The Circling of the Square

Alignments without Neutrality. Without the central of the nine component squares what remains is a ring of eight outer alignments. A circle. Without the qualifier as “neutral” the remaining four “pure” alignments become absolute. Four cardinal points on the alignment circle: Absolute Good, Absolute Evil, Absolute Chaos, Absolute Order. (Total. Total would fit as well. Especially for Order of course.)

Derivation: The wider the circle, the more (or rather: the easier identifiable) points between the four Abolutes. Life, the universe become ever more complex. The circle grows. Within: The Past. Without: The Future. (Its center: The Beginning. Nothing. The punctiform universe of the Big Bang.)

The past within us.
the future beyond us.

The flickering lifeline of alignment over the expanding ripple of time.