Obviously, my mind is torn between the notion that the balance is not what we are about, and the realization that the balance is a support for what we are. Without our harmony and unity, we cease to provide a vehicle for many dependent forces that derive their essence from our harmonies and unities.
Whether we should value harmony and unity depends on whether we should value the derivatives that such states conceive. They may be our very existence.
In my art and writing, when I begin a painting or paragraph, there needs to be a sense of unity and harmony before the product is created as an image or sentence. That unity may be engineered should be obvious. Each line and word is the result of a temporary equilibrium of opposing forces, the chemistry within my image or prose.
Some would have us believe that unity is a continuing state easily achieved as if their were no positioning of hidden forces over which we have no control. We can some times be blind to the artificiality of the unity thinking that it comes as a result of what we do. This mistaking of reality leads us to many false conclusions and actions.
Our forefathers, foremothers, had the correct idea that unity is a gift of more powerful forces than we can imagine. That they should refer to those unifying forces or force as gods or God is to their merit. They understood better than our present generation of minds that the unities and harmonies we see are gifts form which we should be grateful and for which many have died. Do we have gratitude that we are blessed occasionally with unity and harmony? We could be grateful.
Will ye no think kindly on those who would be your friends! May the sun shine with your thoughts, today, and happiness grow in your heart! May you allow yourself some peace of mind.