All Frederick Lenz Quotes
- Be mindful, which is more of a passive meditation practice. It is passive when you are active. Then there is active meditation, when you are… Active
- Practicing zazen and mindfulness constantly and correctly, over a period of time, can bring strength and clarity to your finite mind and eventually give you… Access
- It is as important to monitor your mind constantly as it is to sit down and practice meditation. Constantly
- Our life interferes, our mind, our thoughts. Meditating is not just a practice of asserting will and learning to control the mind, it is also… Asserting
- To be in thousands of states of mind simultaneously as you perform simple physical tasks gives you a reverence for life. Each of these outer… Each
- In your thoughts, you need to be selective. Thoughts are powerful vehicles of attention. Only think positive thoughts about yourself and your endeavors, and think… Attention
- Gain control of the mind and make it still, initially just during periods of meditation, but then throughout the day and throughout the night. Control
- There are parts of us that are miserable, that hate, that love, that are cruel, are kind, are reasonable, are unreasonable. You know, you live… Cruel
- When you are not meditating, eliminate hate, doubt, fear, anxiety, negative thoughts and emotions that limit your consciousness, that bind you to a sense of… Anxiety
- You have to look at your own thought forms. Are you sitting around and thinking a lot of negative thoughts? These injure the subtle body.… Angry
- Every time you find yourself becoming angry, jealous or frustrated, stop and think the opposite thought. Angry
- If you can't hold a person in your mind with a good thought, it is better not to think about them at all. All
- When you find yourself dwelling on something negative, consciously use your willpower to remove your mind from that which is negative. Move your mind into… Consciously
- When you are just thinking a lot of silly thoughts and having a lot of worries, you waste a tremendous energy and power and you… Down
- Power either goes up or down. Your thoughts are the harness of power. It is necessary to think positive thoughts, not just wait for them… Down
- If you hold a negative thought, then it will become more powerful and not only will it send bad energy to the person, but it… All
- If you think of others in a jealous way or if you become angry, immediately pause for a moment. It's going to pull you down… Angry
- In every situation, feel before acting, just for a second. Look for a feeling. Acting
- Whenever you find yourself becoming angry or jealous, try to see good quality in the person. You will suddenly be thinking a higher thought and… Angry
- This is the process of mental analysis, sifting through the selves, sifting through your thoughts, practicing mindfulness, learning to control thought. Analysis
- Spend time all day and all night monitoring your thoughts, constantly keeping them in a high plateau. Avoid places and people that pull your energy… All
- It is necessary to learn how to do a systems analysis of your life, to learn about the effects of places, people, jobs. There are… Analysis
- Your ability to still your mind through the process of meditation and inner reflection and outer change brings a stillness to the mind all the… Ability
- If we try and direct our lives with only our limited rationalistic thoughts and our sense perceptions, then our actions and our activities will not… Action
- In Zen we do everything perfectly. We feel that our outer actions are a reflection of our inner state. We call it mindfulness. Action