Conversations of the Taoist Master Fu Hsiang

Fu Hsiang: Fortune and misfortune, good and evil depend on how we view events. They do not exist as properties in the same way that ordinary people regard them. The tendency for us to think this way, is the foundation for much of our struggle and illusion on this physical plane.

Tsia Tung: Well I for one will count it as the greatest misfortune if I miss my dinner and that is one thing in the universe upon which we can all agree.

Fu Hsiang: You can separate a man from his shadow more easily than Tsia Tung from his appetite. We shall pick up this discussion after our next lesson.