As Lenz became controversial, he moved his operation to different parts of the country.
[www.nytimes.com]
Rama Meditation Society -
[www.ramameditationsociety.org]
As noted above, some signs that someone or something might be tied to Frederick Lenz/aka Zen Master Rama.
Lenz and his followers use these terms a lot.
"Stop thought" "impeccable" and -- "impeccable"
"Stopping thought" or "stop thought" (Corboy note: this is NOT Zen practice and it is not mindfulness practice, either. It may derive from Lenz's time with Chinmoy, who was a Hindu guru.
*Stopping thought disrupts any doubts or gut warnings you're getting*
"Stop thought" is like riding your bicycle while grabbing the brakes at the same time. This disrupts your critical thinking and robs you of access to your BS detector.
[www.google.com]
Impeccable -- Lenz may have picked this up from Carlos Castaneda
[www.google.com]
More themes tied to Frederick Lenz and his followers today.
Negative spiritual and auric forces, Karma yoga, tantra/tantric zen, Atlantis, Egypt, Music Asian martial arts, Buddhism, Computer/Information Technology, meditation music, talk of menacing occult forces. Earlier Lenz recruits may have spent time in New York.
Negative spirits, energies, forces -- Lenz emphasized these as he became more paranoid. This is from Western metaphysics, NOT genuine Buddhist practice.
[www.google.com]
Karma Yoga
[www.google.com]
Tantra/Tantric Zen
[www.google.com]
* Atlantis and Egypt
[www.google.com]
Music
[www.google.com]
Martial Arts
[www.google.com]
Karma yoga is a concept from Hinduism, not from Buddhism. Do be aware that Frederick Lenz started out as a disciple of a Hindu guru (and sex predator) named Chinmoy. So one trademark of Lenz is his incongruous mixture of Hindu terminology and Buddhist terminology. Chinmoy was into physical fitness,
a theme Lenz carried on in his own franchise.
His name, Zen Master Rama is a perfect example of this.
Any sign of fact checking on your part will be discouraged. Remember, genuine Buddhist practice and Asian martial arts are deeply rooted in traceable lineages. A teacher should be able to trace his or her teacher back through many generations and this lineage should be verifiable from sources independent of your teacher.
Truthfulness in the factual sense is a basic test of character. If your teacher
cannot be up front about his or her teacher, all bets are off.
Karma yoga, tantra, Asian martial arts, Buddhism, computers, meditation music.
References to Star Trek and Carlos Castaeneda (who himself was a cult leader and cruelly preyed on women, btw)
Lenzie's do not mention Lenz' name to outsiders who might be unsympathetic saying it is too intimate or too private. They wait until they know you are
so emotionally invested that you'll discount any kind of warning because 'it wont be your experience." Experiences can be manipulated - Frederick Lenz disciples are MIND HACKERS.
Bodyguards. Lenz had creepy control freak enforcers at his events. Some of his
successors do the same. As noted by the LA Weekly reporter, Lenz also had music at his events to set the mood.
Lenz obsessed that he was vulnerable to occult forces -- note that this is NOT something that ever comes up in genuine Zen teaching. This is a borrowing from Western metaphysics, NOT from Zen Buddhism.
Tip off:
They throw fits and freak out if someone else mentions Lenz's name. Frederick Lenz loyalists do this when outsiders penetrate the disguise.
Computers, martial arts, a hodge podge of other teacher's names.
Lenz got his disciples into computer work in the early days. He was also into martial arts. He had intimidating looking body guards at his lectures.
Interestingly, a so called Buddhist teacher named "Nicole Grace" reportedly had
body guards at her lectures and forbade being photographed.
When a CEI message board discussion tied her to Frederick Lenz, people got very upset.
[forum.culteducation.com]
Legitimate Buddhist teachers are not hidden names. If someone teaches Buddhist meditation, he or she MUST be able to name their teacher and their lineage, and it
has to be a lineage that can be fact checked using sources other than those given by the instructor.
If someone has zero history online yet claims to have studied for decades with a bunch of illustrious teachers, those teachers should all have histories that can be found online via multiple sources.
Threats
[www.wired.com]
[www.nytimes.com]
Rama Meditation Society -
[www.ramameditationsociety.org]
As noted above, some signs that someone or something might be tied to Frederick Lenz/aka Zen Master Rama.
Lenz and his followers use these terms a lot.
"Stop thought" "impeccable" and -- "impeccable"
"Stopping thought" or "stop thought" (Corboy note: this is NOT Zen practice and it is not mindfulness practice, either. It may derive from Lenz's time with Chinmoy, who was a Hindu guru.
*Stopping thought disrupts any doubts or gut warnings you're getting*
"Stop thought" is like riding your bicycle while grabbing the brakes at the same time. This disrupts your critical thinking and robs you of access to your BS detector.
[www.google.com]
Impeccable -- Lenz may have picked this up from Carlos Castaneda
[www.google.com]
More themes tied to Frederick Lenz and his followers today.
