Rama Quotes - Page 3

• If they're not sincere, then naturally I'll turn them down. But if what they want is to gain power and use it for a higher good, I'll help them. Then they merit some special consideration.

  Frederick Lenz

  Special, Use, Want

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• There have been times when I've made special arrangements to meet people in music, film, business or politics, and I'll continue to do so if the people are sincere.

  Frederick Lenz

  People, Special, Film

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• I have been sought out by a number of people who would have felt uncomfortable coming to a large public meditation. They don't want people to come up and ask for autographs.

  Frederick Lenz

  Numbers, People, Meditation

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• I have found in the world of film many movies including Beyond Rangoon, The Crow, Gandhi, Doctor Zhivago, and The Big Blue, a French film, convey similar understandings. I'm sure the list is endless. These are just a few of my favorites.

  Frederick Lenz

  Blue, Doctors, Understanding

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• I think that was E.T.'s central appeal, personally. E.T. is this metaphorical journey, this strange Odysseus from another world, who just wants to go home. Obviously, home must've been better!

  Frederick Lenz

  Home, Journey, Thinking

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• Meryl Streep is expert at only using the requisite amount of energy to express her character, not an ounce too little or too much. She's Zen and doesn't know she's Zen. That's very Zen!

  Frederick Lenz

  Character, Energy, Experts

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• There are so many to pick from that any list that I give you will be inadequate.

  Frederick Lenz

  Giving, Lists, Picks

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• Since I have spent many years of my life living in Los Angeles, and since I'm also in the music business, I know that much more is talked about in Los Angeles than ever really occurs.

  Frederick Lenz

  Years, Los Angeles, Life Living

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• I took the liberty in Snowboarding to Nirvana to do a type of parody of what I suppose you would call "New Age fiction."

  Frederick Lenz

  Snowboarding, Age, Liberty

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• Most of the software I sell runs on mainframes and supercomputers, and is used by multinational corporations and governments. You may not get to see that, but if I have done it properly, hopefully it will make the events in your life transpire more smoothly.

  Frederick Lenz

  Running, Government, May

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• I develop artificially intelligent technologies, along with educational and game software and let the business people take it where they will.

  Frederick Lenz

  Educational, Intelligent, Technology

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• I design genetic algorithms, neural network and artificial intelligence systems.

  Frederick Lenz

  Design, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence

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• My particular focus at the moment is on the development of genetic algorithms and neural networks that work together to create computer architectural systems.

  Frederick Lenz

  Focus, Working Together, Algorithms

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• If you ever come to one of my seminars, you will notice I have volunteer workers. When I work with individuals like that, I expect a level of excellence displayed. Everything has to be done perfectly.

  Frederick Lenz

  Volunteer, Excellence, Done

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• Every person I've known has had an effect on me, as have people whom I've not met in the physical in this life, but whom I've met inwardly, teachers from other eras - Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Ramakrishna and Lao Tse.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, People, Laos

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• Throughout the course of my life, I have been very fortunate to have had excellent teachers - not just in meditation, but in martial arts, music, scuba diving, and in my academic education.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Art, Meditation

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• He managed to do this 'tour de force' of styles without ever breaking the narrative structure of the chapter he was writing. It is the most brilliant parody of writing styles that I have ever read.

  Frederick Lenz

  Writing, Narrative Structure, Style

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• In one particular chapter in Ulysses, James Joyce imitates every major writing style that's been used by English and American writers over the last 700 years - starting with Beowulf and Chaucer and working his way up through the Renaissance, the Victorian era and on into the 20th century.

  Frederick Lenz

  Writing, Years, Style

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• I think perhaps the greatest book ever written was Ulysses by James Joyce.

  Frederick Lenz

  Book, Thinking, Ulysses

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• In both Surfing the Himalayas and Snowboarding to Nirvana, I have tried to transmit as best I could the spirit of humor, and the sense of humor of the monks I have encountered.

  Frederick Lenz

  Snowboarding, Surfing, Spirit

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• I enjoy the writings of all of these authors and they have been very inspirational for me. But I think that it is important as writers of metaphysical, New Age, occult fiction and nonfiction to not take ourselves too seriously.

  Frederick Lenz

  Writing, Thinking, Important

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• I have chosen to parody the writing styles of Carlos Castaneda, James Redfield, Richard Bach, Lynn Andrews, and several other best-selling new age authors.

  Frederick Lenz

  Writing, Style, Age

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• While I am writing about the details of my own intimate encounters and journeys in America and the Far East.

  Frederick Lenz

  Writing, Journey, America

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• I am a producer of both rock and New Age music, I generally like all categories of music. In particular, I enjoy Ozzy's stage presence.

  Frederick Lenz

  Rocks, Age, Categories

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• Hinduism would not have been much of a religion if Rama had not steeled his heart against every temptation.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Heart, Temptation, Hinduism

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

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