Quotes from Frederick Lenz

Tantra and adventure are very, very connected. Perhaps the greatest enemy for one who's journeying along the spiritual path is complacency.

Living in the spiritual world is very easy, once you grow accustomed to it. But initially, it puts you through some changes.

You never seem to hear about psychic occult attack in spiritual literature. This knowledge has been conveniently forgotten.

So I went off on my own and started the process of spiritual teaching.

Only real love of the infinite will motivate you. While pain motivates, once we feel comfortable and the pain has stopped, we'll stop evolving. Love is a far superior spiritual vehicle.

It's not what you do that matters. It's not what you say. There's nothing that is not holy or spiritual. Be beyond definition, beyond categorization, be absorbed.

Enlightenment has nothing to do with being spiritual. Being spiritual is just an idea - it's another ring of perception.

Without humility, all spiritual progress stops.

Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development. What is necessary is mutual respect.

One person's cult is another person's spiritual organization.

In the beginning we define what is spiritual. But as you go on, you see that everybody and everything is an instrument of infinity.

Spiritual dignity says that I don't have to compete with anyone; I don't have to do what my friends do. All I have to do is be myself and be dignified in my meditation and my lifestyle.

It's funny, people who have a lot of sexual energy think of themselves as being not spiritual. They are probably more spiritually inclined. All that sexual energy is kundalini.

Spiritual balance is to be straight with yourself.

If a spiritual being is naive to the lower aspects of the world, they usually are killed or die young. Did Jesus really know which of the twelve would betray him? I doubt it.

The sign of an advanced spiritual person is that they don't think they're an advanced spiritual person until after liberation.

I have a great deal of spiritual dignity. It's on loan from eternity, and you do too, and we have to use it in our relationship with each other.

The Zen Master was constantly attempting to break up concepts that people had about what it was like to be a spiritual teacher. We have a traditional image. Each Zen master was a complete character.

It is fun to be outside; it's good to move your body and there is just a joy in sports and athletics.

It is a good idea to become involved with sports and athletics. It makes you strong. You need to be strong to deal with this world and the powers and forces that block enlightenment.

Sports and athletics can be a path in Zen, in concordance with daily practice of zazen meditation. You need to move with your spirit, not just with your body.

I recommend for everyone the study of some type of sports or athletics, particularly martial arts. Always check with your doctor first, naturally.

If your intent is that athletics and sports are tools or devices to reach higher levels of mind, then your workout sessions become meditation.

If you are serious about sports and athletics then you need to begin the discipline of mind. With the power of mind, almost anything can be accomplished.