Negative spiritual and auric forces, Karma yoga, tantra/tantric zen, Atlantis, Egypt, Music Asian martial arts, Buddhism, Computer/Information Technology, meditation music, talk of menacing occult forces. Earlier Lenz recruits may have spent time in New York.
Negative spirits, energies, forces -- Lenz emphasized these as he became more paranoid. This is from Western metaphysics, NOT genuine Buddhist practice.
Quote
[www.nytimes.com]
"It's not just that he has a positive message of how to live one's life," Mr. Markowitz said. "It's that he has hundreds of people who are intimately under his daily control, which includes severing their ties with their families and helping to deceive their families."
Ms. Walker, the former student who studied with Dr. Lenz for five years, said that he told his students that families were filled with negative energy.
"He told us that our families did not want us to evolve spiritually, that they drain our energy," Ms. Walker said. "He had a lot of different ways to isolate us. If someone didn't like you, you should stay away from them. If they did like you, they just wanted to steal your energy. So you should stay away from them, too. And anyone in the group was competition."
[www.google.com]
Karma Yoga
[www.google.com]
Tantra/Tantric Zen
[www.google.com]
* Atlantis and Egypt
[www.google.com]
Music
[www.google.com]
Martial Arts
[www.google.com]
Karma yoga is a concept from Hinduism, not from Buddhism. Do be aware that Frederick Lenz started out as a disciple of a Hindu guru (and sex predator) named Chinmoy. So one trademark of Lenz is his incongruous mixture of Hindu terminology and Buddhist terminology. Chinmoy was into physical fitness,
a theme Lenz carried on in his own franchise.
His name, Zen Master Rama is a perfect example of this.
Any sign of fact checking on your part will be discouraged. Remember, genuine Buddhist practice and Asian martial arts are deeply rooted in traceable lineages. A teacher should be able to trace his or her teacher back through many generations and this lineage should be verifiable from sources independent of your teacher.
Truthfulness in the factual sense is a basic test of character. If your teacher
cannot be up front about his or her teacher, all bets are off.
Karma yoga, tantra, Asian martial arts, Buddhism, computers, meditation music.
References to Star Trek and Carlos Castaeneda (who himself was a cult leader and cruelly preyed on women, btw)
Lenzie's do not mention Lenz' name to outsiders who might be unsympathetic saying it is too intimate or too private. They wait until they know you are
so emotionally invested that you'll discount any kind of warning because 'it wont be your experience." Experiences can be manipulated - Frederick Lenz disciples are MIND HACKERS.
Bodyguards. Lenz had creepy control freak enforcers at his events. Some of his
successors do the same. As noted by the LA Weekly reporter, Lenz also had music at his events to set the mood.
Lenz obsessed that he was vulnerable to occult forces -- note that this is NOT something that ever comes up in genuine Zen teaching. This is a borrowing from Western metaphysics, NOT from Zen Buddhism.
Tip off:
They throw fits and freak out if someone else mentions Lenz's name. Frederick Lenz loyalists do this when outsiders penetrate the disguise.
Computers, martial arts, a hodge podge of other teacher's names.
Lenz got his disciples into computer work in the early days. He was also into martial arts. He had intimidating looking body guards at his lectures.
Interestingly, a so called Buddhist teacher named "Nicole Grace" reportedly had
body guards at her lectures and forbade being photographed.
When a CEI message board discussion tied her to Frederick Lenz, people got very upset.
[forum.culteducation.com]
Legitimate Buddhist teachers are not hidden names. If someone teaches Buddhist meditation, he or she MUST be able to name their teacher and their lineage, and it
has to be a lineage that can be fact checked using sources other than those given by the instructor.
If someone has zero history online yet claims to have studied for decades with a bunch of illustrious teachers, those teachers should all have histories that can be found online via multiple sources.
Threats
[www.wired.com]
Quote
According to Jim Picariello, a devout Lenzie who left the cult a little more than two years ago, "initially, people joined seeking compassion, but came to learn that Lenz's brand of spiritualism was equated with money and power." Fear and "phobia indoctrination" were Lenz's means of manipulation, Picariello claims, adding that monthly meetings with Lenz were a "karmic slate cleaning whether you'd screwed someone over, or lied on your résumé Š Lenz wiped your slate totally clean." But, says Picariello, Lenz also warned his youthful acolytes about the horrific "slap back" they'd receive if they left the cult: a karmic punch in the form of cancer, a fatal car accident, even insanity.
TeamAlliance, TeamSource, Client/Server Connection, Wall Street Forecasts Ltd., Retail Forecasting Systems Inc., and Interglobal Seminars Inc. form only a partial list of the companies bearing Lenz's name or fingerprints. What clients of these companies often don't realize, according to some who have retained their services, is that Lenz stays in close contact with these employees, who report directly to him or his high-level emissaries.
A self-proclaimed Buddhist, Lenz looks every bit the mogul, with bodyguards, two estates, a fleet of cars, and chartered jets. Perhaps industry watchdog Wendy Vandame, editor of New Jersey's Consultants' and Contractors' Newsletter, has stated it most plainly: "It's more than a cult story. Now it's big business."