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title: "34 Next Quotes By Frederick Lenz"
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> [Our knowledge, experience, and wisdom can assist us in gaining more from this life, which will correctly set up our next life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/our-knowledge-experience-and-wisdom-can-assist-us-in-gaining-more/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [The experience of the next life is too far away to really be concerned with. It will be an outgrowth of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-experience-of-the-next-life-is-too-far-away-to-really-be/)

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> [Many Eastern spiritual groups feel that women are not capable of enlightenment. They advise women to have sons and pray to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/many-eastern-spiritual-groups-feel-that-women-are-not-capable-of/)

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> [Even a good self will create another good self in the next life, and another one, and that good self will never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/even-a-good-self-will-create-another-good-self-in-the-next-life-and/)

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> [What you will be in your next life is the sum total of the realizations that you have had in this lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/what-you-will-be-in-your-next-life-is-the-sum-total-of-the/)

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> [Every moment gives birth to the next moment and influences it. Getting out of that chain of perpetual being is getting off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/every-moment-gives-birth-to-the-next-moment-and-influences-it-getting/)

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> [If you have a boring, insipid, mouse-like life where you're just afraid to be or do anything, then you don't bring much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-have-a-boring-insipid-mouse-like-life-where-you-re-just-afraid/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [I'm not big on the after-death experience. If you've done a very good job in your current lifetime, then your next lifetime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/i-m-not-big-on-the-after-death-experience-if-you-ve-done-a-very-good/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [What we seek to do in Tantric Buddhism is to liquefy ourselves. Life will automatically bring us to the next stage. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/what-we-seek-to-do-in-tantric-buddhism-is-to-liquefy-ourselves-life/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [When you die in this life, you might be experiencing pain, but the structure of your perceptual field will determine your next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/when-you-die-in-this-life-you-might-be-experiencing-pain-but-the/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [Perhaps you're not the next Buddha. Perhaps you're not the Maitreya. Perhaps that's not your job in this incarnation. Perhaps you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/perhaps-you-re-not-the-next-buddha-perhaps-you-re-not-the-maitreya/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [It is your causal body that is the real you. At the end of each incarnation, it carries the knowledge and karmic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/it-is-your-causal-body-that-is-the-real-you-at-the-end-of-each/)

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> [Thinking that the next person, the next relationship, the next experience will free you - these are foolish thoughts of people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/thinking-that-the-next-person-the-next-relationship-the-next/)

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> [If you meditate and continue to have fun with yoga and Buddhism, you will amass knowledge and will move to a higher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-meditate-and-continue-to-have-fun-with-yoga-and-buddhism-you/)

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> [If you do well within this life, that awareness will be held within the causal structure, the part of us that lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-do-well-within-this-life-that-awareness-will-be-held-within/)

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> [If you feel some tremendous pressure to do everything perfectly so you won't have a horrible incarnation in your next life -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-feel-some-tremendous-pressure-to-do-everything-perfectly-so/)

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> [You can summon up power from past lives and bring them into this life. That can give you a boost into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-can-summon-up-power-from-past-lives-and-bring-them-into-this-life/)

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> [The next step in meditation is not just to focus, but to stop thought completely without having to focus; you gain a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-next-step-in-meditation-is-not-just-to-focus-but-to-stop-thought/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [There are ten thousand states of mind. The culmination of the states of mind you have gone through will create your next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-are-ten-thousand-states-of-mind-the-culmination-of-the-states/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [Life is eternal and it's worth living. What we do in this life is not futile. Death is not the end. Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/life-is-eternal-and-it-s-worth-living-what-we-do-in-this-life-is-not/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [To be afraid of our next life because we don't feel we've done a good job with this life is not wise.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/to-be-afraid-of-our-next-life-because-we-don-t-feel-we-ve-done-a-good/)

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> ["The person next to me meditates better than I do. They're purer." - This is the ego feeling sorry for itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-person-next-to-me-meditates-better-than-i-do-they-re-purer-this/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [The next best thing is to work with those who are not quite there yet to bring them up to that level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-next-best-thing-is-to-work-with-those-who-are-not-quite-there-yet/)

