“The Art of Living”
By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
Our cosmic body encompasses the entire phenomenal world.
The wonder that is our human body will disintegrate one day,
but we are much more than this human body.
We are also the cosmos,
which is the foundation of our body.
Without the cosmos,
the body could not be here.
With the insight of interbeing
we can see that there are clouds inside us.
There are mountains and rivers, fields and trees.
There is sunshine.
We are children of light.
We are sons and daughters of the sun and stars.
The whole cosmos is coming together
to support our body in this very moment.
Our little human body contains the entire realm of all phenomena.
