The Samurai Creed

The Samurai creed is said to have been written around 1300. The author is unknown and the authenticity of the text can be challenged, yet I am sharing it with you because, whether authentic or not, it has much food for thought.
So here is the creed of the Samurai:

I have no parents; I make the heaven and earth my mother and father.
I have no home; I make awareness my dwelling.
I have no life and 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 secret.
I have no body; I make 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 miracle.
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 talents; 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.

The neglected aspect

There are some things in the world that we cant change - gravity, entropy, the speed of light, the ecosystem and the biological nature that requires clean air, clean water, clean soil, clean energy and biodiversity for our health and well being. Thereby protecting the biosphere should be our highest priority. or else we sicken and die. Whereas other things such as capitalism, the enterprise ,the economy, currency, the market are not forces of nature. we invented them for mere governance in an orderly fashion. They are not immutable and we can change them. It makes no sense to elevate economics over biosphere!

"It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on earth at a higher standard of living than any have ever known. It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary. War is obsolete. It is a matter of converting our high technology from WEAPONRY to LIVINGRY." - Fuller