I am dead because I lack desire,
I lack desire because I think I possess.
I think I possess because I do not try to give.
In trying to give, you see that you have nothing; seeing that you have nothing, you try to give of yourself;
Trying to give of yourself, you see that you are nothing: seeing that you are nothing, you desire to become;
In desiring to become, you begin to live.
René Daumal
