This second in a series of Avatar mini-courses by Harry Palmer explores ways in which human attention, the most valuable of all commodities, can be preserved and even restored. The course will focus on experiential exercises that are self-instructive. The entire course can be repeated many times with a deeper unfolding occurring with each run through.
OBJECTIVE: To increase the students’ control over their own attention.
EXPECTED RESULTS: An increase in free attention. A recovery of self-determinism.
INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the checklist below.
1 Read:
Introduction 2 Do Exercise 1:
Marshalling Your Attention Troops 3 Do Exercise 2:
Stick Around 4 Study Assignment:
Behavior of Attention 5 Do Exercise 3:
Two-way Street 6 Do Exercise 4:
Baby Eyes 7 Study Assignment:
Contemplation 8 Do Exercise 5:
Controlling and Deciding 9 Study Assignment:
Worry 10 Do Exercise 6:
This Moment Is Different 11 Study Assignment:
The Blimp Analogy 12 Study Assignment:
Help For A Suffering Planet 13 Do Exercise 7:
Getting The Message 14 Read:
Afterword 15
Debrief