Homeostasis, alongside metabolism and reproduction, is one of the three fundamental characteristics of all living organisms. The primary function of homeostasis is to maintain order and balance within a living system and to regulate its relationship with the surrounding environment, so that survival remains possible. In living organisms, homeostasis functions somewhat like a thermostat: it continuously monitors the state of the system, detects changes, and produces the necessary response to maintain balance. If homeostasis fails in an organism, balance and then order are lost, and the organism moves towards death.
Every human being is simultaneously a member of three living systems: first, their own body; second, humanity as the totality of all human beings; and third, the system of life, which encompasses all living organisms and nature. Just as the survival of the body depends on order and balance among its organs, the survival of humanity also depends on order and balance among human beings and between humanity and nature.
Due to a correctable deficiency in the human mind, a person usually understands the importance of order and balance only within their own body. This means that only one-third of human homeostasis functions correctly. The remaining two-thirds, which must establish order and balance among human beings and between humanity and nature, do not function correctly. As a result, we understand the meaning of health, but we do not properly understand the meaning of peace. For this reason, we have largely lost our natural capacity to create peace, that is, to establish balance in human society and in the environment.
Remedying this deficiency, that is, activating the non-functioning two-thirds of human homeostasis, is possible through Wise Education. This is the very education that the second paragraph of Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights calls for.
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