The Compassion Exercise

THE COMPASSION EXERCISE
Taken from ReSurfacing®: Techniques for Exploring Consciousness by Harry Palmer; excerpted with permission.


Honesty with one's self 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. 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, repeat to yourself:
"Just like me, this person is seeking some happiness for his/her life."

Step2: With attention on the person, repeat to yourself:
"Just like me, this person is trying to avoid suffering in his/her life."

Step3: With attention on the person, repeat to yourself:
"Just like me, this person has known sadness, loneliness and despair."

Step4: With attention on the person, repeat to yourself:
"Just like me, this person is seeking some to fulfill his/her needs."

Step5: With attention on the person, repeat to yourself:
"Just like me, this person is learning about life."

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