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The six viewpoints
DefinitionA new viewpoint is an entity you had not yet activated. Six questions help you find it: the other person, time, the level, the outside view, the unknown, and distance.
We often get stuck because we only see the entities that are currently active. It feels like a wall. But if an active entity is missing from a situation, you are only missing a viewpoint — and every entity has the potential to activate a relation.
The six viewpoints: (1) The other person — how would they draw the graph? (2) Time — which entity from the past colours the present, and what does it look like from the future? (3) The level — switch between everyday life, mind and body. (4) The outside — what would a neutral observer see? (5) The unknown — which entities are at work that you know nothing about? (6) Distance — zoom out to your whole life, or right in to the detail.