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Health Quotes by Frederick Lenz

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A master says a true martial artist can knock an opponent down without even touching them, using only chi. He also notes that playing Frisbee is really about sending a clear signal to a teammate. He believes that strong physical practice can boost spiritual growth when you intend it.

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Before beginning an activity always first empty yourself of thoughts regarding what you are about to do.

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I think the very best thing you can do is observe what makes you stronger and what makes you weaker.

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Most martial arts have to do with the mind, ultimately. The ability to be unafraid, to walk away from a fight without…

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Teamwork - everything is one. You can connect with the emptiness of all things. All things are empty.

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If you are afraid of other people take a martial arts class. The best way to overcome fear is learn to be…

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When you unite the nothingness of your mind with the nothingness of the Frisbee, then the Frisbee is not a Frisbee, and…

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There are lots of people who work out and aren't at all powerful in terms of their mind or their spirits.

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It is quite possible to speed up the healing process to the part of the body that is injured. This all has…

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The most powerful force to maintaining a good immune system is the power of positive thinking and not allowing yourself to be…

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The very advanced practitioners of martial arts never had to raise a hand. They could knock an opponent down without physically touching…

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The subtle physical body protects the body's physical health. It is the radiant life force that is you. When you get sick,…

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The more perfectly you can refine the process of Frisbee, the tighter your energy is and the more you become one with…

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Allow the emptiness inherent within actions and experiences to guide and shape your choices. Let your actions direct you, the actor, not…

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Sports and athletics can be a path in Zen, in concordance with daily practice of zazen meditation. You need to move with…

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All success in sports and athletics, from the Zen point of view, comes from the mind. No matter what kind of shape…

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Unlock the power of the will. Learn balance and gain the knowledge and wisdom necessary to guide those powers, to succeed in…

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Zen and Buddhism have produced martial arts, because of the Buddhist injunction against weapons.

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Physical perfection, working out, adds to your spiritual perfection if that is your intent.

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Have a healthy respect and love for yourself, but don't be taken out by your ego.

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In Zen we strive to bring both the mind and the body into perfect combination, so that there is no intrinsic difference…

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Allow the inherent emptiness within what you are about to do direct you.

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Diet is highly individual. You have to see what your body wants and what is healthy for it.

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Any good athletic is always in a state of perpetual training, as is the Zen student.

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If your intent is that athletics and sports are tools or devices to reach higher levels of mind, then your workout sessions…

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It is fun to be outside; it's good to move your body and there is just a joy in sports and athletics.

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When your spirit is free and your body is well developed, magic occurs. You are able to let go and become the…

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Transform yourself. It is not the opponent that will change, or the Frisbee. They will change in relation to your change. You…

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Several very good friends of mine have died of AIDS. I spent a great deal of time with them when they went…

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Be a perfect flow of energy in whatever you chose to do. This is perfect action.

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Our physical health is dependent upon energy. We have a short lifespan compared with past Yuga's.

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In the Orient we have known for thousands of years that the most powerful tonic for ill health is a happy and…

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The emptiness of play is when there is no self present. There is no one playing - there is only play itself…

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Your ego interferes, your sense of self. When you let go of the mind, the Frisbee will take its own path.

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Eternity becomes more beautiful as we age, if we age well. If we age poorly, then we don't improve our minds; we…

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Thought control is the ability to direct mind and attention anywhere. Your ability to win is dependent upon the power of your…

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If you are serious about sports and athletics then you need to begin the discipline of mind. With the power of mind,…

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I recommend for everyone the study of some type of sports or athletics, particularly martial arts. Always check with your doctor first,…

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You are trying to pierce the veil, to break through the Frisbee so that it doesn't exist, to break through the football…

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When you can become completely impassive in play, then you become fluid and completely unpredictable. No one knows, including yourself, what you…

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Willpower determines success in business, interpersonal relationships, health, whatever it is. All the activities in your life, success and failure in them,…

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I think the most miraculous thing is learning. I get out of the way and let the students learn. Then you get to watch…

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Enlightened people live in very charged states of attention, with a tremendous power circuiting through them.

Only alone can you go into eternity. Only alone can you feel the transcendental light. It is not a shared experience because if it…

Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance.

The sound man, immune as to a sacrifice of straw dogs, faces the passing human generations.

Karma means changing planes of reality or changing fields of attention. There will be perhaps a resulting physical action stemming from the change of…

You and I are both life. There's just the experience of every moment. We like to call them moments. There isn't really such a…

Why waste your time being around people who drag you down? You don't live forever, at least in this life.

Everybody here is so caught up in the game of life they don't see death. They don't see beyond their deaths. They are on…