The first task is to discover the dharma by introspection, by constantly questioning yourself and asking yourself, "What is right?" Frederick Lenz More Quotes by Frederick Lenz More Quotes From Frederick Lenz Human beings are not so in harmony with the dharma. That is why they suffer so much. But you as an individual can reach a plane of attention and can become attention itself. Frederick Lenz buddhismsufferinghumanity This is a world that defines everything backwards, a world in which good is called bad, brightness is called darkness, up is called down, enlightenment is called abnormal behavior and abnormal behavior is applauded as reason. Frederick Lenz buddhismdarknesshumanity Who are these human beings anyway? They walk around, strut, fret, as if they owned the planet, or the goddamned universe. I mean, who do they really think they are? Frederick Lenz buddhismmeanthinking Everything is stuck together. People are stuck together. They can't change. Ideas are stuck together - they're irrevocable. We think that the end of the universe is as far as the telescope can see. Frederick Lenz buddhismideasthinking Everyone has sunk on this plane to such a low state of consciousness, it is the natural state. We have deviated so far from the norm in this age of darkness. Frederick Lenz buddhismdarknesshumanity It's easy to tell the evolutionary level of a group of beings, or an individual being, simply by examining their behavior, their art, their psychology, their thought forms, their lingual structures, their history, their present moment, their future ideas, and the quality of their emotions. Frederick Lenz buddhismideasart This is a place where the strong often victimize the weak. Frederick Lenz buddhismstronghumanity One nationality supresses another. One religion claimsto be the exclusive way to truth or god. Frederick Lenz buddhismhumanityway The population of the planet is increasing at an alarming rate, and yet each day human beings manage to destroy ten species. Frederick Lenz populationbuddhismhumanity A society that destroys the environment that supports it, I would not consider to be intelligent life. It's like the cancer that ultimately kills itself by destroying the host it feeds on. Frederick Lenz cancerbuddhismintelligent The rhythm of life is give and take. It is necessary to put things back into the system. To not do that is to foul your own nest - to use up all the natural resources greedily. Frederick Lenz rhythm-of-lifebuddhismgiving There's degradation of the environment. But the real issue is the degradation of one's inner environment. Frederick Lenz buddhismissuesreal They've destroyed their environment, by and large. They've eliminated most other species on the planet, which is just an indication of their sloppiness and their deadness and their oblivion - but even more so, they've cut themselves off from happiness. Frederick Lenz buddhismcuttinghumanity This world we exist in is populated by people who have really shut themselves off from life. Frederick Lenz buddhismhumanitypeople The level of evolution in this world is not exactly high. Frederick Lenz buddhismhumanityworld People think they can tame the earth. How absurd! The vanity of human wishes is endless. It is more fun to dance with life. Frederick Lenz buddhismfunthinking Its funny how human beings tend to think that they're the masters of the earth never realizing that the earth, for a time, simply tolerates its tenants and then, when the mood strikes, it shifts its continents around. Frederick Lenz buddhismhumanitythinking Symbiosis is a much higher reflection of intelligent life. Frederick Lenz buddhismintelligentreflection In this world we see nothing but diversity. Everyone thinks separate ideas and wants to develop a separate identity. They fight wars with each other. They destroy each other's identities. Frederick Lenz buddhismfightingwar The strong conquer the weak. The weak serve the strong and hope to become strong so they can conquer others who are weaker. Frederick Lenz buddhismstronghumanity