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> [Why do everything perfectly? Isn't perfection just an illusion? Tell me if it's an illusion if they don't fix your car perfectly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/why-do-everything-perfectly-isn-t-perfection-just-an-illusion-tell-me/)

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> [Liberated souls are a rare commodity in this world. They are no better; it's just you, a little later, in the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/liberated-souls-are-a-rare-commodity-in-this-world-they-are-no-better/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [I can assure you that next to my bed, there is always a copy of the Dharmapada which I read from every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/i-can-assure-you-that-next-to-my-bed-there-is-always-a-copy-of-the/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/think-of-what-you-love-most-in-this-world-this-is-what-you-will-come/)

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> [The best form of meditation is the sitting meditation. But work is next. Work is a great way to meditate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-best-form-of-meditation-is-the-sitting-meditation-but-work-is/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [At the time of death, whatever you have focused on the most will determine your next life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/at-the-time-of-death-whatever-you-have-focused-on-the-most-will/)

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> [Next to meditation itself, I really can't think of anything more important than the development of your career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/next-to-meditation-itself-i-really-can-t-think-of-anything-more/)

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> [There are future lives. It is not necessary to cram everything into this lifetime. You can enjoy this lifetime, go with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-are-future-lives-it-is-not-necessary-to-cram-everything-into/)

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> [If you wake up for a moment and look around at life, you will observe that nothing here lasts, nothing works out.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-wake-up-for-a-moment-and-look-around-at-life-you-will-observe/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/when-you-can-become-completely-impassive-in-play-then-you-become/)

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> [Naturally you need someone who is versed in the ways of power to teach you a thing or two about it. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/naturally-you-need-someone-who-is-versed-in-the-ways-of-power-to/)

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## Other authors on Next

## More by Frederick Lenz

> [There are places that are very draining. There are places where there is another dimensional crossover but to a dimension that is not powerful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-are-places-that-are-very-draining-there-are-places-where-there/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

> [You can draw power from everything in your life. In order to do that, everything has to be set up in a proper way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-can-draw-power-from-everything-in-your-life-in-order-to-do-that/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

> [Everyone will admire you when you do well. What a horrible thing to do to someone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/everyone-will-admire-you-when-you-do-well-what-a-horrible-thing-to-do/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

> [Nirvana is a word that means enlightenment, being beyond the illusion of birth and death, the illusion of pain, the illusion of love, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/nirvana-is-a-word-that-means-enlightenment-being-beyond-the-illusion/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

> [I think the most miraculous thing is learning. I get out of the way and let the students learn. Then you get to watch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/i-think-the-most-miraculous-thing-is-learning-i-get-out-of-the-way/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

> [If you choose to draw from the inner well of free will, then you can make choices that are outside your current karmic patterns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-choose-to-draw-from-the-inner-well-of-free-will-then-you-can/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

> [A human being can only absorb a small amount of the mystical kundalini, you can be exposed again and again to it, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/a-human-being-can-only-absorb-a-small-amount-of-the-mystical/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

> [Enlightened people live in very charged states of attention, with a tremendous power circuiting through them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/enlightened-people-live-in-very-charged-states-of-attention-with-a/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

> [Only alone can you go into eternity. Only alone can you feel the transcendental light. It is not a shared experience because if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/only-alone-can-you-go-into-eternity-only-alone-can-you-feel-the/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

> [Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/balance-is-the-ability-to-be-happy-in-the-midst-of-the-most-chaotic/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

> [The sound man, immune as to a sacrifice of straw dogs, faces the passing human generations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-sound-man-immune-as-to-a-sacrifice-of-straw-dogs-faces-the/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

> [Karma means changing planes of reality or changing fields of attention. There will be perhaps a resulting physical action stemming from the change of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/karma-means-changing-planes-of-reality-or-changing-fields-of/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-and-i-are-both-life-there-s-just-the-experience-of-every-moment/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

> [Why waste your time being around people who drag you down? You don't live forever, at least in this life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/why-waste-your-time-being-around-people-who-drag-you-down-you-don-t/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/everybody-here-is-so-caught-up-in-the-game-of-life-they-don-t-see/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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