Frederick Lenz Quotes About Dharma
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To not follow the dharma, either intentionally or through lack of awareness, creates a very low level of attention. In this low level of attention we make all kinds of mistakes and we are unhappy no matter what good fortune befalls us.
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In the light we can see what is and what is not. We know what is right and what is inappropriate.
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Everything knows what is best for itself. That is what the Sanskrit word dharma means. Dharma means the best of all possible actions.
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Intent is all-important. Your intent determines what happens to you inwardly, in a karmic sense.
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Very often, in order to bring about stillness we have to be tirelessly active in the outer world. You might suppose this would agitate the mind. It will not, if it is the dharma.
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Feel the wind. This wind blows from world to world and from life to death. This is the wind of dharma. Be in love with the wind. It is an intimate lover. It enraptures you. It blows you through eternity.
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Your dharma is what kind of work you should be doing, what kind of people you should associate with, whether you should have a teacher or not. Dharma encompasses all things and it is specific to the individual.
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It is necessary first in the practice of Kundalini yoga to determine what the dharma is. There is a dharma for you.
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That which is right is different for each one of us in each situation. There isn't a moral code that I or anyone can lay down that will tell you what your dharma is.
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Happiness does not come from external objects. It comes from peace of mind. You can be famous; you can be a king, a queen, anything. It does not necessarily bring happiness or peace of mind. It comes about through following dharma.
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Dharma doesn't necessarily mean following a mundane and boring life. It means a life of high adventure, not a life of endless, boring repetition.
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Dharma is another name for existence. It is existence in its purest form.
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Dharma is the Truth that all of existence is. It does not disagree with anything. It is the perception of existence in its purest formlessness.
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If you have humility, you are willing to undertake anything to spread the dharma.
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What we do outwardly will only interrupt the flow of our perfect attention is it is not in harmony with the dharma.
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If you work an extra ten hours to help spread the dharma, this will cause for much faster progression. You're doing something for a higher cause, for a higher ideal.
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To increase the flow of kundalini that will alter our perception, it is necessary to clarify the purpose of one's being. This is to come to understand dharma.
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Naturally, to follow dharma, we have to find out what it is. You have to struggle with it. The answer will not come easily. You will be swayed by your desires, conditioning, and those around you who have ideas about what you should do, what is proper, what is improper.
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Start simply everyday by asking yourself, "What is the dharma today? What should I do? What is right? What does the universe want from me?"
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If the kundalini is flowing through you at a very rapid rate, if you are not in harmony with the dharma, then you will have great problems with the study.
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When you understand dharma, when you see its perfect perfection, shining both in and beyond all things, you will be freed from all misunderstandings.
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When you are not following dharma, then you will not be at peace. You will not be happy. The simplest things will seem to be endless obstacles.
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Following dharma puts you in a proper field of attention. In a proper field of attention, regardless of what your outer circumstances are, happiness will flow.
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Begin with your daily life. Take your life as a challenge and try to bring yourself into harmony with each thing in your life.
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Purity is the ability to see dharma in its manifold forms in any plane or loka.
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When you are following dharma, you will be happy, at peace, still inside. There will be a sense of purpose to your life. Difficulties will not seem unconquerable.
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Success is not success in an individual endeavor. Success is simply to practice the dharma impeccably.
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The first task is to discover the dharma by introspection, by constantly questioning yourself and asking yourself, "What is right?"
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Souls have different journeys. The best thing to know is, not what everybody else does, but what you do. Self-discovery essentially is finding your own dharma, your own rhythm.
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Human beings are not so in harmony with the dharma. That is why they suffer so much. But you as an individual can reach a plane of attention and can become attention itself.
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