All meditation involves focus until we enter into the quality-less, thoughtless essence. Detailed instructions for points of focus in meditation and for learning to re-focus the mind are presented. As Rama – Dr, Frederick Lenz states, “the practice of meditation is emptying the mind. When the mind is empty, completely empty, it is perfect meditation….
“So how can you possibly be happy? That’s why you’ve got to study Zen. Or something. I mean call it what you want to, but it has to be a way in which you can discover you, so you cannot distinguish yourself from anything or anyone else. Because you, as we both know, think you’re…
The message of the Bhagavad Gita is to fight, to act, to play our part in life. If we work well then we discipline our mind and body and the strength that results stays with us and leaves the body with us. The Bhagavad Gita also urges us to seek enlightenment to go beyond the…
The Caretaker Personality (PD3) We are nothing in particular. The caretaker personality is like shopping for clothing. You were born without a personality. It’s not something that’s intrinsic. You developed one, step-by-step, and you can also dismantle the one that you have, step-by-step, and choose another or choose several—which is Rama’s recommendation. Download all talks…
The late 20th century was a determining time period for planet Earth. Did the people of the Earth choose freedom? Find out how the choices that were made during that time period might reflect in our world today. Possibilities is talk 8 of 27 in the Tantric Buddhism series. © ℗ 1990, The Frederick P….
It is not necessary to pretend you want to be a black belt when you just like to work out once in a while. Self-acceptance is necessary to make progress on the spiritual path. “If you truly want to attain enlightenment there is no hardship in the practice.” Rama – Dr. Frederick Lenz Freedom is…
“There are four major paths to self-realization. Of the four, jnana yoga, from the point of view of the beginner, is the most difficult. Jnana yoga is the graduate school of self-discovery. Ordinarily in spiritual practice, one begins by practicing bhakti, the path of love. The path of love leads to the path of self-giving….
In occultism, we hook ourselves to powers, forces, and energies (such as the solstices and equinoxes) to carry us along the way. Solstices and Equinoxes is talk 24 of 27 in the Tantric Buddhism series. © ℗ 1990, The Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism. Download all talks in this series (Free MP3 audio)
“We have lots of fears… We’re taught to fear. The operative condition on this particular planet, the central mode which human beings follow, is fear — not love, fear. The student of enlightenment, the student of life who wishes to be happy, has to take on their fears one by one and overcome all…
“Next to meditation itself, next to the practice of zazen, I really can’t think of anything more important than the development of your career, because nothing has a greater effect on your awareness level. Whether your career is in the work force or your career is retirement and hobbies, looking after a family, a…
“The universe is actually alive. It is intelligence — an intelligence that far surpasses anything that has yet been seen or dreamed or imagined. And you enter into that intelligence. You are it. You’re a reflection of it. But to see it all, to be it, to be that totality — that’s what attracts a…
Dharma is doing the proper thing, thinking the proper thought, feeling the proper feeling. What is your dharma? If your dharma is self-discovery and psychic development, then you need to learn, within certain constraints, how to be perfect—perfectly nice. Download all talks in this series (Free MP3 audio)