FIGURE 1.

An illustration of two generic individual phase spaces of the enactive self. The individual self states are symbolized as red and blue balls. Their respective phase spaces are spanned by the variables of Distinction D and Participation P. The attractors are wells in D/P landscape, into which the self systems move. The red and blue arrows indicate the trajectories of these movements. The graphic on the left side illustrates a self (red ball) with an attractor with a greater value of D and a lower value of P. The graphic on the right side illustrates a self (blue ball) with an attractor with a relatively high value of P and a lower value of D.