A Framework for Grounded Emotional Response and Integration

Abstract

Persistent Ecological Coherence (PEC) is a conceptual framework that examines emotional experience and decision-making through the relationships between individuals and the environments they inhabit. PEC is grounded in one of the earliest discernible human experiences: the recognition of distinction between self and environment, alongside the developing capacity to perceive symmetry and correspondence across differing contexts.

From this foundation, PEC frames coherence not as internal consistency alone, but as sustained alignment across personal, social, and situational environments over time. Emotional responses are understood as meaningful signals arising from these relational dynamics rather than as isolated internal states requiring correction. PEC supports experiential learning approaches that emphasize context-sensitive discernment, viable response, and the maintenance of personal integrity while remaining coherent with surrounding environments.

PEC is not a clinical model, diagnostic tool, or therapeutic intervention. Instead, it is offered as a non-prescriptive lens for understanding emotional integration, grounded response, and ethical engagement across environments without coercion or escalation. This paper presents PEC as a framework intended to support reflection and dialogue in non-clinical contexts, including peer support and human-centered systems.

Defining Persistent Ecological Coherence

Persistent Ecological Coherence (PEC) describes a sustained relational alignment between individuals and the environments they move through. Rather than framing coherence as an exclusively internal state, PEC understands coherence as emerging from ongoing interaction between personal experience, contextual conditions, and conscious response across time.

At its foundation, PEC recognizes one of the earliest discernible human experiences: the perception of distinction between self and environment. As awareness develops, this distinction does not exist in isolation. Individuals also begin to recognize patterns, correspondences, and symmetries across environments—personal, social, and situational. PEC situates the individual within this relational field, emphasizing discernment rather than separation or dominance.

Within this framework, persistence refers to coherence maint...

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