COMPASSION

In order to have a connection to the world, one must have an open heart. The journey of compassion cultivates emotional and social intelligence through an understanding of how human beings experience themselves and their world through successive stages of life. Human development begins with being at one with the world and organically unfolds out into wider circles of individuation and, ideally, with an ever widening sense of belonging as well. When a student individuates without the context of community, the potential for isolation can create a threat to a child's connection to the world and ability to stay open-hearted. Opportunities for self-awareness and to be touched deeply by the world are harnessed by an education that keeps students bonded within a community. At Eastern Sun Academy, seeds of compassion are nurtured so that students never lose their connection with the world and always keep a heartfelt wish to make a difference.