I agree cultural conditioning a tricky concept. Take "Harmony of the universe" for example. Steve finds that dangerously close to some sort of imposed law. For me, however, the dominant meaning of harmony raises the idea of two frequencies in a simple mathematical relationship to each other: no concept of a law of any kind required. Why the term makes us respond in different ways is about -possibly self-created - conditioning. And about the only I agree with Jacques D about is that this suffuses everything we say and do, so it is as well to be aware of it.