144. Antonio Damasio (neuroscientist & philosopher) – Where is My Mind?
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Homeostasis
Omeostasis is a poor word, because it conjures up an idea of stability. When you think about the dynamics, you don't want equilibrium. What you want is a state which pushes you forward and does what i like to call 'poetically flourishing' But when we are not healthy, what is really being disrupted is homeostasis. Can lead fresama, in stress, illness and death. So feelings are the ambassadors of the living process. And they're constantly telling us, in terms of mental experience, whether the organism is doing ok or not doing ok.
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