A WARRIOR'S CREED

[drakulya_child]

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 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 though" 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 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