2 White Paper by Stuart Diamond
OPTIMAL TRUST: The Psyche as a Trust System: A New Model of Internal Alignment
Summary: The primary mechanism driving psychological coherence, well-being, and growth is trust. Trust operates not just between individuals, but within the individual psyche itself. The psyche can be understood as a dynamic system of trust relationships—between inner parts, between the self and others, and between the self and larger systems of meaning, power, and legacy.
OPTIMAL TRUST: Positioning the Psyche-as-TrustModel Within Psychology and Spiritual Thought
The OPTIMAL TRUST: Psyche-as-Trust-Economy Model (OT-PTE) presents a novel paradigm within the history of psychological, spiritual, and organizational thought. While elements of this model echo prior frameworks in psychology, philosophy, and religion, no existing system has positioned trust as the primary structural and dynamic force organizing the psyche across self, relational, and systemic levels. This document offers a comparative analysis to situate the OP- PTE model within existing intellectual traditions.
