“Why does a person experience stress? Stress occurs because that which is within you — which is light, intelligence, energy — wants to do certain things and doesn’t want to do other things. And that changes. Stress is a result of the fact that you’re out of tune with your life and your inner…
“Karma, first of all, is engendered by states of mind. It’s best to think of karma, not so much in terms of physical action, but as waveforms of vibratory energy. Karma is your own energy — the energy patterns that emanate from your life, from your actions, from your thoughts, feelings, and desires…. If you…
There is a science to making one’s life into a field of power. A prerequisite is for a person to have a peculiar power. Peak experiences are moments outside of time. Find out how we can groom our life so it becomes a field of power filled with peak experiences! Peak Experiences is talk 23…
Computer programming is a field in which you use analytic techniques very similar to techniques that Buddhists have used for thousands of years to refine the mind. It is a wonderful career for people who are drawn to meditation. Computer Science is talk 12 of 27 in the Tantric Buddhism series. © ℗ 1990, The…
In Buddhism, we call Enlightenment the natural state. But with billions of human beings on Earth thinking and acting, it is difficult for us to even quiet our minds. We are all incarnate Buddhas and we seek our own innocence. Find out how we can become more aware of our true nature and reside in…
“In a Zen state of mind, you do not worry … you don’t give your thoughts to your opponent, you don’t give your power or thoughts to success or failure, you don’t care about the crowd that’s watching you or the fact that no one is watching you. There is only one thought — one…
In advanced practice, we come back to all those things we set aside in earlier religious / spiritual lifetimes – careers, relationships, etc. – to experience/know that God exists in all things. The Best Meditation I Ever Had is talk 16 of 27 in the Tantric Buddhism series. © ℗ 1990, The Frederick P. Lenz…
In the path of affirmation (religion), we improve our lives. But after many lifetimes of religious practices, what’s next? The path of negation (Tantra) is a path where we go back through all the experiences we avoided in our religious lifetimes and in the process we negate the self. We come to see and experience…
In self-discovery, we seek to go beyond the limited self and experience the clear light of reality. You do not need to know who or what you want to become. You simply need to dissolve. The clear light will take care of the rest. Nexus of all Pathways is talk 9 of 27 in the…
“There are two practices — concentration and meditation. For the first year or two, you probably will be almost exclusively practicing concentration. You will try meditating, but it won’t come until later… When you concentrate, you’re focusing on something. When you meditate, you’re letting go and dissolving, you’re seeking to stop all thought.” “It 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)