The Earth and goodness are alike in many ways.
Perhaps, this is because they are kind of like personifications of each other.
Like many good things, the earth both persists and prevails over time. The rate and degree, however, can be significantly repressed, in the short-term. Usually, this happens by lack of understanding and wisdom, not to mention exploitation.
A world view that excludes reciprocity quickly leans into this lack of understanding (and its consequences). If we don’t recognize the Earth as a function of goodness, then we will tend to exploit tit through an extraction mentality. Capitalism is just one way this can so easily happen.
Harmony is a much broader concept than just two people getting along. It contains the totalities of our whole existence. We are all interconnected — and not just with each other, but with everything in our collectively shared environments.
Here are a couple of examples:
