“…Steady states are often the desired target of complex systems comprised of mechanical 1 , optical 2,3 , thermo-optical 4 , electrical, chemical 5,6 and biological oscillators 7 . So, the unearthing mechanism that can guide complex dynamics to stable fixed states is of considerable relevance, both for understanding the diverse ways in which intrinsic complexity can be reigned, as well as for applications that rely on stabilization of steady states [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] . Conversely, the enhancement of chaos also has important practical engineering applications 22 , and in that context too it is valuable to find underlying mechanisms that may have lead to the undesirable steady states.…”