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ENTER the Eccentricity
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 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 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 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, fourteenth century
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Age: 21 |
Manila,
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