Frederick Lenz Quotes - Page 173

• Reciprocity, a symbiotic relationship, is a relationship in which two people have worked out certain terms. I am using you in certain ways; you are using me in certain ways. That is a balanced relationship.

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  Buddhism, Two, People

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• Let us say that you wanted a romantic partner who is in a higher sate of mind, a nicer person. The reason you will meet that person is because you are in a state of mind that will cause that meeting to occur.

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  Buddhism, Mind, Causes

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• In the classical spiritual definition, a soul mate is someone that you have reincarnated with many times. You find each other in many lifetimes.

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  Spiritual, Buddhism, Soul

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• You and I might define a 'soul mate' differently. For most people, a soul mate has some kind of sexual connotation.

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  Buddhism, People, Soul

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• We play in the jungle gym of sexuality until our spirit takes us out into a clear field where we can see the stars, the ten thousand radiances of enlightenment. One of those radiances is the dance of sexuality.

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  Stars, Buddhism, Play

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• It is fun to be outside; it's good to move your body and there is just a joy in sports and athletics.

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  Sports, Fun, Moving

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• As you gain more discipline over your body, you will find that a corollary discipline will develop in the mind because the two really go together.

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  Health, Buddhism, Two

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• Those who are already adept at some disciplines of the body will find that the study of Zen and meditation will give you much more control than you now have.

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  Health, Buddhism, Discipline

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• In order to succeed on the athletic field, it is necessary to succeed in daily life. Your spirit and your life must be perfectly trimmed for the chi to flow properly.

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  Health, Buddhism, Order

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• It is a good idea to become involved with sports and athletics. It makes you strong. You need to be strong to deal with this world and the powers and forces that block enlightenment.

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  Sports, Strong, Block

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• Physical perfection, working out, adds to your spiritual perfection if that is your intent.

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  Spiritual, Health, Buddhism

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• Sports and athletics can be a path in Zen, in concordance with daily practice of zazen meditation. You need to move with your spirit, not just with your body.

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  Sports, Moving, Health

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• In Zen we strive to bring both the mind and the body into perfect combination, so that there is no intrinsic difference between them.

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  Health, Buddhism, Differences

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• It is easier to develop the mind through meditation than it is just through athletic practice. If you put the two together, it will be unbelievable.

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  Health, Buddhism, Practice

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• I recommend for everyone the study of some type of sports or athletics, particularly martial arts. Always check with your doctor first, naturally.

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  Sports, Art, Health

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• All success in sports and athletics, from the Zen point of view, comes from the mind. No matter what kind of shape your body is in, there is disharmony in the being.

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  Sports, Health, Buddhism

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• There are lots of people who work out and aren't at all powerful in terms of their mind or their spirits.

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  Powerful, Health, Buddhism

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• If your intent is that athletics and sports are tools or devices to reach higher levels of mind, then your workout sessions become meditation.

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  Sports, Workout, Health

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• Allow the emptiness inherent within actions and experiences to guide and shape your choices. Let your actions direct you, the actor, not the other way around.

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  Health, Buddhism, Choices

  Frederick Lenz (1995). “Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure”, St Martins Press

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• In the Zen of sports and athletics, we seek to bring discipline and control into our physical movements, but at the same time to eliminate the self that gets in the way of perfect play.

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  Sports, Health, Buddhism

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• In the West, we think of sports and athletics as individual achievement, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat; it all revolves around the ego. This has nothing to do with the Zen of sports and athletics.

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  Sports, Health, Buddhism

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• If someone else runs faster than you or makes more money than you or is more adept at anything, that doesn't mean you have lost. You are measuring yourself only against yourself and your tendencies not to do all that you are capable of doing.

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  Running, Health, Mean

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• The astral dimensions afford you opportunities to have experiences and gain insights into the structural nature of how dimensions are made up and phased together.

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  Dream, Buddhism, Opportunity

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

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• There's really no pain in the realm of the higher astral. A lot of spirits are playing mini-golf having a good time.

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  Pain, Buddhism, Golf

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• The key to meditation is focusing on specific symbols. The symbols are the chakras.

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  Buddhism, Keys, Meditation

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