You'll find that you will be able to reorder the island of your tonal so that it's in good shape - logical, orderly, neat, and well-defined. Frederick Lenz More Quotes by Frederick Lenz More Quotes From Frederick Lenz I've moved a lot of my students into a high state of mind, but they don't do the things I have shown them how to do. So then, they drop down into a lower stage of attention. Frederick Lenz buddhism mind attention Personal power is a feeling that everybody is looking for called satisfaction. It is different from enlightenment, but you need personal power to become enlightened. Personal power is not the end of the process. Frederick Lenz enlightenment different feelings The problem is with any practice is that it is a practice. That is why people don't win. The reason why people don't win is they get stuck in ideas, habits, and ways of seeing life. Frederick Lenz practice winning ideas I can understand pathways to enlightenment where people shun certain aspects of the sensual world because they feel that these aspects are very powerful; they're not in a position to control their appetites. Frederick Lenz powerful sensual people The person who practices advanced meditation is usually not married, some are. They usually don't have children, some do. But chances are they will not marry or have children because it demands to much time. Frederick Lenz meditation practice children The avoidance of that which causes you pain does not produce enlightenment. It produces avoidance. Religion is the avoidance of pain and suffering. Frederick Lenz enlightenment pain suffering Never settle for that which is easy and comfortable or the necessity of seeking that which is difficult and uncomfortable. Frederick Lenz never-settle easy action Some people say that if you have sex you can't be enlightened. I think it isn't really so much whether you have sex or not, but it's what you're doing with your attention level during that time. Frederick Lenz buddhism sex thinking Be concerned with the welfare of others without any sense of self-importance that one is better because one meditates or leads a certain type of life. Frederick Lenz welfare self action We seek absolute neutrality in Buddhism. We don't want to be drawn into anything in particular. We don't want to be pushed away from anything in particular. Frederick Lenz neutrality buddhism want Even a good self will create another good self in the next life, and another one, and that good self will never be enlightened. You'll be bound, life after life, by good karma. Frederick Lenz karma next self You get to the point where you have to wash the dishes. That's the fun in life. Being behind the scenes and doing things for others; being an instrument of that cause. That is the secret teaching. Frederick Lenz teaching secret fun Inspire people very selectively with sincerity and with respect. You want to increase your energy? Then want, inside your heart, to inspire others. It will lift you tremendously. Frederick Lenz heart inspire people When you live a life devoid of ritual and convention, with honesty and self-effacement, then you are on the road to freedom. Frederick Lenz honesty self action Buddha indicated that the self, that part of you that incarnates from lifetime to lifetime was causal. Frederick Lenz lifetime self Change is continuous and the aggregate of the self is constantly shifting. Frederick Lenz shifting self In Buddhist Yoga, we refer to our mutlilife karmic traits as samskaras. They are the internal karmic patterns that make each of us who we are. Frederick Lenz buddhist patterns yoga There are the samskaras, the tendencies from your other lifetimes, ways of seeing, habits that are so strong, they affect you now. They are the operative situations in your life that are created by karma. Frederick Lenz karma strong way The Buddhists believe that everything in life is random. There are patterns that are intrinsic to life. We don't know why, we just know they're there like the DNA. We have no idea. Frederick Lenz buddhist dna believe Our spirit grows and develops traits in each incarnation that it passes through, and then collects and carries the essence of those traits into future lifetimes. In Buddhist Yoga we refer to our multi-life karmic traits as samskaras. Frederick Lenz buddhist yoga essence
