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State of mind Quotes by Frederick Lenz

140 State of mind quotes by Frederick Lenz

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A higher state of mind is linked to good deeds and calm. The quotes explain that self‑less actions raise karma, which can lift us into clearer thinking and success. They also warn that many people stay stuck in limited thinking, while stepping outside usual ideas can reveal new possibilities.

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Tantric Zen is a state of mind

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There are no bad people; there are only bad states of mind.

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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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When you look at a couch you don't really see the couch. You see the couch as perceived by a state of…

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It is impossible to move on to new states of mind unless you seek the forgiveness of those you've offended.

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If you are in a state of mind in which all things are one, then you can spend your time in lingerie…

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Once you have mastered the ten thousand states of mind, it's paranirvana, the absorption into the stillness forever.

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It doesn't really matter what you do. It is your state of mind that matters.

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We aren't anything in particular. There is no self. There are only ideas and states of mind.

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The enlightened being can look through states of mind, but they are also outside of them.

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Everything is a state of mind. Astral travel is the ability to wander through different states of mind and develop psychic perceptions.

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People on this planet are currently preparing to blow themselves up in ultimate thermonuclear wars. We are living among beings whose state…

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Success will come about because you are in a higher state of mind. If you create good karma, then you will go…

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The dreams of eternity are the states of mind. When we wake up from the dreams there's only enlightenment. There could never…

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When you do things in a selfish way, let alone a destructive way, then you are bound by that karma. Your state…

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We call it the transmission of the lamp in Zen. That's when we take enlightened states of mind and literally, you can…

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I've moved a lot of my students into a high state of mind, but they don't do the things I have shown…

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The majority of the ten thousand states of mind cannot be discussed. It is rather a question of teaching a person to…

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The whole quality of your life depends on your state of mind. There are very high states of mind that very few…

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Buddhists don't feel that enlightenment is particularly unusual. We feel that it's the natural state. Enlightenment simply means perceiving life directly as…

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The teacher will be moving through thousands of states of mind and sometimes beyond mind. While you are with the teacher, be…

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Perfection is not a final state. It is a state of mind. There are ten thousand states of mind.

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You are a little band of awareness and your awareness moves from one state of mind to another.

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Enlightenment is not a state of mind, yet all states of mind are contained within it.

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Enlightenment doesn't simply mean being in heavenly states of mind. It doesn't mean being a saint.

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Nothing is any particular way. It's your state of mind that creates reality.

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You are your state of mind. Your state of mind creates your view, or your window, on life.

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The person who gives selflessly in this lifetime immediately goes into a better state of mind. That is instant karma.

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There are ten thousand states of mind. Most people spend their entire lives confined to a few of these states of mind.

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If we are in the same state of mind, we just self-reflect, things are dull and gray and kind of boring.

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Your self is the universe, and you perceive the universe through a state of mind.

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Each of the ten thousand states of mind presents you with a different view of essence and experience.

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When you start to meditate, if you stick with it, you will see tremendous changes in your life and state of mind.

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Your states of mind do not occur randomly. They occur because of vibratory and karmic patterns.

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You need to shelter yourself from the abrasive forces of life that drain you and keep you in a lower state of…

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The December - January period is the strongest time of the year. It is an easy time to shift states of mind.

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Tantric Zen is all about the practice of zazen meditation. If you meditate well, you'll be in very powerful states of mind…

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If you have done your homework, then the slightest motion from the teacher can cause you to spin into hundreds of different…

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You are moving in and out of different advanced states of mind through your practice of meditation and mindfulness. It's that level…

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In advanced Zen a person comes to realize that the existence of things and their ability to perceive them correctly is completely…

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Nirvana is a word that means enlightenment, being beyond the illusion of birth and death, the illusion of pain, the illusion of love, the…

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.

A human being can only absorb a small amount of the mystical kundalini, you can be exposed again and again to it, but it…

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…