Abiding Heart or AHERegistered

4 The organisation’s purposes are: 4.1 The advancement of theory and practice of (formal and informal) education through the promotion of: personal and inner development. wellbeing. resilience. self-enquiry and healing. transformational education (learning for self-development, human flourishing and well-being). experiential education (learning through seeing, thinking, feeling, doing, intuiting and understanding). contemplative education (learning through listening, reflecting, enquiry and critical thinking, discerning, discussing, meditating and applying, as well as, linking personal experiences, meaning making and universal ethics to foster, richer, wiser relationships with the subject matter, oneself and others, to engage empathetically with the world). and artistic education and experiences. 4.2 To advance education, by using the contemplative education approach to promote wisdom, loving-kindness and compassion, awareness, peace, and harmony through interfaith engagement. 4.3 The advancement of the arts by exposing the public to the arts, as well as, increasing individuals’ involvement in the arts through integrating the arts into contemplative education.