I've actually had to do this in one of my university classes. We had to place our chairs close enough together so that our knees each touched the other persons chair. Then we had to stare into each others eyes for 5 minutes without communicating or trying to "save" the other person. It was super awkward to say the least. But the point was to sit with our own internal feelings of discomfort and be mindful of what was going on within us. It wasnt like the commercials of people breaking into tears or feelings of happiness over a shared humanity or anything like that. but It was an interesting experience nonetheless.

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