Beast

The irony is, for our soul to arrive at that distant heaven safe and intact, we cannot simply kick our inner beast out of the life-boat, but, rather, we have to travel with it.

Yes, there is always a danger that Richard Parker would tear our soul into pieces. It is also not an easy task to sustain the beast - it eats up, literally and practically, the tiger's share of our catch from the sea. However, contrary to the expectation of most of us, the beast usually lies low and remains half asleep while our soul pursue for the very destiny. It only wakes up and strikes when there is a higher call. With some experience and much courage, we would gradually learn the trick; not only does our soul live with the inner beast, but we begin to know its habit and ways to tame it. On a few occasions along the journey, we actually need the help of this crouching tiger. As it turns out, Richard Parker is not only not an obstactle to the heaven, but an indispensible companion of the journey.

Of course, when our soul eventually reach the other side of the shore Jenseits von Gut und Böse, there would be no place for our inner beast, and Richard Parker vanish into an unknown forest.