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Thinking Quotes by Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz talks about learning as a miracle that happens when you step aside and watch students grow. He describes enlightenment as a choice sparked by meeting someone who is already awakened, and he sees all people as one body split into many parts. He also reminds us to keep our attention on a single point during meditation.

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There is deception. People who think they are enlightened and it's just ego.

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If you can't think of an enlightened person positively, don't think of them at all.

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Ultimately, thinking is a very inefficient method of processing data.

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Every time you find yourself becoming angry, jealous or frustrated, stop and think the opposite thought.

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I don't think there is a right approach to teaching self discovery. Every situation is unique.

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I think perhaps the greatest book ever written was Ulysses by James Joyce.

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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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The world is the way the world is because we think that it is so.

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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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In this world we see nothing but diversity. Everyone thinks separate ideas and wants to develop a separate identity. They fight wars…

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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 unlimited mind, the diamond mind of the Buddha, is your mind, if you can get in touch with it. Stop thinking…

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I don't think you have to wait for knowledge and balance to come before you seek power because you need a certain…

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In meditation all the fake dull thoughts that you think, all the ridiculous philosophies, the necessities, all the things that won't matter…

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I don't think anyone knows why they meditate. As a matter of fact I'm not even sure that we do meditate. All…

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I think that pain gives us appreciation of joy - it's a package deal. And I definitely think that the joys of…

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Who do you think of first in the morning? Good manipulators do it in the dream plane. The morning practice of meditation…

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Unconscious of the existence of Tao, beings live supposing themselves to be separate from the universal intelligence, supposing themselves to be powerful…

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Some people think God should in some way come to you and assist you, should answer your prayers. Why? It exists in…

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I think cosmopolitan spirituality is the best, where we go beyond "My teacher is better than yours" or "My meditation form is…

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Your life is either getting brighter from moment to moment or it's not. If it's not getting brighter, it's because there's no…

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When you see deterioration in the skin or the hair, you are having problems with the subtle body. You're taking in too…

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Clothing has a great deal to do with the attitudes and energy that others direct towards you. I favor the chic, and…

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To think you can just go out and help people and somehow get a better life is not reincarnation as I know…

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Think of what you love most in this world. This is what you will come back to in your next life.

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Think of a star. A star burns its very substance to give light to others. You need to be like a star.

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When you think about something, you separate yourself from it.

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I was initiated as a Buddhist monk at the age of 19, but I think that initiation is simply a starting point.

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You suffer because you try to fulfill yourself. You think of yourself in a limited way.

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If you can't hold a person in your mind with a good thought, it is better not to think about them at…

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Use power wisely. If you search your heart, I think you will.

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I think I'm on an angle. I'm on an oblique angle through all of existence.

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If you think of spiritual practice as unpleasant work - it is not spiritual practice as I know it.

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When you think an angry thought about someone, it's like hitting them.

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If one thinks of an enlightened person in a negative way, as it hits their aura, it returns very strongly.

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Think of your mind as a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it will become.

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The tonal is also endless and limitless. We like to think of it as being finite so we feel better.

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Simplify your life and your mind. Think more of infinity and less of yourself.

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Nothing is or is not unless you happen to think it so. That's what Shakespeare said, and he knew.

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You can just sit and space out. A lot of people do that and think they are doing a wonderful meditation.

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

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