Buddhism Quotes - Page 37

• Never think too much of yourself. Realize you are only an instrument of eternity. Do not get stuck in that terrible trap. You can lose everything.

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  Thinking, Balance, Too Much

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• Don't become a spiritual bigot. Don't feel that just because you meditate and you are striving for enlightenment that you are in any way superior to any other person. Be even. Be easy. You will last longer on the pathway to self-discovery.

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  Spiritual, Discovery, Self

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• You can get stuck in being wise. You can get stuck in having a developed will. It is very hard to get stuck in being happy. It is too lucid a state of mind.

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  Wise, Mind, Balance

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• Sit down and get out a piece of paper and start making lists. Ask yourself, are you in harmony with the things in your life? Are you adopting superficial values? Are you giving your being enough room? Are you doing new and creative things?

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  Giving, Creative, Balance

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• A great deal of humility is necessary in the process of self-discovery. Humility is the ability to accept what and who you are at this moment.

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  Humility, Discovery, Self

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• Advance yourself by advancing others. Do not judge others. Be of service to them, but realize that you are not necessarily the instrument of perfecting and immortalizing others.

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  Compassion, Judging, Balance

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• Meditate. Inspire others. Spend time by yourself. Manage your career properly. Work at something constructive, that doesn't injure others, and put your full attention into it.

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  Careers, Inspire, Balance

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• Whenever you take the time to inspire someone, to aid them in their inner search, you'll find energy will come back to you - unless you are ego tripping or you are trying to manipulate them.

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  Ego, Inspire, Balance

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• The action of giving is in a certain vibratory level, meaning giving exists in a certain plane of consciousness.

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  Compassion, Giving, Balance

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• You can do anything. You can perform miracles, but it won't fulfill you. What will fulfill you is the stillness of eternity.

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  Miracle, Balance, Eternity

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• There's a power that brings us to things, and there's a power that lets us move away from things, from people, places, experiences. And what you learn to do in metaphysics is accept.

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  Moving, People, Balance

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• Find a teacher and devote yourself to the study, but in a balanced way, not a fanatical way.

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  Teacher, Balance, Way

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• It is best to study from a teacher of ANY subject, as long as you focus on the teachings and NOT on the teacher. All of the real important answers to life's questions lie within your own mind.

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  Teacher, Real, Lying

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• You need a job. You need a career. You need a focus. Otherwise, you will just pick up lots of strange psychic energy because you are not focused.

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  Jobs, Psychics, Careers

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• The human life form vibrates at a certain rate, but all vibratory rates are not suitable for human life. So it's very necessary to meditate on higher octave energy, on the clear light, on joy, on happiness.

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  Light, Joy, Balance

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• Throughout the day remind yourself that you are moving through eternity. Be focused. Be centered. Be in the now. Know what is going on in the world. Read a newspaper once in a while.

  Frederick Lenz

  Moving, Balance, World

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• It is my experience that people who don't participate in society, who don't have jobs, who don't have friends, are just very stuck in irresponsibility and cultism and all kinds of nonsense.

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  Jobs, People, Balance

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• It's necessary for you to work out a way of living that's very strong and very tight and very powerful, otherwise you will not be able to deal with the unknown.

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  Strong, Powerful, Work Out

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• The danger to power is obsession - power junkies. You need a very strong mind and humor to balance yourself. If you don't, you will get shredded.

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  Strong, Mind, Balance

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• Some people just chase the glittery stuff and they have no substance to their life whatsoever. Actually all they really want is power. But they pretend they're interested in enlightenment.

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  People, Balance, Enlightenment

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• Certain drugs provide brief excursions into altered states of consciousness. The problem is that the perceptions and understandings that come from these experiences don't tend to last.

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  Understanding, Drug, Perception

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• Power plants break up the way you see the world; they can push you into the second attention; yet to continuously take them, weakens the subtle psychical body.

  Frederick Lenz

  Balance, Attention, World

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• A lot of people trash their subtle physical body with psychedelic drugs. While they do certainly give you experiences in altered levels of attention, you pay a price for it. They definitely screw up the subtle physical. Hatha Yoga can be good for that.

  Frederick Lenz

  Yoga, Giving, People

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• Look for the things in your life that bring you stillness and happiness, not the things that make you crazy. Look inside yourself and look for that perfect stillness.

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  Crazy, Perfect, Balance

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• You can detach your attention from yourself and go anywhere. You can wander the universe. Big deal!

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  Balance, Attention, Bigs

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