Abstract
This tribute reflects on the teaching legacy of Allan Leslie Combs, focusing on his capacity to hold space for complexity during intimate online salons conducted with students and colleagues. Drawing from my experience as a participant in these gatherings, the essay highlights Leslie’s emphasis on relational, creative inquiry over rigid theory. Rather than positioning development as linear progress or achievement, these conversations were experienced as an ongoing, reflective inquiry into consciousness itself. Leslie’s mentorship fostered deep personal reflection and affirmed lived experience as a valid and generative source of knowing. His legacy endures not only through his scholarship, but also through the relational space he cultivated, where ambiguity was welcomed and meaning emerged through attentive presence.
Keywords: Allan Leslie Combs, relational inquiry, mentorship
Recommended Citation
Morelli, K. A. (2025). Holding Space for Complexity: Remembering Leslie Combs. Journal of Conscious Evolution, 22(2). https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/cejournal/vol22/iss2/13
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