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All things are interrelated; opposites are merely different aspects of the same phenomenon—like a tear and a smile, light and dark, man and woman—they are two sides of the SAME coin.

The valley and the mountain each make the other possible; they are opposites, yet they are really one and the same.

Man and woman could not exist alone; the nature of one makes the other necessary, etc.


Life was much too easy in Paradise,
And lacked therefore of any real meaning,
For without the lows there can be no highs—
All that remains is a dull flat feeling!

There’s no Devil to blame for their great zest—
This mix of good and ‘bad’ makes them best!
The human nature that lets them survive,
Also makes them feel very much alive.

That same beastful soul that makes them glad
Does also make them seem a little bad.
If only I could strip the wrong from right,
But I cannot have the day without the night!”