Glossary of Key Terms

Habitat

The dwelling or environment of an organism. In the context of this text, habitat refers to the external relations and environment that an organism interacts with.

Habitas

The in-dwelling or internalized experience of an organism’s environment. It is the collection of action protocols and embodied responses shaped by an organism’s interaction with its habitat.

Asymmetric mutual dependency

The idea that while entities are interdependent, they depend on each other in different ways. For example, a child depends on a parent differently than a parent depends on a child.

Action protocols

Internalized patterns of behavior and responses that guide an organism’s interaction with its environment. They are shaped by both instinct and experience.

Enactment

The process of actively shaping and creating one’s environment through interaction and experience.

Infoldment

The process of internalizing and integrating aspects of the external environment into an organism’s internal experience.

Co-origination

The Buddhist doctrine that emphasizes the interconnectedness and interdependence of all phenomena.