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.
(Anonymous Samurai, 14th Century)
Interests
A LOT about EVERYTHING !!!
Favorite Movies
Lord of The Rings, Matrix, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Red Violin, Mulholland Drive, Spirited Away, Narnia, Hero, What The Bleep Do We Know!?, V for Vendetta, Garden State, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc.
Favorite TV Shows
(right now)Supernatural, Boston Legal, Ghost Whisperer, Bones etc.
Favorite Books
Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Narnia, Dune, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Pendragon Cycle, Brida, El Alquimista, (most of Paulo Coelho's work) Sherlock Holmes (everything), Myths, Legends, and Folktales, Anderson's and Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales, etc.
Favorite Quote
Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. - Carl Gustav Jung
Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown. - Claude Bernard