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Self Quotes by Frederick Lenz

267 Self quotes by Frederick Lenz

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A smile that gives itself to others shows how kindness can be a form of self‑giving. Lenz’s thoughts push us to drop the ego, see beyond the self, and keep a steady effort toward inner peace. They also point out that true self‑realization isn’t blocked by material success.

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Self-realization is the last game on earth worth playing.

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Learning how to be agreeable is the key to learning self-control.

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When matter stops, self-consciousness stops.

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There is no one to realize the Self.

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To go beyond karma you have to end the structure of self.

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Self-realization is liberation. Liberation is self-realization.

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Self-honesty is absolutely necessary in the practice of Buddhism.

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The ideas that we have about self are an aggregate within a state of mind, and they chain us to a state…

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Women have been denied access to advanced methods of self discovery throughout the ages.

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Self-hate doesn't create enlightenment. It just causes you to not enjoy the current moment.

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How do you know you were in samadhi? You know when your awareness returns to the plane of self and ideation that…

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When self-consciousness stops, there is nothing -nothing left to stop, start, begin or end.

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The vast majority of the students I have taught have become self-sufficient and confident individuals who enjoy their lives.

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There is no self, yet we all exist. All phenomena are "empty," yet they have Buddha nature.

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Selfless giving is measured by how good you feel. Self giving should be obvious.

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I am Western and I see no need or reason to change that. The Western lifestyle has many things to offer, as…

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We can only conceive of changing the self-reflection in response to our concept of self-reflection, which is predicated on our concept of…

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One of the greatest mistakes that people make who pursue self-discovery is they neglect to develop their careers. There is a popular…

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Self-discovery is a very advanced art. What we're doing basically is screwing around with what you're made up of. We're taking awarenesses,…

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Whenever you are in a perceptual field, it seems like it's ultimate. It's a self-wrapping consciousness. There doesn't seem or appear to…

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You don't have to meditate. You don't have to practice self-discovery and Buddhism. You should only practice self-discovery if you really have…

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When you die you pass into inner worlds and continue to perceive. Death is not the dissolution of the self. Death is…

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There are two sides to self-discovery, as in most things, an outer more popular side and an inner side. The popular side…

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To become conscious of God, to become God's consciousness, to become God, to be God and to be beyond God, God being…

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Many people claim to be liberated...it's an endless list! According to "moi", as Ms. Piggy would say, there are currently, on this…

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Giving my life to you may mean leading a very ordinary life or it may mean leading an extraordinary life. It may…

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The ego is a false perception of self. It's an idea, a transitory identity that we've picked up.

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In real self-giving we are inspired. Whether they acknowledge us or not is not important.

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You find yourself in this world, you find yourself out of this world and there's no one to find the Self. There's…

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The secret of love is acceptance, acceptance of our finite self, of our life, our birth ... our death.

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Happiness comes from self-knowledge. Self-knowledge means that you have understood your mind. Your mind is the whole universe.

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They are denied access to the more advanced techniques of releasing the kundalini energy, which bring about quantum leaps in self-awareness.

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Love is self-realization. Love is liberation. The only way beyond time, to unravel the knot of existence, is to love.

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I don't dictate particular styles of dress. I do teach classes in self discovery.

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The ego holds us to this world. The ego is the feeling that you are. But you are not, nor have you…

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Beyond the parameters of the self is an ocean ... and it's most excellent.

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The Samsara is the movement of life. And you, an individual self, a form, a moment on a wave, are bound.

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The yoga of love is the yoga of acceptance. Love teaches us that which is most important is self-acceptance.

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Practice love and self-acceptance and you'll have an absolutely beautiful life.

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I must play my role, great or small - that is humility, without self-importance, without self-indulgence.

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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…

If you choose to draw from the inner well of free will, then you can make choices that are outside your current karmic patterns.

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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…