Quote by Zhiming Yuan

“The Legendary Emperor Shun asked one of his Ministers: “Can one Possess the Tao?” “Your own body is not your Possession. How can you Possess the Tao?” “If my own body is not mine, whose is it?” “It is the Form lent you by Heaven and Earth. Your Life is not your Possession. It is a Harmony granted you for a time by Heaven and Earth. Your Life-Destiny is not your Possession. It is a Flow granted you for a time by Heaven and Earth. Your children and grandchildren are not your Possessions. Heaven and Earth have lent them to you to be cast off as an insect sheds its skin. You are the Breath-Energy of Heaven and Earth. How can you ever Possess that?”