Enlightened Quotes - Page 28

• The way advanced meditation is taught, the way I teach it, the way all enlightened people teach it, is through transference. We transfer light and power to someone else.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Light, People

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• In this whole world, there are actually very few people who study meditation with an enlightened master. This is because there are not very many enlightened masters on the entire earth.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, People, Meditation

  Frederick Lenz (1994). “Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap”, Interglobal Seminars

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• An ordinary man seeks freedom through enlightenment. An enlightened man expresses freedom through being ordinary.

  Adyashanti

  Freedom, Men, Ordinary

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• I think only a person who's studied WITH someone for many years is in a position to voice a true opinion about a particular teacher.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Thinking, Years

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• The outer is easier, and the outer is objective. For example, one man, Thomas Alva Edison, discovers electricity and the whole of humanity uses it; there is no need for everyone to discover it again and again. Inner growth is a totally different phenomenon. A Gautama Buddha may become enlightened, but that does not mean that everybody else becomes enlightened. Each individual has to find the truth for him or herself.

  Rajneesh

  Motivational, Mean, Men

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• When you are enlightened, your physical body will still feel pain if you get hurt, but you will not be overwhelmed even by extreme physical pain, because your mind is filled with light, love and understanding.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Hurt, Pain

  Frederick Lenz (1994). “Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap”, Interglobal Seminars

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• Some souls attain enlightenment. No one knows why. You could say it is individual inclination. I'm not convinced that's the case.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Soul, Enlightenment

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• A real liberated teacher never asks for a commitment from a student. That's absurd, a person wants to be there and they want to learn everything they can.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Real, Commitment

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• Most people who have been enlightened in previous incarnations normally begin to regain their past-life enlightenment around the age of twenty-nine, when their astrological Saturn return takes place.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Past, People

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• There is deception. People who think they are enlightened and it's just ego.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Thinking, People

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• There are phony teachers who profess all kinds of things, and I think you will figure out real fast who they are. They just don't feel right.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Real, Thinking

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• It's a good idea to be in the physical presence of the enlightened teacher because it's not physical. You can hear the ocean from quite a ways away, but if you're standing right in front of it, it's easier.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Ocean, Ideas

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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 act or in the next play.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Play, Soul

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• An esoteric or enlightened teacher of Buddhism is someone who has the ability to transfer power to another individual. A real empowerment is not just a ceremony.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Real, Buddhism

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• The truly enlightened are not necessarily very religious. Religon is a convienent description to take care of our fears, to passify us.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Religious, Care

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• If one is enlightened, one does not perceive life with North, South, East and West. There is no California, there is no New York. In a higher bonding state of attention, everything is fluid light.

  Frederick Lenz

  New York, Light, California

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• It is possible to move to an enlightened state of mind from a lower bardo or level of awareness. It can happen, but it is extremely unlikely.

  Frederick Lenz

  Moving, Mind, Enlightenment

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• People think that if you are enlightened you are not in touch with the pulse of the physical. Au contraire! The higher you go, the deeper you become, and the more conscious you are of the physical and the sensorial.

  Frederick Lenz

  Thinking, People, Enlightenment

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• Phony gurus make themselves objects of adoration and worship. Real spiritual teachers aren't interested in adoration and worship. They like respect only because they realize respect will help the student.

  Frederick Lenz

  Spiritual, Teacher, Real

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• Most people think that an enlightened Buddhist Teacher is a fireman; His job is to put the fire out so that you can live in your home safely. But seeker beware! A fully enlightened Buddhist teacher is an arsonist! His job is to set your spirit on fire...by feeding the flames of your soul with love.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Buddhist, Jobs

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• You may not need a teacher or you may be drawn to one - everything is individual. But the main thing you need to do is meditate and learn to stop your thoughts and enter into the ocean of infinite awareness. You will be directed from there.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Ocean, Needs

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• If even one woman in the West were to become enlightened, it would change karmas on this planet.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Women, Enlightenment

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• The world has never had a greater need for enlightened women and men.

  Frederick Lenz

  Women, Enlightenment, Needs

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• Women must work doubly hard to overcome their conditioning in order to become enlightened. They must erase both conscious and unconscious ideas of sexual inferority that have been programmed into their awareness.

  Frederick Lenz

  Women, Order, Ideas

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• Once in while a teacher may make a recommendation, it is usually after going through the basic Socratic method of trying to get people to figure it out themselves. A good teacher challenges your mind, your intellect, and your spirit.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, People, Challenges

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