hard you meditate, you will not be happy and you won't be liberated. Frederick Lenz taoism principles matter You never seem to hear about psychic occult attack in spiritual literature. This knowledge has been conveniently forgotten. Frederick Lenz psychics literature spiritual
