I have no parents; I make the heavens and the 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 secrets;
I have no body; I make my endurance my body;
I have no eyes; I make the flash of lightning my eyes;
I have no ears; I make sensibility 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 opportunity by the forelock' my design;
I have no miracles; I make ‘right action' my miracles;
I have no principles; I make adaptability to all circumstances' my principles;
I have no tactics; I make emptiness and fullness my tactics;
I have no talent; 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;
