The Compassion Exercise

Exercise 17 from ReSurfacing®:
Techniques for Exploring Consciousness
by Harry Palmer / Excerpted with permission from the author

 

Honesty with yourself leads to compassion for others

OBJECTIVE: To increase the amount of compassion in the world

EXPECTED RESULTS: A personal sense of peace

INSTRUCTIONS: This exercise can be done anywhere that people congregate (airports, malls, parks, beaches etc.) It should be done on strangers, unobtrusively from some distance. Try to do all five steps on the same person

Step1

With attention on the person: "Just like me, this person is seeking some happiness for his/her life."

Step2

With attention on the person: "Just like me, this person is trying to avoid suffering in his/her life."

Step3

With attention on the person: "Just like me, this person has known sadness, loneliness and despair."

Step4

With attention on the person: "Just like me, this person is seeking to fulfill his/her needs."

Step5

With attention on the person: "Just like me, this person is learning about life."

  

 

Love is an expression of the willingness to create space in which something is allowed to change

– Harry Palmer, author of the Avatar Materials

 

 

VARIATIONS:

To be done by couples and family members to increase understanding of each other

To be done on old enemies and antagonists still present in your memories

  
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