I like the approach of the early Greeks and their terms Philia and Neikos; attraction and separation.

Attraction is the connection between individuals and everything that exist. Separation is what defines us as autonomous individuals, as conscious instances of the universe. We are the universe becoming decentralized. Only through our separate perceptions can the creation achieve an individual and subjective vantage point, to perceive itself from the outside-in.

As planets revolve around stars, there is balance between both attraction and separation in their trajectories. This relationship extends from the microcosm to the forces that keep galaxies together.

Where there is balance between attraction and separation, there is life and liberty.