Personal Development
Without perfect harmony the science of astronomy would be
as useless as the "bones of a saint," because the stars and planets would
clash with one another, and all would be in a state of chaos and disorder.
Without the law of harmony an acorn might grow into a heterogeneous tree
consisting of the wood of the oak, poplar, maple and what not.
Without the law of harmony the blood might deposit the food, which grows finger nails on the scalp where hair is supposed to grow. And thus create a horny growth which might easily be mistaken, by the superstitious, to signify man's relationship to a certain imaginary gentleman with horns, often referred to by the more primitive type.
Without the law of harmony there can be no organization
of knowledge, for what, may one ask, is organized knowledge except the
harmony of facts and truths and natural laws? The moment discord begins to
creep in at the front door harmony edges out at the back door, so to speak,
whether the application is made to a business partnership or the orderly
movement of the planets of the heavens. If the student gathers the
impression that the author is laying undue stress upon the importance of
HARMONY, let it be remembered that lack of harmony is the first, and often
the last and only, cause of FAILURE!
There can be no poetry nor music nor oratory worthy of notice without the presence of harmony. Good architecture is largely a matter of harmony. Without harmony a house is nothing but a mass of building material, more or less a monstrosity. Sound business management plants the very sinews of its existence in harmony. Every well-dressed man or woman is a living picture and a moving example of harmony. With all these workaday illustrations of the important part which harmony plays in the affairs of the world - nay, in the operation of the entire universe - how could any intelligent person leave harmony out of his Definite Aim in life?
As well have no definite aim as to omit harmony as the chief stone of its foundation. The human body is a complex organization of organs, glands, blood vessels, nerves, brain cells, muscles, etc. The mind energy which stimulates to action and co-ordinates the efforts of the component parts of the body is also a plurality of ever-varying and changing energies.
From birth until death there is continuous struggle, often assuming the nature of open combat, between the forces of the mind.