You might think that your body is your individual possession, but your body belongs to the world as well. Suppose you are a driver and your safety depends on your optic nerve. You think of your optic nerves as something strictly individual; they belong to you and you are the one who profits from them and is responsible for them. But if you are a bus driver, all of us who sit in your bus rely on your optic nerves very much. Our lives depend on you. That is why to say, "It's my own life!" is a bit na — Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddha Mind, Buddha Body