Watch, choose, still your thoughts, and end your problems. What difference between YES and NO? What difference between SUCCESS and FAILURE? Must you value what others value? Avoid what others avoid? How ridiculous! Other people are excited, as though they were at a parade. I alone don't care. Tranquil and quiet, I am expressionless, bearing and accepting whatever happens, like an infant before it first smiles. Other people have what they need; I alone possess nothing. I alone drift about, like someone without a home. I am like a fool, my mind is so empty. Other people are bright, I alone am dark. Other people are sharp, complicated and discerning; I alone am simple and dull. Other people follow the right path. I follow the one that's left. I drift like a wave on the ocean; I wander aimlessly as the wind. When hungry I eat. When tired I sleep. Chop wood, carry water. I am different from ordinary people. I drink from the great mother's breast.