Sheltered
‘Take the case of a drunken man falling from his carriage;
– though he may suffer injury, he will not die.
His bones and joints are the same as those of other men,
but the injury which he receives is different:
his spirit is entire.
He knew nothing about his getting into the carriage,
and knew nothing about his falling from it.
The thought of death or life,
or of any alarm or affright,
does not enter his breast;
and therefore he encounters danger without any shrinking from it.
Completely under the influence of the liquor he has drunk, it is thus with him;
– how much more would it be so,
if he were under the influence of his Heavenly constitution!
The sagely man is kept hid in his Heavenly constitution,
and therefore nothing can injure him.
–Zhuangzi, The Full Understanding of Life, by Zhuang Zhou, trans. James Legge
“Do or do not. There is no try.” –Yoda, Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
