[MD] A Backwards Painting

[John Carl]

This is from a famous Poem by SHIH-T'OU called the Coincidence of Opposites.
 I put the couplets upside down, starting with the last, because I liked it
that way.
I'd also like to claim it as my Biocentric Manifesto - where phenomena
accords with the fundamental as arrows meeting in mid-air.

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Students of the mystery I humbly urge you,


Don't waste a moment, night or day!



Advancing has nothing to do with near and far,


yet delusion creates obstacles high and wide.



If you overlook the Way right before your eyes,


how will you know the path beneath your feet?



Hearing these words, understand the fundamental;


don't cook up principles from your own ideas.


Phenomena accord with the fundamental as a lid fits its box;


the fundamental meets phenomena like arrows in the mid-air.



Each of the myriad things has its particular virtue


inevitably expressed in its use and station



Light and Darkness complement each other


Like stepping forward and looking back