Thanks for referring this article to me. It was an interesting one to check out! Admittedly, there was a bit of a language barrier in reading the article since my training has been in biochemistry rather than neuroscience. However, from what I generally understood, it appears that the article focuses on those sudden shifts that can transfer one's perception from one state to another, based on being perturbed from one low-energy state (across some energy barrier) to a second/alternative/adjacent low-energy state that causes a shift in what is being perceived ('the dancer dancing clockwise' shifts instantaneously to 'the dancer dancing counterclockwise'). (Am I understanding the concepts correctly?) So in essence, there is a competition between these two states of perception (with 'residence times' between the states that can vary depending on what is being assessed/perceived).
In biochemistry, there is also this constant competition between altering conformational states of proteins, etc. I have always found studying the nature of these competitive states to be interesting, because there is often some entropic element that makes catching a certain molecular state (that may or may not be more 'useful' than the alternative state) a matter of serendipitous timing. The interplay of time, randomness, energetic/conformational rearrangements and all that jazz makes this stuff quite interesting to investigate.
In terms of equilibrium...
I can tell you for sure that in my own life this type of equilibrium and stability is something that I like to achieve in general. I think that as an EJ type, I know that I would like to have that, and thus if something feels a bit out of sync in this sense, I will try to do whatever I can to address that 'out-of sync-ness' as soon as possible so that it gets altered sooner rather than later in favor of a greater stable equilibrium. I think that type 6s on the Enneagram are all about finding that seemingly elusive/evasive equilibrium, stable point. If they find it, it is all about holding on to it. However, if it is far from their grasp, they will do whatever they can to attain or reattain that equilibrium.
It's all about balance...


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