Breathwork

Have you done the Compassion Exercise yet? What results did you get?

This is a 5 Step Compassion Exercise. It can be practiced anywhere, at any time. It is not dangerous. It will not embarass you. This is one of thirty exercises that can be found in ReSurfacing®:Techniques for Exploring Consciousness, by Harry Palmer. 

 

Honesty with ones self leads to compassion for others. OBJECTIVE:  To increase the amount of compassion in the world.  EXPECTED RESULT:  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.

1. With attention on the person, repeat to yourself: "Just like me, this person is seeking some happiness for his/her life"
2. With attention on the person, repeat to yourself: "Just like me, this person is trying to avoid suffering in his/her life."
3. With attention on the person, repeat to yourself: "Just like me, this person has known sadness, loneliness and despair."
4. With attention on the person, repeat to yourself: "Just like me, this person is seeking to fulfill his/her needs."
5. With attention on the person, repeat to yourself: "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

(source where i found this :http://www.internationalavatarcourse.com/compassion.html)

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