[1] I list the Diamond Approach as my exemplar for Presence Work. Unlike the other exemplars which generally specialize in one depth and either ignore the others or reframe the others in terms of the depth they specialize at, the Diamond Approach addresses all four depths, although not explicitly.
[2] Why do we adopt this attunement for its own sake? Because if we adopted it for the sake of producing any particular outcome, then we have reverted back into the technological attunement. For example, if we love truth, beauty, and goodness for the sake of uncovering innate virtues and resources to improve our ability to navigate the complexity we face then we have created a technology for doing so. It is important to remember that the technological attunement obscures the wonder of being human. If our aim in the coaching conversation is to help our clients discover their own truth, beauty, and goodness, then we need a poetic attunement.
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