Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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And he would put one guy in one room and another guy in another room and have them flip cards and guess what the other guy had flipped. And he believed that if he could beat the laws of chance, laws of mathematics, that he would have proved the existence of an unnatural law, a supernatural law. And that was the first step to proving the existence of a god. He never succeeds in doing it.
And he would put one guy in one room and another guy in another room and have them flip cards and guess what the other guy had flipped. And he believed that if he could beat the laws of chance, laws of mathematics, that he would have proved the existence of an unnatural law, a supernatural law. And that was the first step to proving the existence of a god. He never succeeds in doing it.
But he says in the book, even though I can't prove using empirical and scientific tools the existence of a god, I can show through anecdotal evidence, having seen thousands of patients come through this institution, that people who believe in God get better faster and that the recovery is more enduring than people who don't.
But he says in the book, even though I can't prove using empirical and scientific tools the existence of a god, I can show through anecdotal evidence, having seen thousands of patients come through this institution, that people who believe in God get better faster and that the recovery is more enduring than people who don't.
But he says in the book, even though I can't prove using empirical and scientific tools the existence of a god, I can show through anecdotal evidence, having seen thousands of patients come through this institution, that people who believe in God get better faster and that the recovery is more enduring than people who don't.
And for me, hearing that was more impactful than if he had claimed that he had proved the existence of God, because I would not believe that. But I was already at a mindset where I would have done anything I could to improve my chances of never having
And for me, hearing that was more impactful than if he had claimed that he had proved the existence of God, because I would not believe that. But I was already at a mindset where I would have done anything I could to improve my chances of never having
And for me, hearing that was more impactful than if he had claimed that he had proved the existence of God, because I would not believe that. But I was already at a mindset where I would have done anything I could to improve my chances of never having
And if believing in God was going to help me, whether there's a God up there or not, believing in one itself had the power to help me, I was going to do that. So then the question is, how do you start believing in something that you can't see or smell or hear or touch or taste or acquire with your senses? And Jung provides the formula for that. And he says, act as if.
And if believing in God was going to help me, whether there's a God up there or not, believing in one itself had the power to help me, I was going to do that. So then the question is, how do you start believing in something that you can't see or smell or hear or touch or taste or acquire with your senses? And Jung provides the formula for that. And he says, act as if.
And if believing in God was going to help me, whether there's a God up there or not, believing in one itself had the power to help me, I was going to do that. So then the question is, how do you start believing in something that you can't see or smell or hear or touch or taste or acquire with your senses? And Jung provides the formula for that. And he says, act as if.
You fake it till you make it. And so that's, you know, what I started doing. I just started pretending there was a God watching me all the time. And kind of life was a series of tests. And there was a bunch of moral decisions that I had to make every day. And each one, you know, these were all just little things that I did. But each one now for me had a moral dimension. Like,
You fake it till you make it. And so that's, you know, what I started doing. I just started pretending there was a God watching me all the time. And kind of life was a series of tests. And there was a bunch of moral decisions that I had to make every day. And each one, you know, these were all just little things that I did. But each one now for me had a moral dimension. Like,
You fake it till you make it. And so that's, you know, what I started doing. I just started pretending there was a God watching me all the time. And kind of life was a series of tests. And there was a bunch of moral decisions that I had to make every day. And each one, you know, these were all just little things that I did. But each one now for me had a moral dimension. Like,
in bed for an extra 10 minutes with my indolent thoughts or do i jump right out of bed do i do i make my bed most important decision of the day do i hang up the towels you know do i um Do I, when I go into the closet and pull out my blue jeans and a bunch of those wire hangers fall on the ground, do I shut the door and say, I'm too important to do that, that's somebody else's job or not?
in bed for an extra 10 minutes with my indolent thoughts or do i jump right out of bed do i do i make my bed most important decision of the day do i hang up the towels you know do i um Do I, when I go into the closet and pull out my blue jeans and a bunch of those wire hangers fall on the ground, do I shut the door and say, I'm too important to do that, that's somebody else's job or not?
in bed for an extra 10 minutes with my indolent thoughts or do i jump right out of bed do i do i make my bed most important decision of the day do i hang up the towels you know do i um Do I, when I go into the closet and pull out my blue jeans and a bunch of those wire hangers fall on the ground, do I shut the door and say, I'm too important to do that, that's somebody else's job or not?
And so do I put the water in the ice tray before I put it in the freezer? Do I put the shopping cart back in the place that it's supposed to go in the parking lot of the Safeway? And if I make a whole bunch of those choices right... That I maintain myself in a posture of surrender, which keeps me open to the power of, to my higher power, to my God.
And so do I put the water in the ice tray before I put it in the freezer? Do I put the shopping cart back in the place that it's supposed to go in the parking lot of the Safeway? And if I make a whole bunch of those choices right... That I maintain myself in a posture of surrender, which keeps me open to the power of, to my higher power, to my God.
And so do I put the water in the ice tray before I put it in the freezer? Do I put the shopping cart back in the place that it's supposed to go in the parking lot of the Safeway? And if I make a whole bunch of those choices right... That I maintain myself in a posture of surrender, which keeps me open to the power of, to my higher power, to my God.