The message of love is self-acceptance in the smaller sense and self-acceptance in the large sense - the Self as eternity. — Frederick Lenz Acceptance Copy Share Image
OK, you're alive. How aware are you, of anything? Can you see eternity? Do you live in the land of the perpetually… — Frederick Lenz Alive Copy Share Image
Sexuality, I think, is a little bit different, for me, than it is for most people, in that there's almost no body… — Frederick Lenz Awareness Copy Share Image
The good news is that you don't have to stop thoughts completely to meditate. It takes a long time to stop thought… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
Through high school, college, graduate school and beyond, I had a number of relationships that were wonderful. — Frederick Lenz College Copy Share Image
Many people, including Buddhist monks, spend thousands of hours sitting in what they call meditation. In reality, what they're doing is thinking… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
Human beings are not so in harmony with the dharma. That is why they suffer so much. But you as an individual… — Frederick Lenz Attention Copy Share Image
Enlightenment doesn't simply mean being in heavenly states of mind. It doesn't mean being a saint. — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
The thing about Buddhism is that it stresses attainment of something ineffable, that is where it differs from other religions in that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Naturally, to follow dharma, we have to find out what it is. You have to struggle with it. The answer will not… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One can become something other than human. One can become limitless, enlightened, aware, awakened, knowledgeable and powerful in ways that human beings… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If all the members of a team have synchronized their energy and they have all subordinated their egos to success of the… — Frederick Lenz Athletics Copy Share Image
You see a very advanced master who's got a girlfriend, who listens to rock and roll, who thinks about things that are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Let us say that you wanted a romantic partner who is in a higher sate of mind, a nicer person. The reason… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
It is necessary to be occupied almost all the time, to have your mind focused; otherwise, you get very spaced out. There… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
I don't really have a problem with the pain of life. Perhaps that is because I am a martial artist and I… — Frederick Lenz Art Copy Share Image
As you learn to accept that the body is transitory, as you watch it with love, but without attachment, the body will… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Fears are just conditioning. They don't exist. They are something that we are taught by people who are afraid or seek to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Imagine a vast ocean. Feel that you are part of that ocean. Imagine that each wave in the ocean is slowly moving… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You have no idea of how many people have control of your life. Make lists of people you trust and love and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I lived in a community where celibacy was the rule. My I saw many people asked to leave the ashram for so… — Frederick Lenz Celibacy Copy Share Image
Thousands and thousands of incarnations and nothing to show for it. You must choose whether to follow the path of love or… — Frederick Lenz Attachment Copy Share Image
How do you deal with meditating when you stop breathing? The trick is to meditate just a little higher and you won't… — Frederick Lenz Breathing Copy Share Image
Those who practice lower sorcery hurt themselves the most because they interact with negative thoughts and apply power to them; they devastate… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
Nonphysical beings are drawn to enlightened beings. Some come to aid them in there work; some come to interfere. Some just come… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is a real service to humanity and the world to be a good programmer, particularly if you design great products. You… — Frederick Lenz Computer Copy Share Image
In the universe, there is darkness and light. We call this duality. When you seek knowledge and power, there are forces and… — Frederick Lenz Darkness Copy Share Image
In terms of spiritual development, it's not a big deal whether you have sex or not, the question is more of who… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In Zen we classify ten thousand different states of mind, different ways of seeing life. There is something beyond the ten thousand… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What gets frustrating for some people is the fact that you might get very high, but you find yourself pulled down again.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The personality structure at the time of death dissolves. You will never be exactly the you you are again. — Frederick Lenz Death Copy Share Image
People want power but not wisdom. Power without wisdom is a very dangerous thing. Better to have wisdom first. — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
Many women devlop the second attention, attract a great deal of sexual attention, and for many years, appear to be very vibrant… — Frederick Lenz Attention Copy Share Image
If I ever write an autobiography about teaching meditation in the West, I'll call it "Pissing In the Wind - Teaching Buddhism… — Frederick Lenz America Copy Share Image
Past life knowledge is not the wedding album of existence. Past life remembrance in Buddhism is the ability to bring a greater… — Frederick Lenz Ability Copy Share Image
The idea that reincarnation means all beings eventually reach enlightenment is not true. Life does not have a fixed purpose. It just… — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
Meditation, in the beginning, is just replacement thinking. Instead of having the usual negative things that wander around in your mind, you… — Frederick Lenz Meditation Copy Share Image
Meditate. Inspire others. Spend time by yourself. Manage your career properly. Work at something constructive, that doesn't injure others, and put your… — Frederick Lenz Attention Copy Share Image
In the beginning what is necessary is to feel that there is something worthwhile to be attained otherwise we won't do it. — Frederick Lenz Birth Copy Share Image
If you are truly wise, you love life very deeply. You love the things in your life, transient though they may be. — Frederick Lenz Buddhism Copy Share Image
