I have no
parents- I make the heavens and earth my parents.
I have no home-I make awareness
my home.
I have no life or death-I make
the tides of breathing my life and death.
I have no divine power-I make
honesty my divine power.
I have no means-I make
understanding my means.
I have no magic secrets-I make
character my magic secret.
I have no body-I make endurance
my body.
I have no eyes-I make the flash
of lightening my eyes.
I have no ears-I make
sesibility my ears.
I have no limbs-I make
promptness my limbs.
I have no strategy-I
make"unshadowed by thought" my
strategy.
I have no designs-I
make"seizing opporotunity" my design.
I have no miracles-I make right
action my miracles.
I have no principles-I make
adaptability my principles.
I have no tactics-I make
emptiness and fullness my tactics.
I have no talents-I make ready
wit my talent.
I have no friends-I make my
mind my friend.
I have no enemy-I make
carelessness my enemy.
I have no armor-I make
benevolence and righteousness my armor.
I have no castle-I make
immovable mind my castle.
I have no sword-I make absence
of self my sword.
Anonymous Samurai,14th Century
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