Preparation: It is best to do this exercise in a familiar, quiet, comfortable place where other influences (noises, bright light, pets, etc.) won’t interfere with the exercise. The first stager should lie on the floor (on a carpet, blanket, or mat as necessary to provide comfort) while a parent (or other close, trusted adult) sits on the floor right next to them and reads the following guided exercise aloud. You can invite the first stager to do this exercise with eyes closed or open, whichever is most relaxing for them. Read softly, slowly, with emphasis that helps to guide the first stager’s attention, and with quiet strength that helps direct them into the exercise. Maintaining gentle physical contact during the exercise, even in a massage-like manner, may also help the young first stager relax and feel.

 

Note: The first part of this exercise is usable by anyone. While everyone is welcome to make use of the final portion of the exercise, it is intended most specifically for first stage members of the Adidam Youth Fellowship and is adapted from Avatar Adi Da's Word.

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Let’s have a not busy, quiet time to relax and be happy right now.

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Can you feel the secret, happy feeling that is always in your heart? Are you feeling it now?

And now?

 

Be calm and relaxed as a puddle.

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Stay really quiet and still, like when you’re asleep.

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Now do some feeling--breathing: breathe in the good feeling, breathe out the bad feeling.

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Breathe easy and full through your nose and chest and tummy: in with the good stuff and out with the bad stuff, in and out, again and again.

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Now that you are calm with delicious stillness and strong breathing, you can feel the quiet secret that is happening in your heart.

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Feel how, in your real and true heart, you are already full and free and happy.

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Happiness is your real heart, truer than true.

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Happiness is what’s true of you.

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Happiness is the heart of you.

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In your real heart, you always feel good, and true, and full of love, and radiating.

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Isn’t that more than wonderful?

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Your heart is always already happy, so you can be happy to others.

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Your heart is always already happy, so you can shine happiness from your heart to everyone and everywhere.

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You can always smile with your heart. Can you imagine smiling with your heart? Try it now.

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Smile a secret, inside smile with your feeling--heart.

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Then smile wide and shining, from your feeling--heart to your whole body.

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Smile wide and shining from your feeling--heart, until your whole body feels good, and true, and full of love, and radiating.

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Let your whole body smile and shine.

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Let your whole body smile and shine with heart--happiness.

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Shine your heart--happiness up and down and in and out and all around.

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Smiling happiness from your heart is the secret to being strong, and true, and full of love, and giving to others.

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Happiness is the now--and--forever Mystery that is the real heart of every one.

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Avatar Adi Da says to you: 

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Beloved, I am the Heart. I am Love!

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I have been born to show you the “Bright” Heart of Love.

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I have come to tell you My “Bright” Heart's secret:

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The Heart must shine.

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To shine is the way of joy and happiness.

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The love and joy of Me is the Divine secret I have come to show you, and to show to the heart of everyone. 

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Feel My “Bright” heart of love and shine with joy in Me.

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