James Kimmel, Jr.

We're perceiving an attack potentially on our bodies because they might have put us in harm's way, but we're also perceiving an attack on our ego, our individuality. We see it as a sign of disrespect, and that is searing pain. I mean, right in your head, it's real pain. You can see that on brain imaging. You can see that area of the brain activating, and your brain needs to do something with that.

We're perceiving an attack potentially on our bodies because they might have put us in harm's way, but we're also perceiving an attack on our ego, our individuality. We see it as a sign of disrespect, and that is searing pain. I mean, right in your head, it's real pain. You can see that on brain imaging. You can see that area of the brain activating, and your brain needs to do something with that.

We're perceiving an attack potentially on our bodies because they might have put us in harm's way, but we're also perceiving an attack on our ego, our individuality. We see it as a sign of disrespect, and that is searing pain. I mean, right in your head, it's real pain. You can see that on brain imaging. You can see that area of the brain activating, and your brain needs to do something with that.

One possibility is revenge, but we're now learning that another possibility that is much more enduring, doesn't come with all of the risks, you can do it as often as you want, forgive, as Jesus said, don't forgive seven times, forgive somebody 70 times seven. And neuroscientists would say, well, That's a great idea, not because it's a pathway to heaven or something.

One possibility is revenge, but we're now learning that another possibility that is much more enduring, doesn't come with all of the risks, you can do it as often as you want, forgive, as Jesus said, don't forgive seven times, forgive somebody 70 times seven. And neuroscientists would say, well, That's a great idea, not because it's a pathway to heaven or something.

One possibility is revenge, but we're now learning that another possibility that is much more enduring, doesn't come with all of the risks, you can do it as often as you want, forgive, as Jesus said, don't forgive seven times, forgive somebody 70 times seven. And neuroscientists would say, well, That's a great idea, not because it's a pathway to heaven or something.

It's a great idea because the more often you forgive, the more you are controlling your pain and healing yourself, and the more often you're taking away that revenge craving, and the more often you're activating your decision-making capacity, self-control, and wisdom.

It's a great idea because the more often you forgive, the more you are controlling your pain and healing yourself, and the more often you're taking away that revenge craving, and the more often you're activating your decision-making capacity, self-control, and wisdom.

It's a great idea because the more often you forgive, the more you are controlling your pain and healing yourself, and the more often you're taking away that revenge craving, and the more often you're activating your decision-making capacity, self-control, and wisdom.

Right. And that's, you know, you're describing there a person who's truly struggling with revenge addiction, right? It's slowly destroying their lives. And so I developed, and we've studied at Yale, a way of helping them and actually also helping people who have shorter term revenge desires, but they can't seem to move beyond them. And that's called the non-justice system or miracle court.

Right. And that's, you know, you're describing there a person who's truly struggling with revenge addiction, right? It's slowly destroying their lives. And so I developed, and we've studied at Yale, a way of helping them and actually also helping people who have shorter term revenge desires, but they can't seem to move beyond them. And that's called the non-justice system or miracle court.

Right. And that's, you know, you're describing there a person who's truly struggling with revenge addiction, right? It's slowly destroying their lives. And so I developed, and we've studied at Yale, a way of helping them and actually also helping people who have shorter term revenge desires, but they can't seem to move beyond them. And that's called the non-justice system or miracle court.

The miracle court non-justice system process, and there's a free app for this called the miracle court. Anybody can use it. You get to put on trial. Anybody who's ever wronged you for anything in your life, dead or alive, whether you can reach them or not, and the way it works is you play all the roles yourself.

The miracle court non-justice system process, and there's a free app for this called the miracle court. Anybody can use it. You get to put on trial. Anybody who's ever wronged you for anything in your life, dead or alive, whether you can reach them or not, and the way it works is you play all the roles yourself.

The miracle court non-justice system process, and there's a free app for this called the miracle court. Anybody can use it. You get to put on trial. Anybody who's ever wronged you for anything in your life, dead or alive, whether you can reach them or not, and the way it works is you play all the roles yourself.

So you first testify as the victim to yourself, and then you testify as the defendant, the person who wronged you. And you try to put yourself in their shoes and explain what their defense to this would be and what their side of the story was. Then you play the judge and the jury. You get to be the judge, not somebody in a courtroom.

So you first testify as the victim to yourself, and then you testify as the defendant, the person who wronged you. And you try to put yourself in their shoes and explain what their defense to this would be and what their side of the story was. Then you play the judge and the jury. You get to be the judge, not somebody in a courtroom.

So you first testify as the victim to yourself, and then you testify as the defendant, the person who wronged you. And you try to put yourself in their shoes and explain what their defense to this would be and what their side of the story was. Then you play the judge and the jury. You get to be the judge, not somebody in a courtroom.

This is even better than that because you get to decide guilt and innocence and you get to hand down the sentence. And then you imagine becoming the warden and carrying out that sentence and punishing the person. And this enables you to kind of safely gratify your revenge desires without doing it in real life so that you're not harming yourself or anyone else.

This is even better than that because you get to decide guilt and innocence and you get to hand down the sentence. And then you imagine becoming the warden and carrying out that sentence and punishing the person. And this enables you to kind of safely gratify your revenge desires without doing it in real life so that you're not harming yourself or anyone else.