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is to refuse pleasure and pursue Delight; and is focused on individual determinations,
• Bringing harmony and balance in the towards the true person, who naturally points
movements and activities of the body (for, in the direction of the soul and thus, acts in
it naturally likes equilibrium). harmony with it.

Good health, wisdom, good will, thoughtful Conclusion
actions are all signs of harmony and can be
practised when the disorder/suffering of life The social, ecological, and psychological crisis
is overarching. of the modern day reflect a lack of harmony
on the inside. There is chaos in the world
Harmony within and with others because there is chaos inside. The more one
awakens, the more the lines between ‘the
In particular, to harmonise different parts problem is in the society’ and ‘the problem
of oneself, She advises to study, reflect, is in the self’ distinction fade away. What one
intellectually exercise, and change oneself. sees is that the two are one and both express
And, to harmonise relationships with others, a consciousness ignorant, sleeping, dwindling
bringing balance between receptivity and between rajas and tamas. The only way out
expenditure and attuning the minds is to bring unity and harmony in oneself,
are central. In dealing with particularly which with the practice of work and action,
difficult people, doing what one ought to naturally extends into joyful harmony in all
do with simplicity and sincerity, while being aspects of life.
equanimous and calm always helps.
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