Frederick Lenz Quotes - Page 140

• When we have complements or oppositions, change occurs.

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  Taoism, Complement, Opposition

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• Change can only exist in time. Without time there is no change. Change can only exist with a background of that which is changeless, otherwise it has no definition.

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  Taoism, Definitions, Backgrounds

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• We can say the stars are moving because we have a relative context.

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  Stars, Moving, Taoism

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• If there's no background, no foreground, no opposition, no complements, then there's no change becasue there's no subject and object.

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  Taoism, Backgrounds, Complement

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• The Chinese used the symbol of tai chi, the undifferentiated reality - no separation, no left and right.

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  Reality, Chinese, Taoism

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• Before perception, before a preceiver, existence was - is. This is the consciousness that we refer to as nirvana, God, eternity.

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  Perception, Taoism, Consciousness

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• There is no way to measure it ... because there's no one to measure it.

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  Taoism, Way

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• Everything is part of one web, one matrix of existence, beyond discussion. This is our true self in its undifferentiated form.

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  Self, Taoism, Form

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• We create ying and yang, yes and no, plus and minus.

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  Taoism, Yang, Yes And No

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• Most beings enjoy existence so time comes into being.

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  Taoism, Existence, Enjoy

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• When there is time, there has to be suffering. Because in time there's desire and attachment and transition. This is the world of experience.

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  Attachment, Suffering, Taoism

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• There are two choices available in duality - one side or the other side. Everyting is formed from that.

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  Two, Choices, Taoism

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• The mind of the child is not formed. We are shown that this is life, this is the world.

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  Children, Mind, Taoism

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• Our seeing is sexual initially.

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  Taoism, Seeing

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• Gradually, you were given a description of the world, a way of seeing, which is largely sexual.

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  Taoism, World, Way

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• The strongest factor in conditioning is sex, in the sense that the first thing that a person is really taught is whether they are male or female.

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  Sex, Taoism, Males

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• Male and female are the first things we learn because they represent the polarity of existence.

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  Taoism, Males, Female

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• We really have no choice in the matter. We are given a description of the world that is much more potent and much deeper than you might realize.

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  Choices, Taoism, World

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• We can think of descriptions almost as computer languages, an operative description that only deals with very simple operations. Its code is sex - Male, female, dark, light, up down, in out - its the language of duality.

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  Sex, Dark, Simple

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• The limitations that we can see of the sexual description of reality are very apparent. Very few men attain enlightenment, even fewer women.

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  Reality, Men, Taoism

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• There's a sense of productivity which cripples us terribly. We either have to be doing something worthwile or not. We are back to our little binary male-female code.

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  Taoism, Males, Female

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• It's either good, bad or somewhere in between. It's either ying, yang or it's a combination. You're either male, female or somewhere in between. You've got to be somewhere on the map.

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  Taoism, Males, Female

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• In the West when you talk about yin and yang, people normally think of yin and yang as something that's linear. But in the east we tend to think of yin and yang as circles. They're two circles that actually can lie on top of each other, yet they remain separate.

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  Lying, Thinking, Circles

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• The pageant of life is divided into ying and yang. They're two circles. You can follow either circle and manage to develop enough speed to move beyond this world to other worlds, dimensional realities.

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  Moving, Reality, Other Worlds

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• The I Cing is a study in duality and what lies beyond duality.

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  Lying, Taoism, Study

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