Homeodynamics
From NECSIWiki
The easiest way to understand homeodynamics is in relation to homeostasis in which the conversion from stasis to dynamics is critical. In the homeodynamic point of view, intersystem interactions, chaos, and change are common denominators for all things organic and inorganic and balanced stasis is a statistically perceived mean in a time-constrained perception. Homeostasis and reductionism are incapable of doing justice to the complexity of life processes, especially when consciousness is included. Homeodynamics has a little-known history. Martha Rogers (1970, Principles of Homeodynamics) in nursing, Eugene Yates (2002, From Homeostasis to Homeodynamics)in medicine and Daniel W. Miller (2003, The Web and the Cloth) in psychology conceived it independently in the course of their professional careers. Miller has given it the broadest application by including consciousness, spiritual and physiological processes. In his view, consciousness has a vital role in a complex homeodynamic system. Its function is to organize the body-mind-spirit system (the MBSS) through mutualy symbiotic levels of interaction. Homeodynamics and consciousness self-organize (organize the Self)in a world that is challenged by onslaughts of real-time chaos as well as systemic chaos, while trying to maintain and optimize the survival of their organism. In the real world of homeodynamics, equilibrium is passed-through on the way to further changes, therefore constituting a virtual equalibrium. Concerned with overall outcomes in the gestalt of mental and physical states, Miller conceives homeodynamic processes (including consciousness) very broadly as influencing natural selection in evolution, and, when applied through the RHE (the Range of Homeodynamic Efficiency), it includes a gauge of physiological and mental health, and their decline into debilitating dehomeosis. In sum, the homeodynamic process is the self-organizing agency of interactions responsible for carrying out the self-regulatory, non-linear, and emergent operations of living systems -- respecting and supporting survival phylogeneticallly as well as ontologically. Including consciousness, it empowers the MBSS to maintain healthy functioning and competent survival behaviors by optimizing changes in a non-homeostatic universe.
what is this mumbo-jumbo doing on a wiki addressing the science of complex systems????
