Depicted here diagram is a visual method
Of one of the thirty-six possible efforts
Of getting out of the birth-and-death circle.
It is easy to notice that the number five
In the very centre is surrounded by
The sums of ten appeared in all directions.
At that, the sums of the paired numbers
In either the cardinal or diagonal axes
Are all 15 of the Magic Square's effect.
If the numbers 8 and 2, which are placed
On the axis of Generation (Earth),
Are the subject of switching, then the numbers
In the ordinal sequence will be 1, 2, 3 and 4
Run in the clockwise direction while 6, 7, 8
And 9 in the counter-clockwise course
To make the dollar-shape line of the Actual
Or Post-birth arrangement opposed
To the Ideal or Pre-birth sequence, which
Appears like the reversed dollar-shape line
(When 1, 2, 3, 4 run in the counter-clockwise
But 6, 7, 8 and 9 in the clockwise directions).
Thus, the key of using the numbers
Of the Post-birth order (see the diagram)
Lies in switching the numbers 8 and 2 which
Play the role of the so-called Mobius Band
Also known as the Karmic Loop's effect
Consisted of two triangles roundly faced each other
At the command post of the ruling number (5)
Also known as the Total or Eternal Survival,
The ancient graph of which resembles the Latin X
And depicts two triangles, one above another,
The picture of the outer Heaven and inner Earth.
Due to the mobius strip, one can travel
From inside outward to come smoothly back
With no significant obstacles in the way.
As we can see, the principal difference
Between the Ideal or Pre-birth sequence
Of the eight figures and that of the Actual
Or Post-birth order of things consists
In the opposing way of their orientations.
If the Ideal dollar-shape arrangement
Draws the 8-2 diagonal of Generation (Earth),
The Actual one threads the 6-4 diagonal
Of Completeness and Destruction (Heaven)
To intersect at the Centre represented
By the ruling number five, the archaic shape
Of which reminds us the graph 'yao' (爻),
The symbol of repeated manipulations
In the fashion of a highly skilled juggler.
Since there are two opposite directions
Represented by two opposing arrangements,
The graph 'yao' (爻) is also represented
By two crosses or two fives. Essentially,
The ultimate aim of the Pre-birth arrangement
Is to charge with the axis of Generation (Birth)
While the Post-birth's with Destruction (Death).
Since the Ideal sequence reveals all phenomena
Of the universal regeneration and reformation,
The Actual order explores the way of changing
And transformation of all things within the frame
Of the mundane world through their completeness
And decease. As we know, without destruction
There is nothing new to come out; for applying this
To our life, the Actual stuff is in preference so far.
To cut the long story short, in order to get out
Of the mentioned here beautiful 'circle dancing'
Of birth-and-death the most appropriate method
Is to take a proper place in the Centre from where
One can run the ring of a myriad things in the world.
To reach this central place, one's mind should function
Like a computer used for storage, reading, regulating,
Arithmetic operating, encoding and many other things
While one's body has to move like that of an acrobat
Well trained in facing at the same time all ten directions.
So, once you take the central place of your body and mind,
You become free from turbulences of any possible on earth
Arrangements that could disturb you in the anticipated
Clockwise (death) or in the reversed counter-clockwise (birth)
Alternative sequence, placing your good self in the realm
Of Perfection, also termed the Void of Selfness, which
Can be found deeply inside, but never in the outer space.
Love ya!
Jane