In the beginning we define what is spiritual. But as you go on, you see that everybody and everything is an instrument… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nature soothes us. Nature heals us, and something more, the woods are a place of power. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhism doesn't promise to fulfill our desires. Instead it says, 'You feel unfulfilled? That's okay. That's normal. Everybody feels unfulfilled. You will… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“You can lead an idiot to enlightenment but you can't make him think.” — Anthony Foster Copy Share Image
What is essential is to draw the energy of love from your heart and bring it into your mind, as San Exubere… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Self-discovery is realistic. It's not built on ideas and philosophies. It's what works. Philosophies are nice if you like philosophies. But self-discovery… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
... Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will for seven days appear to you in their benign and peaceful aspect. Their light will shine upon… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not of… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“4. The Third Step in the Mental Training. To be the lord of mind is more essential to Enlightenment, which, in a… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“I will be a better Catholic, not if I can refute every shade of Protestantism, but if I can affirm the truth… — Gustav Niebuhr Copy Share Image
“When you have experienced the depth of your inner self, the idea of enlightenment is no longer a goal to strive towards,… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
I know a lot of ways to happiness! I also know some pretty fast shortcuts to misery. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Learn to control your emotions. Be able to glide through them. By practicing concentration exercises and meditation, you will find that when… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We have a body, but we also have a subtle body, a body of energy that looks like our physical body. The… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you are following the dharma no matter what you do it is moral. — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
As incarnations go by, the atom gets more complex. That is, your being, the part of you that reincarnates from lifetime to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Followers of the Way [of Chán], if you want to get the kind of understanding that accords with the Dharma, never be… — Linji Yixuan Copy Share Image
No Buddhist, no Christian, no Hindu. Deeply religious people have no religion. They belong to no seat, theirs is the religion of… — Yogaswami Copy Share Image
Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space. — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
“...the strong attractive force of Hinduism, which, in days of peace, when martial instincts have less influence, retains its hold of the… — Lepel H. Griffin Copy Share Image
Personal power changes or shapes consciousness, and that is kundalini. Kundalini exists within us. Some people have more of it, some dimensions… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
While the primary function of formal Buddhist meditation is to create the possibility of the experience of "being," my work as a… — Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
When you unite the nothingness of your mind with the nothingness of the Frisbee, then the Frisbee is not a Frisbee, and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Only a development of thought achieved through the self-education of the whole man can prevent any body of thought whatsoever from becoming… — Karl Jaspers Copy Share Image
Because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch. — Laozi Copy Share Image
When you chant "Aum" or any mantra, do so softly and gently. Extend the sound. Focus your awareness on the sound of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It has been my exprience that repetitive nights of exposure to the kundalini energy followed by longer periods of reflection and pyschic… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Enlightenment is not a rocket science, it is the pure awareness of something deep within you that is ageless, formless and undefinable.” — Seema Brain Openers Copy Share Image
I don't think there is anyone in public life today who can escape the inevitable onslaught of the media. It seeks to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddhists say that thoughts are like drops of water on the brain; when you reinforce the same thought, it will etch a… — Caitlin Doughty Copy Share Image
What the teacher does is sweep all of the logic, order and reason onto one side and make that side very strong. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Throughout the day remind yourself that you are moving through eternity. Be focused. Be centered. Be in the now. Know what is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is understanding that there is nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nobody you have to be except exactly who you're… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
This is a world that defines everything backwards, a world in which good is called bad, brightness is called darkness, up is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There's no difference between winning and losing. They are the same type of experience. Winning and losing are sensorial, affixed to an… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“People sometimes imagine that without desire there would be no enjoyment. The opposite is true. When you're caught up in craving, you… — Lorne Ladner Copy Share Image
You are trying to pierce the veil, to break through the Frisbee so that it doesn't exist, to break through the football… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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