Zhang's Paradise

In closing my interview with Zhang Yi Zhong, his last comment was, "Paradise is within us." He explained, "Thinking belongs to the earth element. The "Yi"' of Xing Yi Quan relates to the earth, the stomach, and the spleen. If my thinking is correct and I accept natural things, then my stomach is clean, my thinking Is clean. If I eat correctly, my visceral earth is also clean. A place of earth which Is clean and pleasant to live is paradise. The good earth (paradise) is in oneself: in one's thinking, in one's stomach. You do not have to go to China or India, eat cleanly and think cleanly and paradise will be inside of you. A pleasant place to live is in me. I don't have to go anywhere."