Bekenntnis eines Kriegers

A Warrior's Creed

I have no home... I make awareness my home.

I have no parents... I make the heaven and earth my parents.

I have no life and death... I make the tides of breathing my life and death.

I have no divine powers... I make truth my divine power.

I have no means... I make knowledge my means.

I have no secrets... I make nature my secret.

I have no body... I make immortality my body.

I have no eyes... I make the flash of illumination my eyes.

I have no ears... I make sensitivity my ears.

I have no limbs... I make timlessness my limbs.

I have no strategy... I make unshadowed by thought my strategy.

I have no design... I make seizing opportunity my design.

I have no miracles... I make compassion my miracle.

I have no principles... I make adaptability to all circumstances my principle.

I have no tactics... I make emptiness and fulness my tactics.

I have no talent... I make courage my talent.

I have no friends.. I make my true self my friend.

I have no armor... I make benevolence and right action my armor.

I have no castle... I make silent mind my castle.

I have no sword... I make absence of ego my sword.

I have no enemy... I make unawareness my enemy.

 – Bill Ryan, frei nach einem unbekannten Samurai aus dem 14. Jahrhundert