Exploring Compassion For a Day

Hi Everyone:
I am sending you a wonderful Avatar exercise that comes from the Avatar ReSurfacing workbook called the Compassion Exercise. Being that the holidays are coming up, I thought this would be a nice exercise to explore now on strangers, collegues,family and other loved ones before the frenzy and excitement begins and see how your days goes and know that you can use this with success during the holidays.
We are going to explore a full day of using the Compassion exercise(below)on Friday November 16th and let the me and the group know how your day went. Can you imagine actually having a day, where everyone practiced being compassionate with eachother?Feel free to pass it on.:-)Enjoy...
warmly, Summer Jones-Avatar Master
www.avatarepc.com

"Love is the willingness to create space in which something is allowed to change."-Harry Palmer, founder of the Avatar course

Compassion Exercise-please email the group your results with your exploration of the exercise
This is one of thirty exercises that can be found in ReSurfacing®:Techniques for Exploring Consciousness, by Harry Palmer. ©Copyright 1998.

Honesty with one's 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.

Step 1:With attention on the person, repeat to yourself:
"Just like me, this person is seeking some happiness for his/her life"

Step 2: With attention on the person, repeat to youself:
"Just like me, this person is trying to avoid suffering in his/her life."

Step 3: With attention on the person, repeat to yourself:
"Just like me, this person has known sadness, lonliness and despair."

Step 4: With attention on the person, repeat to yourself:
"Just like me, this person is seeking to fulfill his/her needs."

Step 5: With attention on the person, repeat to yourself:
"Just like me, this person is learning about life."