--- title: "18 Seeking Quotes By Frederick Lenz" description: "18 Seeking quotes by Frederick Lenz. Plus more from Frederick Lenz and more Seeking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/frederick-lenz-8_better-off_there-are-people-i-feel-in-other-parts-o_3034752.jpg" --- > [There are people I feel in other parts of the world who will never meet me or hear my name. They are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-are-people-i-feel-in-other-parts-of-the-world-who-will-never/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/frederick-lenz-8_better-off_there-are-people-i-feel-in-other-parts-o_3034752.jpg) > [There are some great stories in The Second Ring of Power about how Don Juan and Don Genaro found their apprentices and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-are-some-great-stories-in-the-second-ring-of-power-about-how/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/765/frederick-lenz-8_apprentice_there-are-some-great-stories-in-the-seco_3175246.jpg) > [Life should be continually brighter. We are continually seeking our own innocence. We want to recapture it for eternity. It's in there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/life-should-be-continually-brighter-we-are-continually-seeking-our/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/frederick-lenz-8_brighter_life-should-be-continually-brighter-we-a_1433062.jpg) > [What we're seeking to do is internalize perception. Perception is very much involved with the senses and the mental processes and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/what-we-re-seeking-to-do-is-internalize-perception-perception-is-very/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_what-we-re-seeking-to-do-is-internalize_2264271.jpg) > [What we are seeking to do is not melt the map of America. We are seeking to melt the self, the solid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/what-we-are-seeking-to-do-is-not-melt-the-map-of-america-we-are/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/frederick-lenz-8_america_what-we-are-seeking-to-do-is-not-melt-th_454192.jpg) > [If you are seeking power and knowledge, you need to go to places that are healthy and happy and radiant. Avoid places…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-are-seeking-power-and-knowledge-you-need-to-go-to-places-that/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_if-you-are-seeking-power-and-knowledge-y_2083447.jpg) > [What we're seeking to do is become transparent. A transparent window on reality. But that takes time to do. We're starting with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/what-we-re-seeking-to-do-is-become-transparent-a-transparent-window/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/frederick-lenz-8_existence_what-we-re-seeking-to-do-is-become-trans_1211662.jpg) > [Enlightenment is really worth seeking. It is the only thing that gives you permanent happiness. When you experience the ecstasy of enlightenment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/enlightenment-is-really-worth-seeking-it-is-the-only-thing-that-gives/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/frederick-lenz-8_alright_enlightenment-is-really-worth-seeking-it_2469900.jpg) > [What's important is to be supportive of all who practice. Anyone on any level, even if they don't call it self-discovery, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/what-s-important-is-to-be-supportive-of-all-who-practice-anyone-on/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/316/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_what-s-important-is-to-be-supportive-of_233203.jpg) > [What matters is that you meditate, you're seeking enlightenment, you're on the pathway to enlightenment, and you're having fun. Don't look for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/what-matters-is-that-you-meditate-you-re-seeking-enlightenment-you-re/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_what-matters-is-that-you-meditate-you-re_2957353.jpg) > [It's good to visit Hawaii if you're seeking power. You don't really need to live here. Just to come over for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/it-s-good-to-visit-hawaii-if-you-re-seeking-power-you-don-t-really/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_it-s-good-to-visit-hawaii-if-you-re-seek_2599791.jpg) > [Ramakrishna didn't suddenly become enlightened. We had years of him meditating, seeking, crying to Mother Kali, going in and out of samadhi;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/ramakrishna-didn-t-suddenly-become-enlightened-we-had-years-of-him/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf4/frederick-lenz-8_cry_ramakrishna-didn-t-suddenly-become-enlig_1508871.jpg) > [Never settle for that which is easy and comfortable or the necessity of seeking that which is difficult and uncomfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/never-settle-for-that-which-is-easy-and-comfortable-or-the-necessity/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4eb/frederick-lenz-8_action_never-settle-for-that-which-is-easy-and_120065.jpg) > [The average individual spends many, many lifetimes meditating and seeking and chewing bubblegum and doing things like that to attain the experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-average-individual-spends-many-many-lifetimes-meditating-and/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/frederick-lenz-8_average_the-average-individual-spends-many-many_2904717.jpg) > [What we are seeking is the nexus of all possible worlds and states of mind, which is within us. The source of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/what-we-are-seeking-is-the-nexus-of-all-possible-worlds-and-states-of/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cc/frederick-lenz-8_mind_what-we-are-seeking-is-the-nexus-of-all_1051709.jpg) > [The primary quality that Lao Tzu seems to emobdy is humility, which is the image of water - seeking the common level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-primary-quality-that-lao-tzu-seems-to-emobdy-is-humility-which-is/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/frederick-lenz-8_common_the-primary-quality-that-lao-tzu-seems-t_2533092.jpg) > [Don Juan, in the teacings of Carlos Castaneda, makes the same point. You have to fool people into seeking knowlege. People will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/don-juan-in-the-teacings-of-carlos-castaneda-makes-the-same-point-you/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5a/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_don-juan-in-the-teacings-of-carlos-casta_2211028.jpg) > [The source of their motivation ranges from what you might expect - from the seeking of money and publicity, to those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-source-of-their-motivation-ranges-from-what-you-might-expect-from/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8c/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_the-source-of-their-motivation-ranges-fr_1570636.jpg) ## Other authors on Seeking ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/seeking/frederick-lenz/#itemlist", "name": "18 Seeking Quotes By Frederick Lenz", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are people I feel in other parts of the world who will never meet me or hear my name. They are probably better off. I help them inwardly. 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