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 The advanced student of meditation takes an active part in supporting the work of their teacher. They happily work more hours or do whatever is necessary to help out more. Frederick Lenz meditation helping teacher Work sustains us as bodies and it consumes a great deal of energy. The conservation of energy is the component theme of Buddhist practice and yoga. That is why people live in monasteries. Frederick Lenz buddhist yoga success The idea of the walls of monastery was to keep everybody else out because you wanted to develop a certain type of life. Most people in the world had different ideas on the subject. Frederick Lenz wall people ideas The ashram is where everyone lives in the same building or on the same grounds. You feel that it's selfish for you to devote your life to one person. You don't just love the one, you love the many also. Frederick Lenz one-you-love building selfish You might say living in a monastery cuts down the commutation time. That alone gives you a couple extra hours a day to meditate. In a monastery you lead a relatively simply life. You don't need a lot of possessions. Frederick Lenz cutting couple giving The problem with monasteries, ashrams, convents is these institutions become extremely political. In other words, they're really small societies, and much of what you hope to avoid in societies you find there. Frederick Lenz institutions political problem Ashrams often become places where there is a hierarchy and a pecking order and not much enlightenment. That is what some people are drawn to. But that has nothing to do with enlightenment. Frederick Lenz enlightenment order people It is better when you are in the world. You know how much pain there is. You can tell how established you are in the light. To remove yourself from the things you desire or things you find difficult to deal with is no answer. Frederick Lenz pain light desire Go out into the world, do your best all day, try to think higher thoughts, try to be kind and compassionate, but don't let people take advantage of you. Frederick Lenz trying people thinking It is necessary to be occupied almost all the time, to have your mind focused; otherwise, you get very spaced out. There are many variant psychic forces and powers that roam through the worlds. You can pick them up. Frederick Lenz psychics buddhism success There are lifetimes where one goes off into the Himalayas and meditate in a cave. But this is not really one of those lifetimes for most people. Our earth has changed. Frederick Lenz buddhism careers success Some people have a very strange idea that material success does not coincide harmoniously with self-realization, which is absurd. The aversion to material success, or the clinging to it, is an attachment. Frederick Lenz attachment self ideas Material success is not something that will bind you, unless you become attached to it, any more than poverty will liberate you. Frederick Lenz poverty materials What matters is to aid others, to have a group dream. Frederick Lenz groups what-matters dream As Buddhists, our only task is to keep our room clean. Frederick Lenz buddhist tasks rooms An individual has to be tenacious enough to become enlightened. Frederick Lenz enlightened effort enough If you want to become enlightened, you've got to get all the bullshit out of your life. You have to clear up your mind completely. Frederick Lenz bullshit effort mind It takes quite a bit of time to become enlightened. But it really is not so different from learning any other art; all you need is time, a good teacher, and practice. Frederick Lenz practice teacher art It's not what you do - it's the intensity of your feeling that determines how far you go in the spiritual life. Frederick Lenz effort spiritual feelings You must learn to meditate and stop your thoughts. You must overcome all egotism and selfishness by serving others. You must cleanse your mind so that enlightenment will find a happy place to reside there. Frederick Lenz enlightenment effort mind
